November 23
Playstation Network Premium officially confirmed
Ever since the Playstation 3 launched with Playstation Network, overtime many people wondered if Sony will keep the service free, or bring in some sort of subscription based service. Well now it appears that Sony will indeed bring a in a premium level service and yes you will need to pay for it.
During the presentation, which emphasized Sony’s plans to make its game business profitable in the next fiscal year, Sony Computer Entertainment CEO Kaz Hirai confirmed the plans. “We will be building upon our current free [PSN] service offering with premium content and services to start the subscription model,” he told attendees.
Will we have to pay for it anyway? No, Kaz Hirai has said that the current level of service would remain gratis.
SCE will further increase sales by offering users new entertainment through the combination of hardware, software, peripheral, and PlayStation Network,
Especially in the online area, we are studying the possibility of introducing a subscription model, offering premium content and services, in addition to the current free services.” (Emphasis added.)
Even without subscriptions, PSN revenue is on the rise. For the current fiscal year, which ends on March 31, 2010, Sony expects ¥50 billion ($563 million) in earnings from the service, a threefold increase from the year prior. In addition to game-related content, the PSN’s retail component–the PlayStation Store–offers video offerings, such as television shows and movies for both rental and sale.
13 Responses to “ Playstation Network Premium officially confirmed ”
This just ruined my day
They should just keep the network equally distributed instead of adding a premium version.
your an idiot. it says for PREMIUM services. Evrything that you have now you will still have, its just for extra things that if people want to pay for it. This sounds so much better that xbox live though
wat im talking about is like cross game chat, and important stuff, wat if its on the premium i knew that we keep our original stuff
think about it to, it may be priced the same as xbox live
then ill pay for the premium, its so worth it
it might be priced the same as the “monster”
I highly doubt cross game chat would be part of that “premium” service. Since it would be needed to be implemented by the FW update. The premium service category would be like Qore.
alright i see what your saying
This is bullshit!
As long as the service i’m receiving now doesn’t get interupted, i’m happy.
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