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[AwRy108]

So far I'm pretty happy with the service.

If you look at it this way - you paid $50 for a year subscription and a solid $25 of that pays for Qore.

So that means if you get roughly $25 worth of content (that you want) then it's all good.

Free stuff I got my dollars worth out of:

-Critter Crunch ($7)
-Mushroom Wars ($10)
-Age of Zombies ($5)
-Fieldrunners ($5)

So pretty much I've gotten $27 worth of stuff that I actually like and/or wanted.

While I don't necessarily own it - I'm pretty happy with just playing the games and would probably renew just based on that alone.

Not to mention this is pretty good IMO.

Problem is, Qore is worth, say, maybe $5; and all the other content is tethered to your subscription. To be honest, the latter is what's keeping me from subscribing.

 

[Snipes424]

Well I've saved a little over $30.00 now being a PSN+ member. Only took about 2 months or so. I should easily have my $50.00 back and more by the end of my first year.

 

[V_Ben]

Right,

Our next update is one of our biggest since the launch of PlayStation Plus back in June. Starting off with free games, we have Zen Pinball, Echoes – minis, and Syphon Filter 3. There is also a 50% off sale for Cuboid. After picking up the game, be sure to check out the TikGames-Creat Studios page to grab the DLC for free. Also, we have early access to Sword & Soldiers, an award-winning 2D RTS by Ronimo Games. Finally, a select number of PlayStation Plus subscribers will be returning to Mars for some vehicular combat in the Red Faction Battlegrounds beta. Select users will be notified via an XMB message and email.

Also, a quick friendly reminder to check out some previous content, such as Mushroom Wars, VEMPIRES – minis, and the discount for the Soldner-X: Himmelstrummer and Soldner-X2: Final Prototype Bundle, before it is taken down on September 21.

Not a PlayStation Plus member? Our limited time introductory offer is still available. Get three additional bonus months free when you buy a 1-year package for $49.99. You can find all the details here.

PlayStation Plus Highlight for 9/21:

Free Games
Zen Pinball
Echoes – minis
Syphon Filter 3 – PS One

Early Access Game and Demo
Sword & Soldiers

Free Game Add-on
High Velocity Bowling – Move Compatibility Add-On

Free Themes
Shades of Autumn Theme

Discounts
Cuboid (50%)
Savage Moon (50%)
LittleBigPlanet: Monster Costume Pack (50%)

Discounted PS One Games
PS One Imports
Cho Aniki
Gaiaseed

Free Avatars
LittleBigPlanet Avatar – Hugo
LittleBigPlanet Avatar – Marvin

Last Chance, Get Them While You Can – Coming down on September 21:

Free Offers to PlayStation Plus Subscribers
Mushroom Wars
2Xtreme
VEMPIRES – minis

Discount Offers to PlayStation Plus Subscribers
Soldner-X2: Final Prototype – 30% Off (PlayStation Plus price $9.09, regular price $12.99)
Soldner-X: Himmelstrummer & Soldner-X2: Final Prototype Bundle (PlayStation Plus price $10.79, regular price $17.99)

Ok, so not everybody who subscribed to Plus in the US gets access to that beta. That's fair :lol

Also, Import PS1 games! yeah!

Edit: Also, this means that we can give swords and soldiers a proper release date of 2 weeks after Plus members get it :lol

 

[jvm]

Updated with latest stuff. Let me know if you find something missing.

Wish I could get a discount on Ace Combat PSP...

 

[AndyD]

New Qore also has free Warhawk PS1 as well as a Veronica theme and something else, I forget.

 

[Mrbob]

Zen Pinball.

MY PS+ account out of the red and into the black after the next update with more than a year to go!

 

[Dead Prince]

New Qore also has free Warhawk PS1 as well as a Veronica theme and something else, I forget.

Is it animated?

 

[LiquidMetal14]

Imports?!?!?! That's megaton shit there!

 

[shwimpy]

Yay... was waiting for Zen Pinball.

 

[LiquidMetal14]

Swords and Soldiers? Any info on this?

 

[brandonh83]

Plus is starting to seem more and more worth it, IMO, especially if they start dishing out cool stuff like imports. May jump in to Plus yet.

 

[criesofthepast]

Only some plus members get in on the red faction beta? What kind of shit is this?

Otherwise looks like a nice update.

 

[criesofthepast]

New Qore also has free Warhawk PS1 as well as a Veronica theme and something else, I forget.

Is the Warhawk game for Plus members too or only if you subscribe to the yearly Qore package?

 

[LiquidMetal14]

Is the Warhawk game for Plus members too or only if you subscribe to the yearly Qore package?

You a plussie? You in!

