PlayStation Plus: After Three Months

TAWKN: PlayStation Plus has been out now for three full months. If you signed up for the three-month teaser, which recently expired, you might be asking yourself if you should renew. When I signed up, I got an extra three bonus months with my annual subscription, as did anyone else who has signed up for the term so far. It is now that my actual subscription truly begins, and as a lead-in to that, I wanted to take a minute to reflect on how the service has treated us so far.

[Game-ur]

I caved in just for the Castilevania demo, but got more than I bargained for with the ACB beta, R&C quest for booty, Sam & Max and Abe's Odyssey

[KratosGirI]

SSF2THDR tomorrow :)

[NecrumSlavery]

US has gotten shafted on demos and betas,

[darthv72]

right now plus is a discount store for members only. At some point they will most likely open the gates to a flood of members only content. Maybe even some exclusive dlc for games that you need to be a member to get.

They are certainly watching the numbers of enrollment. If it is not where they want it to be you can bet they will pull that trigger and make this more incentive than before.

Members only home spaces, members only dlc, members only stuff you just cant get even being a freebie.

[plb]

Exactly why I won't pay for plus at this point. Europe gets all the good stuff.

[JUDALATION]

and It has only been three months..

Mushroom wars... Critter crunch... Zen Pinball... lITTLE BIG PLANET 2... AND BETA ACESS TO DEAD SPACE 2.. and all for a measly Fifty bucks! I wonder how these guys will possibly make a profit... Seriously its a must buy if you like trying different games... IF YOU WERE A DOUCH WHO EXPECTED A NEW GAME LIKE DEAD SPACE 2 EVERY MONTH THEN LOLLL

[maxcer]

lol $50 for some shitty games and some betas that publishers used to pay people to test? i bet you its all profit for them.

betas.. lol, it went from getting paid to test games to being free to people paying the publisher to test games.

[Vip3r]

Too bad the US store is light years ahead of the EU store for content and demos.

[xino]

but will you even play those games again?

Lords of Shadow,
Vanquish
FiFa 11
pro evo soccers
Blacks Ops
Ps Move games
MoH

games are coming out...so I don't think you wouldn't have time to play those games you downloaded.

[avengers1978]

I've found it well worth the price, but am hoping they bring more to the service, I'm still wating for that Token Challenge thing.

[dangert12]

I <3 PS +

I already had
syphon filter
burn zombie burn
and another one i cant remember
and even though ps+ giving them away is of no use to me its a sick service

Period

[PS3_lifer]

It's a nice service but they need to keep working on it. I want more content! lol

Love all the free games/themes/auto updates/demos and stuff. They need more services similar to xbox live.

[Hellsvacancy]

I bought in2 3 months subscription, it ended last week, no bother though 1 of my EU buddys has a years PS+ and i hav a friend in the US who also has a years worth of PS+ so i wont b missin out on anythin, they get there fair share of content from me so it balances itself out

[Terarmzar]

My subscription ended on the 28th last month
i would renew it but have insufficient funds on debt card lol

[olLANDSHARKlo]

How do you not have $50 for a year subscription? This is the type of person that downs xbox live, the one who cannot manage money. I mean my accounts get no where near being down to $50 in it, that's crazy. I am now believing that maybe PSN is full of poor folks and people who cannot manage money, xbox live is for the rich, and people that know how to handle the expenses, hence I think that spells PSN=kids Xbox live=adults. It sure seems this way, and I have both services, so don't reply there's more kids on xbox live, like the fanboys always do, cause there is definitely more on PSN.

[Terarmzar]

Because im only 18 and i do not have a job
and to let you know i only paid for the 3 month subscription so that was $18.00 not $50.00
and wow your such a troll...

[Holeran]

Don't let him ruffle your feathers Tazz. He's being a troll douchebag for no other reason than to be one.

[JoeReno]

@ phibalnation

You sir are a wart on a trolls d!ck

How are you going to fault someone for being broke at a time when most of the country is.

