Huh? Sega to charge a fee for PSO for the box?? Oh and X-box Live impressions. (1 Viewer)

[Romier S]

Kind of throws the "One fee for all" Live service for a loop. We'll have to wait and see what happens in the US
PSO fee
Oh and some impressions of NFL Fever 2003 online
NFL Fever
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[Dave F]

LOL
-Dave

 

[BrianB]

Hate to sound smug, Romier, but I told you so... Microsoft have made it clear in the 'small print' that publishers are able to levy fees on top of the Live! subscription.

It's worth making it clear that so far the PSO info is only for Japan I believe, they haven't announced details of it in the West, right?

 

[Romier S]

It's worth making it clear that so far the PSO info is only for Japan I believe, they haven't announced details of it in the West, right?

Yep thats correct. No news yet on the US market. Thats why I ended my first sentence with "We'll have to wait and see what happens in the US."

 

[BrianB]

Just wanted to re-iterate that it's Japan only so far, Romier

 

[Kelley_B]

Uuuuhhhhhgggggg.....this cannot be good.

 

[Jeff Kleist]

Well, PSO v.2 had the same thing.

If there is a fee for the US, which right now I'm doubting, then it will be pretty small. Japan's online market is MUCH smaller than the US

 

[Dave Bennett]

That really doesn't make sense too have an additional fee for a pack in title.

 

[Jeff Kleist]

It does if you don't expect to sell enough to keep your network supported

Also, telecommunication fees are astronomical in Japan
The original PSO also required you to pay

 

[Romier S]

Just wanted to re-iterate that it's Japan only so far, Romier

You da man. Sorry about the miscommunication Brian.
EDIT: Besides the PSO news. What are everyones thoughts on the online impressions? The voice morphing sounds neat and I'm glad to see that lag is not a problem. I'm not really much for sports games but this wets y apetite for Unreal Championship! While on the subjest of shooters...
Hopefully we can get some news soon on Socom for the PS2 as well, I'm REALLY looking forward to seeing how that one turns out. Voice communication got me really interested.

 

[Ryan Peter]

Well for these MMPORG games it can be expected no doubt. I mean Sony's supposedly free for 1st party online system is charging a monthly fee for Everquest on the PS2. Sony makes Everquest right?

Can we be sure that you need to subscribe to LIVE to get online with PSO? It'd make sense that you don't have to and that MS is anticipating this. So they realize the Japanese want to play PSO but wouldn't be as interested in LIVE so they just give them PSO instead.