JofaMang
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A few months back there was an open discussion on the possibility of a paid premium service, and everything that is free now would remain free with the introduction of the premium services.
What could be included with a premium service? How about cross chat? Different tiers, with certain levels of DLC and betas being automaticly accessable per tier? Open video codecs? Included subscriptions to Qore? Region limitations might be available in a more-than-free service, such as the vidzone. There are a lot of shortcomings that can be addressed with a pay-for service, without infringing upon what is already free.
As an avid PS3 owner, I don't feel threatened by such a service, and would probably pay for it, should I personally deem it worthy of a period payment. It certainly would put a bit of tarnish on the PS3 fanboys attack of Xbox Live, but if Sony keeps games online play modes free, there wouldn't be much to worry about.
What could be included with a premium service? How about cross chat? Different tiers, with certain levels of DLC and betas being automaticly accessable per tier? Open video codecs? Included subscriptions to Qore? Region limitations might be available in a more-than-free service, such as the vidzone. There are a lot of shortcomings that can be addressed with a pay-for service, without infringing upon what is already free.
As an avid PS3 owner, I don't feel threatened by such a service, and would probably pay for it, should I personally deem it worthy of a period payment. It certainly would put a bit of tarnish on the PS3 fanboys attack of Xbox Live, but if Sony keeps games online play modes free, there wouldn't be much to worry about.