Sony to charge monthly fee for multiplayer games on PS4: report

Sony Corp plans to charge a monthly fee of $9.99 in the United States and 6.99 euros in Europe for playing multiplayer online games on its PlayStation 4 (PS4) console scheduled to debut this month, the Nikkei business daily reported without citing sources.Multiplayer games can be played for free on PlayStation 3.[caption id="attachment_860473" align="alignleft" width="380"]

PlayStation 4 is unveiled for the first time by Andrew House, President and Group CEO, Sony Computer Entertainment Inc in this file photo. AP[/caption]Sony plans to charge 500 yen a month for multiplayer games in Japan when the new console debuts in February, the Nikkei said.Sony plans to make PS4 more attractive by including more social networking functions, such as the ability to chat with fellow players, the business daily reported.Microsoft Corp's Xbox One will also launch this month.Reuters