Playstation Now Beta Priced Up to $30 per 3 Month Rentals

<p>The Playstation&&num;8217&semi;s where &&num;8220&semi;the greatest play&comma;&&num;8221&semi; but it may also be where the cash strapped won&&num;8217&semi;t&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Already into its closed beta this month&comma; Sony&&num;8217&semi;s PlayStation Now streaming service has unveiled the surprising price points for its new video game rental system&period; Offering a select Playstation 3 totals via digital download&comma; the service is currently offering rentals for as low as &dollar;3&comma; with long-term rentals that falling between a more significant &dollar;3-&dollar;20&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>PS Now players in the beta right now can see the preliminary prices and rental periods&comma; and they&&num;8217&semi;re just a tad on the pricy side&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><img class&equals;"aligncenter" src&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;maroonersrock&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2012&sol;02&sol;FFXIII-2&lowbar;3&period;jpg" alt&equals;"" width&equals;"610" height&equals;"343" &sol;><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><em>Final Fantasy XIII-2<&sol;em>&comma; for instance&comma; will cost&colon;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>• &dollar;5 to rent for 4 hours<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>• &dollar;8 for 7  days<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>• &dollar;15 for 30 days<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>• &dollar;30 for 90 days&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><em>Final Fantasy XIII-2<&sol;em> just happens to cost &dollar;18 on Amazon too at the time of this writing&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><img class&equals;"alignnone" src&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;media&period;edge-online&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;edgeonline&sol;2013&sol;04&sol;Guacamelee2&period;jpg" alt&equals;"" width&equals;"1280" height&equals;"720" &sol;><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><em> Guacamelee&excl;<&sol;em> is a bit cheaper at&colon;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>• &dollar;3 for four hours<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>• &dollar;6 for seven days<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>• &dollar;8 for 30 days<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>• &dollar;15 for 90 days&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>You can also own the full version of <em>Guacamelee<&sol;em> courtesy of the Playstation Store for those same &dollar;15&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>While beta testers will have to brace these decidedly high sales tags&comma; it remains to be seen just how pricy the full version will be the year&&num;8217&semi;s end&period; Sony has elaborated that &&num;8220&semi;as with all content published on PlayStation platforms&comma; publishers and developers will ultimately decide their game price points&period;&&num;8221&semi; Until then&comma; you&&num;8217&semi;re wallet&&num;8217&semi;s just going to have to brave it&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>An open beta for Playstation Now releases at the end of next month on <strong>July 31st<&sol;strong>&comma; while open betas for PS3 and Sony TVs will be arriving at a later date&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><em>God of War Ascension&comma; Sly 4&colon; Thieves in Time&comma; Beyond Two Souls&comma; Infamous 2&comma; The Last of Us&comma; Killzone 3&comma; <&sol;em>and <em>Payday 2 <&sol;em>are just a few of the titles coming to the streaming service&comma; which you can also stream from your PS Vita to your TV using Sony&&num;8217&semi;s Vita TV device&comma; coming soon to North America and Europe for &dollar;100&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Source&colon; <a href&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;gamespot&period;com&sol;articles&sol;playstation-now-beta-prices-5-for-four-hours-of-final-fantasy-xiii-2&sol;1100-6420646&sol;">Gamespot<&sol;a><&sol;p>&NewLine;