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 Send to email | Sony Tries Charging For Video On PlayStation: Good Luck With That* (SNE) in SNE |  By Silicon
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 Sony (SNE) announced its first-ever original series for the PlayStation, a video series about gaming produced by Future US (publisher of PlayStation: The Official Magazine). The series is called "Qore" and will be hosted by sorta-Web-celeb Veronica Belmont. Viewers will also be able to download and play mini-games. (And as commenter Cruiz Dwyer points out, special game demos, beta invitations, game add-ons, and other content.)
It sounds like just the kind of thing that could get gamers to use their PS3 for things other than games, except for one fatal problem: Sony thinks people will pay $2.99 per episode (or $24.99 for 13 episodes) for the privilege. Not only that, Sony thinks PlayStation users will enjoy watching ads after they pay for the series -- specifically "trailers, interstitials and contextual ads," which Future US will sell.
Presumably they believe that gamers actually like ads for games and movies -- and they may. But they certainly don't like to pay for stuff when they don't have to -- especially semi-professional, talking head-style video -- so we think this is a non-starter. Expect to see a free, ad-supported edition of Qore sooner than later.
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| October NPD: Wii up, Sony down, Fable 2 raking in the gold |  Filed under: Nintendo DS, Sony PlayStation 2, Sony PlayStation 3, Sony PSP, Nintendo Wii, Microsoft Xbox 360, Business
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| New AC adapter can charge PS3 peripherals |  Filed under: Sony PlayStation 3, Peripherals
Our friends in Japan will soon be able to free their USB ports from the tyranny of charging SIXAXISes (SIXAXES?), as Sony has announced they'll soon be releasing an AC adapter that can charge tw [..] Read complete article | | Published 11-Oct-2008 by Justin McElroy in ps3sixaxis
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Although we're still totally stoked about Beyond Good & Evil 2, we want to send a heartfelt good luck to the GameTap editorial staff. It's a sad day to see them go so suddenly. Check out the highlights for today: [..] Read complete article | | Published 29-May-2008 by Ross Miller in dailyrecap
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| PS3 GTA IV online multiplayer goes down |  Filed under: Sony PlayStation 3
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| MGS4 PS3 bundle on Amazon.com tomorrow |  Filed under: Sony PlayStation 3
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