PSN Premium Option Details
What were those different features in that table?Published 22/12/2009 at 8:30 by Watchful
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This is a follow up to Lewis’ post that listed the options for a premium PSN service. Amidst all the reactions was some confusion about what the different premium features, such as Trophy Alerts, were. Now thanks to Engadget here is the list. The table from the earlier post is included again at the end.
- Customer Service Priority Access
Priority access to PlayStation’s customer service both online and via phone should you need technical help or have questions about your products. This feature gives you support with little to no waiting. - Exclusive Experiences with Sony Brands
Get member-only access to attend exclusive Sony events and experiences throughout the year, including those offered by PlayStation, Sony Pictures, and Sony Music. - Extended Console Warranty 3 Years
Get your PS3 warranty extended to 3 years as part of your overall subscription (requires you to keep your subscription active). The standard warranty on your PS3 is 1 year. - Access to Beta Games
Get access to Betas of popular games not yet released at retail (Betas offer bigger experiences than typical game demos). You will have the ability to play these games before others do. - Early Access to All Store Content
Get early access to select free and purchasable game related content on the PlayStation Store before it’s available to everyone else. This includes games, add-ons, themes, avatars, as well as free game demos. - Member Demo Sharing of Full Game
Share a level of a game that you just purchased for your PS3 with a subscriber who doesn’t own the game. Your friends could do the same. This would be an exclusive demo not available otherwise to those who haven’t purchased the game. - Cross-game Voice Chat Access
Get exclusive member-only access to cross-game voice chat. This is the ability to use your headset to voice chat with friends on your PS3 regardless of what they are doing on the PS3. - Full Title Trial – 1st Hour Is Free
Download full versions of select Blu-ray and PSN game titles and have the chance to play the entire game (single or multiplayer) for free for the first hour. After that time you will have the option of purchasing the game to continue playing. - Token Wagering
Get a fixed number of tokens per month you can wager with other players in competitive online games. These tokens could then be built up and redeemed for free PlayStation Network games and other content. - User-to-user Challenges
Unlock developer-created challenges while playing games. Compete with your friends to see who can be the first to complete these challenges. The PS3 will automatically offer and track challenges and winners and would post results. An example of a challenge is ‘first to get 10 trophies’ in a particular game. - Free Access to PSOne Classics, PSP Minis, and PS3/PSP Themes
Get a fixed number of PSOne Classic games, PSP Minis (bite-sized games), and PS3/PSP themes per month to keep for free for as long as you are a subscriber. The PlayStation Store offers these types of content for $2-6 each. - Discounts on Store Content
Get weekly member-exclusive discounts on specific games, game add-ons and themes on the PlayStation Store. Discounts may range from 20-50% off regular retail prices. - Member Only In-game Content
Get exclusive member-only in-game content for your PS3 or PSP such as new game play options, unlocked in-game weapons or player slots, exclusive levels, costumes/skins, and PlayStation Home spaces. - Trophy Alerts
Get automated alerts on your PlayStation XrossMedia Bar, PlayStation.com, and via text message (if you so choose) that alert you when your friends get any trophy or a specific one. This feature is customizable – you can choose which friends to receive alerts from and what kinds of alerts. - Cloud Storage Space for Games
Store your game saves on a virtual secure saver. This would allow you to access your game saves at any point in time, and from any PlayStation 3 or PSP console you are logged in on. - Online Music Service
Get a streaming music service that allows you to choose your channel based on music style, artist type, etc. and listen to an unlimited number of tracks. This service would be for use outside of playing a game and similar to Pandora or a Last.fm. - Online Music Video Service
Get a streaming music video service on your PlayStation 3 that lets you stream music videos from a continuously growing catalog of music and allows you to create a custom playlist to play back. [Presumably an ad-free VidZone? ~Watchful] - Automatic Downloads and Updates
Customize the types of updates you want your PS3 to download automatically. These include game updates (patches) for games that you own, firmware updates, and game demos downloaded on your PS3 without manually having to select them and wait for them to finish downloading. Your PS3 can be set to automatically turn on for updates and turn off after completion. - Loyalty Program Rewards
Get rewards the longer you are a subscriber and also earn rewards by engaging with PlayStation such as buying games, downloading movies, and rating products. Rewards can include full versions of PlayStation Network games and digital movie rentals from the PlayStation Store. - Facebook Connectivity
Access to member-exclusive Facebook features on your PlayStation 3, such as viewing and linking your Facebook accounts with their PSN ID’s, updating your status, editing, uploading and sharing photos, and viewing photo albums of your friends on your TV. - Catch-up TV
Get access to popular TV shows and movies through service providers such as Hulu, simply by clicking an icon on your PS3 XrossMedia navigation bar. - Netflix Access Without Disc
Access the Netflix video streaming service on your PS3 without the need to insert a special disc into the drive each time to access the service. A separate Netflix subscription would also be needed to enjoy the service. Netflix offers over 17000 popular movies and TV shows for streaming on your laptop or a supported device such as a PS3.
