SCEE responds to complaint about the free games in their Welcome Back program

Sony Computer Entertainment Europe responds to a complaint about the list of free games they are offering in their Welcome Back program. They also provide a few additional details about how the program will work with users that have both PSP and PS3 systems, access from Playstation Plus contents from April and on when users can expect to be able to download the free content.

[MGRogue2017]

Be grateful, ffs..

Sony is giving away full PS3 games, they are actually pretty good ones as well

@ below, Damn straight. Preach, brother, preach!

[LOGICWINS]

They're ACTUALLY responding to these ungrateful people...WOW. Sony's going above and beyond today.

Sony shut down PSN to protect our info and have already probably spent a large sum of money to better PSN's security(OUR SECURITY) even though they've LOST 3 weeks of potential sales from the PS Store.

and NOW, on top of ALL that, they give us:

-A free month of PS Plus and Quirocity
-A weekend of free movie rentals
-2 Free PS3 games
-2 Free PSP games
-One HUNDRED free Home items

And people STILL bitch? Incredible. The fact that we have the ability to play Infamous 2,Resistance 3, Uncharted 3, The Last Guardian, Yakuza 4, Twisted Metal, and Starhawk on a FREE online service would have been enough repayment.

[NBT91]

I know right lol I know some people might not like free stuff being offered but I am sure the majority do.
People always want everything for nothing.

[Dramscus]

I have four and a half (fury expansion for wipeout that I don't have) of five games.

I take it as a sign that I buy too many games.

[LOGICWINS]

I personally have NONE of these games and if you check the sales figures, ull find that MOST PS3 owners do not own ANY of the 5 PS3 games listed.

lol, people have BALLS these days!

[Kalowest]

@LOGICWINS
"And people STILL bitch? Incredible."
I mainly think people are bitching is because they own most or all of those games already.

P.S I'm not bitching to Sony, but i like physical copies, and I own some of those games. I own too many games as it is.

[Echo307]

What I find funny about their response is they appear to actually think they have a user base of 77 million people on PSN.

And I here I thought just the PS3 fanboys were that naive.

On topic: Despite owning all of them, I like their offering of games. If you haven't played any of them, they're all great. You really can't go wrong.

[negroguy]

Basically what Logic said. I didn't know about the free weekend of movie rentals, I must've missed that one. Sweet.

[Troll-without-Bridge]

Im gonna share this on facebook.

[Dramscus]

@ logic. Thats because most ps3 owners buy mostly multilplats. Not even knowing the difference between them and exclusives or really hearing about sony exclusive games to begin with.

The problem is two fold.
Poor marketing on sony's part. Which has always been a problem.
And boring mainstream people only buying boring mainstream games.
Maybe their kids will have better taste.

[Kyur4ThePain]

@echo...you DO realize that PSN spans more than just the PS3, right?

[LocO_o]

Question: I bought a PS3 last week and I want to know if I am legible for the free games?

[Dramscus]

It's probably dependant on when you made your account but they also said available to all users so at worst you can try and dl the free stuff.

I think it would be hard to descriminate based on when you signed up.

Worst comes to worst I think if you sign up before the psn store comes back online you should be good to go.

[Echo307]

@Kyur

And you realize that just about every person who has a PS3 has multiple profiles, right?

That '77 million' number comes from the number of PSN account they have currently. Just thought it was funny that they're trying to pass that off as the actual number of people who use the PSN, when anyone who has half a brain can realize that it's actually much lower.

[metsgaming]

yea if you already have those games just wait you still get ps+ for a month and you will get free games through that ! In the end i will get a bunch of free games, im happy especially when you consider they didnt have to do this.

[ziggurcat]

i can certainly understand how someone could feel a little bit annoyed over the fact that they owned all of the games that are being offered and therefore pretty much s.o.l. in the free game department.

hopefully there's something offered within the PS+ realm that these people can grab to maybe reduce their annoyance.

[NatureOfLogic]

well, Im happy I didn't buy these games. :) Thanks sony

[B-Real206]

you should edit your comment to include the identity theft protection program that they will be offering as well.

I'm happy with what their offering.

[TMAN]

Well said LOGICWINS. Well said. :)

[Saint-Revlot]

@ECHO. It's all the PS3 account, all the PSP accounts, and you can even make an account on the computer right now even if you don't own the PS3. I think that is 77 million. Also, ever though of people making another account for a brother or sister or any family member. I know there are few that make another account for themselves, there is no denying that. But them the user base could very well be at least 75-76 million.

