Sony Charging Publishers For DLC, Less Demos Explained!?

From the Vault — originally published March 20, 2009. Some links, videos or prices may be out of date.

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Stephen Totilo over at the MTV Multiplayer blog just may have blew the lid off of something big. According to his report Sony “applies a 16-cent charge to every Gigabyte of content downloaded from the PS3’s PSN online store.” This may not seem like much but consider that if a million one Gigabyte sized demos are downloaded the cost would well reach over $100,000. I guess this may explain why some demos mysteriously may appear on Xbox Live and not PSN.

Source: Sony Now Charging Publishers For PS3 Downloadable Content, An Unpopular Policy Shift

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