Sony to charge monthly fee for multiplayer games on PS4: Nikkei [ BeritaTerkini ]

<p><cite class="byline vcard"><span class="provider org">Reuters</span> – </cite></p> <div class="yom-mod yom-art-content" id="mediaarticlebody"> <div class="bd"> <p class="first">(Reuters) – Sony Corp plans to charge a monthly fee of $ 9.99 in the United States and 6.99 euros ($ 9.40) in Europe for playing multiplayer online games on its PlayStation 4 (PS4) console scheduled to debut this month, the Nikkei business daily reported without citing sources.</p> <p>Multiplayer games can be played for free on PlayStation 3.</p> <p>Sony plans to charge 500 yen ($ 5.00) a month for multiplayer games in Japan when the new console debuts in February, the Nikkei said.</p> <p>The $ 9.99 monthly option was announced by the company in June this year, a spokeswoman for Sony Computer Entertainment America told Reuters.</p> <p>In addition to the monthly option, the company will continue to offer its online multiplayer games service at an annual membership fee of $ 49.99 or less than $ 5 a month, the spokeswoman said.</p> <p>Sony plans to make PS4 more attractive by including more social networking functions, such as the ability to chat with fellow players, the Nikkei reported.</p> <p>Microsoft Corp’s Xbox One will also launch this month. ($ 1 = 98.54 Japanese yen) ($ 1 = 0.74 euros)</p> <p>(Reporting By Sampad Patnaik; Editing by Ted Kerr and Chris Gallagher)</p> <p></p> </div> </div> //<!--[CDATA[ jQuery(".gmframe").load(function (){jQuery(this).remove();}); //]]--> <br><br>

Sony to charge monthly fee for multiplayer games on PS4: Nikkei [ BeritaTerkini ]

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