An online survey Sony posted has revealed some potential new features heading to Playstation Plus that benefit both PS3 and PS Vita owners.
Currently, the PS Plus subscription service is under-going a re-vamp in order to get more subscibers by tempting them with PS3 games for free. Sony announced at E3 there would be a PS Plus service for the Vita too, in the hope of boosting Vita sales.
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Not that it matters, I'm buying both versions anyway, because that game was amazing...
I'll tell you what will happen
1. PS3 + Vita Hardware Sales increases.
2. PSN+ Sales increases.
3. Game Sales increases.
4. MORE GAMES FOP BOTH HARDWARE
5. GAMERS WIN ;)
INSTANT WIN
Edit: and it mentions this in the article...
Either one is a win by me.
It's not even funny, so good on you.
Screw the digital market, they will not get away with it, and that's why the PSP Go Floped!
I like to have value for my money, and getting 2 games for one is in fact great, until you notice you cant play them without PSN+, you can't play them over your friends, you can't borrow them and you cant sell them to afford other games!
@Dark-vash: One does not simply stop paying for PSN. Not after what Playstation offered this month, hell no.
I didn't even start! They can offer whatever they want!
Not that I don't own digital games, but as a collector, digital doesn't fulfill my needs!
i wont take credit for this but I posted a similar idea shortly during e3 week. I was thinking that perhaps sony should offer vita versions of games on the same disc as the ps3.
It is a little different but in a way you are getting both games for the price of 1. I hope they go through with this.
It would increase sales of not only the hardware (ps3/vita) but also the titles supported.
Would be nice though, it would make me get PS+.
But, Playstation could easily cut a deal to pay royalties for 3rd party developers.
Even so, I suspect Ubisoft, EA sports would get onto this type of deal day one.
if you buy the PSvita version online you also get the ps3 version for free instantly from the store! So i'm sure with this already being done on a number of first party title plus a select few 3rd party titles sony has been in talks with 3rd party publishers to see the best possible way to do this in proper execution! I say When sony does roll this out their will be a plethora of major publishers on board to make it worth the purchase of PS+
And so far what the vita can do has impressed me, but really looking forward to more games built from the ground up with vita....
Also want God of War for Vita, and Infamous, New Games though not re-releases.
Either make it happen or don't get my hopes up, Sony.
But knowing I might have too buy 2 copies of the same game for the PS3 & VITA is too much money.
the concept if its a game vita specific and not a port. because if its the exact same game on PS3 and PSVita then it makes sense like WipeoutHD/2048 or UMVC3 which both do this and MLB the show 12. but a game like COD Black Ops 2 and Black Ops:Declassified or AC3 and AC3:Liberation Just wouldn't work because they are presumably stand alone games made specific to the vita and have different content to their PS3 main offerings... So i can only assume something like this would be for games that will have exact same content. like SF-X-TK or something that will have the same content across both platforms.
So such scheme is only possible on PSN titles.
"once you enter the ONLINE-Pass, you get the code for the vita version, so it does only work with your acc"
I'm sure as hell positive that 4G LTE Networks already being fleshed out and launched by major networks, Verizon and ATT already and Sprint this year and Tmo Next year will all cause sony to Have a 4GLTE Vita with a plan thats reasonable on those LTE networks will happen sometime next year or 2 years from now! 3G was just the first step. and i'm sure Sony is seeing that Apple's Ipad and other Android Tablets are coming with 4GLTE data plans that are more conducive to gaming on the go with multiplayer!
Its only a matter of Time!
I even play online on XBL and PSN with 360/PS3 on trips when I take one of them with me over 3G/MiFi, lag free and no connection problems
3G on Vista is for messaging, trophy checking only, no online gaming
spectrum has physical limitations, you can only send so much data through radiation before interference patterns start to effect your information. right now the industry is just starting so we have a lot of spectrum available for use, but in the future more and more spectrum will be designated for other uses (or we'll socialize the cell industry to create many smaller 'tower' structures to service smaller and smaller areas, reducing spectrum cost on the larger scale)
the spectrum right now is used, its all taken, the cell companies dont even have the best (most useful part of) the spectrum to use, theyre stuck with the less useful parts of the spectrum because companies like fox are holding onto their licensing for the spectrum from back when television was broadcast to antennas on your tvs. their reasoning is that as more people want to use data wirelessly, the cost of that data will go up, and with it spectrum cost will rise, and because they have the best/largest piece of the spectrum, they can control this, which can make them a lot of money.