 

[AndyD]

Swords and Soldiers? Any info on this?

http://www.swordsandsoldiers.com/

Looks fantastic.

 

[Shao Kahn Brewing a Stew]

Free Game Add-on
High Velocity Bowling – Move Compatibility Add-On

Does that mean that Move compatibility add-on is not free? That's a freaking bummer and is the reason why there is a disc-based HVB.

http://www.amazon.com/dp/B0040546HO/?tag=neogaf0e-20

Whats the difference in disc-based HVB and PSN/Move update?

 

[Revolutionary]

And the streak of games I already own being offered for free continues... goddammit. I'm going to tally up how much I saved next June and decide whether it was really worth the $50 or not, but so far I'm sure it's got quite a bit to go.

 

[Shao Kahn Brewing a Stew]

And the streak of games I already own being offered for free continues... goddammit. I'm going to tally up how much I saved next June and decide whether it was really worth the $50 or not, but so far I'm sure it's got quite a bit to go.

I stopped buying games cause of the free shit I can get... :/

 

[criesofthepast]

You a plussie? You in!

Nice. Never played the original warhawk. I heard it doesn't hold up well but I'm curious to try it.

Qore was pretty good this month. The slot machine mini game was neat. Veronica at the gun range shooting machine guns was hot.

 

[AndyD]

Does that mean that Move compatibility add-on is not free? That's a freaking bummer and is the reason why there is a disc-based HVB.

http://www.amazon.com/dp/B0040546HO/?tag=neogaf0e-20

Whats the difference in disc-based HVB and PSN/Move update?

The disc one has a ton of the DLC it looks like. The characters, the ball packs and lots of things that were DLC for PSN.

For non + members the patch may well not be free. Or it could just be that + gets it early like some other things.

 

[LiquidMetal14]

Nice. Never played the original warhawk. I heard it doesn't hold up well but I'm curious to try it.

Qore was pretty good this month. The slot machine mini game was neat. Veronica at the gun range shooting machine guns was hot.

Guess you do have to be a sub, not all my friends can get

 

[criesofthepast]

Guess you do have to be a sub, not all my friends can get

You bastard. I was just going to post that it wasn't there

I downloaded qore a second time just for warhawk. I forgot to check the download centre the first time before deleting it.

Oh well at least I got a Veronica Belmont theme and a subway sandwich home item.

:/

 

[SolidusDave]

Only some plus members get in on the red faction beta? What kind of shit is this?

We had this discussion in some other thread, basically you can't offer every "real" (not just a sever stresstest) beta to a very big group of people. Though maybe they should instead offer it for all PSN+ guys in the store and remove it after x downloads, that way the people who want in can do so (not sure if a more random selection is better for the testing itself though).


btw. this is strange:
Today the automatic downloading feature downloaded an update (1.16) for Vidzone and the MAG beta (1.03). I definitely started quite more than 10 games since I launched them, however, it still didn't downloaded the patch for the game I tested (only worked as long as it was among the last 10 games played). Nice that they update XMB apps (VidZone) and betas as well though, basically anything with a version number.

These updates are very new I think (actually I didn't see them get mentioned anywhere), maybe for old patches you need the last 10 games list, but once they have a record of your stuff they actively pass through the newest updates of games you have regardless when you last played it? That would be nice and would redeem this feature.

 

[LiquidMetal14]

You bastard. I was just going to post that it wasn't there

I downloaded qore a second time just for warhawk. I forgot to check the download centre the first time before deleting it.

Oh well at least I got a Veronica Belmont theme and a subway sandwich home item.

:/

Yea, sorry for misleading. A friend of mine told me but he had a sub. The others without subs couldn't so I was kind of mislead myself.

 

[ScrabbleBanshee]

Great another month where the "free" PSN game is one I've owned for ages.

I'm still waiting for Sam and Max in NA guys, that was a great Plus addition for EU. Didn't they get that at the same time as Zen Pinball or am I mistaken?

Well, I guess I'll be able to use the bowling move DLC since I'm getting a couple Move controllers delivered soon... though I'm kind of surprised that that update isn't free for everyone.

 

[mauaus]

I have a question...
I have 2 master accounts on my system, My US and Euro accounts...
My main account is the US where i have my trophies and ALL my purchases, im tempted to buy a 3month EURO membership for sam and max and the pes 2011 demo.
My question is will i be able to play sam and max on my us account??

 

[rvy]

I have a question...
I have 2 master accounts on my system, My US and Euro accounts...
My main account is the US where i have my trophies and ALL my purchases, im tempted to buy a 3month EURO membership for sam and max and the pes 2011 demo.
My question is will i be able to play sam and max on my us account??

