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Playstation Plus Premium Service announced [S-CONF]
- Thread starter chubigans
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So you say Wipeout HD will expire without +, but it doesn't have an expiration date like all of the other content. I had the trial downloaded since February and the "triangle" info didn't change once I downloaded the unlock key. Anyone else show an expiration on Wipeout HD? Maybe it's just a glitch.
I purchased the game long before I got PSN+, so I'm not positive and I can't check my own copy.JesseZao said:
It's supposed to be one of the 'rental' games, this month's 'rental PSN title'.
There's a couple of things- maybe they forgot to put an expiration on it (someone else with PSN+ that didn't already own WipEout could check theirs), or, maybe you encountered some sort of loophole by already having the full game downloaded as a demo, and received the unlock without an expiration, because it was the game itself (which you had prior to PSN+) that had the expiration, not the unlock.
ConradCervantes
Banned
Damn this is tempting. I peruse the Playstation Network every day practically, looking for the random PSN or PS1 game that would capture my fancy. Now they're offering Super Stardust half off
And no, the big yellow + has nothing to do with whatever decision I make.
Decisions, decisions...
, a game I actually don't own yet.
And no, the big yellow + has nothing to do with whatever decision I make.
Decisions, decisions...
ScrabbleBanshee
Member
Does anybody know when the cut-off date is for the extra free 3 months on north american subscriptions?
I am *really* not sold on Plus given the content for this month but I'm still interested. if the 3 month promotion is going to go away soon, then I figure even if I don't want much from this month I can still burn 3 months worth of stuff I don't want without any cost if I subscribe now.
What I worry about is if it doesn't take off like they expected if they will introduce a better promo next month. Then again, I don't think Quore ever had any promo after the first month did it and I don't think Quore exactly shot off the sales charts either.
I am *really* not sold on Plus given the content for this month but I'm still interested. if the 3 month promotion is going to go away soon, then I figure even if I don't want much from this month I can still burn 3 months worth of stuff I don't want without any cost if I subscribe now.
What I worry about is if it doesn't take off like they expected if they will introduce a better promo next month. Then again, I don't think Quore ever had any promo after the first month did it and I don't think Quore exactly shot off the sales charts either.
Listening to last weeks Weekend Confirmed I had to agree with everyone. The plus system is really poor at the moment. Announced with no fanfare and no concrete details as to what you're getting. It's a discount subscription service where the discounts are offered only when Sony says so. It's not even offering any new premium content so the hardcore PSN users will already own most of the stuff.
Sony should've held off until they had a bunch more services. FORGET hand picking specific free titles. Sony needs to grow a pair and say, if you get PSN+ you can "rent" ALL PS1 & PS Mini titles for free (in addition to all the other discounts). Not just one a month. Think Netflix not cheese of the month club.
Sony should've held off until they had a bunch more services. FORGET hand picking specific free titles. Sony needs to grow a pair and say, if you get PSN+ you can "rent" ALL PS1 & PS Mini titles for free (in addition to all the other discounts). Not just one a month. Think Netflix not cheese of the month club.
Oni Jazar said:
That'll come in 2 years.
The first year of Playstation Plus will be full of awesome free games. Then year two will be full of repeats if any games at all.
If people complain about the lack of free games Sony will be all like "We're providing you all kinds of value with Cross Game Chat, Access to Hulu Plus etc".
Then Sony will announce a Netflix like service for all the back catelog PSN games that arn't selling anymore for $10/month or $100/year with a free PSN plus subscription included.
Thus the circle of screwing over existing paying customers will continue.
ScrabbleBanshee said:
This.
Weekend Confirmed said it best: "With PlayStation Plus, you're paying for a promise."
Too bad nobody knows what the promise is supposed to be... ...SONY should've held off until they had the service more defined and with more value to offer the true PS3 fans who probably already have LBP or Wipeout HD, along with lots of the other stuff being offered.
They should've partnered or bought out GameTap and had a whole library of emulated titles to choose from. I can't believe that none of big three have done this yet. Everything is a la carte. I won't outright buy Missile Command or Pitfall (or Sonic or Crash Bandicoot, or etc) but I'll pay a small monthly fee to play all of them.
Oni Jazar said:
That may happen still.
The way it is now its sort of that way, except the library is not all open on day 1 but it slowly builds weekly/monthly. After 1 year there will be at least 48 playable free games on demand for subscribers.
And there is nothing keeping them from adding more than 4 games per month, particularly small cheap oldies.
