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Iveyboi on 28 December 2010

Bandwidth must be outrageos. I D/L all demos etc every week which is like 5 Gbs haha. I have PS so I don't feel too bad. Thanks Sony



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Mr Puggsly on 28 December 2010
Iveyboi said:

Bandwidth must be outrageos. I D/L all demos etc every week which is like 5 Gbs haha. I have PS so I don't feel too bad. Thanks Sony

I read publishers have to cover the cost of bandwidth after a few months. So that helps keep the cost for Sony down. I would hope they took that burden off publishers though now that they offer PSN Plus.



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goforgold on 28 December 2010
nightsurge said:
Silver-Tiger said:

So Sony could have already gotten a lot of money from PSN if they didn't extend it to Qore, Music and Video Store, and the other services. And when Sony says they make money in the next fiscal year already it means that even if they extend the service further (Since they will of course), they make a profit.

That shows that a good supported service like PSN can make a profit without mandatory monthly fees, and that even when they constantly upgrade it.

But it still doesn't offer all the services of Live and it has many ad services within Home and the PS Plus subscription now.

It also took them how many years to finally achieve this profitability from their free service?

If anything it seems to show the contrary... that in order to run a profitable, successful service you have to have subscription and ad income.

but home was only released 2 years ago, and has only now gotten as big as it is, and plus started when june-sept?

and all what features xbl have over psn??