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Rumour: PSN+ premium service details
- Thread starter gofreak
- Start date
It is a rumor guys...let's not jump the gun, but rather take it with a grain of salt. No reason to fly off the handle when its not even confirmed. This happens every E3, remember? Besides, if even it true and some of you are against it, you always have the option to decline to purchase, which sends a message to the company that they may need a change in plan. Be calm...be reasonable.
InfiniteNine
Rolling Girl
This is GAF, they'll treat it as fact until proven otherwise just so they can have another thing to bitch at.V_Ben said:
See the people telling Sony to fuck themselves over an unconfirmed rumor for more details.kyo_daikun
Member
lowrider007 said:
Yes I realise this, im only doing what everyone else is doing, I.e talking about this total rumour as fact.
The survey that Sony sent me a few months ago about how much I would be willing to pay for a premium service was leaning towards that kind of price range tho so im inclined to beleive it will be £80 - $120 range.
Diablohead
Member
IRC will light up like a firework factory on fire. :lolhxa155 said:Gaf calm down, this is just a rumor. You can save the meltdown for the E3 thread.
oversensitive
Banned
i wont pay for this if it it still means i cant crossgame chat with certain friends
H_Prestige
Banned
Paying for cross game chat and auto patching? Thanks but no thanks Sony :lol
But still, not as laughable as charging for p2p multiplayer. Now that would have been a disaster.
But still, not as laughable as charging for p2p multiplayer. Now that would have been a disaster.
The Omega Man
Member
gofreak said:
This is the feature that might make me subscribe to this service
The Omega Man said:
http://www.ventrilo.com/
or
http://www.teamspeak.com/
+ bluetooth headset + PC/laptop
=
PS3 xgame voicechat, the way it's been done since 2006.
BothBarsOn
Member
Nooooo. No. No. No. Not in a billion of your Earth years (if this is true.)
kyo_daikun
Member
Hanmik said:
How does one subscribe to Neogaf+?
Do I have to pay Duckroll $20 a month for it?
lowrider007
Licorice-flavoured booze?
Dabanton said:
I think if this is true then I am confident there will be more perks for the premiums users that what has been listed.
I think a good idea for Sony would be to leak out a rumour of a PSN+ @ $10 a month and then announce it at E3 for $5 a month.
charlequin
Banned
ajvizzgamer101 said:
Cloud storage isn't worth that much. XBL Gold isn't worth $40 a year now, still would be pushing it at that price with cloud saving implemented; $120 a year for PSN+ is completely fucking nuts no matter what features are in it.
DCharlie said:
Lots of problems with backing up/transferring the many, many locked saves on PS3. If the cloud storage works on these saves, it'd let people keep their Demon's Souls save even if they replace their PS3 or change out their hard drive.
Like I said above, it's not worth $120/year, but it's worth more than $0.
Talon- said:
Yes, but I think DCharlie's point is that when you realize that of those 8 people, only 5 of them have paid for PSN+, it's suddenly not so great a feature after all. :lol
Infinite Justice
Member
Sony just need to do cross game chat like how MS does it.
A free one where you talk one to one
The PSN+ version where you can create a group, talk, jump in games etc.
Increase to amounts if they have to (so it doesn't look exactly like MS's version).
A free one where you talk one to one
The PSN+ version where you can create a group, talk, jump in games etc.
Increase to amounts if they have to (so it doesn't look exactly like MS's version).
keyrat said:
You better live in Massachusetts so I can report you for cyber bullying.
charlequin said:
Agreed.
charlequin said:
It's a terrible feature, but it'd encourage people to annoy other people to get the service, so Sony wins!
I mean, I'm hoping that the price and feature set are rumors. I have no problem with most of the features being premium, but the voice chat cannot. It would be an incredibly stupid short sighted decision along the lines of the vibration not being in the controllers at launch.
badcrumble
Member
Joystiq picked out features straight from the surveys, made sure to pick the two inflammatory ones (i.e. paying for features instead of for content), and made sure to pick the highest price point possible from everything that had been rumored, and yet you guys still don't think they're hunting for clicks?
The Faceless Master
Member
cross game chat is free, it's party chat that's a gold feature.DonMigs85 said:
if the price is $120/per year this will fail. if it is competitive with xbox $50/year it will do just fine. people complaining about the cross-game chat and auto patch downloading being part of the psn+ need to quit crying. if they didnt have those features in the premium service what is going to hook people into buying it? if they get the price right, it will be the best way to launch their pay service. include something that everyone has been wanting for years and people will pay for it. quick check of the psn blog and it is the most requested feature people want. might not be the most desirable for the consumer but could be a smart business move if they get the price right.
astroturfing
Member
i don't believe this. too ridiculous.
Considering everything that is remotely interesting (discounts, DLC, and list of PSOne/Minis games) are whatever Sony dictates, this sounds like a complete flop at $10 a month. Discounts on what? DLC for what games? It could be anything.
I can't wait to see what Xbox Live Platinum looks like if this actually work at $10 per month. Ugh...
Interfectum
Member
$120 a year for cross game chat, exclusive DLC and background downloading? :lol :lol
$50 isn't looking too bad now is it?
$50 isn't looking too bad now is it?
I'm not bothered about auto-patching, but making cross-game chat PSN+ only cheapens the feature for those that do pay. If I can't use it with everyone on my friends list, then it's not going to be a great deal of use to me. It's been one of the most requested features since the PS3 launched and this isn't the way to implement it, especially not at more than twice the cost of Xbox Live. I know it's just a rumour though.wallbc01 said:
Ninja Moomin
Banned
Interfectum said:
except that part was flagged as speculation...?
charlequin said:
There might be a little more subtlety to it than that. Perhaps non + people can 'guest' in chats started by + people. But cannot start such chats themselves. For example.
There's potential subtleties to nearly all these proposed features, upon which the relative value on offer hangs.
Interfectum said:
I think I'd rather relatively unessential luxuries were charged for than relative essentials like online play, regardless of the price difference.
Panajev2001a
GAF's Pleasant Genius
jett said:
If you do not have the work "Fuc&!!!!" impressed in your mind after you have done pondering about
auto/live game patching
being reserved for a premium (paid) service then... you have anger issues
.What's next? $2 more a month to have 1 day exclusive bug fixing patches?