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Measuring the Value of PlayStation Plus

While PlayStation Plus offers a wealth of features, it can also be quite cumbersome considering you're only renting the games, and anything else that you acquire for free, relinquishing ownership of said titles when your membership runs out. This poses a question asked by many PS3 gamers; Is PlayStation Plus really worth the $17.99/3 months or $49.99/year subscription price?

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jwk944370d ago

Is there anything else you guys would like for me to include in this series?

Hicken4370d ago

Will you be including the early betas and such, as well?

jwk944370d ago

Yep, although that won't factor into the price for obvious reasons.

b_one4370d ago

for me PS+ gives way more then i can check/play/finish

metsgaming4370d ago

I have an entire backlog of ps1 and mini games that im waiting to play most of them until i get a vita. Im glad i upgraded my HDD lol

BitbyDeath4370d ago

This month alone has paid off my entire yearly sub twice over.

Awesomenauts
Hamsterball
Wakeboarding HD
Mahjong Tales: Ancient Wisdom
Sky Fighter
Ricochet HD
Mushroom Wars
Magic Orbz
Smash Cars
Silent Hill (PSone Classic)
Max Payne (PS2 Classic)
Velocity (minis)
LA Gridlock (minis)

That's €117 worth of content in one month.
A year costs just €50

So yea i'd say it is worth it.

metsgaming4370d ago

EU had a good update, i hope some of those come over to US next eventually, US was good too but EU was better this month imo

cstyle4370d ago

here is some advice for ya Sony. Go ahead and start charging and watch people bitch and moan but they will still pay.

thebudgetgamer4370d ago

The only person bitching and moaning is you.

cstyle4370d ago

I don't really care for PSN anymore since it got hacked. Sony needs all the money it can get so they better start to think about ways to bring in more revenue. Live may be a bit overpriced but it brings in good profits for MS to use to make xbox live better. Expect Live to continue to leave PSN in the dust next gen. Sorry, but its the truth.

BitbyDeath4370d ago

You clearly have no idea what PS+ is.

mushroomwig4370d ago (Edited 4370d ago )

I've never understood the argument that you're only renting games and once your subscription ends then you lose access. How is that any different than most other services? At least with PS+ you get to keep everything else (themes, avatars) regardless if you're a subscriber or not.

My only nitpick with the service is that I wish they would include more non-gaming related stuff. Maybe including a movie, TV show or even an album every month? It shouldn't limit itself as just a gaming service. There is so much potential and hopefully they'll realise that.

ChunkyLover534370d ago

Well just to play devils advocate.
Say you pay for PS+ for 3 years and have a ton of games that you can play, then you stop paying. You've put $150 into it and have very little to nothing to show for it.

I use PS+, but I'll be the first to admit that the service isn't for everyone.

lodossrage4370d ago

But that's exactly the point Musrhoomwig is making about subscription services. If you pay for Netflix for 3 years you're paying even more than that. And if that sub goes, you don't have anything to show for it at all.

Plus is basically for the pure gamer in mind. If you're someone that doesn't play your ps3 much, only uses it for playstation HOME, or only uses it for media features, then plus isn't something you should buy into.

mushroomwig4370d ago (Edited 4370d ago )

Sure I'll agree that it's not for everyone. If you use the store a lot it's probably ideal, otherwise not really.

I see your point though but I can't help but think how that's no different from any other service. You could be a subscriber to something like Netflix for 3 years and be in exactly the same situation with nothing to show for it. It sucks either way.

@ChunkyLover53

Oh snap, we even used the same company in our example.

BitbyDeath4370d ago

Generally that would only be a problem for hoarders/collectors which i would say are of small population.

Most would rather just play/complete and discard.

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Rolling the Dice: Do Modern RPGs Miss the Point of Team-Based Play?

It seems it was long time ago. A bunch of friends spending hours on end playing RPG games, sitting around the table with the box of cold pizza. Excited about the story, listening to the Game Master, they were completely engaged in the worlds only visible to them and their imaginations.

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Takwin2619d ago

The GM is the programmer, and in MMOs and co-ops, you can play with others. If you want to ONLY use your imagination for the visuals, read a book.

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Record of Agarest War 2 announced for PS3

Scrawl: "Looks like we know how that new Compile Heart countdown is going to end. The latest issue of Famitsu has confirmed that Agarest Senki 2, known as Record of Agarest War 2 in the US, is Compile Heart’s newest title."

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Godmars2905064d ago

1) Hope they put it on disc this time.
2) Hope this is a positive for Neptune coming over as well.

Demons Souls5064d ago

If so, that's being developed & published by Idea Factory. Compile Heart has nothing to do with it (Thank God for that).

Godmars2905064d ago (Edited 5064d ago )

Thought Compile Heart was one of the companies lending characters.

Was also speaking in general as in regards to a US of Neptune. If these guys are offing a second game, NIS or Atlus, both of whom offer quirkier titles, will put that one out.

@kagon01:
My issue isn't - wholly - with the DL-only option, but the price. The first game should be $30. Maybe $40, and by that I mean $39.99. The only reason its $45 is the 360 disc version which has extras. Nevermind that by all rights its a PS2 game. Something that proabbly could have been done if the devs had the GOW2 engine or tools.

ClownBelt5064d ago

I approve of this god damn message.

Could have gotten my 60 bucks if they just put it on a disc.

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Tripl3seis5064d ago

Another exclusive damnn the ps3 keeps on rollin wit games awesome ;)

Jack-Pyro5064d ago

Is this a half decent SRPG, porn aside, cause if it is, i might just decide to go and buy it for the 360.

Anon73495064d ago

There's no porn just some sexual innuendos but that's it.

Also it is a great game by itself, maybe not graphically but everything else is top tier.

RedDevils5064d ago

so it had some kind of "top tier" porn story jk

ThanatosDMC5064d ago

Yup, it's a decent game. I just hate that a move has to go first before any attack options.

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Bless Online Korean MMORPG Gets Server Merge

This is not the first time that Bless Online receives a server merge in Korea. An announcement was made on the official Korean site.

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Bismarn2654d ago

Bless must be an amazing game to be on all these platforms (according to the tags): iPad iPhone Nintendo DS PC PS Vita PS2 PS3 PS4 PSP Wii Wii U Xbox Xbox 360 Xbox One