New Sony fee a huge loss for PS3 owners

The Examiner writes:

"If you own a Playstation3, you should be mad as hell, because with th

is ill-conceived move by Sony has all but guaranteed that you'll be sorry you don't own an Xbox 360."

http://www.n4g.com/ClickOut.aspx?ObjID=298582

http://www.examiner.com/x-3674-SF-Video-Game-Examiner~y2009m3d22-New-Sony-fee-a-huge-loss-for-PS3-owners

There is a lot I disagree with article, but I do beleave if everything is true and Sony are charging the devopers 4 the content they put out. I think they will second guess and not put anything on PSN.

DISCUSS

The Examiner writes:

"If you own a Playstation3, you should be mad as hell, because with th

is ill-conceived move by Sony has all but guaranteed that you'll be sorry you don't own an Xbox 360."

http://www.examiner.com/x-3674-SF-Video-Game-Examiner~y2009m3d22-New-Sony-fee-a-huge-loss-for-PS3-owners

There is a lot I disagree with article, but I do beleave if everything is true and Sony are charging the devopers 4 the content they put out. I think they will second guess and not put anything on PSN.

DISCUSS

kenmid

There have been numerous threads on this, and it boils down to one thing. Whis was implemented a few months before the end of 2008, and it hasn't effected anything so far. It's a smart business move in trying times, what do people expect?

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[QUOTE="kenmid"]

The Examiner writes:

"If you own a Playstation3, you should be mad as hell, because with th

is ill-conceived move by Sony has all but guaranteed that you'll be sorry you don't own an Xbox 360."

http://www.examiner.com/x-3674-SF-Video-Game-Examiner~y2009m3d22-New-Sony-fee-a-huge-loss-for-PS3-owners

There is a lot I disagree with article, but I do beleave if everything is true and Sony are charging the devopers 4 the content they put out. I think they will second guess and not put anything on PSN.

DISCUSS

lundy86_4

There have been numerous threads on this, and it boils down to one thing. Whis was implemented a few months before the end of 2008, and it hasn't effected anything so far. It's a smart business move in trying times, what do people expect?

How is smart business? When adevloper want develop the psn anymore.

[QUOTE="lundy86_4"]

[QUOTE="kenmid"]

The Examiner writes:

"If you own a Playstation3, you should be mad as hell, because with th

is ill-conceived move by Sony has all but guaranteed that you'll be sorry you don't own an Xbox 360."

http://www.examiner.com/x-3674-SF-Video-Game-Examiner~y2009m3d22-New-Sony-fee-a-huge-loss-for-PS3-owners

There is a lot I disagree with article, but I do beleave if everything is true and Sony are charging the devopers 4 the content they put out. I think they will second guess and not put anything on PSN.

DISCUSS

kenmid

There have been numerous threads on this, and it boils down to one thing. Whis was implemented a few months before the end of 2008, and it hasn't effected anything so far. It's a smart business move in trying times, what do people expect?

How is smart business? When adevloper want develop the psn anymore.

Microsoft has a similar business model in practice, except they charge the consumer, for that and other Live capabilities. Whereas Sony places the cost on the developer. Both have advantages and disadvantages, and Sony did this rather than charging the consumer, which could only drop their current console sales, not increase them.

[QUOTE="kenmid"]

[QUOTE="lundy86_4"]

There have been numerous threads on this, and it boils down to one thing. Whis was implemented a few months before the end of 2008, and it hasn't effected anything so far. It's a smart business move in trying times, what do people expect?

lundy86_4

How is smart business? When adevloper want develop the psn anymore.

Microsoft has a similar business model in practice, except they charge the consumer, for that and other Live capabilities. Whereas Sony places the cost on the developer. Both have advantages and disadvantages, and Sony did this rather than charging the consumer, which could only drop their current console sales, not increase them.

Its not simiar because Microsoft charges the consumer where developers will still put out quality games, where now they would think twice when put a game out on the PSN.

sample http://www.pastapadre.com/7322/psn-bandwidth-charges-may-explain-no-mme-on-ps3

It's negligable.

this might be the final nail in the ps3's coffin that people have been wondering about.

