Scoobes on 17 May 2010
| Wiped said: £50 is about $80-$85 I think (and Euros, oddly). What suprises me here is that people are ALREADY being pulled in by the marketing spin. Ooh ooh! A free game every month! Well it isn't free, is it? You're paying for it in the subscription charge! The beauty of the model is that you PAY to get 'FREE' stuff. The other extras, like a music streaming thing, will cost a little for Sony to set up, but then next to nothing to run in the long term. Similarly, bonuses like giving new features to premium users, or updating premium user's PSN store a day earlier, again would cost nothing to Sony. It's just a gimmick to ensure that Sony can pull you into spending a dedicated amount of money on PSN every year - i.e., to ensure they make money. AND do you really expect the 'free' games to be top of the line ones? No, they'll be games over a year old and under £5 each when bought normally, anyway. |
To be fair we don't know how many extra features will be added into the final service. In terms of profitability for Sony, I agree this is a good idea. They setup a few extra services, and give users a game to download every month and charge £50 per month (or 49.99 
) and don't forget that Sony charges 3rd-parties a small amount for bandwidth.
Finally, a game every month doesn't mean they'll be over a year old or cheap. If you look at what Valve have done with their offers on Steam, there have been some amazing bargains, and even some of the special offers on PSN have been good value.
