We had not even send out email out for a while or VG247 already has an answer back.
It seems we don’t have to worry about ‘doing a Xbox Live’. Through SCEE, Kaz Hirai let the following know
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
So under premium we can say Qore? MMO based subscriptions? Well as long as standard online play is free we don’t mind.
Source: VG247
November 19
Subscription coming to PSN?VG247 made a post about a slide at the Media/Investor Conference. Slide 39 shows that there will be a “new revenue stream from subscription”. What this subscription might be, they don’t know yet and as do we so far (we’ve contacted out SCEE rep). Though the PlayStation Network is listed as a key advantage on the PlayStation 3.
Could it perhaps be a subscription for the comic store? Or is it the thing we’ve dreaded the most, online subscription like with it’s counterpart Xbox Live.
What do you think it might be?
Source: VG247