Pay For PSN??

noprayerforme

is it true that sony is planning to charge for premium psn? if so what will this "premium" service include?

Witcher

noprayerforme wrote: »

is it true that sony is planning to charge for premium psn? if so what will this "premium" service include?

/facepalm

No, its not true:rolleyes:

Varik

what we get now will still be free,
sony are thinking of adding "premium" service in addition to this.

WeWillBeReborn

This runour's been going around as long as the PSN's been online

Discussed to death

super_furry

Blay wrote: »

/facepalm

No, its not true:rolleyes:

Oh really?

http://www.gamesindustry.biz/articles/sony-studying-psn-premium-subscription
http://gamer.blorge.com/2009/11/23/ps3-premium-psn-subscription-confirmed-with-more-details/
http://www.n4g.com/News-432494.aspx

Somnus

As long as they kept basic multiplayer and such free I suppose it wouldn't be too bad.

I could see a problem where "premium" members get access to special weapons/abilities in games that gives them an unfair advantage over normal members. That'd be shít.
The only way for it to be fair would be to have premium only servers, similar to games only for those who get expansion packs etc.

It'd be interesting to see what they come up with that would actually be an incentive to pay, but I'd say they're better off just leaving it.

CombatCow

Yeah it would be a big misteak for them to charge for basic PSN services, so im really glad their not going down that route. They would have to offer a lot at a good price to get me interested at all.


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Witcher

super_furry wrote: »

Oh really?

http://www.gamesindustry.biz/articles/sony-studying-psn-premium-subscription
http://gamer.blorge.com/2009/11/23/ps3-premium-psn-subscription-confirmed-with-more-details/
http://www.n4g.com/News-432494.aspx

I bow to your ability to link:rolleyes:

Gunmonkey

It really depends on what Sony charge for:

-if they go the route of Microsoft and charge for the ability to play online games expect to see nerd-rage of undefinable proportions, thats been held up as the greatest strength of the PS3 for the past few years (this year its been the exclusives they released).
-if they charge for extra stuff, like giving those "Premium Themes" for free to subscribers, or free release day demos to PSN games (the demos usually pop up weeks after the main game is released), than thats a good move.

XBL eclipses PSN in a LOT of ways, mainly due to the increased revenue pumped into it by the Gold subscribers, Sony are playing catchup right now, they need to focus on building the platform more.

smcelhinney

Given the excellent level of service I get from PSN at the moment (in comparison to the abysmal XBL service), I would pay for a premium service.

fdevine

Premium Level for PSN confirmed by Sony but details remain sketchy......

http://www.afterdawn.com/news/archive/20533.cfm

Polar101

I can't really think of anything that would be worth paying extra for. Better servers? They are saying they won't be taking anything away from the free service, so what on earth could the premium features be?

Corkfeen

Polar101 wrote: »

I can't really think of anything that would be worth paying extra for. Better servers? They are saying they won't be taking anything away from the free service, so what on earth could the premium features be?

On demand porn ?

thorbarry

smcelhinney wrote: »

Given the excellent level of service I get from PSN at the moment (in comparison to the abysmal XBL service), I would pay for a premium service.

Really?

TanG411

Perhaps premium members might have more of a say in what should be included in future updates? Or something more simple like greater discounts on classic games and such.

dreamers75

Premium members get horse armour.

Varik

i want the power to ban people i don't like i'll pay for that.

goodbye to the americans and the french (not the funny one that use words that don't have a french translation)

ianflynn

if it helps the service grow i would pay. ive practically moved to xbl purely because of party chat and filing complaints etc. however, i still prefere the ps3 overall.
party chat doesnt seem to matter in mw2 anyway. oh and the way you can invite your friends to games on xbox is better. when sony get up to scratch with this i will donate my elite to a poor kid. oh and when my friends get a ps3 as most of them have xbox (reason i own both lol)

Dues Bellator

super_furry wrote: »

Oh really?

http://www.gamesindustry.biz/articles/sony-studying-psn-premium-subscription
http://gamer.blorge.com/2009/11/23/ps3-premium-psn-subscription-confirmed-with-more-details/
http://www.n4g.com/News-432494.aspx

crazy ownage lol

winnow

Not yet

atat23

I think we would all pay for premium membership if sony shut down home :P

CombatCow

That's probably one of the reasons we dont pay for psn, they are making a nice amount of money from home.....

Dues Bellator

CombatCow wrote: »

That's probably one of the reasons we dont pay for psn, they are making a nice amount of money from home.....

home omg , im sorry but i really dont like home its soooooo ZZZZzzzzzzzzzz