Is it only me thinking that playstation plus offers some seriously good value for money? The only thing that i'm not too sure about is that, at least with limited time subscriptions, you need to finish a game in a certain time. There's no way i'm going to finish all those games in 3 months.
It's a bit the same as going to a library to lend books. You need to finish them in x amount of weeks. I don't know why but i prefer to buy books and finish them at my own pace, i guess. But that shouldn't be an issue when you purchase year long subscriptions.
But yes, seems to offer good value for money. Though in all honesty, Crysis 2, Bulletstorm and All 4 One are games that i wouldn't have bought, at least not full price.
It is excellent value for money. For anyone who just likes games and is on a budget then PS+ is a great buy.
I think part of what makes publishers like it is that by the time most games get offered there they are probably not selling at retail. So offering it free on plus will drive more people to try it and possibly buy DLC or a sequel game that they otherwise might not have bothered with.
The publisher hasn't lost any income because by that point nobody was buying the game new when there are a million used copies out there.
I've got loads of games free that I might never play like Crysis 2, but I've also got plenty that I played a lot, discounts off games I wanted anyway, and games added to Plus that I previously owned retail and so just traded in.
On top of that I like the cloud saves, the auto patching and the auto firmware downloads that you get on the service.
Some people complain that when you sub ends you don't have that content any more which is true enough. But that is no different from Netflix or any other subscription service.
But if they keep giving out games like they are why would I cancel the subscription in the first place? This month I got Uncharted and Gravity Rush which I owned retail, and next month I'm getting Batman AC which I also owned retail. Trading those three in got me £41 but I know if I want to go back and play them I still have that option with Plus.
The only thing we don't know is how much profit Sony actually make on the service. Now that isn't really our direct concern as customers but if they aren't making money on it after paying pubs to put games on it, then the service will eventually die and the revenue not created can't be used to offer the hardware at a discount or invest in new studios and games. MS on the other hand are making pure bank with Live so they have that option.
Personally I think every console they sell now should include a 3 month Plus subscription. The problem when the PS4 comes out is how do they go about it. Offer free games at launch or just wait 8-10 months like they have with the Vita. Of course Gaikai will almost certainly be part of the Plus service by that point too.
Oh, and Arkham City and LIMBO are cool too, I guess (I have them both on PC already). Would have preferred MK on PS3 as well, but eh, you can't have everything.
