Sony to start charging for PSN? Pachter says...

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Capulous said:

mothman said:
I pay for PSN+ and have since the first day it was offered. I'm quite happy with it right now. They've included a ton of games for my 50 bucks a year some of which don't even expire if I cancel my subscription. On the other hand I've cancelled my Xbox Gold subscription because I was paying $60 for, well nothing actually. Once my son got tired of running around the same maps shooting his friends I had no reason to keep it. I only play single player games and download the odd demo.

Bottom line: if Sony charges and actually gives me value for my money like including a couple of games a month for free and others at a discount then I'm in. If like Xbox live I have to pay for nothing I'm out.

Are you talking about the free games you get as long as you subscribe to PSN+? They remain free and playable as long as you have an active subscription to PSN+. Once that subscription expires you will not have access to those games anymore unless you purchase them or renew.

Xbox LIVE gold membership offers discounts on games and DLC, and there are free games as well. However, these games may be free to silver members as well.

I highly doubt XBL offers a substantial amount of free games. PS Plus pushes out free games constantly. Here are the titles I received from just one year of PS Plus:

PS3

Shift 2

Far Cry 2

Sly Cooper

Tomb Raider: Underworld

Fatal Interia

PSN

Shank 2

Street Fighter 2 Turbo HD

LBP prehistoric moves

Mahjong tales

Costume Quest

Hydrophobia Prophecy

Inferno Pool

Swords and Soldiers

Marvel Pinball

Burn Zombie Burn

Elemental Monster

Altered Beast

Astro Tripper

Plants vs Zombies

Comix Zone

Crash Commando

Golden Axe

Bomberman Ultra

Streets of Rage 2

Magic the Gathering Dules of the Planswalkers

Sam and Max Episode 1

Sonic the Hedgehog 1 & 2

Comet Crash

Hamster Ball

Battle Fantasia

Supersonic Acrobatic Rocket-Powered Battle-Cars

Simpsons Arcade

Back to the Future Episode 1-5

PSone

Crash Bandicoot 1-3 & racing

Silent Hill

Resident Evil 1-3

Siphon Filter 1-3

Um Jammer Lammy

Final Fantasy V

Spyro the Dragon 1-3

Warhawk

Jet Moto

Destruction Derby

Medievil

Disney's Lilo and Stitch

Oddworld: Abe's Exoddus

Minis

34 of them...save the trouble

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