Reuters: Technology News: Sony to charge monthly fee for multiplayer games on PS4: Nikkei

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Sony to charge monthly fee for multiplayer games on PS4: Nikkei Nov 6th 2013, 02:23 Tweet Share this Email Print Reprints Logos of Sony Corp. are seen at an electronics store in Tokyo October 31, 2013. Credit: Reuters/Toru Hanai Tue Nov 5, 2013 9:23pm EST (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. Multiplayer games can be played for free on PlayStation 3. 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. The $9.99 monthly option was announced by the company in June this year, a spokeswoman for Sony Computer Entertainment America told Reuters. 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. 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. Microsoft Corp's Xbox One will also launch this month. (Reporting By Sampad Patnaik; Editing by Ted Kerr and Chris Gallagher) Tweet this Link this Share this Digg this Email Reprints We welcome comments that advance the story through relevant opinion, anecdotes, links and data. If you see a comment that you believe is irrelevant or inappropriate, you can flag it to our editors by using the report abuse links. Views expressed in the comments do not represent those of Reuters. For more information on our comment policy, see http://blogs.reuters.com/fulldisclosure/2010/09/27/toward-a-more-thoughtful-conversation-on-stories/ Comments (0) Be the first to comment on reuters.com. Add yours using the box above.

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