Premium PSN: Sony Speaks Up
The possibility of PSN premium services have been the talk of the web as of late. Many rumors had been flying around, and a recent survey has added fuel to the flames of gamers upset about having to pay for access to the PlayStation Network. To clear things up, SCEE has given their position regarding premium PSN offerings.
Alessandro Di Leo, head of communications SCEE Italy spoke to 4News. This is what he had to say regarding Sony’s position in relation to the premium service:
When running on the Internet are only hypotheses; the service, as is currently, will remain free. What has been said, a few weeks ago, is the ability to expand services with other options in some cases may apply. But there is no news about (Mancini to the new content) and then it is too early to say anything.
Are you interested in Sony’s premium PSN service? Let us know in the comments.
13 Responses to “Premium PSN: Sony Speaks Up”
I hope this clears stuff up. There has been a lot of speculation on this subject on forums. People have gone so far as to make petitions online to keep the PSN free. And don’t forget those “Keep the PSN free!” spam messages on PSN.
It’s going to stay free though, sony’s just bringing in two differant services that offer extra things that might intrest people into paying for the PSN, as long as it stays free and sony aren’t planning on getting rid of the normal free service in the future i couldn’t really care to be honest.
as i keep saying… as long as sony keeps half assing or poorly supporting things, people will be disapointed and ultimately the new prem psn will be limited and a waste of time…
examples of this…
Qore:
Add ons generally suck, which for the most part isnt anything im glad i paid for…
content gets leaked within 2 days max… and sometimes we get boring stories like white knight which is a older game thus info on it is easy to find *ex was said to be the same as international*
Prem avatars:
At first i thought these would be really cool, but now that we know their just basic pictures that just cost money, its rather confusing why they had to delay these…
dynamic themes:
sony made a big deal about these, but realistically we have seen very few of these, and for the most part their lack luster… look at demons souls and heavy rains for instance =\
I’m probably not going to interested in most things that they’ll want me to pay for.
Its good that Sony will offer more services and I have no problem with them making more money.
I just hope that there’s nothing that should be free but instead they decide to charge for it.
I don’t know why Sony had to clear this up… They already stressed numerous times that: online play, PSN store, current features, will remain free. The survey was just a proposition for users to indicate if they were interested. The people who started these rumors were either xbox360 fanboys or ignorant trolls.
there’s two options, ones free and the other isn’t, simple as that. If it has unlimited access to ps1, minis and hulu support then l’m subscribing
Qore sucks, so i didn’t buy it. If they come out with some quality service that does something for me, worth the money i feel its going to cost then i’ll buy.
I will pay. I payed for Qore and will keep supporting it.
what is so difficult to understand? psn will remain free Sony is just trying to expand services and features to try to generate more revenue in order to keep psn FREE so all you whiny cheapskates can continue to play online, access the store and do everything you have been doing for free. once everything is settled and we know for sure what these services will bring and how much it’ll cost, we all can make a better, more informed decision on wether we’ll sign up for it or not. I for one hope they price everything right because I would love to support Sony.
I will gladly pay up if token wagering, online data storage, free PSone games, and demo creation/sharing become a reality.
once again it seems that many people were jumping the gun and really had no idea what they were talking about….I just love speculation
People there saying its a option to get BETTER ONLINE EXP. Im all for it im willing to spend a 100$ a year. I play xbl there and pay 50$ a year . I have to say what sony is offering with there Premium service compare is wayyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy better then xbl. So pitch in and help ps3 network get better.
hello …
i know SONY will keep the ‘actual’ PSN free. I want to see what they propose for a fee.
if it’s good, then i’ll go for it, else well i’ll keep using the free services & not whine about stuffs i won’t get with a premium account.
cheers!