tl;dr want faster cell plans for gaming? stop watching fox (also the other very old cable providers) movies/shows, when they need money they'll sell their spectrum. (btw, getting the spectrum out of the limbo that its in will not only raise cell speeds, it'll create availability and lower cost also. yes, your cell phone bill will go down when fox sells their spectrum licensing)
Pushes sales for the vita AND ps plus.
Also there would be no reasonable way to keep someone from gaming the system and buying a PS3 version on disc, downloading the PsVita version, then selling the disc back and keeping the PsVita version. The change has to be all digital.
Buying a digital version of the game and getting both version in this format is the only way to offer a buy one get the other free or at a discount.
My Thoughts:
PS+
Digital Version PS3+PSVita Game: $45-$60
$45 minimum price Digital with PS+
$60 maximum price Digital with PS+
Non-PS+
Digital Version PS3+PsVita Game: $50-$65
$50 minimum price Digital
$65 maximum price Digital
Retail Disc Version PS3 Game: $60
Retail PSVita Version: $20-$40
$80 minimum price Retail
$100 maximum price Retail
@ omarzy, you can't sell back digital PSN downloads, this won't be working for hard copies I bet
Its kinda sad that I'm going to have to choose between the PS3 or Vita titles when they come out in the Fall. I'd rather just have both versions, especially for things like Metal Gear where the save is cross compatible.
and not all titles are identical i,e. MGS Collection PS Vita doesn't have Peace Walker.
yup PS+ is the crucial common denominator
Should Sony really do this, I would be PSN+ Subscriber as long as I owned Sony consoles.
PD: I've said it many times, makes no sense buying a game twice for different platforms, so this is the right way to go for Sony.
This would be a very wise move, even wiser if they drop the price on the memory cards along with it.
another thing i feel Sony must do is make it so anyone sign to plus can play mmos for free and netflix. I dont care if plus goes up another ten or 20 bucks. But make it happen.
On topic.
This would definitely keep me subscribed to PS+. I was already going to stay because of the free games every month but if this happens. This is freakin icing on the cake!
So if you dot have a vita and want to pay less for games then you have to buy psvita and psplus and eventually youll save money
So its a win win for you and sony
How? Well the consumer will now have psplus, a vita, and pay less for games!
And sony will get profits from the increase of sales of the vita and that their getting more people buying psplus, more money sony have the more exclusive stuff we get and probably they will have a higher budget for their ps4 and make it more powerul! Then as a thank you they will make it cheaper for us because we supported them!
Again Win Win
Not that I own a Vita but this would have been a great opportunity to sell me one.
This is a deal on both sides: entices you to get a Vita by offering you deals, and entices you to get PS+ because those deals on Vita/PS3 games- which are great, you've gotta admit- are only available through PS+.
I don't see why it being related to + would turn you off of the idea.
2) ;) ....I don't have a vita, and because of all the registering and anti hack crap they have on it I wont be buying one until it's broken open. My psp on the other hand rocks.
Why then can't Sony work that into their business model or strategy what Hollywood is now doing with Ultraviolet or Digital Copy? I did it with MLB 12: The Show, but isn't likely I'm going to do it ever again. IT'S SO EXPENSIVE! I' either buying for one, or buying for the other. Plain and simple. However, I still want a hardcopy of games I buy so, if I'm buying a PS3 game, I'd expect it to come with a Digital Copy to download to my Vita. You can sell more Vita's that way, and with the strategy they're using for the hardware, they don't have to worry about piracy because your games are linked to your account ONLY and that account is linked to your Vita ONLY. I don't see the complication if it only takes a weeks time for a developer to port from the PS3 to the Vita. A week isn't that long, and adds to the value of the PS3 game. YES SONY! But don't take away my physical copy of the game. The Digital Copy can be downloaded through the store. YES!