Rumor: Sony to reveal "PSN+" subscription service at E3 2010

[garyopa]

Well the latest rumor being reported on blog's, is the paid version of the now free PSN service is coming for sure in a few months, with all the details to be showcased by Sony at the up coming E3 2010 in June.

Here is some of the rumored features of the new paid PSN system:

• Playstation Protection Plan (extended warranty!)
• Cross-game Voice-chat
• Cloud-Based Saving
• Rotating List of PSP Mini's and PSone Classics
• Exclusive in-game DLC
• Discounts when inside the "Playstation Store"
• First Hour "Demo Access" to full retail titles
• Auto-patching of PS3 games

All this for the rumored price of $9.99 per month, or $120 a year! There goes my wallet out to Sony!

But, it does give you extended warranty coverage, but how does work, currently Sony charges $60 for 2 more years on your PS3 slim (fatie's can't apply, they are out of the warranty game!), so if I giving Sony $120 a year of my hard-earned cash for more then 2 or 3 years, does that mean my first purchase is still covered? -- Or do they drop the price of PSN+ after your warranty is expired?

As for the "First Hour Demo Access of FULL retail titles" -- Sounds great on paper, but it is reported that you must download the full retail title first before you get the 1 hour of access. -- So if I think I might like "God of War 3", I need to download 46gigabytes which will take a few hours or a few days depending on your high-speed connection (if you don't have crappy ISP, with bandwidth caps!), just to play for a hour? Then what it auto-deletes? -- Or do have the option to paid full retail price to own it now that my harddrive is full, and my ISP just charged me 75cents per gigabyte to download it!

Then their is "Auto-Patching" of games. -- So what does that mean, while I playing a game or watching a movie, Sony is now poking around my PS3 harddrive looking at the games I played and installed, and updating them and adding patchs without me knowing? -- Personally, I like to know when I start a game that there is an update available or new patch, and then it installs. -- I really don't like the idea of network server just poking around inside my console by itself, who knows what else they might be "patching" like how they removed "Other OS", next time it might be the "bad save file you shouldn't have", etc.

News Source: http://www.joystiq.com/2010/05/25/ru...ce-at-e3-2010/

[Riku98523]

Its about time they make us pay for PSN the service is way to laggy and broken as it stands maybe now they can make it better. One problem I'm having is that $120 a year is way overpriced unless it outdoes XBL by a long shot.

[misetusa]

another bad move for sony? i mean, they always had the option of banning any would be pirates from the psn, but now that they're gonna be charging people for it, people might say "yeah, go and ban me, you're charging me for something i used to get free".
And right after the other os incident, sony are really testing their customers limits!
Stealing a feature they paid for and charging them for something they used to get free, yes, I really love sony's unique brand of customer service!

[shadovraven]

Now I see how sony is trying to fix their financial problems. Great job, soon you'll lose all of your customers, keep it up.

[yoshi314]

this is really starting to suck. you'll have to pay for everything you try to do with ps3.

this console had potential. but sony is hitting one of final nails on the coffin (if this is no rumor)

[noetikos]

one of the most pivotal features that attracted consumers to buy a PS3 before the $100 price drop and release of the slim version was that you could play online and access online multimedia via PSN "for free." nothing beats for "free."

this move by sony is definitely another turn off but we already sort of knew about it already. we'll see at this upcoming E3 what else sony will be up to.

[BradicaL]

You'll still be able to use the online game play that was free. You can do everything you did. What they are doing is adding features of the "premium" nature and charging for it. I will have no problem paying the yearly fee.

[4_ever_ps2]

"I can assure you that the current PSN as you know it will remain a free service," said House. It is something that our competitors don't offer and something that shows our loyalty to the PlayStation Community.

Well at least we'll still beable to play online for free.

[BradicaL]

"I can assure you that the current PSN as you know it will remain a free service," said House. It is something that our competitors don't offer and something that shows our loyalty to the PlayStation Community.

Well at least we'll still beable to play online for free.

Yea man everyone is trippin without reading. lol

[4_ever_ps2]

Yea man everyone is trippin without reading. lol

Ooops... I didn't see your post above mine lol