No online fee for the Xbox PSO users? Bad news, read here.

[CronoEBM]

We all know that PSO for XBox will be in a way, "free." But, what about the extra content? Wait, don't hit the back button yet, there's more. If there are things such as extra levels, or even level variations, wouldn't it make sense that you would need to have them too to play with other players using the update? So, in order to keep up with other players and play the latest event quests, you would need to pay the download fee. This could be anywhere from a DC v2 HL cost to the current PSO GCN cost. That kinda sucks =/

[Kent]

You act as if we didn't already know this.

Any developer has the right to charge for extra content, but downloading it will be the user's decision only, it shouldn't be required unless it's a patch of some sort.

As for the price, it shouldn't be too bad for extras. By having a low price, they'd get more people to buy the things. I'd think about $5 would be a reasonable price for something big, but too much for something like a quest.

[Kalbelgarion]

Microsoft's reps have repeatedly stated that there will be no monthly fee for XBOX PSO in the States.

We already know that Sonic Team, like any XBOX Live developer, has the option to charge for added content (download quests, or perhaps bigger things). Sonic Team can give these out for free, but they can also charge a few dollars for them.

As of now, it's very likely that server access for the XBOX version in the US will be 100% free.