NFL Ticket coming to the PS3

[Hoos]

Hello PlayStation Nation!

Are you ready for some football!

We are excited to announce that PlayStation has partnered with DIRECTV to bring its popular sports subscription service, NFL SUNDAY TICKET, to the PlayStation 3 game console. PlayStation owners across the country will now have the opportunity to watch every out-of-market Sunday game on their PS3.

DIRECTV and PlayStation announce NFL SUNDAY TICKET on PS3

How do you get in the game? At the start of the season, viewers who do not currently have access to DIRECTV will be able to subscribe to NFL SUNDAY TICKET at the season price of $339.95. Existing DIRECTV customers can access the service on their PS3 for an additional $50 and use the PS3 as an additional receiver for your home.

NFL SUNDAY TICKET is a DIRECTV-exclusive sports package that offers:

Up to 14 NFL games every Sunday
Full HD for every football game
DIRECTV’s Red Zone Channel

We know that PlayStation fans are huge sports enthusiasts, so adding NFL SUNDAY TICKET is the perfect complement to the PS3’s rapidly growing lineup of sports entertainment, including MLB.TV and NHL GameCenter. We’ll have more info, including a video tutorial and sign up information on the blog shortly. I hope you’re as excited for the football season as we are.

[DRiccio21]

wow.

thats amazing

[DRiccio21]

how will the quality of the picture be?

anyone ever use a service like this thru PS3?

DirecTv will also offer Sunday Ticket on alternative distribution platforms via Motorola's Xoom and Samsung Galaxy tablets; Motorola's Android phones; the iPad, iPhone and iPod Touch; BlackBerry devices with 3G or Wi-Fi; Palm Pre/Pixi; and other Droid-branded phones.

so if i buy it i'll be able to watch on my ps3 but also on my droid? fan-fucking-tastic

[Cnasty]

I'm not comprehending.

If you have NFL Sunday ticket and you are in your living room near your tv, why would you need your ps3 when you can turn on your directv box???

I guess for any room in the house or if you travel with your ps3??

[DRiccio21]

I'm not comprehending.

If you have NFL Sunday ticket and you are in your living room near your tv, why would you need your ps3 when you can turn on your directv box???

I guess for any room in the house or if you travel with your ps3??

unless i'm 100% missing the boat

i don't need to have direct tv... i can just order the nfl ticket thru my ps3.

so for people like me who live in condos or people where directtv isn't available, they can still get NFL ticket but not have to have directtv

seems like huge news to me, unless i'm completely missing what they are saying

[plasma1896]

sounds like you dont need directv dave

[brwnbear]

[Cnasty]

Ahhhhh, I get it now!

[hitem4781]

Sounds good if you follow a team that's not in your market. Picture quality probably depends on your internet speed. When I was looking into the MLB thing on the PS3 I could stream it regular, but it wasn't fast enough to do it in HD or I would have bought it.

[iRoccafella]

Sounds promising... if only I didn't work Sundays.

[jsence2]

I'll just find the games on myp2p in HD quality, pull the links up in my PS3 browser, and save $339.

[dakshdar]

Seems like an insane amount of money.

MLB extra innings was $210 for this season (and you get a lot more games than the NFL package)
NHL Center Ice is around $180 if you get the early bird price before the season starts
NBA League Pass was $180 last season, or for $110 you could pick 7 teams and just get all their games (again pre-season prices/early bird)

Where does the NFL get off charging $339 when there are just 16 games a weekend, 2 are nationally broadcast on Sunday and Monday, leaving 14, and everyone usually gets at least 2 more games on Sunday with local broadcasts (I get three with no local team in LA), leaving 11 or 12. Plus when you get to bye weeks the number of games drops to 14 at the start and sub-10 after the national games. And when you get to late season when there are Thursday and Saturday games sometimes you have fewer than 10 Sunday games that aren't already on tv.

So $339 for somewhere between 10 and 12 games a week vs sub-$200 prices for way more games in the other leagues (over longer seasons).

Pisses me off because I'd love to get this but not at this price.

[DRiccio21]

Seems like an insane amount of money.

