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Analysts don't expect Sony to adopt a subscription-only approach to PSN, but they do think the firm's planning to boost its efforts to attract consumers to a paid version of the online service.

Wedbush Securities analyst Michael Pachter said "I think it's unlikely that they will require a fee, but think they will strip down the free version to multiplayer and not much else in order to encourage people to pay the fee."
Billy Pidgeon of M2 Research agreed saying "Providing networked services for online gaming is not inexpensive, and charging for these services would help Sony defray those costs. I think Sony would best benefit by continuing to build out on the currently employed freemium model, charging for enhanced, tiered and incremental items, services and add-ons to add value to the online gaming experience."

We have known for a long time that Sony makes no money off the console sales and make up for it with accessories and game sales, could this be a way of making more of their money back?

Sony has forecast a massive $6.4 billion loss for the financial year just ended and, in a bid to reverse its fortunes, it plans to make its digital imaging, game and mobile offerings "the three main focus areas of its electronics business". New CEO Kaz Hirai's strategy outline indicates "the company also aims to increase sales by enriching its catalog of downloadable game titles and subscription services available through the PSN platform."

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I will refuse to pay for the following reasons:

No actual chat feature built in.
No Cross Game Chat.
Browser = Horrible
Downloading games = 1/3 of the time it freezes in the download and causes me to have to check and restart it.
Until recently, I've been signed out for no reason when I am not active for more than 10 minutes.


I'm probably done with Console Gaming after this generation. I am thinking that now that I am entering college and will be getting a job and will be investing in some good computer equipment that I might as well go the extra few hundred and rig it up for gaming as well and just turn to PC Gaming, which I can then just mod and have even more fun.

Too many restrictions with consoles.

Thats what I did, plus I like modding games after I beat them and its so much easier on PC.