[divideby0]

@ phibalnation

you really should PREVIEW what you write.... than you would realize what a poor excuse for a "gamer" you come across

I have both services and go play Reach and than you will realize how besides silly, wrong you are

[trounbyfire]

why every week there is an article about ps +,
are people really trying to convince others not to but ps +
COME ON i am getting tired of "it _____ week are you happy with ps +" ITS BS

[JoeReno]

I agree wholeheartedly. Every week another one of these comes out and its tired. Please stop beating this dead horse.

[dangert12]

i think its relivent its not like xbox live were most thing stay the same since launch up till now with small additions
playstation plus is always changing and adding content so why not?

[JoeReno]

Sure its always changing, but I guess what im talking about are headings that read "playstation plus week17... Is it worth it" the short answer is, and has been since day one yes. Ive downloaded way more than 50$ worth of content in 3 months

While this artical is more of a reflection on the past three months its tone in the headline felt the same as the is it worth it ones.

[adolson]

JoeReno, please tell me what a better headline would have been. I debated several, and settled on this one, though I wasn't entirely happy with it.

And for the record, it's the first and only piece I wrote about Plus. Just because one person writes an article about Plus, does that mean that nobody else should? Kotaku can't do it because IGN did it? 1UP can't do it because Giant Bomb did it? And so on down the line?

If we only ever needed one of anything, there would be only one website with one review per game. There'd be only one game console. We'd only have one FPS, one RPG, and one RTS.

[DigitalEnemy]

Simple : PS+ needs featurs to entice subscribers to re-sign up.

I know this may annoy a few of you, but Cross Game Chat alone would see Sony adoption rate of PS+ go through the roof...

[JoeReno]

I know I for one am waiting on new features. I could careless about crossgamechat but I see you point and agree even though the kids might whine about paying for psplus to get it they would.

[drsnobby]

It,s still a wait and see for me before i join PS+.sony has to work harder to this make service more appealing to the masses.i have both ps3 and 360,so how can sony sway someone with both consoles to choose PS+ over XBL?

[divideby0]

didnt opt for PSN +... just dont see the need for it..

[Trroy]

PS+ is a better deal for people who haven't been buying stuff from the PSN store for ages... obviously. I would "guess" that, if you purchased absolutely everything on the PS Store, before buying PS+, you'd be really upset that you had wasted your money!

Think about it from this perspective -- why is it that people who gripe about the service are whining about they "already own 75% of the stuff offered"? It's because Sony offers GOOD STUFF on PS+. You know, the stuff people were already willing to pay for?

For newer PS3 owners, PS+ is a gold mine. If your biggest complaint is that the service offers mostly stuff that you already own -- its not the service's fault for offering goodies that people would be willing to pay for, is it? Did people want PS+, as a service, to offer crap they weren't willing to pay for, instead?

In the future, if you stay subscribed to PS+, you'll reap the benefits hugely -- because as new stuff comes out, you'll get deals on it that you just wouldn't get otherwise. Eventually the stuff you already bought will no longer be offered, and then even the really over-zealous PS Store purchasers will reap the benefits.

[adolson]

The fact is that there have been lots and lots of great new games released in the three months since Plus has launched. How many of these new games have had Plus member discounts? Ten? No. Five? No. Two? How many?

If you listen to Sony, they said that with Plus, they are targeting the people who DO spend a lot on the PSN. That just hasn't happened.

Trroy, that's the ENTIRE POINT of the article.

[adolson]

I'd also like to say that, had you read the article, I was optimistic/hopeful about the future of Plus, and I was pretty clear about what I want from the service. The first three months were pretty much a write-off. Today we'll get a discount on day one (Alien Breed), and that's a step in the right direction.

[Orionsangel]

Regardless of how I feel about what the service has provided me so far. I will say this much. Being a PS+ member has filled me with the exciting anticipation of seeing what I get next, even if sometimes it hasn't been that great. In other words, there's always something to look forward too.

[TheHardware]

But critter crunch is soooo cute...

[midgard229]

stupid articles, how bout this.

xbox live after 5 years.......still no internet browser :)