Via Sony Insider.
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ScottW-1976 | 22/12/2009 16:31
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Your argument makes no sense. Yes, I am aware of the concept known as “Saving Money” but if saving 75p a week is going to make a big difference to a persons financial situation I would suggest they have a lot more to worry about than gaming and the price of a PSN subscription.
gazzagb | 22/12/2009 17:32
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Some good features here, but why cant everyone just have them for free? The selling point for me was that there were no additional costs, and i reckon this will put off many potential customers, as they will just get the much cheaper 360.
legalisemurder | 22/12/2009 17:45
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The much cheaper 360 which costs twice as much when you factor in the cost of live,wireless,blu ray player etc.
deadwelsh | 22/12/2009 19:02
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i hate the idea of this – My view of Xbox Live was that you buy a console, and then choose to either get the poor silver offering, or pay for options that really should be included in a single package for everyone.
I have sung praises about the psn to friends looking at getting a console, and now it seems that Sony are going the same way as MS, segregating their customer base. If they decide to charge then fine, it will simply improve the service, but i wish they would just charge everyone a flat amount for all of the features on offer.
Just to moan a bit…
Customer Service Priority Access – Ha! I have spent time on the phone to Sony saying their shoddy hardware is no longer working, and of course I had to pay for the privilege anyway. Asking me to pay extra so i can get nowhere faster isn’t very appealing.
Early Access to Store content – i’d rather wait for a week than pay for this
I could go on but i’m boring myself already
jaferris | 22/12/2009 19:19
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is the only for the US ps3 owners or will the service be available for EU will anything be different ?
cc_star | 22/12/2009 19:21
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EU already has music video service, and some countries have a catchup TV offering (although as far as I’m aware it’s only one provider in each country, from the multitude on offer)
So there will be some differences
skibadee | 22/12/2009 21:00
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sign me up that is a great deal.
xarvuji | 22/12/2009 22:21
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Aside from the yes and no’s people already mentioned, I really disagree with the Menber only in-game content. If i pay for a game I really expect to be able to play all of it unless of course its DLC.
BrendanCalls | 22/12/2009 23:10
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Has it not occurred to anyone that Sony aren’t actually charging you for access to these things. Its common knowledge that Sony make a $40 dollar loss on every slim sold, what they are charging for is their poor business decision made 3-4 years ago during the development of the PS3 which has caused them to lose money hand over foot.
I honestly can’t see how this is being embraced, its the PS3 equivalent of the Poll Tax in my opinion
Joe | 22/12/2009 23:47
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mate are you funny in the head? microsoft dont lose money on their consoles yet they still charge for premium online services… jesus christ, just be happy that you can get online for free on the ps3…
cc_star | 23/12/2009 01:46
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@BC
I can’t see a problem with it , as you probably know.
I hope the vocal minority moaning about it means Sony launch a halfway house service which is neither here nor there.
I also can’t see why anyone has a problem with it, things like playing online, psn messaging, chatrooms, in-game chat, iPlayer, Vidzone and every single thing else will remain free, forever! – Everything else is EXTRA, its not taking a single thing away from the standard service
This is purely for people who want more – if you’re not one of the people who want more, then I don’t think that should affect people who are willing to pay for more benefits, especially one’s as good value as these.
@joe
I think you need to moderate your tone!
Joe | 23/12/2009 06:47
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Moderated.
BrendanCalls | 23/12/2009 13:17
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Thank you CC_Star for pointing that out, a little less of the personal insults would be welcomed just because I disagree, second time it has happened this week. What is going on at this place recently
Argon123 | 23/12/2009 15:33
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why dont they have another option with all of them. like and elite subscription?
