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Peter Dille: Sony "actively thinking" of charging for PSN |
Listed in: PS3 Tags: Peter Dille, playstation 3 updates, psn, SCEA
It's been the quiet talk of the town for a while now, and finally, Sony's saying something about their alleged plan to start charging for the PSN. It's definitely something they're "looking at."
In a chat with IGN, senior VP of marketing Peter Dille stated, "It's been our philosophy not to charge for [the PSN] from launch up until now, but [chairman and group chief executive officer of SCE] Kaz [Hirai] recently went on the record as saying that's something we're looking at."
To further drive down that nail with the hammer of (almost certain) finality, he said, "I can confirm that as well. That's something we're actively thinking about." Great, so they're nto just "thinking about it", they're actively thinking about it.
Nothing's set in stone yet, apparently, as even he concedes that he doesn't know yet what Sony will be charging for or it will even come to fruition.
"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."
What are you thinking about what they're thinking about?
Via [IGN]
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What people may not be thinking are games like the agency. I haven't heard too much about that game recently. Maybe they are thinking about charging the agency and other MMO's on the PS3 like WOW.
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and xbox 360 is piracy enabled so most people will choose 360 over ps3...
think that shit over sony,don't be fucking stupid
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at least for me
piracy GO!
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Their on a fucking roll right now if they play their cards right they can make the best of 2010 but if they do start charging expect many of us to walk out the door.
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LOL
They already charge you even for avatars! IT should be free !
if you want to charge for added functionality it's fine but not for how it is now!!!
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unless you want to add dumb stuff like a giant cotton swab or a MW2 uniform.
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It's the dynamic themes where Sony is bringing in the money(I bought the LBP one and it's cool)....and even regular ones, though I've yet to buy one.
Also, ya I will not pay for on-line play....it's the biggest "feature" sony has going for it.
If they want to charge monthly to watch vids or some sort of game rental service....that's ok.
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In the past months they said that they planned to add a premium service (which you have to pay) but they wouldn't touch the free one. ... Sooner or later we'll discover if that was b*llshit and they give a f*ck about their consumers (which would be start charging for what nowadays is free) or just add that premium optional stuff.
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i remember a while ago there was a post about them thinking of offering different payment plans or something like that.
it would be good if they let us do what we can now free as normal but if we want like better features i guess i wont mind paying for them
(providing there good and not something fucking dumb like that whats new thing on the xmb or the white sparkles on the psn defult background)
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the fact is that they've been giving away a service for several years now, one that costs money to provide. so they're spending money keeping PSN up and not recouping it through user fees. if they decide to charge for it, it will definitely hurt the one major advantage they have over 360, so i think it would be a major economic mistake for them to implement it since they will sell less consoles (and in effect- they will lose user base and developers to other systems, etc).
then again, in my opinion so long as they don't charge for online gaming, then have at it. i don't really use anything else on PSN. if they absolutely had to charge for it, please get rid of Home, noone uses it and i hate the idea that my money would be wasted on that crap.
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... wait a minute, no they're not
Point your blaming finger where it belongs
I wonder if the kids on this site will start calling it P$3 now, y'know like "M$".
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I can see how it might be fair if the game isn't online only, but for games like MAG and Socom Confrontation, you bet your ass it should be free to play online when you buy the game for $60.
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Don't Screw up the only real advantage in gaming the Ps3 has over the Xbox 360.
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on topic I have been saying for ages that sony needs to stop half assing things and actually do 1 thing right =\ I mean is that too much to ask for?
lets start with dynamic themes, these were the big thing of 3.0 atleast for me and my friends, we have seen a rather limited and half ass amount thus far *sackboy on the run is atleast worth the cash* and sony doesnt seem to really care about what is really considered "dynamic" IE GoW 3... flame in the eyes = Dynamic theme which is really just half ass =\
qore, a lot of the information is old, or uneeded like 2 months ago we got White Knight which is a year old Japanese game so im sure anything you want to know you can find from that, and this month we got Yakuza 3 which has been out for so long yakuza 4 will be out about the same time as 3 stateside =\
same with the free items in Qore, the same week that dynamic themes came out qore came out and it didnt even feature a free dynamic theme *would have sold some qore =\* and to date none of the qore themes have been dynamic but several of the games that had themes in qore later released a Dynamic theme
White Knight
ratchet and clank
etc
in addition the member content for exclusive items from this point has been lacking overall in other areas
considering a lot of people dont get the promo items that are given outside of qore *like beta access* ive missed out on a few, and others were later/shortly after given as a normal download/easily obtainable
MAG
uncharted 2
mod nation
and now god of war 3... which come on it was free with preorder and with collection =\
why do i keep talking about qore? well qore is the only subscription based thing that sony controls in the states that is linked to psn which actually affects content *the news app and toro social program* countlessly and nearly more often than acceptable qore finds ways to be lacking and disapoint. For this reason i am sure that the pay model will be lacking and anything we gain if only online gameplay *which will be basically mag/MW 2 or echos =P* a pay model doesnt make sense
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If you want start a premium service with more features/bandwidth or whatever, but DON'T force people to have to pay for the PSN >_<
I wouldn't even be able to as I don't live in the states (or any country supported by the PSN) so they don't take my cards T__T
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I will only pay them if they make the Store here decent.
