PSN+ Plus Packs Over $88 Value in First Month Alone

Ares

Ares

Audioholic Samurai
PlayStation Plus Packs Over $88 Value in First Month Alone
06/28/2010 Written by Anthony Severino

If you have been wondering if PlayStation Plus is worth the extra $50 per year, you’ll be happy to know that in the first month of the service is offering a value of well over $50 itself. Not to mention some really cool features and deals.

PlayStation Plus may cost $49.99 for a year, but it will definitely be worth its price tag if Sony can keep offering up excellent content like this first month’s smorgasbord of goodies. This month’s offering alone racks up over $88 in value when you add up all of the free or discounted content.
Here’s what is available in PlayStation Plus now:

* inFamous game trial (60-minute trial)

* WipEout HD (Full Game) FREE [normally $19.99]

* Rally Cross (PSOne Classic) FREE [normally $5.99]

* Age of Zombies (minis) FREE [normally $4.99]

* Warhark Fallen Star (Add-On) FREE [normally $1.99]

* Collision Theme FREE

* Fat Princess: Fat Roles DLC $3.99 [normally $4.99]

* Fat Princess Pink and Blue Princess Avatars FREE

* Gauntlet II $2.50 [normally $4.99]

* Mortal Kombat II $2.50 [normally $4.99]

* Rampage $2.50 [normally $4.99]

* Rampart $2.50 [normally $4.99]

* Cuboid $7.99 [normally $9.99]

* Cuboid Booster Pack FREE [normally $2.99]

* Cuboid Bundle Pack FREE [normally $4.99]

* Cuboid Level Editor FREE [normally $3.99]

* Hamsterball $7.99 [normally $9.99]

* Interpol $7.99 [normally $9.99]

* Magic Orbz $7.99 [normally $9.99]

* Magic Orbz Witches Pack FREE [normally $2.99]

* Magic Orbz Jungle Pack FREE [normally $2.99]

* Magic Orbz Winter Pack FREE [normally $2.99]

* Mahjong Tales: Ancient Wisdom $7.99 [normally $9.99]

* Mahjong Tales Ancient Wisdom Booster Pack FREE [normally $4.99]

* Smash Cars $11.99 [normally $14.99]

* Smash Cards Virus Run FREE [normally $2.99]

* Wakeboarding HD $11.99 [normally $14.99]


Of course that’s not all, there’s also a new Automatic Downloading feature added to the XMB which allows you to update your firmware, or install game patches even if you aren’t in front of your PS3.

Being a PlayStation Plus subscriber also gets you a nice little “Plus” golden d-pad icon next to your PSN profile and on your friends list.

Source: PSLS
 
j_garcia

j_garcia

Audioholic Jedi
Yes, that is $88 in total but you still have to pay for some of it and nothing there is spectactular.

Automatic downloads is fine as long as I can tell it when to do it.
 
GlocksRock

GlocksRock

Audioholic Spartan
Do you get any of the free games like Wipeout HD if you sign up for the trial?
 
j_garcia

j_garcia

Audioholic Jedi
I think so, but I believe I read that they expire when the trial expires.
 
Ares

Ares

Audioholic Samurai
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.
 
Serj22

Serj22

Full Audioholic
I signed up for the three month quarterly thing for $17. So far, this $88 worth of stuff is for 3 crappy games which total about $30.00 and $50 or so in free downloadable content but only if you bought Fat princess and Cuboid it seems, which I did not. So far I am unimpressed, but we'll see.
 
j_garcia

j_garcia

Audioholic Jedi
They also said if you buy the first year you get an additional 3 months free, but if this is their idea of great content... It costs twice as much as Qore and doesn't seem to offer much more.
 

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