{"id":568958,"date":"2010-05-18T11:00:05","date_gmt":"2010-05-18T15:00:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.crunchgear.com\/?p=158686"},"modified":"2010-05-18T11:00:05","modified_gmt":"2010-05-18T15:00:05","slug":"psn-premium-rumor-has-the-internets-shaking-in-its-boots","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/568958","title":{"rendered":"PSN Premium rumor has the Internets shaking in its boots"},"content":{"rendered":"

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In my lower moments I can be found browsing various message boards, watching mere children argue over what video game console is superior, the Xbox 360<\/A> or the PS3<\/A>. No, I’m not lying, sad as that may be. Eventually the PS3 supporters whip out this gem: “Yeah, well at least we don’t have to pay to play online,” which is a clever dig at Xbox Live’s $50 price tag. Don’t tell them this rumor, then: Sony will unveil<\/A> a PSN Premium at E3 next month, and it will cost money.<\/p>\n

The deal is that Sony will announce a PSN Premium of sorts at E3. It won’t affect the way you play PSN right now, so I don’t know why I raised that specter a few sentences ago. The day after it comes out, you’ll still be able to shoot your friends dead in Modern Warfare 2<\/i><\/A> totally gratis. Rather, this premium service will add all sorts of bells and whistles such as a free game every month and a music streaming service \u00e0 la Spotify (which is great, I’m using it right now<\/i><\/A> as I type).<\/p>\n

Those are the only two items mentioned, a free game and a music streaming service.<\/p>\n

Again, I must stress that this is merely a rumor, one of many pre-E3 rumors that are floating around out there, ruining people’s lives and causing public relations departments to copy-paste “It’s not our policy to comment on rumors” in e-mail after e-mail.<\/p>\n

Depending on the game, the free game gimmick may just sorta be “meh,” but if you were able to play Racing Game<\/i> with any song in this streaming service’s catalog, well, that would be neat.<\/p>\n

What else could such a premium service add? Not being a PS3 owner, I’m only vaguely familiar with PSN’s offerings. Maybe Sony will throw unlimited (or limited!) movie rentals\/streams, something along those lines.<\/p>\n

I have no idea, clearly.<\/p>\n

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