And if they don't... 360 here i come
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second off:WHY THE FUCK WOULD YOU CHARGE FOR THIS IN THE ECONOMIC TIMES WERE IN
DO NOT CHARGE FOR ONLINE GAMES OR I HOPE THAT THE FUCKER WHO SAYS HE CAN HACK THE PS3 DOES AND SHOWS HOW TO GET AROUND THAT SHIT AND NOT PAY FOR ANYTHING
Thank You.
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It's simple, if they create a new model of PSN with extra-features like cross game chat for instance.
Then they rename the actual service to basic or something, and keep it free. I see no problem, who that like the free service, or actually dont what to pay, will be fine, and who want all those fancy functions pay for it.
Quite simple to me, and when they talk about charge for PSN I think that they are talking about this, because they made an Internet survey, someone remember?
just my two cents
sorry for my awful english!
Thanks everyone.
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products currently w/wo charges
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End result:All products have a charge once they eventually make their way through the funnel.
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The only reason I got a PS3/PSP was so I don't have to pay a rediculous monthly fee. Xbox live is garbage. I dont want to go back. Also, the PS2 online gaming was fine with Gamespy!!! I still play it.
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Counter Strike? Free online play, one of the most addicting series of all time.
WoW? Payed online play, the most played and addicting game of all time (according to statistics of game addicts.)
It's a mixed standard. Some games that are pay for online play are good, others that are free are fantastic.
Warhawk is simply one of my favorite online games of all time. It's just very addicting. The graphics are colorful, the DLC always added a very much needed little touch, and the maps were either gigantic, or just small enough.
Gears of War 2 is fantastic when it works. When there is no lag online, and there are no cheaters? The game IS insanely amazing. But sadly, at this point, it's kinda hard to run into this.
But that's not what I'm here to post about.
I'd like to point out two fantastic games.
Heavy Rain, and Mass Effect 2.
Now this is where beauty sets in. You don't ever have to worry about paying to play online for these two games, because they are completely single player. You don't need an Xbox Live connection to play Mass Effect 2. If Sony starts charging for online play? Guess what: Heavy Rain doesn't use that charge.
It's stupid to say that "OH NO I CAN'T PLAY THIS CONSOLE ANYMORE BECAUSE I HAVE TO PAY TO PLAY ONLINE NOOOOO"
Guess what: There are fantastic single player options out there, and split screen has and will always be fun. While multiplayer games are extremely fun, the single player based games have a tendency to also be stunning.
Don't go around crying because you have to pay to play a game, because you don't. You can still play offline for free, and still play splitscreen on some games.
And you know? I really like Xbox Live, the fact that I get better options than the silver members because I pay gives me incentives. And incentives is what Sony has to look into to make people pay for it's service. Free online play for all, but if you pay, you can get free PS1 games or early access to PS2 downloads and PSP games? That's something I would pay for.
Paying for online play isn't something that is shocking, it's a bit of a necessity. Servers don't pay for themselves you know.
If you don't want to pay, then just play some singleplayer games. They are just as good.
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Microtransactio ns. If Sony was to make a service that replaces these forms of payment with a subscription based service?
Talk about printing money.
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It is not cheap to maintain server service nor is it cost effective to let people play for free. The hole being burnt through their pockets has to have roughly the diameter of the sun.
Even though its 50 bucks a year, I don't mind paying for XBL. I get what I pay for and more. I do miss out on some Sony games here and there, but i don't mind. The community on XBL beats all else. I couldn't ask for anything else.
Not to mention Natal is coming out at the end of this year and that should really add some excitement to the Xbox 360.
All in all, Sony needs to make a buck too, but if they can keep the online gaming service free, then more power to them. Though you do get what you pay for.
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Anyways, ungrateful conusmers, thanks Sony for trying...we know unlike M$, you don't have a unlimited amount of $$$. Why idiots pay for LIVE, beats me.
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