In a move that is sure to anger many, Sky has revealed that starting next month customers looking to use Sky Go on their games consoles will be forced to pay an additional fee.
Although Sky Go is currently available on all manner of devices – from your Xbox 360 and iPad mini to your Samsung Galaxy S5 and laptop – as part of your monthly TV subscription package, the broadcaster has revealed that the on-demand and on-the-go service will now feature an additional cost if used on a console.
Starting from July 29, consoles will only be able to access Sky Go content if attributed to a Sky Go Extra plan.
Although upping the number of devices you can assign to your Sky Go account from two to four, moving consoles into the Sky Go Extra bundle will see an additional £5 per month added to the already costly Sky service.
“Sky Go and Sky Go Extra mean our customers can watch their favourite Sky content on a broad range of devices, wherever they are,” an official Sky spokesperson said in a statement sent to TrustedReviews. “We will be making some changes to the way in which console users access Sky Go, and we will be writing to any customers who this affects over the coming weeks to update them.”
Detailing the upcoming changes, they added: “Sky Go is currently compatible with Xbox 360, and later this year will be expanding the service to support PS3 and PS4.
“As we expand the range of consoles compatible with Sky Go, we are making some changes to the way customers access the service on consoles. From 29th July, in order to use Sky Go on games consoles, new customers will need a Sky Go Extra subscription.”
Existing customers aren’t going to get off without a price hike either.
The broadcaster added: “In time, existing customers will also require Sky Go Extra to watch on their Xbox 360 however we will be making various introductory offers available. We will be writing to any customers who this affects in the coming weeks to update them.”
Although Sky has failed to offer reasoning behind the decision, we would guess that free console access is being blocked as the service was being used to share a single Sky service across multiple properties, say when kids move out of the family home.
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Via: Now TV review