Just a quick follow-up to all the talk of paying for stuff. Overall? Nice. While some of the initial reactions I've read are balking at the price (not surprising - $4 per map), it does keep in line with my expectations. I *wish* I could find the story where one of Sony's head folks talked about their microtransaction items possibly costing more to cover costs for PSN. Oh well
And if you've been playing Resistance since launch, you've been playing for 8 months without a fee. They're asking for $8 for (what I understand are) two good maps and you still get a free content update on top of that. That's not bad at all. Yes, I know it feels like you're being "nickled and dimed," but at the same time this is how Sony keeps PSN free at the moment (that would be a good subscriber perk - discount on download prices).
Again, free is dead. Long live cheap.
Anyhow, they really needed to go more in depth about what the free stuff is to soothe folks a bit, but the global play sounds great to me. Also, there's nothing to say they won't eventually release those maps for free, or have special sales lowering the price, or any number of promotion methods.