[tack129]

@LOGIC - Well said.

The people complaining are so ungrateful. To be honest they're giving us free stuff and they feel as if Sony is not doing enough to satisfy their greedy need.

[Redempteur]

this isn't a critic against sony ..but i have all the ps3 games except dead nation .

so i guess i'll take dead nation and mod nation racers psp and killzone liberation.
i'm kinda glad for the HOME item.

i hope it's NOT the pricey item ( and useless )from the first year ..that would suck ..i know it's hard to please everyone but still..there are plenty more TRIAL on the store ( assasin creed 1 for example ) i think more on the TRIAL games would have been better .

i'm not disapointed since i hadn't hope for this programme to begin with

[FriedGoat]

What is wrong with you people, yeah its great if you spend NO MONEY on psn at all. I'm a ps+ subscriber and have all those games. It seems i'm being punished for buying more stuff and it is frustrating. If i hand out all your personal details and give you a copy of the matrix on video and then tell you its got a great score on metacritic i'm sure you wouldnt be happy either. Just fund my wallet and it would be so much simpler.

[jadenkorri]

IM royally pissed, I own each one of those games... WTF... i get shit out of this...

[P_Bomb]

@Logic
LBP is one of the PS3's best selling titles at over 4 million and it won a bazillion GOTYs. I don't know anyone that hasn't played it. inFamous was a hit too selling 2 mil'. These aren't exactly underperforming games, lol.

[TheFreak]

I own all of them would be better to offer store credit. This sucks was afraid of this. People that don't use much money on ps3 games or in the PSN store get a sweet deal though. I only get 60 days of ps+ which is sweet, but still I feel a bit ripped of when other people get games for free. I can't rent any movies because that service is not available in my country.

The loyal costumers are getting little to nothing out of this. Most of the free games have already been offered for free with purchase of ps+ or heavily discounted so this is a joke really.

Anyway yaaaay can finally play online again.

[Legion]

@P-Bomb

"LBP is one of the PS3's best selling titles at over 4 million and it won a bazillion GOTYs. I don't know anyone that hasn't played it. inFamous was a hit too selling 2 mil'. These aren't exactly underperforming games, lol."

So if 4 million people played it and Sony is referencing 77 million users (though we know the actual user base is lower) then that would be that only 5% of the users played it, half that for inFamous. Next time just try saying that they both sold well... sensationalizing your thoughts with things like "... won a bazillions GOTYs" just makes people laugh your comment off as Fanboyish and false.

[unicronic]

Of course we forget that movie rentals and quirocity don't apply to anyone outside US or EU so that's worthless.

The welcome back program is very tepid with games that are 2+ years old except Dead Nation.

[zag]

People bitch about everything.

It's well known some of the people who downloaded radio heads full album for free from them, also bitched that there wasn't enough songs or not any they liked etc.

Now people are getting 2 full PS3 games for free and you can't be tagged with being a pirate for it but will bitch it's not LA Noir etc.

I'm not overlly fussed about PSN being up or down but I might jump into this would be good to test out the PSN+ stuff I guess.

[xAlmostPro]

well said @logicwins

Not only will you get30days ps+ but that will include the month left out due to the outage, so where as you'd be getting 30 days.. ou'll be getting the content of 2 months during that 30 days..

some people just can't be pleased, i'm glad infamous is there. I haven't played it and was going to buy it before i get infamous 2

[MikeGdaGod]

i have all the games besides Dead Nation but that one's enough for me.....Thanks Sony!!!!!

[jadenkorri]

wow im getting disagrees for affording to buy games...

[admiralvic]

I get your point, but I wouldn't call them complainers per-say. I have defended Sony in SEVERAL of these topics and personally believe NO ONE is entitled to ANYTHING past time paid back. Perhaps a bonus to DC Universe/free realms. However now that Sony is offering something; wouldn't you want a bonus too?

I have 2 accounts with plus on it (UK and JP).
I can get free rentals whenever I rent something.
I got all 5
I got all 4
I don't use home

While the offer is good and I admit Sony isnt going to give me anything I don't have. (Won MLB/PS move heroes x2/Infamous 2/Motorstorm for instance) However I still think Sony could have offered a SMALL item to those who happen to support Sony. What am I asking for? Like an Avatar (not asking the world). It would still be nice to see Sony have a program for the percent who has all of the above.