I think the games aren't linked your account.

 

[mauaus]

So bottomline it can be done??

 

[mauaus]

Ill give a HOME Bob-omb t-shirt code to someone that clears this up...

 

[Shanlei91]

I have a question...
I have 2 master accounts on my system, My US and Euro accounts...
My main account is the US where i have my trophies and ALL my purchases, im tempted to buy a 3month EURO membership for sam and max and the pes 2011 demo.
My question is will i be able to play sam and max on my us account??

Games are not linked to your account - aka: you can log into your US account to play a game purchased on your Euro account and as result get trophies on your US account. (these will most likely be trophies for the Euro version of the game - I for example have duplicate trophies for both NA and Asian versions of Demon's Souls)

Note: PSP is different, you actually have to be longed into the account the games were purchased with to play.

 

[jetsetfluken]

Not entirely Plus related, but has anyone bought the "Playstation Protection Plan" on the US Store?
Does anyone know if you can get Sony to de-activate share slots on your account if you then called them up afterwards?

 

[mauaus]

Games are not linked to your account - aka: you can log into your US account to play a game purchased on your Euro account and as result get trophies on your US account. (these will most likely be trophies for the Euro version of the game - I for example have duplicate trophies for both NA and Asian versions of Demon's Souls)

Note: PSP is different, you actually have to be longed into the account the games were purchased with to play.

Do you want the code?

 

[mauaus]

Not entirely Plus related, but has anyone bought the "Playstation Protection Plan" on the US Store?
Does anyone know if you can get Sony to de-activate share slots on your account if you then called them up afterwards?

from what i hear its very very very hard to get them to do it, you have to get lucky and a nice sony rep on the line

 

[AndyD]

Not entirely Plus related, but has anyone bought the "Playstation Protection Plan" on the US Store?
Does anyone know if you can get Sony to de-activate share slots on your account if you then called them up afterwards?

YOu mean after you have it serviced under the protection plan? If so, then they can deactivate the machine when it is sent to service.

If you mean deactivate other slots simply for buying the plan, I think that's wishful thinking.

 

[Shanlei91]

Do you want the code?

No thanks, I never use home. :lol It would be a waste.

 

[SolidusDave]

I for example have duplicate trophies for both NA and Asian versions of Demon's Souls)

Though I think that's not really common (if the game has the same trophy lists in all versions), usually there is only one list even if you play more than one version.

 

[graywolf323]

from what i hear its very very very hard to get them to do it, you have to get
lucky and a nice sony rep on the line

I'll say X-( it's such BS they refuse to deactivate my launch PS3 that got stolen :|

 

[jetsetfluken]

YOu mean after you have it serviced under the protection plan? If so, then they can deactivate the machine when it is sent to service.

If you mean deactivate other slots simply for buying the plan, I think that's wishful thinking.

Dammit...I'll have to ask around, but yeah, I doubt it too.
I guess there's nothing I can do to free these up besides cross my fingers for a different account system on PS4.

 

[torontoml]

Does anyone know if Sony will ever discount a brand new game on release day? I've already subscribed but realized today that I will be buying most of everything I want right away, like I just did with TerRover.

 

[spwolf]

i wonder how many euros subbed to just get the pes demo in advance, i see advance demos and betas as big feature of plus now

 

[jvm]

Does anyone know if Sony will ever discount a brand new game on release day? I've already subscribed but realized today that I will be buying most of everything I want right away, like I just did with TerRover.

They offered PixelJunk Racers: 2nd Lap for $5.24 for an exclusive PS+ launch period.

 

[jvm]

So the US PS Blog posted about frequently asked questions regarding PS+. This one seems contrary to what we've said here:

Q: What happens when my PlayStation Plus subscription ends?

A: The content you have downloaded as part of your PlayStation Plus subscription at no charge is only accessible as long as you are an active subscriber. The exceptions are free themes and avatars, which you will continue to have access to, even if you are no longer a subscriber. Anything you have purchased (even if you purchased it at a discount) will remain available to you even if your subscription ends.

That appears to say that free DLC disappears when your subscription expires. I thought we had decided that DLC can't be done that way. Ideas?

Blog post is here.

 

[Agent X]

So the US PS Blog posted about frequently asked questions regarding PS+. This one seems contrary to what we've said here:
That appears to say that free DLC disappears when your subscription expires. I thought we had decided that DLC can't be done that way. Ideas?

Well, there's this PlayStation.Blog post from June 24 which says this:

Each month there will be dynamic themes, premium avatars and premium game elements/add-ons for you to download and many will be exclusive to PlayStation Plus members only. These are yours to keep forever once you have downloaded them.

