Playstation Plus - Premium PS3 Service

[Heelfan71]

yeah, I know it is a rumor. I would have to wait and see what it would cost etc if it did come true.

[Rassklot]

if they do i might get a ps3..
ps3 online is friggen trash.. if they used that money to better it.. online gaming might be more enjoyable.. but theres still that garbage controller...

[rspencer86]

Quote: Originally Posted by Rassklot

if they do i might get a ps3.. ps3 online is friggen trash.. if they used that money to better it.. online gaming might be more enjoyable.. but theres still that garbage controller...

PS3 online definitely isn't trash, it still has a couple of areas it needs to catch up with XBox Live in but it is quite capable at this point.

[bkfount]

Quote: Originally Posted by rspencer86

PS3 online definitely isn't trash, it still has a couple of areas it needs to catch up with XBox Live in but it is quite capable at this point.

Yeah, it's not completely horrible. People still think that the price tag makes XBL better, when PC games have been played online just fine for free since forever. XBL has more frills, but that's MS trying to keep people paying.

Sony could certainly freshen up their service though, as some of their decisions make it look archaic in comparison to Live. Many people don't have a headset, which MS went out of their way to avoid. A user also shouldn't have to download a demo for an arcade game, then install it, only to have to go download and install the full game as well. MS requires that demos are the full version of the game, which you unlock from within.

[jmood88]

And they really need to start requring demos for every PSN game.

[Rawdeal28]

Premium PSN plans for E3 reveal, to cost “less than £50 per year and a free game every month”

Quote:

VG247 has learnt that Sony is to reveal plans for PSN’s premium services at E3. According to a highly-placed source, Sony will announce a large-scale monetizing scheme for PSN at the LA show, but we’re assured nothing planned will impact the service’s current free aspects. A string of features will be revealed, apparently costing “less than £50 per year”. Sony will confirm plans to give all subscribers one free PSN game per month, from a choice of “two to four” every month. “If you work it out, PSN games cost an average of £6-9 each, so over a year you’re basically going to be breaking even,” said our source. A streaming music application similar to Spotify will be announced in Sony’s press conference on June 15. It’s thought that this can run in the background while playing games. Rumours that cross-game voice chat is being saved as a paid feature are apparently not true, we were told. “I can tell you now, 100 percent, that that’s not the case,” our man continued. “There’s nothing in the premium package which will gimp regular PSN users.” The PSN premium services announcement is thought to be a major part of Sony’s E3 conference, which will also heavily feature Move. It’s thought that a PSP2 announcement, for this reason, is unlikely, and will be saved for either gamescom or TGS later this year. Get more detail on that here.

http://www.vg247.com/2010/05/17/prem...n-50-per-year/

[Blzer]

Wow, I'm actually all for that!

[rspencer86]

It just seems like pre-paying for PSN games...