Live NFL Streaming Coming To The PlayStation 3: $50 For DIRECTV Users, $340 Standalone

In conjunction with DIRECTV, Sony announced that they plan to make the NFL SUNDAY TICKET package available on their PlayStation 3 console. Users who already have DIRECTV can add the service for $50 and have access to the live games via PCs, mobile devices and certain tablets and now, the PS3. For those who don't have DIRECTV, they can still sign up for the package and watch it online, but at a cost of $339.95 for the season. That's not cheap. New subscribers to DIRECTV'S satellite service can get the NFL SUNDAY TICKET for free.

While the economics still don't make a lot of sense for the standalone package, Sony is doing a better job than Microsoft of getting sports content to their console. The PS3 will now have support for MLB, NHL, NBA and NFL content subscriptions, while the Xbox 360 console currently only has ESPN360.com. But I do hear that the MLB.TV service may come to the Xbox platform pretty soon. Would you pay $340 for the football package?

More details on NFL's online video offerings can be found here: NFL Now Offering Four Ways To Stream Games Online

Comments

[Todd Culotta]

Kind of steep, but I don't have direct tv so I'll end up paying for it

[Sunil]

I saw elsewhere that you can only sign up for this if you cannot receive DirecTV sat programming due to line of sight issues etc.

[SSE]

I don't have a direct tv on it, i have no choice but to pay on it. It is better if i have a direct tv.

[Watch]

haha cools dude this will be sick!

[Adam]

This article kind of makes it sound like you can get the Sunday Ticket for just $50 as long as you have DirecTV and a Playstation 3. DirecTV charges about $340 for the Sunday Ticket too. Then you have to pay $50 to “activate” your PS3 as a “receiver”. That’s about $400 just to watch football on another screen? I have a much better way. I am a DISH Network subscriber and employee. With my Sling Adapter and the free DISH Remote Access app, I can stream any of my channels to any of my compatible devices and I can watch and control my DVR content. So I put the DISH Remote Access app on my iPad and I can watch ESPN, NFL Redzone or any other channel and I have my DVR recording anything I could be missing. My $7 Multisport has MLB Network, NBA TV, the NHL Network and more so I am covered on sports for the year!