Someone pays: Sony charges publishers for PS3 bandwidth
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Sony has a large advantage over the Xbox 360: the PS3 offers free online gaming and content downloads. Xbox Live of course costs around $50—less if you get a deal—and a good amount of content is made available to Gold members first and Silver members down the line. The only problem is someone has to pay for all these online features, and if reports are correct Sony is passing that bill onto publishers.
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