In Sony’s E3 2010 Press Conference, Jack Tretton revealed that the PlayStation Network has more than 50 million registered accounts, the highest of the three major consoles. The PlayStation Network was launched in 2006 and registrations have continued to grow rapidly. This confirms a study earlier this year stating that the PS3 has the highest percentage of connected consoles.
At Sony’s E3 Press Conference, Jack Tretton officially announced PlayStation Plus, the premium subscription service for the PlayStation Network. The service will build on top of the existing free service, offering gamers exclusive content, early access to demos, automatic download of demos and game related content and more.
At E3 next week, Sony is set to officially announce the premium PlayStation Network service. The service will cost lest than £50 a year, and will be called PSN+. The service is said to feature a streaming music application that’s similar to Spotify which can run in the background while playing games, as well as the option to offer subscribers one free PSN title from a choice of “two to four” every month.
The PlayStation Network will undergo scheduled maintenance today, June 9th from 8am PST / 4pm GMT. The PSN will be down for several hours, during which time users won’t be able to access the PlayStation Store or Account Management, and may encounter some difficulty while signing in to PSN.
Sony Computer Entertainment Europe president Andrew House has confirmed their plans to introduce the often-rumored premium PSN service in a recent fan in question & answer post. The premium PSN idea was revealed by Kaz Hirai a few months ago, and House has confirmed that more details will be available soon.
Naughty Dog has confirmed that the PlayStation Network will be getting new Uncharted 2 avatars later today. The PSN Avatars were created from renders made from Uncharted 2 and include Nathan Drake, Elena Fisher, Victor Sullivan, Chloe Frazer, Jeff, Tenzin, Karl Schafer, Zoran Lazarevic, Harry Flynn, and an image of the Phurba dagger.
VG247 has learnt that Sony is to reveal plans for PSN’s premium services at E3. According to a highly-placed source, Sony will announce a large-scale monetizing scheme for PSN at the LA show next month, but it will not impact the service’s current free aspects (like online gaming).
The PlayStation Network in Europe was experiencing issues last week, preventing users from adding money to their PlayStation Wallet among other issues. Sony Europe has confirmed that the issues have now been resolved via their twitter account. The original issue list can be found in the original article.
The PlayStation Network has been experiencing some issues recently, including problems in adding money to the PlayStation Wallet, using PSN Cards and purchasing / downloading content. You can find a summary of all the issues below, provided by Sony. Sony is aware of the issues and is working to resolve them as quickly as possible.
For those of you living under a rock, Kick-Ass is an amazing movie by director Mathew Vaughn. It’s based on the superhero brainchild of writer Mark Millar and artist John Romita Jr, and features a unique take on superheroes. The game will be heading to the PlayStation Network this Thursday, and it’s a cross between the comics and the movie.