Mentality | 24/12/2009 14:43
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I like the fact we can still play online for free if we choose to, but there are definatly some features in there that I guess I would pay for, although it would be with resent, since when I bought my PS3 it was with the intent that it would remain free, this was widley advertised and was the main reason for not buying an Xbox for me.
But I can say that subscription has done alot of good for the 360 and because people are choosing to pay for it, they arn’t willing to do much that would get them banned etc so it gets rid of alot of nonsense, so there are pro’s and cons to a subscription based service. I guess we will have to see how it all pans out if it does turn out to be true, there will have to be a lot of backend changes to make it worth while. The playstation Store downloads are still to slow and I got 20meg BB, Game updates are to slow, we (the uk) have to wait much longer than other regions to get certain content, will that be quicker if we subscribe? etc etc
Flaming Turkeys | 24/12/2009 18:22
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One thing that I think is stupid is that the two lower price account options have different things that the premium ones dont. Such as Token Wagering. Surely the highest price should have every feature, then lower to three quaters, then to a half and maybe even a quater. I would be willing to pay for these awesome features if there was a complete option (everything in one)
pklord | 25/12/2009 13:26
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i wouldn’t mind paying but hey, i thought sony was a make stuff free to all users not just to people who pay for it.
dnjeremy | 25/12/2009 13:29
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I don’t think I’ll pay, the actual features are enough for me. …Still I’d like to have the cross-game chat.
pklord | 25/12/2009 14:12
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THIS IS ALL BUSINESS THERE DOING A SURVEY ON HOW PEOPLE REACT AND THE MAJORITY OF PEOPLE ARE REJECTING THE OFFER FOR HIGHER AND LOWER SERVICES SO IT GONA BE A’NO’
Shrui | 26/12/2009 09:12
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Collectively this is an amazing bunch of stuff. Start watering it down either through what is actually cost effective (and then the usual SCEE factor) though and you start to look at them in much more detail and thinking, “hang on, this is something that actually puts me off playing (lack of automatic patches is my bug bear), why do I have to pay extra for something that other services (such as Steam) do without hassle)?”
I know there is the argument that Sony don’t owe you anything once you’ve bought the machine and unless there was a written contract between you (and what EULA says it will actually give you extra stuff?) – no they don’t legally owe you. But they need your loyalty which should not be confused with fanboyism. Brand loyalty is a very real thing in all of us which affects all of us whether you like it or not.
e.g. Me. An important question for Sony at the moment is will my next console and subsequent several years of game, video, sub purchases etc be with Sony or MS? Sony need to provide me with a user experience that starts influencing my future buying decisions now and my perception of the services offered by both companies NOW will affect my buying decisions for at least a decade. It’s why I got a PS3, I loved my PS2 and Xbox just didn’t seem that impressive.
But this generation things have changed and now both companies are offering great (and similar) services. I only have one console (due to time and money) but I often look at the 360 with green eyes.
The grass is always greener on the other side to begin with and then add on other factors and odd decisions by Sony and I can say they’ve currently lost my brand loyalty. MS haven’t secured it yet and I’m not going waste money buying a new console of this generation. Price comparison of subs, wireless cards etc on sites like this are all well and good but perceived quality by the general public is much more important and MS are VERY good at it.
So at the moment I’m in the middle, Sony are currently one sale down on the next generation before they’ve even built it. No mad claims here of “and I bet I’m not the only one!”. Thats what marketing and industry analysts get paid for, just showing why after sales support has to be done right (but still cost effectively of course!).
uncharted86 | 02/01/2010 09:55
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not a good or bad idea. if they want to charge people a subscription, the servers needs to be much better to stop crashes and glitching. As for customer service calls aren’t we al customers of sony, we all bought a ps3, so should all be entitled to the same level and care of customer service. for the 50 pound price tag i would expect some sort of a movie download agreement like 3 films a month, if not then at least the option to buy a further subscription maybe ten pounds a month for a movie subscription at 3 to 5 films a month at the users choice. To be honest i understand sony wanting us to pay for the servers but they are now trying to charge for items that as a company they should be providing to all there consumers in the first place. I think microsoft got the xbox live right but sony are way off on there offers, come on sony give your customers what they want not your offers that should already be free or that your penalising customers for if they don’t subscribe!