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Cthulhu on 11 March 2010
selnor said:
Any PS3 fan who thought that Sony could operate PSN for free was dreaming. Sony were dreaming. Just way to many wages to pay to the hundreds of people daily involved in PSN or Xbox Live. PS3 sells at a loss, so no money made from there, means they constantly bleed money. For a service like PSN to remain around for another 4-5 years they have to have a paid subscription. M$ are ok, because they told there customersthis from day 1. Sony know they have to introduce it, they are gonna make it as painless as possible. But then $50 a year is peanuts guys. So it's no big deal.

Why do you care? Oh yeah I know...



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selnor on 11 March 2010
Cthulhu said:
selnor said:
Any PS3 fan who thought that Sony could operate PSN for free was dreaming. Sony were dreaming. Just way to many wages to pay to the hundreds of people daily involved in PSN or Xbox Live. PS3 sells at a loss, so no money made from there, means they constantly bleed money. For a service like PSN to remain around for another 4-5 years they have to have a paid subscription. M$ are ok, because they told there customersthis from day 1. Sony know they have to introduce it, they are gonna make it as painless as possible. But then $50 a year is peanuts guys. So it's no big deal.

Why do you care? Oh yeah I know...

Because Live and PSN both need each other. Both push each other. Every time PSN gets close M$ are forced to add more features. Which is great for business. Sooner or later PSN will have a charge. It's not Sony's or M$ fault that these things cost money in R&D and daily running.



chocoloco on 11 March 2010

If all I'm paying for is private chats or for gaming parties than no I'll stick to only paying for live. I've lived without these features on psn for so long that when it comes to social multiplat games all stick to live. If Sony had these from the beginning it might be differantly, because they didn't the entire service should remain free.



Severance on 11 March 2010
selnor said:
Any PS3 fan who thought that Sony could operate PSN for free was dreaming. Sony were dreaming. Just way to many wages to pay to the hundreds of people daily involved in PSN or Xbox Live. PS3 sells at a loss, so no money made from there, means they constantly bleed money. For a service like PSN to remain around for another 4-5 years they have to have a paid subscription. M$ are ok, because they told there customersthis from day 1. Sony know they have to introduce it, they are gonna make it as painless as possible. But then $50 a year is peanuts guys. So it's no big deal.

you must be dreaming, wait are you a PS3 fan?, i knew it!



I live for the burn...and the sting of pleasure...
I live for the sword, the steel, and the gun...

- Wasteland - The Mission.

oldschoolfool on 11 March 2010
Severance said:
selnor said:
Any PS3 fan who thought that Sony could operate PSN for free was dreaming. Sony were dreaming. Just way to many wages to pay to the hundreds of people daily involved in PSN or Xbox Live. PS3 sells at a loss, so no money made from there, means they constantly bleed money. For a service like PSN to remain around for another 4-5 years they have to have a paid subscription. M$ are ok, because they told there customersthis from day 1. Sony know they have to introduce it, they are gonna make it as painless as possible. But then $50 a year is peanuts guys. So it's no big deal.

you must be dreaming, wait are you a PS3 fan?, i knew it!


Let's not make this into a fanboy war.



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selnor on 11 March 2010
Severance said:
selnor said:
Any PS3 fan who thought that Sony could operate PSN for free was dreaming. Sony were dreaming. Just way to many wages to pay to the hundreds of people daily involved in PSN or Xbox Live. PS3 sells at a loss, so no money made from there, means they constantly bleed money. For a service like PSN to remain around for another 4-5 years they have to have a paid subscription. M$ are ok, because they told there customersthis from day 1. Sony know they have to introduce it, they are gonna make it as painless as possible. But then $50 a year is peanuts guys. So it's no big deal.

you must be dreaming, wait are you a PS3 fan?, i knew it!


Your right I'm not a PS3 fan as such. But dont be hard on Sony. It's not a big deal. They have looked after there fans, kept their franchises coming. A small fee for an ever changing online package with huge investment is gonna benefit the customers in the long run.

I hope Sony doesn't get huge backlash for anything they do. As a business they have to.



Severance on 11 March 2010

^^
joke of the day.



I live for the burn...and the sting of pleasure...
I live for the sword, the steel, and the gun...

- Wasteland - The Mission.

selnor on 11 March 2010
Severance said:
^^
joke of the day.


I'll leave the thred. I dont want to upset you. I was actually being real nice. But I'll leave it to you guys. No harm done. I hope anything I said hasnt offended you. :)



Severance on 11 March 2010
selnor said:
Severance said:
^^
joke of the day.


I'll leave the thred. I dont want to upset you. I was actually being real nice. But I'll leave it to you guys. No harm done. I hope anything I said hasnt offended you. :)

i don't get upset about stupid stuff like that, i don't care what Sony or Microsoft does, but we all know your intentions.



I live for the burn...and the sting of pleasure...
I live for the sword, the steel, and the gun...

- Wasteland - The Mission.

V-r0cK on 11 March 2010

Well Sony is making some profit off PS Home too, and now with the new avatar features.

Sony can charge monthly for new features as long as they keep the current features of PSN free.