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Sad, but Sony's feeling the hurt.

http://www.destructoid.com/psn-plans...e-155553.phtml

I guess I'm wondering if the PS3 would have taken a substantial portion of the console market-share, would we see MS make Live free?

I'm really happy that game play will be free (we'll see if this is true, may be strings attached).

On one hand, I hope it's just some extra stuff that you really don't need, so you won't feel bad if you refuse to pay. But on the other hand, I hope Sony starts adding stuff that people want since they're actually paying for the service.

Nothing but speculation. It could be premium to get better avatars. I'll wait and see, but free online play isnt going anywhere, and thats what counts.

I'd be willing to pay for PSN if they allow things like a rental system for online content or something.

not interested unless like someone said having it got you free access to movies or something ( like one time movie veiwings or so many dl codes to get to watch so many movies or shows free from the store then maybe).

It sounds intresting the power to charge people on psn is weak compared to the power of the force... I mean free but if you got money I guess its a +.

They already do that for Qore.

Well, from TFA, "...offering premium content and services..."

I'm thinking premium content may be dynamic themes and such. It may be cool to pay a subscription and get all the whiz-bang stuff that I'd never pay for now. Just a guess. Maybe that stuff isn't selling well; it's a rip-off to charge $3 for a theme.

Japan has the PSN Game Rental Service Subscription right?? Or at least it was in discussion a while back... Thats what I think it will be...Id pay what 70 a year for unlimited PSN Store content..Plus it would cut down on Gamesharing

As long as online play isn't affect I could careless. I think what they actually mean is subscription to use features like Playstation Homes (Official launch), Life with Playstation, or game/movie rental like others mentioned or may be the full HD movie stream like XBox is going to have.

I wonder if they are not seeing as much profit from micro transactions as they were hoping. I have not bought any home items. I am pretty sure I never will.

^ Yeah, that's what I think. I also don't buy premium themes and LBP addins (unless they're free).

I hope it's a subscription where you just get all that crap included w/the sub price.

operation costs alone must be killing sony. home is a failure, and ps3 upgrades are sub par, and im sure sony has to pay gamespy for every online game.

maybe sony just wants you to pay for it, and if online play is remains free i can't imaging the moron that would pay for this.

Originally Posted by FriskyTanuki They already do that for Qore.

Yeah, this reminded me of Qore Services or it just Premium Avatars. Which they were saying earlier, before the release of FW 3.00.

Originally Posted by Trufatty operation costs alone must be killing sony. home is a failure, and ps3 upgrades are sub par, and im sure sony has to pay gamespy for every online game. maybe sony just wants you to pay for it, and if online play is remains free i can't imaging the moron that would pay for this.

You should try to be more informed before you post

It's always amusing the hear the fan theories on the consumer side of things. You need to look at things from Sony's side with a business perspective. I think if you take a step back you'll see that Sony feels like they're going to start closing the gap on install base vs Microsoft and they're not going to keep giving away something for free that the inferior (in their minds) competition is charging for.

It's either a show of confidence that they feel in their brand loyalty and future clientbase, or its a move that says we ate losses in the beginning to have a more futureproof console and now we're expecting to make that up as we even out the market.

I don't care either way, I have a live subscription through 2011, rarely play online (if at all anymore), and have all the current gen consoles to pick and choose what best fits. I *HIGHLY* doubt that they're relying on microtransactions with this; you're going to see features that are free now that will be premium down the road.

I would hope that its not 49.99 per year... or you can count me out...

No chance would I ever buy into this. Online play remains free ( like it should be ) so what is the point.

The new rumor seems to be that Premium PSN will feature faster downloads and auto syncing of trophies...I know, take this with a grain of salt, but I could definitely see Sony charging for faster downloads (makes sense). Auto syncing of trophies I hope is false because that's something that I think should be available for all users...

Originally Posted by SynGamer The new rumor seems to be that Premium PSN will feature faster downloads and auto syncing of trophies...I know, take this with a grain of salt, but I could definitely see Sony charging for faster downloads (makes sense). Auto syncing of trophies I hope is false because that's something that I think should be available for all users...

I feel the same, although my PS3 already downloads things balls fast.

I'm a PC gamer at heart. monthly fees pop up and i sell my online ps3 games. I can't imagine this would happen anytime soon, as they realize the huge amount of resistance they would get for it.

here's to hoping.