I like how fanboys like to put a spin on everything lbjkurono23

[QUOTE="lundy86_4"]

[QUOTE="kenmid"]

How is smart business? When adevloper want develop the psn anymore.

kenmid

Microsoft has a similar business model in practice, except they charge the consumer, for that and other Live capabilities. Whereas Sony places the cost on the developer. Both have advantages and disadvantages, and Sony did this rather than charging the consumer, which could only drop their current console sales, not increase them.

Its not simiar because Microsoft charges the consumer where developers will still put out quality games, where now they would think twice when put a game out on the PSN.

sample http://www.pastapadre.com/7322/psn-bandwidth-charges-may-explain-no-mme-on-ps3

It's a good move, as Sony makes money off of the PSN somewhat now. We also haven't heard any developers bash this business practice, and no developers saying they will not release on PSN to negate this fact. It's been in practice for 4 months now

[QUOTE="lbjkurono23"]I like how fanboys like to put a spin on everything Serraph105

[QUOTE="kenmid"]

[QUOTE="lundy86_4"]

Microsoft has a similar business model in practice, except they charge the consumer, for that and other Live capabilities. Whereas Sony places the cost on the developer. Both have advantages and disadvantages, and Sony did this rather than charging the consumer, which could only drop their current console sales, not increase them.

lundy86_4

Its not simiar because Microsoft charges the consumer where developers will still put out quality games, where now they would think twice when put a game out on the PSN.

sample http://www.pastapadre.com/7322/psn-bandwidth-charges-may-explain-no-mme-on-ps3

It's a good move, as Sony makes money off of the PSN somewhat now. We also haven't heard any developers bash this business practice, and no developers saying they will not release on PSN to negate this fact. It's been in practice for 4 months now

[QUOTE="Serraph105"][QUOTE="lbjkurono23"]I like how fanboys like to put a spin on everything moose_knuckler

There have been numerous threads on this, and it boils down to one thing. Whis was implemented a few months before the end of 2008, and it hasn't effected anything so far. It's a smart business move in trying times, what do people expect?

lundy86_4

[QUOTE="lundy86_4"]

There have been numerous threads on this, and it boils down to one thing. Whis was implemented a few months before the end of 2008, and it hasn't effected anything so far. It's a smart business move in trying times, what do people expect?

DonPerian

yup it's a good point. I can see something like this happening, just like Lawlessx above said. I'm just glad Sony are finally making some money off PSN, I mean MS has been making a fortune.

[QUOTE="lundy86_4"]

There have been numerous threads on this, and it boils down to one thing. Whis was implemented a few months before the end of 2008, and it hasn't effected anything so far. It's a smart business move in trying times, what do people expect?

DonPerian

[QUOTE="DonPerian"]

[QUOTE="lundy86_4"]

There have been numerous threads on this, and it boils down to one thing. Whis was implemented a few months before the end of 2008, and it hasn't effected anything so far. It's a smart business move in trying times, what do people expect?

lundy86_4

yup it's a good point. I can see something like this happening, just like Lawlessx above said. I'm just glad Sony are finally making some money off PSN, I mean MS has been making a fortune.

[QUOTE="lundy86_4"]

[QUOTE="DonPerian"] This could possibly explain why demos are showing up earlier on the 360 than PS3. Cut down a bit of the initial rush that goes to a popular game demo..Just a wild guess on my part.

carljohnson3456

yup it's a good point. I can see something like this happening, just like Lawlessx above said. I'm just glad Sony are finally making some money off PSN, I mean MS has been making a fortune.

