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February 3rd, 2010, 19:40
http://cache.gawker.com/assets/images/4/2010/02/500x_psn.jpg (http://cache.gawker.com/assets/images/4/2010/02/psn.jpg)The most common charge leveled at the Xbox 360 by Playstation 3 devotees is that Microsoft dares to charge for its Xbox Live service, unlike the free PSN. Not for long!
Back in November, a presentation slide revealed that Sony had a paid subscription plan in the works for PSN. And now Peter Dille, the head of PSN, had this to say in an interview with IGN:
Will we charge for it or why don't we charge for it? It's been our philosophy not to charge for it from launch up until now, but Kaz recently went on the record as saying that's something we're looking at. I can confirm that as well. That's something that we're actively thinking about. What's the best way to approach that if we were to do that? You know, no announcements at this point in time, but it's something we're thinking about.
Now the question is what exactly will they be charging for. Will they charge for online multiplayer, like Xbox Live? Or will they offer up some new premium goodies to entice people to pay up while leaving the current offerings up for free? In any case, it looks like there's soon to be a little less ammo in the console wars. But don't worry, Sony fanboys: you still have Blu-ray. No one can take that away from you. [IGN (http://ps3.ign.com/articles/106/1065686p2.html) via TFTS (http://nexus404.com/Blog/2010/02/03/sony-thinking-about-charging-for-psn-sony-executive-confirms-theyre-thinking-about-a-premium-membership-model-expecting-ps3-to-complete-its-10-year-lifecycle/)]
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Back in November, a presentation slide revealed that Sony had a paid subscription plan in the works for PSN. And now Peter Dille, the head of PSN, had this to say in an interview with IGN:
Will we charge for it or why don't we charge for it? It's been our philosophy not to charge for it from launch up until now, but Kaz recently went on the record as saying that's something we're looking at. I can confirm that as well. That's something that we're actively thinking about. What's the best way to approach that if we were to do that? You know, no announcements at this point in time, but it's something we're thinking about.
Now the question is what exactly will they be charging for. Will they charge for online multiplayer, like Xbox Live? Or will they offer up some new premium goodies to entice people to pay up while leaving the current offerings up for free? In any case, it looks like there's soon to be a little less ammo in the console wars. But don't worry, Sony fanboys: you still have Blu-ray. No one can take that away from you. [IGN (http://ps3.ign.com/articles/106/1065686p2.html) via TFTS (http://nexus404.com/Blog/2010/02/03/sony-thinking-about-charging-for-psn-sony-executive-confirms-theyre-thinking-about-a-premium-membership-model-expecting-ps3-to-complete-its-10-year-lifecycle/)]
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