Somewhere in their two hour speech, Sony also announced PSN Plus, a subscription based upgrade for PSN.
Now they have revealed some of the details as the program goes live on June 29th,
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When you subscribe to PlayStation Plus, you’ll get free games and DLC (pretty sweet), frequent discounts on PlayStation Store, early invitations to select betas of popular games, and free monthly episodes of Qore – our high-definition, interactive gaming lifestyle show. You’ll also enjoy new functionality such as Full Game Trial where you can “try before you buy” – play a Blu-ray or PSN game for up to one hour and then you can buy the game, download it and keep your progress and trophies. Another cool feature is Automatic Downloads that will push select demos, game related videos, patches and firmware updates to your PS3 so you don’t have to think about it. Total it up and you’ll get hundreds of dollars of value through the year with exclusive digital content from both our World Wide Studios Group and our publishing partners. And every month we’ll be adding new content and continually adding new features, making PlayStation Plus an incredible value, time saver and ticket to front-of-the-line access.
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It kind of sounds cool, but the part that seems a bit disheartening,
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Additionally, subscribers will always have access to their virtual library of free games for as long as they keep their PlayStation Plus subscription.
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It seems like you will have to continue to pay for a subscription to maintain some of the benefits, which is dumb.
http://blog.us.playstation.com/2010/...s-coming-soon/
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