http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/23/sonys-kaz-hirai-confirms-premium-level-subscription-coming-to/ Engadget Comments for http://www.engadget.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.engadget.com en-us Copyright 2012 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/23/sonys-kaz-hirai-confirms-premium-level-subscription-coming-to/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/23/sonys-kaz-hirai-confirms-premium-level-subscription-coming-to/Nov 23rd 2009 1:06PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/23/sonys-kaz-hirai-confirms-premium-level-subscription-coming-to/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/23/sonys-kaz-hirai-confirms-premium-level-subscription-coming-to/Nov 23rd 2009 1:09PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/23/sonys-kaz-hirai-confirms-premium-level-subscription-coming-to/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/23/sonys-kaz-hirai-confirms-premium-level-subscription-coming-to/Nov 23rd 2009 1:20PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/23/sonys-kaz-hirai-confirms-premium-level-subscription-coming-to/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/23/sonys-kaz-hirai-confirms-premium-level-subscription-coming-to/Nov 23rd 2009 1:32PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/23/sonys-kaz-hirai-confirms-premium-level-subscription-coming-to/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/23/sonys-kaz-hirai-confirms-premium-level-subscription-coming-to/Nov 23rd 2009 2:29PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/23/sonys-kaz-hirai-confirms-premium-level-subscription-coming-to/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/23/sonys-kaz-hirai-confirms-premium-level-subscription-coming-to/Nov 23rd 2009 3:08PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/23/sonys-kaz-hirai-confirms-premium-level-subscription-coming-to/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/23/sonys-kaz-hirai-confirms-premium-level-subscription-coming-to/Nov 23rd 2009 3:27PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/23/sonys-kaz-hirai-confirms-premium-level-subscription-coming-to/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/23/sonys-kaz-hirai-confirms-premium-level-subscription-coming-to/
and scream at the top of my lungs f*ck you all you sniveling pricks. ]]>Nov 23rd 2009 8:13PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/23/sonys-kaz-hirai-confirms-premium-level-subscription-coming-to/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/23/sonys-kaz-hirai-confirms-premium-level-subscription-coming-to/Nov 23rd 2009 1:07PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/23/sonys-kaz-hirai-confirms-premium-level-subscription-coming-to/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/23/sonys-kaz-hirai-confirms-premium-level-subscription-coming-to/
If, however, they decided to charge users to play games online, or to use Facebook or Twitter, well then we'd have a different story (but according to this article, that is not the case.)

If they want to add more PSN for a premium price, that's fine by me. I enjoy exactly what they offer right now, and free is all I'm willing to pay for it.]]>Nov 23rd 2009 3:19PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/23/sonys-kaz-hirai-confirms-premium-level-subscription-coming-to/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/23/sonys-kaz-hirai-confirms-premium-level-subscription-coming-to/Nov 23rd 2009 5:02PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/23/sonys-kaz-hirai-confirms-premium-level-subscription-coming-to/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/23/sonys-kaz-hirai-confirms-premium-level-subscription-coming-to/Nov 23rd 2009 5:19PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/23/sonys-kaz-hirai-confirms-premium-level-subscription-coming-to/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/23/sonys-kaz-hirai-confirms-premium-level-subscription-coming-to/Nov 23rd 2009 6:36PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/23/sonys-kaz-hirai-confirms-premium-level-subscription-coming-to/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/23/sonys-kaz-hirai-confirms-premium-level-subscription-coming-to/
One of the big draws to the PS3 was the free access to all of the PSN's content. Making us pay for some of it now just makes me wonder why I did not buy an XBOX in the first place. Oh, well reliability.. but still.
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We have no idea what's being sold.

I remember console warriors saying that Qore meant that Sony was charging for content, and therefore like 360. this could be like that. It probably is.

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Again it depends on what exactly they put on the service but it's a VERY fine line they're about to walk. If they get it wrong it could undo all the hard work they've put in to repair the damage from the PR disaster they caused the first year of the PS3's life.]]>Nov 23rd 2009 1:54PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/23/sonys-kaz-hirai-confirms-premium-level-subscription-coming-to/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/23/sonys-kaz-hirai-confirms-premium-level-subscription-coming-to/Nov 23rd 2009 2:55PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/23/sonys-kaz-hirai-confirms-premium-level-subscription-coming-to/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/23/sonys-kaz-hirai-confirms-premium-level-subscription-coming-to/
I don't really like some of the dumb stuff Sony's added lately. Facebook? Home (not just lately) I don't care about that. If they want to add cross game chat and charge others for it, I will not be paying. That's just not important to me.

