That's right, E3 is coming up. Which also means that the rumour mill has gone into overdrive. Aside from a supposed quad-core, cell-based PSP2 powerhouse portable set for 2011, the other big 'leak' (take it with a grain of salt) is the arrival of a premium PSN at this year's E3.
The rumoured features include a spotify-like music streaming service, which will also play in the background of games and one free PSN game every month for subscribers to the new premium model - free for only £50 per year.
What suprises me here is that people across the internet are already being pulled in by the marketing spin. Ooh ooh! A free game every month! Well it isn't free, is it? You're paying for it in the subscription charge. The beauty of the model - from Sony's point of view - is that you PAY to get 'FREE' stuff. The other extras, like a music streaming service, will cost a little for Sony to set up, but then next to nothing to run in the long term. Similarly, bonuses which we might get (purely speculation here) like giving new features to premium users, or updating premium user's PSN store a day earlier, again would cost nothing to Sony. It's just a gimmick to ensure that Sony can pull you into spending a dedicated amount of money on PSN every year - i.e., to ensure they make money, while pretending that you're really getting stuff for free to pull you in, and your wallet out.
And do you really expect the 'free' games to be top of the line ones? No, they'll be games over a year old and under £5 each when bought normally, anyway.
Don't believe the spin, is all I'm saying, if Sony really do bust out this pay-for-PSN model at E3 alongside the current free service.
Having said that, if Wipeout HD sells a few more copies thanks to giveaways under such a model, I'll be signing up. If you can't beat 'em and all that.
(Thanks to VG247.com for bustin' out this rumour).
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