MLB extra innings was $210 for this season (and you get a lot more games than the NFL package)
NHL Center Ice is around $180 if you get the early bird price before the season starts
NBA League Pass was $180 last season, or for $110 you could pick 7 teams and just get all their games (again pre-season prices/early bird)

Where does the NFL get off charging $330 when there are just 16 games a weekend, 2 are nationally broadcast on Sunday and Monday, leaving 14, and everyone usually gets at least 2 more games on Sunday with local broadcasts (I get three with no local team in LA), leaving 11 or 12. So $330 for 12 games a week vs sub-$200 prices for way more games in the other leagues.

Pisses me off because I'd love to get this but not at this price.

or you can rationalize it the way i do

6 hours at a bar on a sunday i probably spend 100-150 bucks in shots, drinks and food. i generally go to the bar definitely weeks 1-3 while i'm jacked up about the season startign and then i go usually for weeks the Steelers aren't on national TV.

by sitting at home and ordering my favorite 6 pack to be delivered along with my favorite takeout... i'll never leave my couch and have access to every game and save a ton of money and never have to worry about some dick asking the bartender to switch to his game when all the tv's are clearly marked for specific games.

well worth 300 bucks to me.

[ajalves]

agreed Joe

[dakshdar]

Dave, I can't tell you the last time I dropped that kind of money at a bar. You're in another stratosphere in comparison to my bar experience.

I can walk to a bar around the corner and watch the Giants game, which is the only game I'd want to watch anyway, have two beers and some food for about $20 total, and walk home.

But yes, this really isn't geared towards me as I don't sit around watching other games until it comes to the playoffs. If I could pay $50 just to get the Giants games (half of which end up on TV anyway in LA because there is no local NFC team), I probably would.

If I were in your shoes and I spent that much at the bar, this is a no brainer.

[DRiccio21]

i am paying for me and my girl if i'm at the bar.... by myself is probably 50

[dakshdar]

i am paying for me and my girl if i'm at the bar.... by myself is probably 50

I continually forget how expensive women are. I've been getting to know/dating three girls over the last couple weeks and I'm quickly remembering.

[ChampDizzle]

too much $$$$ not worth it

[plasma1896]

Seems like an insane amount of money.

MLB extra innings was $210 for this season (and you get a lot more games than the NFL package)
NHL Center Ice is around $180 if you get the early bird price before the season starts
NBA League Pass was $180 last season, or for $110 you could pick 7 teams and just get all their games (again pre-season prices/early bird)

Where does the NFL get off charging $330 when there are just 16 games a weekend, 2 are nationally broadcast on Sunday and Monday, leaving 14, and everyone usually gets at least 2 more games on Sunday with local broadcasts (I get three with no local team in LA), leaving 11 or 12. So $330 for 12 games a week vs sub-$200 prices for way more games in the other leagues.

Pisses me off because I'd love to get this but not at this price.

or you can rationalize it the way i do

6 hours at a bar on a sunday i probably spend 100-150 bucks in shots, drinks and food. i generally go to the bar definitely weeks 1-3 while i'm jacked up about the season startign and then i go usually for weeks the Steelers aren't on national TV.

by sitting at home and ordering my favorite 6 pack to be delivered along with my favorite takeout... i'll never leave my couch and have access to every game and save a ton of money and never have to worry about some dick asking the bartender to switch to his game when all the tv's are clearly marked for specific games.

well worth 300 bucks to me.

+1 thats why i have had the package for 16 years now. how much have i saved going to bar, buying tickets to 49ers games, but most important, i dont have to listen to idiots yelling because they lost a 10 dollar 5 team parley card on a interception in overtime the other team returns for a touchdown and they were catching +3.5 points.


guys trying to tell me what the coach should be doing and not be doing. hey buddy, i was playing football when you were still sitting in your dads sack. please dont talk to me. the guy got up and left.

[tball275]

I have the MLB.tv package, which allows me to watch on PS3, among other things. The quality is perfectly fine. I get HD feeds from both home and away affiliates. So, I'm assuming the NFL would do the same, especially with all games being run through a national affiliate (HD will be available).

I wonder if blackout restrictions (like MLB's) will be in effect for the NFL package.