Survey hints at PlayStation Network premium features

Sony’s already told us that they have premium subscriptions planned for PlayStation Network. While everything we have already would be kept for free, such as online gaming, newer features would be added for a monthly or yearly fee. Today, a survey sent out by the IPSOS Online Research group hints at some of the newer features Sony would offer to those who subscribe.

The question on the survey reads:

Sony is considering offering a premium PlayStation Network subscription in the future. The subscription offering would provide new premium features you could choose to pay for and are in addition to the features currently available for free such as access to online multiplayer gaming (current features would remain free).

Following the question, Sony lists four options for an online subscription offering users features such as Token Wagering (a number of tokens are given to a subscriber per month for use on PlayStation Network content like downloadable games), Cloud Storage for Games (allows players to save their entire games online instead of on their hard-drive), an online music service, Hulu TV catch-ups and more.

One of the listed features for premium is Cross-Game Chat, which I seriously doubt any user would pay for as it’s been demanded for what feels like ages now. Plus, it’s a pretty standard feature in an online platform. Plus, it’d be quite annoying trying to chat with someone who doesn’t have cross-game chat, only discovering that you can’t use the feature because none of your friends are paying.

We’ve attached the chart below. Click to embiggen. For comparison’s sake, the highest yearly subscription option comes in at $69.99 and the lowest $9.99. Xbox LIVE Gold members pay $49.99 a year.

Survey: Sony Considering Premium PlayStation Network Subscriptions [Kotaku]