Xbox LIVE and PS Plus cards discounted for Christmas, 3 free games for Xbox 360

XMNR: If you received a new Playstation 4, Playstation 3, Xbox One or Xbox 360 for Christmas day, Wednesday, it's likely that you'll want a PS Plus or Xbox LIVE Gold subscription as well. A handful of retailers are offering discounts on either or both with some you'll be able to grab immediately with an online code and one that comes with three extra games for the Xbox 360.

[edwineverready]

Do you get monthly free games with xboxlive on XboxOne?

[Queasy]

Not yet. Microsoft has said that it will bring free games to the Xbox One eventually but it will take about a year before they get a big enough library of games to start putting free ones on there.

[XiSasukeUchiha]

Remember, PS plus give you more benefits but Live gives u better online, MS fanboys are going mad because i say this but I rather faster downloading time (PS4) Than better online srry

[Dmagic]

MS online is not better than ps4 that is the talk of someone who does not own either system and is thinking in last gen terms its a new ball game.

[infectedaztec]

PSN crashing on Xmas day tells me all I need to know about it. Wasn't up to scratch last Gen and still isn't. All the free games in the world won't change that

[edgeofsins]

@Dmagic

Exactly.

It all depends on the developers. PSN and Live have almost nothing to do with the game service themselves. But if you want to talk who had more reliable online well Live did go down from Halo 3, which doesn't have dedicated servers so it was Live itself going down from traffic. PSN really brought forth the dedicated server movement with games like Resistance, Killzone, MAG, and Warhawk using dedicated servers for 32 or more players so they really had an edge over Live in actual reliability in online gaming. As for what games people personally prefer that is up to them obviously.

[mikeslemonade]

There's not enough X1 owners to crash the servers.

[XisThatKid]

@Infectedaztec
"PSN crashing on Xmas day tells me all I need to know about it. Wasn't up to scratch last Gen and still isn't. All the free games in the world won't change that"
To be fair I'd rather online server or network crash than hardware console failure on ANY day, Have you heard about the X1 problems today?

All in all PSN and XBL have their respective perks both will have free games to download with the service and both will further stabilize network infrastructure without a doubt out of their 1 month thus life spans. People need to start seeing bigger pictures Life is in HD now. MXM everyone.

[XisThatKid]

^ref^
http://n4g.com/news/1425623...

[Boody-Bandit]

"PSN crashing on Christmas tells me all I need to know about it"

Boy how soon they forget.
XBOX LIVE suffers 11 days outage during Christmas Break.
http://www.internetnews.com...

[DarthJay]

@Brutallyhonest - LOL I'd say internet infrastructure is a bit different in 2013 versus 2008. Pretty sure playing Snakes on a flip phone was still high tech back then.

[chaldo]

@infectedaztec

Right, and I am sure you can still trust MS with them replacing your consoles with refurbished ones and all of that sneaky shit before that. GG.

[kidhero99]

Hello Games, the developer of the lovable Joe Danger series and upcoming sci-fi epic No Man’s Sky, has been hit by flooding, destroying everything in the indie developer’s office.

The sad news comes from Twitter, where Hello Games said:

Oh god. Water moves really quick. Hello Games has been totally flooded. Everything in the office has pretty much been lost :(

A lifesize cardboard cut out of Joe Danger went floating past face down. Poor Joe. He’s taking this the worst.

Massive thanks to everyone who tried to help here today. We have learned that laptops float sometimes.

Leaving now and letting firemen to help real people (all the houses around us with kids and xmas) – rather than us drowning to save a hdd :)

There’s no word on what this means for the studio’s upcoming games, and we can only hope that everything was backed up elsewhere.

Our best wishes go to Hello Games, as well as everyone else impacted by the flooding and torrential rain across parts of the UK.

[Ch1d0r1]

Not bad, but the PS+ 1 yr membership cards were 29.99 on black friday.

[HaMM4R]

Shame it isn't black friday then :) Heres hoping the amazon reduce the price in the UK so I can get myself some sweet sweet PS+

[gta2800]

That's when I got mine. I regret not getting 2 since I was already planning on paying 50 for 1 year prior to black friday. Oh well. Ill be ready next year.

[SG1_dapunisherX]

man i love ps plus and live

[psDrake]

PS plus is the reason I will keep my ps3 for years to come. It's hands down the best digital gaming subscription especially when you have a combination of Vita, ps3, and ps4 or 3 of them like me...

