June 15, 2010

E3 2010: Sony Announces its New Premium PSN Service, PlayStation Plus

via 1UP RSS feed by Chris Pereira on 6/15/10

Jack Tretton Sony's E3 press conference

It should come as a surprise to no one after being rumored for such a long time, but Sony has finally announced its premium online service called PlayStation Plus. The current slate of PlayStation Network features -- including online play -- will continue to remain free. The new subscription service will cost $49.99 for a 12 month subscription or $17.99 for 3 months, with a free 3 month trial available for a limited time.

Among the features you'll enjoy by subscribing to Plus are early access to demos, invites to select game betas, discounts on certain PlayStation Store content, and automatic downloads of content like patches and firmware that will be pushed to your system. And for as long as you subscribe to Plus, you'll get free access to several games: Wipeout HD, a trial of Infamous, PlayStation Minis Fieldrunners and Age of Zombies, and the PS1 Classic Rally Cross. Other perks were also promised for subscribers, but that's all that was detailed during the press conference.

PlayStation Plus will be available later this month.


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