Sony Pins Hopes on E-Distro

Posted by ryuzaki0 on Tuesday June 13, 2006 @03:39AM from the going-dvd-less dept.

Ars Technica reports on Sony's plans for their online service. As previously discussed, they'll be offering online play for free. They hope to make money via an e-distribution system. From the article: "Yet it is unclear what Sony intends to sell. While the 60GB hard drive in the premium console is spacious, it would not be large enough to hold a collection of HD video, although the company could sell storage add-ons in the future. We believe that Sony will initially sell other content, including music and standard definition video, as well as gaming content such as that available today in the Xbox Live Marketplace."

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The real headline... by steveo777 · 2006-06-13 05:00 · Score: 3, Funny

Should read

Sony to nickel and dime gamers to stay afloat
I really don't like the idea of episodic content. I'm not paying any developer, publisher, or hardware maker more money for a game I bought (non subscription, I do play WoW) just so I can get a better gun, or a new level, but I am okay with real expansions.

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