PSN gold and silver accounts now open

[bovine]

http://playstation.innovyx.net/v?xJnPHcPEHWHcqJWHnlcn

apparently they are releasing exclusive content to paying subscribers now on the PSN. Awesome? Oh, the pay accounts are called "qore" accounts, so you can be cool and stuff.

[Eric]

As long as I don't have to play to pay online they can add whatever they want.

[Zeus]

As long as I don't have to play to pay online they can add whatever they want.

I'm sort of along those lines. If they wanna offer exclusive things to paying customers that are not a part of the core gaming experience and doesn't constitute the majority of the "extras" available (ie. themes, videos, mp3s, wallpaper, etc), I'm coo with that. I mean, IGN has had their Insider stuff for a while. It only became a problem when they decided to feature exclusive interviews/articles only to Insiders (they stopped that quickly after being shat on by their readers) that were a part of their core content. Now it's just certain guides or special types of features, but it isn't insane. But if all of a sudden ALL of the extra shit including interviews, behind-the-scenes stuff, and all of the themes and wallpapers are the exclusive domain of the "Qore" people, then it becomes a problem.

Even Microshaft has had tons of exclusive themes, gamer pics, and contests for their Gold customers. Whatever, if you're getting goosed to play a game your already paid for, they should at least have the common courtesy to give you a reach around. It's the paying to play online and, to a lesser extent, the timed demos (that's really just silly, IMO; it's more of a vindictive move that does nothing but hurt the game) that is "wrong" IMO.

[Andrew, Killer Bee]

Damn. I was certain Microsoft would make Live free before Sony would start really monetizing PSN.

[Zeus]

Damn. I was certain Microsoft would make Live free before Sony would start really monetizing PSN.

You can still play online for free on PSN. That's a huge advantage over Live

[bovine]

wanna play the only demo released this week? Well, you've gotta buy that stupid Qore thing then.

[Zeus]

wanna play the only demo released this week? Well, you've gotta buy that stupid Qore thing then.

That's like Microshaft making the Canada Day theme available only to Gold members on Canada Day. That's ridiculous

[Julius Seeker]

Every hard-c word is automatically more cool when you replace the c with a q or a k.