I agree with your points, but we haven't seen any negative effects as of yet. I think if we really start to see a lack of DLC or DD on PSN then Sony will take this out

[QUOTE="carljohnson3456"][QUOTE="lundy86_4"]

yup it's a good point. I can see something like this happening, just like Lawlessx above said. I'm just glad Sony are finally making some money off PSN, I mean MS has been making a fortune.

lundy86_4

I agree with your points, but we haven't seen any negative effects as of yet. I think if we really start to see a lack of DLC or DD on PSN then Sony will take this out

[QUOTE="carljohnson3456"][QUOTE="lundy86_4"]

yup it's a good point. I can see something like this happening, just like Lawlessx above said. I'm just glad Sony are finally making some money off PSN, I mean MS has been making a fortune.

lundy86_4

I agree with your points, but we haven't seen any negative effects as of yet. I think if we really start to see a lack of DLC or DD on PSN then Sony will take this out

[QUOTE="lundy86_4"]

[QUOTE="carljohnson3456"] They're making it the wrong way though. They arent making money from consumers... they are making money from people who are trying to make money off of them! The PS3 is the most expensive system to develop for. The PS3 has the lowest install base. Now the PS3 charges devs to have demos. Not smart on Sony's part.carljohnson3456

I agree with your points, but we haven't seen any negative effects as of yet. I think if we really start to see a lack of DLC or DD on PSN then Sony will take this out

haha you never know. Yeah I hope it doesn't turn into a big hoohah, because Sony have done the right thing by not charging, but unfortunately with making a loss in the PS3 sales for the first while, it hit them pretty hard.

I wouldn't be surprised if Sony does this, and then I wouldn't be surprised if they removed it because it's a stupid idea. However, I gotta complain about that article. It was one of the worst, poorly written pieces of crap journalism I've ever seen. I'm a 360 fan, but at the same time, it was clear that the writer was biased and didn't give Sony a fair go with the article.

This has been going on for almost SIX MONTHS. You people are so late to the party.

This has been going on for almost SIX MONTHS. You people are so late to the party.

StratSec

Pretty much what I was going to say. It's not new by any means.

And PSN content hasn't even begun to dry up yet, so until something like that happens, I don't think people have reason to be worried.

If it is going to affect demos, then I will be somewhat ticked. If it affects DLC, I dont care. Never buy the stuff.

I like how fanboys like to put a spin on everything lbjkurono23

How can anyone judge Sony business by this. For all we know Sony may be giving a bigger piece of the pie to devs./publishers from the actual game sales, therefore making this irrelevant. If it was that much of a problem then why haven't we seen any publishers or devs. actually complain about this.

If it is going to affect demos, then I will be somewhat ticked. If it affects DLC, I dont care. Never buy the stuff.

Kahuna_1

It's negligable.

[QUOTE="kenmid"]

[QUOTE="lundy86_4"]

There have been numerous threads on this, and it boils down to one thing. Whis was implemented a few months before the end of 2008, and it hasn't effected anything so far. It's a smart business move in trying times, what do people expect?

How is smart business? When adevloper want develop the psn anymore.

Microsoft has a similar business model in practice, except they charge the consumer, for that and other Live capabilities. Whereas Sony places the cost on the developer. Both have advantages and disadvantages, and Sony did this rather than charging the consumer, which could only drop their current console sales, not increase them.

Developers are still gonna make money off this stuff because most of the DLC is a rip off anyways. $10 a pop for a couple of maps that they could get some teenage geek to make for them.

The Examiner writes:

"If you own a Playstation3, you should be mad as hell, because with th

is ill-conceived move by Sony has all but guaranteed that you'll be sorry you don't own an Xbox 360."

http://www.n4g.com/ClickOut.aspx?ObjID=298582

http://www.examiner.com/x-3674-SF-Video-Game-Examiner~y2009m3d22-New-Sony-fee-a-huge-loss-for-PS3-owners

There is a lot I disagree with article, but I do beleave if everything is true and Sony are charging the devopers 4 the content they put out. I think they will second guess and not put anything on PSN.

DISCUSS

kenmid

so far no developer has complaint about it that i know of. and as far as i know most of them made a good profit on the playstaion brand (psp, ps2, ps3). anyway nobdy is forcing them to realeas their content on the psn

like someone above said, MS is charging developers for releasing games on more than one disc, but that did not stop Star Ocean, Lost Odyssey, Blue Dragon, etc being released on Xbox 360.