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Sony To Detail "Premium PSN" Plans At E3

Posted by Soulskill on from the if-only-we-could-still-access-psn dept.

ranulf writes "VG247 is reporting that Sony will reveal their plans for 'premium PSN' services next month at E3, even though they've long stated that one of the PS3's advantages over the 360 is that they offer PSN for free. In addition to the premium services, they intend to offer a free PSN game to subscribers each month (from a choice of 'two to four games'), which should make the premium PSN effectively free if you already bought a game every month. VG247's source claims 'nothing planned will impact the service’s current free aspects,' and that 'there’s nothing in the premium package which will gimp regular PSN users.'"

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  1. Re:Playstation, ask the Xbox how this one turned o by schm0 · · Score: 0, Redundant

    Back-compatibility with your PS2 games? Hope you bought a launch system.

    Sony isn't stupid. They've already released GoW Collector's pack as an official re-release, and I wouldn't be surprised if you saw re-tooled PS2 classics on the PSN in the next couple years. Valid point, though.

    Want a controller with force-feedback? Hope you didn't buy a launch system, if you did you'll need to pony up another $40 each for new controllers.

    I hope you didn't either. The thing cost $600! Now you can get one for under $300.

    SD/MS/CF card readers? Gone.

    USB is much more prevalent than any of these formats, unless you're talking the realm of cell phones and cameras. Sure, the feature would have been nice to keep, but is this really a deal-breaker?

    Spare USB ports? Gone.

    So buy a USB splitter if for some reason you need 6 peripherals plugged into your PS3 Slim at once.

    SACD playback? Gone (not likely anyone noticed, though)

    Who the &#*@ uses SACD?

    OtherOS? Gone.

    Valid point #2. Still a niche audience, and a decision that doesn't affect most PS3 owners. (Not that it makes the decision right.)

    Time to replace the old "It only does everything" slogan with something more in line with the current feature set, like "It only plays blu-ray movies and PS3 games"...

    And Netflix, Media Server streaming, basic chat and messaging, photos, digital audio support (MP3, etc.), DLC, PS1 games, internet browsing, and free online play. (Not to feed the fanboy within or anything. =D)