[SG1_dapunisherX]

you lucky I only have 2 outta 3, ps3 and ps4... kz sf is a fun game, vita i get it when is cheap with 3ds to buy both at the same time

[KratosSaveUs]

Gonna get that year of PS+ for 35. But first I'm gonna see if Amazon. tries to match it. PS+ is awesome especially since I might buy a Vita to add to my PS collection.

[E2S]

Ms. Explosion Man, The Maw and Kinect flinging game, Wreckateer.

LMAO those free games sound terrible.

[maniacmayhem]

Ms. Explosion Man, The Maw and Wreckateer are not horrible games I can tell you that right now.

[Dirkster_Dude]

Any person that actually complains about FREE games is an idiot. If you don't want them don't play them. However, if you think they are worth something - guess what - they are free stupid. But of course you are stupid - you are complaining about something that is free.

[GoodnessGreatness]

PS Plus > Xbox Live

[LogicStomper]

Xbox live > PSN

[GoodnessGreatness]

PS4 > Xbox One
PSN (PS Plus) > Xbox Live

[LogicStomper]

Xbox one > ps4
Xbox live > PSN

[_FantasmA_]

@Logic Stomper

...said no one ever.

[LogicStomper]

^

I just said it. Get over it.

[Hufandpuf]

PC > All

[Megaton]

Can't recommend PS+ enough. I have more games than I have time to play on my new Vita because of it. XBL Gold is still pretty laughable, though. But I guess if you were unfortunate enough to get a bone for Xmas, you're pretty much stuck paying for it. Maybe one day they'll offer good, recent games for their subscribers rather than titles that hit the bargain bin 5+ years ago.

Sorry. :/

[bigcupofSTFU]

yep was bout to download sonic to my vita but my 32gb is full D:

[awi5951]

@Megaton

^ Man you sheep change your tune so fast when sony does it. You ragged and made fun of xbox for years for paying for online lol. But your so quick to bend over and take it in the (^(^(*^ from Sony. What is Sony a NFL player and your just some stupid girl looking to get rich fast??

ONLINE PLAY IS FREE, IT ALWAYS WAS FREE AND SHALL STAY THAT WAY. Thats why i say to hell with this console generation PC all the way down with the greedy DLC,antimod, making you pay to play on your own internet consoles.

[Megaton]

I'm not paying for online on my Vita. I'm just getting a mountain of games from PS+, along with automatic updates and cloud storage. My friend is also downloading the other mountain of games releasing on PS+ for PS3 on my account, in case I decide to buy another one. Games like Borderlands 2 and Uncharted 3, with BioShock Infinite coming next month. Good, recent games. As opposed to XBL that gave away Gears 1 to the poor bastards paying for Gold.

Yeah, it's shitty that Sony is putting online play behind the PS+ paywall for PS4. We all have Xbox fans to thank for that one. If they had refused Microsoft's sucker tax like PC gamers did on GFWL, the paywall for online play would have come down. Instead, they scrambled to justify it year after year and it made Microsoft lots of money. So of course Sony wants a piece of that dirty pie. The big difference between the two is that you get a bunch of good games with PS+, so it actually has a bit of value, as opposed to XBL Gold which is just a fee you have to pay if you wanna do pretty much anything on a Microsoft console.

[turgore]

MS splosion man is a fun game.

[bigcupofSTFU]

ms splosion man is an excellent game, still play the first one with my buddy when he comes over.

[_FantasmA_]

PS Plus makes Xbox Dead

[CuddlyREDRUM]

The site starts off with a pop-in ad, full page. Then five seconds later you have to watch a commercial to read three paragraphs.

[awi5951]

All the major consoles charging for online play this is the worse travesty in 20 years of gaming. I cant wait untill they accelerate this into a monthly fee you know its coming this is just the first wave. Pretty soon all you suckers will be paying 15 dollars a month to use your own internet connection. Its a sad sad day for gaming, how willingly you all gave up your freedom to game online. I'll stick with PC this gen ill never buy one of these consoles ever. I've seen this before it happened with DLC last gen now its going to start with online play the prices are just going to keep going up. I'm not falling for this BS. The consoles are becoming more and more draconian each year.

[Tyborg]

pssst. It already is a monthly fee.

[mochachino]

PSN plus is worth it for the games alone.

Next month BioShock Infinite and DMC

Just got Borderlands 2 this month and Resogun is actually really good.

[mochachino]

I just got a year of PSN Plus for $30 at Walmart.

[7sEvEn]

How?

[mochachino]

Boxing day in Canada, it's pretty much $30-$35 everywhere.

Walmart and The Source have it for $30, Best Buy and Futureshop $35 I think, but they price match.