PSN First Play

[Dragonistic]

After just receiving an email from Playstation, this First Play thing looks interesting. Knowing little personally, the best thing I can do is give you all a link to the website and recommend taking the little tour as well. In short, it's a subscription or buy each week service on PSN beginning soon which gives access to demos, reviews, previews etc.

http://www.firstplay.co.uk/

It's also only going to be available in the UK initially, but later expandion across all PAL regions is planned aparently.

 

[Hereward]

cheers for that. 99p per issue or 8.99 for 90 days is cheaper than buying the magazine these guys put out. I supose the service will live or die on it's "exclusive" content, demo's and betas being the ones that will draw most attention. I think it will work well if they can keep a decent flow of exclusives.

 

[Dragonistic]

Exactly, I don't think I personally will bother with the service full stop as I'm not so interested in demos and it's easy enough to find the other content around the web as it is.

 

[Eric.]

Is this not what Qore was supposed to be?

 

[Dragonistic]

Is this not what Qore was supposed to be?

The FAQ does mention that.

So is it like Qore, the online magazine in the US?

Yes and no. Qore is monthly and has an on-screen presenter, FirstPlay is weekly and uses voiceover to deliver the editorial. The key aim for FirstPlay is for it to have the same access and authority as the Official PlayStation Magazine but with the extra impact from seeing the games in HD.