What about people that don't want “hundreds of dollars of value through the year,” ?
I imagine they wouldn't buy it.
Not really with you at the moment.
I just hope the free service will remain and IF you want the “extras” then you will need to pay.
With time Sony will phase out almost everything that belongs to free side and we'll have to pay anyway…
Brutal reality these days..
Ah, I see. I doubt they would to be honest - it's a nice point scoring opportunity vs the Xbox at the moment, but you never know.
Maybe with the PS4 everything will change though.
Personally, I only use my console online about once every 3 months, so there's no way I'd ever pay a free for the privilege.
The official PS Euro blog gave a run-down of what the UK will get, which I think is probably more relevant.
I can't help thinking that Sony are making people pay quite a bit for not much return, least with the Xbox you could argue that by paying you can play online but as you get that free with Sony there not much left to convince people with…