Sony Says the "M" Words About PSN Again: Monthly Fees

[LGC Pominator]

is cool i guess, im happy paying my 45 quid a year for xbox live and all of the awesome trappings it brings, if sony were willing to provide their service for free more power to them, i did kinda think it would come to this (and worse) eventually though, we will just have to wait and see...

 

[Treblaine]

Well if they charge for Home I sure as hell won't give a damn.

 

[Treblaine]

You know i would pay willingly, but i wont until they fix those damn lag problems in most PS3 games.

examples?

Is this in comparison to you personal experience with Xbox 360's online?

 

[Pink_Pirate]

as long as we dont actually loose anything, or have to start paying for what we'r already getting for free i dont really care, and i dont get what all the rage is about...

 

[mikecoulter]

But don't they already charge for content? Unless they're going to make us pay for every theme, demo and trailer we download from them I really don't see what they're on about.

 

[qbanknight]

you never know, monthly fees might mean smoother servers for games when they launch, not having to wait for 2 weeks before finally being able to play online (that happened to me and kz2)

 

[DTWolfwood]

as long as my online gaming is free than all the power to Sony cause this WILL NOT AFFECT ME OR ANYONE WHO USES PSN FOR ONLINE PLAY ONLY.

If they charge for Demos, then ill have my pitchfork sharpened and my torches oiled.

 

[Digikid]

Money grabbing buggers.........

 

[Cherry Cola]

You know i would pay willingly, but i wont until they fix those damn lag problems in most PS3 games.

examples?

Is this in comparison to you personal experience with Xbox 360's online?

BlazBlue had some lag issues like crazy, and they havent fixed it. Mordern Warfare 2 had some issues also but they mightve fixed that, lets see...WarHawk, Street Fighter 4,L.B.P everynow and then, and finally the motherload of lag issues, Red Faction Guerilla.

P.S yes i do have an xbox but its red ringed so i wouldnt know how it is in comparasion

Oh, Guerilla, you where sooo laggy.

I could kill a person with a swing from my hammer at a range of 2 meters. It happened so much that when a game wasn't laggy I threw my controller into the wall because the stupid hammer wasn't working.

 

[NickCaligo42]

I'd love to rage on this, but what exactly is their idea of "premium content" here? Does this mean I won't be able to download game demos, or...?

Throw me a bone, here, Sony. What's your definition of "premium content?"

 

[Aesir23]

Wow, this makes me glad I rely on the PC for online gaming.

 

[jboking]

Kaz Hirai was quick to step in and caution that the subscriptions would be for premium content, and online gaming would still be free of charge.

And I stopped caring right about there. Honestly, in order for me to be worried about them charging for 'premium content' on the PSN I would first have to regularly buy things or even just use the PSN's features. I have only ever bought Flower and Fat Princess. Other than that I download demos, which if they claim that to be 'premium content' I would like to see the justification.

So long as I can keep playing online for free, I'm good.

 

[MrSnugglesworth]

I was going "Ha! Stupid Ps3 players, finally having to pay for online!"


Then your last sentence ruined it.

 

[Pyotr Romanov]

Oh god, we all know that premium content = content stripped from the original game to make more money.

 

[Vierran]

I assume that the premium content will above and beyond what they are currently offering anyway.

 

[Jumplion]

I'll just say what everyone else has said, as long as I don't have to pay just to get online I'm fine. If by "premium services" they mean early access to demos, exclusive videos and whatnot, I'm fine with it. Hell, I may even pay up if it's filled with enough goodies.

 

[acklumos]

Depending on how Sony does this, if they do it, I may finally give up on consoles and switch completely to PC gaming.

 

[theultimateend]

Pretty simple.

Charge for the multiplayer access and I'll stop using it .

Saves me and them money.

But doesn't sound like they are going to do that.