Anticitizen One
Banned
What is the last day of the first month of PS Plus? I want to be able to get Rally Cross and Warhawk DLC for free
I just got around to playing it today. I like it too.darkwing said:Fieldrunners is so addicting, i used to think minis are junk
A glitch is causing WipEout to not appear in the store for people who purchased it prior to PSN+'s release. As for Warhawk, when they updated the store on Tuesday, it also disappeared from the PSN+ section... I found it by searching all titles under the letter W. It was listed there twice, one at full price, one free.Def Jukie said:
Probably Monday August 2nd, the day before the first store update of August.Anticitizen One said:
Ninja Moomin
Banned
PLEASE STOP THIS FROM DOWNLOADING DEMOS I'VE HAD AND DELETED.
And while you're at it, sort your direct marketing out and stop emailing me promoting games i've already bought.
And while you're at it, sort your direct marketing out and stop emailing me promoting games i've already bought.
yellowjacket25
Member
I did too. I never tried a mini until I got PS+. Fieldrunners is awesome. I can play it for hours without even noticing.darkwing said:Fieldrunners is so addicting, i used to think minis are junk
Revolutionary
Member
Same. Getting Age of Zombies for free made me feel bad, because that game is fun as hell and I wish I had purchased it upon release. :loldarkwing said:Fieldrunners is so addicting, i used to think minis are junk
Christoff Yurievich
Member
got some spam today in my PM box:
also, this person isn't on my friends list - would be removed if they were - so how did I get this message?lycan7777777 said:
OldJadedGamer
Banned
NinjaFusion said:
This is something companies need to get a handle on. You have trophies in your account and you've synced them so they have to know you have the game.
Christoff Yurievich
Member
Thanks for the link. I was hoping it was false (the whole "Petitions work!" thing was a good indicator) but I've been a little out of the loop so wasn't sure if there was something truly announced or not.
Oni Jazar said:
I wonder how many hardcore PSN users there really are? Could be a lot, but I doubt it.
I already grabbed about 30 dollars worth of content in the first month for free I was eying on PSN which I didn't own. I don't buy a lot of stuff on PSN so the current setup works great for me. I have a feeling there are more people like me on PSN than those who buy a lot of stuff. Of course, I wouldn't mind if Sony kept on expanding the service.
SCEE want to know what games we want in Playstation Plus
http://blog.eu.playstation.com/2010...at-games-you-want-to-see-in-playstation-plus/
http://blog.eu.playstation.com/2010...at-games-you-want-to-see-in-playstation-plus/
Winterblink
Member
Not sure why folks assumed it'd be a fountain of free-ish new games. Doesn't make a lot of business sense for themselves and the providers of the content. That being said, I take that blog as them not having a good solid plan for what kind of content they want to put on the service at all. It can't be a good thing when you just launch a service and are now beating the community bushes for ideas on what it should do.snap0212 said:
Never assumed that. Didn't mention it either. The thing is that this Serive/Product is aimed at "hardcore PSN Users" and promoted like it is something they'd need or use. The content Sony offers is not for them, because it's those hardcore PSN Users who have probably already bought WipEout HD or stuff like that. ;-)Winterblink said:
BobTheFork
Member
yeah, my understanding of + is that is was designed from the ground up as a way to get more money from people who DON'T use the psn store or buy anything.
I subscribed to PSN+ because of the great deals on PSN games that I never would have bought otherwise. Now, I think it was a great investment because I never touched the stuff on the PSN store outside of a few demos and DLC, but now I'm buying PSN games left and right. It's crazy.
BobTheFork said:
This is why + works so great for me. For one small fee I now get a large sample of games to try out monthly. I've been playing a lot of Age of Zombies and Fieldrunners the past couple days and I wouldn't have played either game if it had not been for +. It has actually opened up my eyes towards the Mini games.
Now I would love it if Sony started offering + discounts for new games. For example if DeathSpank was available for $9.99 for + users today I would probably pick it up. Put up Joe Danger for 50 percent and I'll buy it!
Rally Cross was a terrible choice for a PS1 game though, it is garbage. :lol Looking forward to getting MidiEvil next month, and especially Zen Pinball. Been eying that game for a long time.
the nightman cometh
Member
I'm just not feeling compelled to get PSN+ yet. I think it has potential and I'm not averse to getting it but they definitely need to come up with something intriguing that makes me feel like I'm getting my money's worth. I'm not sure what that is but I'll know it when I see it and I haven't seen it so far.