Sony Announces Playstation Plus June 15, 2010

Sony has announced at their confrence that they will be activating the Playstation Plus paid service on top of the current Playsation Network later this month.  It will cost $49.99 a year, and will consist of getting early access to demos, betas, Playstation Core, and full PSN and Playstation 1 Classics.

Sony will be offering a free three month subscription to give current PS3 owners a taste of the system.  However, the problem I see with this is that while you’ll have early access to demos and betas, all the “free” content you get with the service (like Wipeout HD, which will be a free launch title for Plus users) will only be accessable while you’re a user.  It would likely be cheaper just to buy a copy of Wipeout HD for 20 dollars and own it forever, than pay hundreds of dollars for several years just to keep playing it.