Playstation Plus - Premium PS3 Service

[CaptainZombie]

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This is what the first 2 months look like in Europe:

On the official Playstation European Blog, James Thorpe has commented and released the first 2 months content available on the brand new service Playstation Plus.

Hi, this will also be on playstationplus.com very soon –
Month 1: June 29th – August 3rd
Intro offer: LBP (standard edition)
PSN PS3: Wipeout HD
minis: Field Runners, Age of Zombies
PSone: Destruction Derby
Full Game Trial: Shatter, Savage Moon
Discounts: LBP God of War Pack – 50%, LBP: LocoRoco costume pack – 50%, Gravity Crash – 20%, Fat Princess DLC – 20%
Premium Game Element: KillZone 2: Steel & Titanium DLC
Push demo: ModNation Racers, Heavy Rain
Dynamic Themes: LBP Theme, SCEE produced: PlayStation “Game Is Just The Start” Dynamic Theme
2 x Fat Princess Premium Avatars
Month 2: August 4th – September 1st
PSN PS3: Zen Pinball
minis: Blast-Off, Alien Zombie Death
PSone: Medievil
Full Game Trial: inFamous, Mushroom Wars
Discounts: Zen Pinball Earth Defence Table – 20%, Warhawk Triple Combo Pack – 50%, Super Stardust HD – 20%, WipeOutHD Fury – 20%
Premium Game Elements: Motorstorm Pacific Rift: Adrenaline Pack
Push Demo: Flower, Pixel Junk Shooter
Themes: “SCEE produced: PlayStation Plus Dynamic Theme, Heavy Rain Crime Scene Theme
2 x Heavy Rain Avatars (Bird and Butterfly)

So what do you think? Should you pay for the service? I will tell you next week after I have subscribed I will tell you how easy to use and useful the service from day one.

You can email the author of the post, Curtis, the editor of iGame Report, at [email protected].

[CaptainZombie]

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This was posted from the US PS Blog today, the one yesterday was from Europe:

First off, at launch, PlayStation Plus will offer subscribers the full PlayStation Network game, WipEout HD, PSP minis and PS One Classics such as Fieldrunners, Age of Zombies and Rally Cross, full game trial of inFAMOUS, as well as free monthly episodes of Qore – our high-definition, interactive gaming lifestyle show.

With that, here are the basics of the new subscription service that lives on top of the current PlayStation Network:

* The current PSN features will remain free. We are still very committed to PSN as a free comprehensive entertainment service and are certainly not planning on reducing this service following the launch of PlayStation Plus.
* PlayStation Plus is an evolving service and the features included at launch will be:
o Games
o PS Store Discounts
o Exclusive offers on select demos, betas and early purchases
o Full Game Trial
o Automatic Downloads

(More info on these below)
* PlayStation Plus can be purchased through PlayStation Store on PS3 as a one-year package or a three-month package. The three-month package is available for $17.99 and the one-year package will be available for $49.99. We will also be offering three additional bonus months for free if you purchase the 1-year package — that’s 15 months total for $49.99.
* Payment is a one-time fee for either package and can be purchased with any of the current PSN Store payment methods – credit card or PSN Cards.


Here are more details on the features of PlayStation Plus:

Games & Special Offers: As a subscriber, you can expect to get your hands on free monthly PSN games, minis and PS One Classics from the PSN Store. You will be able to download these games during the month they are available until the new selection replaces them.

Once downloaded, the games are yours to keep and play as long as you are a member of PlayStation Plus. If your subscription lapses and then you re-subscribe, the games you have already downloaded will reactivate, so you still have access to them. Additionally, if you delete one of the titles from your PS3, but decide you want to get it back, then you can re-download from the PlayStation Plus section of the PSN Store if the game is still there, or, if the game has expired from the PlayStation Plus section of the PSN Store, you can simply search for it on PS Store and download it again at no extra cost.

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.

PlayStation Plus subscribers will also be given exclusive PlayStation Store discounts each month that are above and beyond the current PSN Store discounts available to everyone. These discounts will range from 20% to 50%, and anything you buy with these is yours to keep and enjoy forever.

Finally, wherever possible we’ll be making sure that members are included in selected demos and beta trials before they go live to everyone else, so you can be the one to tell all your friends about the next big game they ‘must’ get.

Subscribers will get hundreds of dollars of value through the year and, in the first month alone, will receive more than $50 worth of content.

Full Game Trial: Each month we will be offering members the chance to download full games and try them out for a period of time (one hour, unless otherwise stated). After the game trial is complete, simply purchase the game to carry on where you left off. This is a unique way to trial the full game experience and means you don’t have to be restricted to certain levels/game modes when you test out a game.

The games in Full Game Trial will become available to all PS Store users to purchase, but only PlayStation Plus members will have the chance to ‘try before you buy’.

The other great thing about this feature is that you can continue from where you were at the end of the trial period if you decide to buy the game. All game saves and trophies earned during the trial will be unlocked and will show up on your trophy list and your trophy level when you purchase the game. You don’t even have to re-download the game, just purchase and go back to the XMB to access the game.

Automatic Download: Subscribers will be able to set their PS3 to wake up from standby at any time of the day or night, download and install any game updates for the games you have been playing so you don’t have to think about it. Also, select demos and videos will be pushed to your PS3 ready to go. System software updates will also download automatically (manual install still required) and then the PS3 will turn itself off again.

