PS charging for online play!??

drunkymonkey

Heard a rumour that Playstation are thinking of charging for online play just like Xbox are!??

Say it isn't so??

landsleaving

It isn't so. They're bringing in a premium service, but online play will still be free. Not sure what people who pay will get yet.

Do a search and you'll find other threads with more info, there's been a few of them recently.

Leiva

My cousins Uncles Dog , who was at the Vet was told by the girl on reception that her brother in laws boss , who's next door neighbor works for Sony PS3 and is in the know ,over heard in the SONY canteen about charging for PSN .

FACT !

gerkeo

Yep they are starting a premium service ala Gold membership is paid , silver is free. Basic online gaming will be still free.

You will be paying for extra functionality, trials etc

http://www.gamespot.com/ps3/puzzle/playstationhome/news.html?sid=6240938

zoom!

From what I hear with the gold membership you get free access to ps1 games which is pretty cool. TBH PSN is pretty ****, I mean the store sucks ass and you can't listen to music while going on the internet, like wtf. Aswell as that there is a lot of problems with the online play. If they used the money to improve on that stuff I wouldn't mind it, but if their just trying to make a cheap buck by bein assholes by charging for stuff that should be free anyway then f*** them

NotorietyH

gerkeo wrote: »

Yep they are starting a premium service ala Gold membership is paid , silver is free. Basic online gaming will be still free.

You will be paying for extra functionality, trials etc

http://www.gamespot.com/ps3/puzzle/playstationhome/news.html?sid=6240938

From that article it actually says that the PSN as it is now will be free. The premium service will be on top of everything that we have already, so that's a bit more than basic online gaming.

Minstrel27

I would be interested to see the pricing for this.

GothPunk

What is it with these topics lately? Anyways we're seeing what kind of content Sony will be charging for, like the 'FirstPlay' video magazine that will be launching soon.

zoom! wrote: »

...you can't listen to music while going on the internet, like wtf.

Yes you can.

zoom! wrote: »

Aswell as that there is a lot of problems with the online play.

Works fine for me and the majority of players. Sony can't do anything about consumers with bad internet connections.

Grayditch

Good to see a thread like this. I didn't see one yesterday, I think the ball is being dropped.

Actually, did we even have one on Monday? Lads.

projectmayhem

For the love of god, folks... use the search function.