It appears that, with the launch of PlayStation Plus, Sony may be taking a sh*t-stained leaf out of Microsoft’s playbook. According to Hulu’s website, the console-bound version of the TV streaming service will require a PS Plus subscription.
What this means, obviously, is that Hulu on the PS3 will cost you $49.99 per year as well as the required $9.99 a month. Microsoft has already confirmed that Hulu Plus will need an Xbox Live Gold subscription, but we expect that kind of “take features away rather than add cool features” mentality from Microsoft, not so much from Sony.
This is the kind of industry we’ve all helped make, though. Having to pay a subscription fee for the honor of paying another subscription fee strikes me as completely ludicrous, but we gamers have demonstrated to Sony and Microsoft just how tolerant we are of ludicrous behavior in the past, so don’t expect things to change. You can, in fact, expect any cool new PS3 features to demand PS Plus access in the future. But hey, at least you’ll get the free rental of an old PSOne Classic that nobody wants because it’s crap!
Playstation Plus: Required for Hulu Plus? [Technologizer]
