The latest update to the Playstation Network includes the launch of PlayStation Plus, an enhanced feature set to provide enhanced online gaming content and features. These enhancements bring the PSN experience more in line with that on XBLA including having to pay a subscription fee. That’s right PlayStation Plus is a subscription based program. Standard PSN features remain free of charge including online game play while Xbox Live gamers still need a Gold Subscription to play multiplayer games online.
This is still a major cultural shift in the Sony gaming world so it will be interesting to see how the community responds. Here are the full details of the Playstation Network v. 3.40 update:
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