Sony Plans to Charge $1 For Game Demos.
At the Tokyo Game Show Sony hinted that they will be charging about $1 for game demos on their online service (via G-Pinions). A lot of gamers are up in arms about this, but it really doesn’t come as a big surprise to me. We all know that they have to figure out a way to pay for their online service, it can’t be totally a money pit for them. I’ll actually be surprised if they don’t start offering some premium services add ons to the basic service that will entice most hardcore online gamers to pony up a subscription fee too. Sure, the basic gameplay will be free, but if you want to be able to display your Entitlements (still LOL on that one) to other gamers you need a subscription, or some such thing.