Game updates and demos will also automatically install and the next time you turn on your PS3 you will see a brief on-screen message letting you know what has been downloaded and updated.

Here are some more answers to frequently asked questions from the last blog post:

* Cross-game voice chat is a feature we know our passionate user base has asked for and we’ll continue to look at as a viable offering for the PlayStation Network.
* You need to be the master account holder on the PS3 and be over 18 to purchase PlayStation Plus, but other accounts on that PS3 will be able to play the games you download for as long as you are a subscriber.
* The “free” games you can download each month are yours to keep for as long as you are a subscriber.
* PlayStation Plus is for PS3 owners as subscribership can only be purchased on the PSN Store. However, some of the content – minis and PS One Classics – available each month will also be playable on your PSP if you have one. Download them on the PS3 and transfer to your PSP, or download directly from the PSP Store or Media Go for PSP.

PlayStation Plus is a continually evolving service and we are always working on identifying new partnerships, developing new features and providing new content that our users want. So thanks again for all your comments and questions and please continue to offer more ideas at PlayStation.Blog Share.

[Blzer]

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Damn, I already have ZEN Pinball (great game, BTW).

It does look like they are going to be giving us good DLC as far as the monthly offers, but I already own five DLC games and I fully expect all five of them to pop on the list within the first twelve months.

And what's a "Push Demo"?

[CaptainZombie]

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Damn, I already have ZEN Pinball (great game, BTW).

It does look like they are going to be giving us good DLC as far as the monthly offers, but I already own five DLC games and I fully expect all five of them to pop on the list within the first twelve months.

And what's a "Push Demo"?

That is why I am so iffy about this service............they really need to offer more than just leasing content to us imo as the big feature. I keep harping about the servers, but if none of this extra money coming in goes to upgrading those for faster downloads, what good does this do us?

[Pete1210]

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Damn, I already have ZEN Pinball (great game, BTW).

It does look like they are going to be giving us good DLC as far as the monthly offers, but I already own five DLC games and I fully expect all five of them to pop on the list within the first twelve months.

And what's a "Push Demo"?

"Automatic Download...select demos and videos will be pushed to your PS3 ready to go."

PSN+ seems worthwhile for someone like me who just got a PS3. A fairly inexpensive way to build up an arcade game library over the next year (and 3 months free). Plus the extra discounts.
Then after the first year I could decide whether its worth continuing. Or just buy the games that we are still playing and want to keep.

[Mintsa]

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can you free trail any game or is there like a couple of feature "free trail" games per month ?

I dont understand how this works ??

[Blzer]

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can you free trail any game or is there like a couple of feature "free trail" games per month ?

I dont understand how this works ??

There are only a couple of games per month that they will let you try out. And it wouldn't just be "any game" anyway, it would at the very least have to actually be purchasable and downloadable on PSN to even warrant a possible full trial anyway.

The list for the first two months are posted higher up this page by GearsX8.

[rspencer86]

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My question is, can PSN+ content be shared between consoles the same way you can now? Like if I buy Fat Princess, go to my friend's house and log on with my PSN account and re-download Fat Princess so that he can play it on his machine without buying another copy. Can this be done with PSN+ content as well?

[Blzer]

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My question is, can PSN+ content be shared between consoles the same way you can now? Like if I buy Fat Princess, go to my friend's house and log on with my PSN account and re-download Fat Princess so that he can play it on his machine without buying another copy. Can this be done with PSN+ content as well?

I'm guessing that it can, but you would have to be logged onto your account to access it. So for instance, both of you can't play against each other if you both have to use the same account to play it.

[rspencer86]

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I'm guessing that it can, but you would have to be logged onto your account to access it. So for instance, both of you can't play against each other if you both have to use the same account to play it.

Oh, bummer. I've saved a lot of money gamesharing with friends. Major props to Sony for that feature.

[CaptainZombie]

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"Automatic Download...select demos and videos will be pushed to your PS3 ready to go."

PSN+ seems worthwhile for someone like me who just got a PS3. A fairly inexpensive way to build up an arcade game library over the next year (and 3 months free). Plus the extra discounts.
Then after the first year I could decide whether its worth continuing. Or just buy the games that we are still playing and want to keep.

The automatic download feature is very intriguing and I would like to see more features like this.

[DickDalewood]

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"Automatic Download...select demos and videos will be pushed to your PS3 ready to go."

PSN+ seems worthwhile for someone like me who just got a PS3. A fairly inexpensive way to build up an arcade game library over the next year (and 3 months free). Plus the extra discounts.
Then after the first year I could decide whether its worth continuing. Or just buy the games that we are still playing and want to keep.

Keep in mind you lose those free arcade games if you cancel PSN+.

[aukevin]

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I buy a lot of stuff from the PSN store, so I'm interested in seeing what the discount is. I wonder if it is for just select stuff. I'll be getting the year subscription right away.

[Rawdeal28]

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I buy a lot of stuff from the PSN store, so I'm interested in seeing what the discount is. I wonder if it is for just select stuff. I'll be getting the year subscription right away.

yeah thats my thing as well. if you can get at least 10 to 20% on most stuff and 50% off on a select few then im down. i dont want discounts on **** im not gonna buy.

oh and if Hulu comes with PSN Plus im down like 5 toes.

[Pete1210]

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Keep in mind you lose those free arcade games if you cancel PSN+.

Maybe I'm better off just using the $50 to buy any games I really do want.