NJ5 on 23 March 2009
With a price of $0.16 per GB, I'm pretty sure Sony can make a profit from people downloading demos (considering average CDN prices). I'm not sure publishers will be so happy about this.
Sony had to find some revenue sources to cover part of their losses generated by PS3 manufacturing costs and the strong yen. The PS2 is almost dead now and it can't hide the PS3 losses anymore.
The bottom line is that publishers are already paying a lot in licensing fees, and Sony is increasing them. If you're a publisher making more than a few games a year, this will easily add a few millions to your yearly expenses. All of this at a time when most publishers are already suffering from losses or low profits.
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