PS3 Online Service to be Called Playstation HUB
According to an unnamed source close to the development of PS3, Sony’s online service rumored to rival Xbox Live, will be called Playstation HUB, and offer many of the same features that Xbox Live does. It will include integration with PSP online services, though the details are currently unknown. It is also being described to developers that the service will not be free, with a “subscription service”. The service is being developed by Sony Computer Entertainment Europe, and there is heavy pressure by Sony president Howard Stringer to provide capability to distribute music and movies, as a competitor to iTunes. It is expected that this HUB service will be announced in the next couple of weeks by Sony
March 15th, 2006 at 6:18 pm
[…] Regarding the PS3 Online Service, the initial service will include community tools, featuring lobby matching, voice chat, and “commerce features that includes bootable software via the hard drive.” These features will all be free, yet it is very likely that a premium subscription service will be added shortly after the launch. The one major piece of information left out in the conference was price. No pricing information was discussed, leaving this to widely be speculated. Experts can not seem to agree, saying anywhere between $400-600. The final PS3 development kits are scheduled to be shipped out by June to 15 different companies, who will be responsible for creating middleware and SDK tools. […]