When I think about PSN, I think about the reliability, the ability to host games, the inclusion of tons of free stuff MS forces devs to charge 360 owners for, and the massive numbers of players I can play with at the same time. It's the better network in these ways. I want to download games, movies, and shows, and I want to play in large matches. That's it. I do not care about cross game chat, twitter, or facebook. It's clear the PS3 is adding this kind of thing, and I hope they charge for it. Opting out allows my dollars to go for the great stuff I like about PS3, instead of the things I don't like.]]>Nov 23rd 2009 3:26PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/23/sonys-kaz-hirai-confirms-premium-level-subscription-coming-to/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/23/sonys-kaz-hirai-confirms-premium-level-subscription-coming-to/Nov 23rd 2009 3:45PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/23/sonys-kaz-hirai-confirms-premium-level-subscription-coming-to/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/23/sonys-kaz-hirai-confirms-premium-level-subscription-coming-to/Nov 23rd 2009 4:22PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/23/sonys-kaz-hirai-confirms-premium-level-subscription-coming-to/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/23/sonys-kaz-hirai-confirms-premium-level-subscription-coming-to/yeah. I like PSN, never had xbox live, and won't mind paying $50 a year for premium service.]]>Nov 23rd 2009 11:20PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/23/sonys-kaz-hirai-confirms-premium-level-subscription-coming-to/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/23/sonys-kaz-hirai-confirms-premium-level-subscription-coming-to/Nov 23rd 2009 1:07PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/23/sonys-kaz-hirai-confirms-premium-level-subscription-coming-to/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/23/sonys-kaz-hirai-confirms-premium-level-subscription-coming-to/Nov 23rd 2009 1:09PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/23/sonys-kaz-hirai-confirms-premium-level-subscription-coming-to/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/23/sonys-kaz-hirai-confirms-premium-level-subscription-coming-to/
in addition, how many people have thought "Mmmm, xbox360 and ps3 are now priced similarly but one does require a yearly fee to do any useful online stuff... Maybe I should go with a PS3 right now."

Way to go SONY! You are the current gen underdog and you are slowly removing your slight advantage to other consoles one by one!]]>Nov 23rd 2009 2:18PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/23/sonys-kaz-hirai-confirms-premium-level-subscription-coming-to/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/23/sonys-kaz-hirai-confirms-premium-level-subscription-coming-to/Nov 23rd 2009 1:09PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/23/sonys-kaz-hirai-confirms-premium-level-subscription-coming-to/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/23/sonys-kaz-hirai-confirms-premium-level-subscription-coming-to/]]>Nov 23rd 2009 1:09PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/23/sonys-kaz-hirai-confirms-premium-level-subscription-coming-to/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/23/sonys-kaz-hirai-confirms-premium-level-subscription-coming-to/Nov 23rd 2009 1:20PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/23/sonys-kaz-hirai-confirms-premium-level-subscription-coming-to/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/23/sonys-kaz-hirai-confirms-premium-level-subscription-coming-to/
Anything that is important to gaming online is still free and whatever it is that they will charge for will be subscription. Personally I hope that they have a premium movie streaming service to rival netflix. I think this would be a great thing.]]>Nov 23rd 2009 1:23PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/23/sonys-kaz-hirai-confirms-premium-level-subscription-coming-to/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/23/sonys-kaz-hirai-confirms-premium-level-subscription-coming-to/Nov 23rd 2009 1:36PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/23/sonys-kaz-hirai-confirms-premium-level-subscription-coming-to/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/23/sonys-kaz-hirai-confirms-premium-level-subscription-coming-to/
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Of course if that doesn't change then fine. If they add say something like streaming music, or other subscriptions that'd be cool. But I do not want to pay to access the equivalent of XBox live. I was on XBox live for a long time, and never saw it as valuable, except that it was my only way to get access to online play.]]>Nov 23rd 2009 3:12PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/23/sonys-kaz-hirai-confirms-premium-level-subscription-coming-to/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/23/sonys-kaz-hirai-confirms-premium-level-subscription-coming-to/http://20.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kpr50oLmrI1qz72boo1_500.jpg

- Free Online Gaming.....]]>Nov 23rd 2009 1:16PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/23/sonys-kaz-hirai-confirms-premium-level-subscription-coming-to/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/23/sonys-kaz-hirai-confirms-premium-level-subscription-coming-to/
Is there something wrong?]]>Nov 23rd 2009 7:41PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/23/sonys-kaz-hirai-confirms-premium-level-subscription-coming-to/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/23/sonys-kaz-hirai-confirms-premium-level-subscription-coming-to/Nov 23rd 2009 1:16PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/23/sonys-kaz-hirai-confirms-premium-level-subscription-coming-to/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/23/sonys-kaz-hirai-confirms-premium-level-subscription-coming-to/
Although to be fair, the PSN crowd seems to be more behaved than the Xbox Live crowd already.]]>Nov 23rd 2009 2:18PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/23/sonys-kaz-hirai-confirms-premium-level-subscription-coming-to/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/23/sonys-kaz-hirai-confirms-premium-level-subscription-coming-to/
I think it would be easy to limit gaming to more serious gamers if in order to subscribe the credit card used had to match the name of the user.

I thought of another cool idea for a subscription model. If with the premium service a certain number of game add ons came free rather then being pay add ons.]]>Nov 23rd 2009 2:59PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/23/sonys-kaz-hirai-confirms-premium-level-subscription-coming-to/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/23/sonys-kaz-hirai-confirms-premium-level-subscription-coming-to/Nov 23rd 2009 1:18PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/23/sonys-kaz-hirai-confirms-premium-level-subscription-coming-to/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/23/sonys-kaz-hirai-confirms-premium-level-subscription-coming-to/Nov 23rd 2009 2:12PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/23/sonys-kaz-hirai-confirms-premium-level-subscription-coming-to/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/23/sonys-kaz-hirai-confirms-premium-level-subscription-coming-to/Nov 23rd 2009 2:51PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/23/sonys-kaz-hirai-confirms-premium-level-subscription-coming-to/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/23/sonys-kaz-hirai-confirms-premium-level-subscription-coming-to/Nov 23rd 2009 5:16PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/23/sonys-kaz-hirai-confirms-premium-level-subscription-coming-to/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/23/sonys-kaz-hirai-confirms-premium-level-subscription-coming-to/Nov 23rd 2009 1:20PM