It seems clear to me that add-on DLC should be ours to keep forever once we have downloaded them.

BTW, from today's blog post that you mentioned, there's an uproar from users in the comments section not about add-on DLC, but about this:

Q: What do I currently get with PlayStation Plus?

A: PlayStation Plus offers a variety of discounts, games and exclusive content. In general, you will have access to at least the following, which rotate monthly:

• 1 PSN game or PSone Classic game
• 2 minis
• A monthly Qore single episode

Wait a moment...1 PSN game or PSone Classic game? What's up with that? I thought it was one of each!

 

[jvm]

It seems clear to me that add-on DLC should be ours to keep forever once we have downloaded them.

I thought we had this settled. I may have to go to a Sony PR contact and ask for a clarification.

Wait a moment...1 PSN game or PSone Classic game? What's up with that? I thought it was one of each!

I think this may be a misunderstanding or just poor writing.

The current offerings include one of each. I think that one could say that each bi-weekly update includes either an update to the current free PS1 or the current free game, and possibly both. At least, that's what I hope it means. Sony's in for a world of hurt (PR and possibly a legal class action suit) if they try to fudge the games now.

 

[makingmusic476]

They need to make PS+ more useful for PSP owners. We get PS1 Classics, Minis, and the occasional early demo (God of War), but that's it. Where are our PSP themes? Discounts on PSP games?

Really, everything we've gotten so far through PS+ works with ps3, save the God of War demo. They've offered nothing else strictly for PSP.

 

[JesseZao]

They need to make PS+ more useful for PSP owners. We get PS1 Classics, Minis, and the occasional early demo (God of War), but that's it. Where are our PSP themes? Discounts on PSP games?

Really, everything we've gotten so far through PS+ works with ps3, save the God of War demo. They've offered nothing else strictly for PSP.

I sold my PSP many moons ago and it's dead in NA, so I for one hope they don't start substituting PS3 content for PSP content. I say be happy with your minis and PS1 classics.

 

[spwolf]

They need to make PS+ more useful for PSP owners. We get PS1 Classics, Minis, and the occasional early demo (God of War), but that's it. Where are our PSP themes? Discounts on PSP games?

Really, everything we've gotten so far through PS+ works with ps3, save the God of War demo. They've offered nothing else strictly for PSP.

... so the point would be that.... it works only on psp... if it works on psp as well, then it is not as good?

by that definition, most of the real value from PS+ comes in PS1 and PSP games, and yet I bet majority of the owners are PS3 owners.

 

[makingmusic476]

I sold my PSP many moons ago and it's dead in NA, so I for one hope they don't start substituting PS3 content for PSP content. I say be happy with your minis and PS1 classics.

I just think we should get more PSP content in addition to the other content. A theme or discount here and there isn't much extra.

... so the point would be that.... it works only on psp... if it works on psp as well, then it is not as good?

by that definition, most of the real value from PS+ comes in PS1 and PSP games, and yet I bet majority of the owners are PS3 owners.

There's nothing wrong with stuff that also works on both, it just seems like if it doesn't work on ps3, it's not gonna be included. And a majority of the content offered is only for ps3 so far (psn games, dlc, themes, avatars). A little more PSP content on top of that wouldn't hurt.

 

[snap0212]

I've just read the Blog post and damn, I'm pissed.

Q: What about those exclusive game betas?
A: Betas have limited invites and based on selection criteria not every PlayStation Plus member will get access to every beta; however, we’re working with game developers to make qualified PlayStation Plus members the first to gain access.

Many game betas are done to test certain parts of a game or certain functionality (like previous game add-on integration) so that when the final version of the game launches, it’s the best it can be. Oftentimes, betas are extremely limited as well. We need to ensure that members of Plus meet that individual beta’s requirement to be issued an exclusive invite.
There are two betas for PlayStation Plus members coming up shortly and more details will be announced soon.

So now Betas are not really a part of PS+ anymore? I thought being a PS+ Subscriber would make me automatically meet all the requirements? I'm not pissed, because I won't get into "all the betas", but because Betas were something Sony advertised as part of the PS+ offerings.

Q: What about Cross-Game Chat (or other functionality)?
A: We are constantly working on new services and features to enhance your PlayStation experience; however, Cross-Game Chat was not announced as a part of PlayStation Plus’ features. We know that Cross-Game Chat is a functionality our fans are extremely interested in and we are always striving to improve the PlayStation Network experience and services.

It was advertised and you guys know it.

 

[kyo_daikun]

Yeah I think Beta's should be a part of Plus (not just them of course), obviously they want to make sure that they get feedback from the people as well but im sure Plus users would be a good cross section as they are pretty devoted anyway (paying yearly for stuff)