They won’t start charging subscriptions for multiplayer matches it means. This premium service will ”sit alongside” the free offerings on PSN.
”I can assure you that the current PSN as you know it will remain a free service,” House told a PlayStation user when asked about the chance of a paid PSN service.
”It is something that our competitors don’t offer and something that shows our loyalty to the PlayStation Community. However, Kaz Hirai stated a few months ago that we were looking at a premium service to sit alongside the current free service and that objective has not changed. You’ll learn more about it very soon.”
E3 will be the perfect place for Sony to shout all about their premium ideas for the PlayStation Network, which is rumoured to include free monthly PSN games.
Source: G4TV