As far as the ratio... Are we really going to believe it?

LBP: Hit GH status, very iconic for Sony now a days and was the first month freebie in Japan + free to anyone who purchased plus in the UK for X period of time. Not only that it was ALSO bundled in a controller pack.

Infamous: Hit GH status, got a sequel, was put on the store and traded/sold cheap. Finally was also in a controller pack.

Super Stardust HD: Is quite old and sold quite well. Finally it was bundled with the PS3 at a point and time.

Wipeout HD: Sold so well it got a retail release with fury. It was given for free (no DLC) in the US and UK. Also the DLC was discounted with plus.

Dead Nation: Stated to be the best PSN title of 2010. That def sells titles...

Again I'm not complaining, but obtaining all of the above was NOT that hard... and I don't think a small bonus for this demographic wouldn't be unreasonable (again not saying it should be a game either.)

[NickIni]

Wow. How the hell can people complain? What can they offer?

Honestly I was expecting PSN games. And definitely not 2. I can now pick up inFamous. IMO this is a great welcome back package, people are just greedy.

[alan001]

so UK will UK get free movie rentals too? :D

[wicko]

It would just be nice if they offered something for those of us that already owned everything they offered. I wouldn't mind additional months of PS+ or in-store credit..

[kyl277]

Home items aren't exactly something to brag about though the rest of the stuff is good.

lol, home items

[P_Bomb]

@Legion
Or you could try not taking "bazillion" literally, lol. You know what I meant. Read a press release from them on anything from sales, awards to how many millions of levels created.

If I was being a fanboy I wouldn't be rolling my eyes that they're giving away their highest rated exclusive ever and one of their best selling games as a "reward" that their target demographic already played and praised 3.5 years ago.

77 million accounts? Now you're sensationalising. I have like 10 on my system. By that 77 mil' logic every game including the 10 mil' selling COD and Halo would be underperforming failures, but they're not. It's not 77 mil' accounts keeping publishers & developers in business. It's not the people that only play COD all year. Don't forget the "measly" millions that buy the LBPs and inFamous' out there because they're also the ones buying the sequels (LBP2 and inFamous 2 this year) and not waiting for freebies.

[Kurt Russell]

I'm going to choose the Dead Nation and Infamous. I haven't played either yet, and I have Wipeout already (THE BEST GAME KNOWN TO MAN EVER!!)

There'll always be some chump to complain about freebies. I can understand you'd be a little disappointed if you owned all the games listed, but I would just take it on the chin and call it bad luck.

[Fylus]

I have to agree. Gamers, above most people, seem to enjoy complaining about anything and everything that doesn't go the way they want it to go.

I'm perfectly content with the Network back up and running and I could settle with that.

The fact that Sony is giving us all these great things is much more than we should even ask for.

You know what I'm gunna be doing this weekend? I'm gunna watch some of those free movie rentals with my girlfriend, then I'm gunna play some GT5 online with my new Ford GT. Okay, not the best car in the game but hey, it took a good amount of time for me to get and I'm still level 14 so I'm excited.

[vickers500]

"The fact that we have the ability to play Infamous 2,Resistance 3, Uncharted 3, The Last Guardian, Yakuza 4, Twisted Metal, and Starhawk on a FREE online service would have been enough repayment."

Repayment? You do know we still have to purchase those games, don't you? So they are repaying us by charging us 65 dollars? Hmm, guess I'll never understand fanboy logic.

Anyways, I personally think the welcome back package is great (and was more than I was expecting to get), but it would have been a better move on Sonys part to just give us PSN credit to download what we want. I have all of the games in the welcome back package as well except for the Wipeout expansion and Dead Nation (the two I will be choosing), but some people already have all that as well, so if they offered credit, everyone could make use of it instead of just most people.

Those people who already have all of the games in the list though do have the right to complain, probably more than anyone (if they have all those games, chances are they are pretty good customers of Sony who buy quite a lot of games).

"Sony shut down PSN to protect our info and have already probably spent a large sum of money to better PSN's security(OUR SECURITY) even though they've LOST 3 weeks of potential sales from the PS Store."

Yeah, sorry to break this to you, but they didn't do it for us, they did it for our money. Any company that this happened to would be forced to do the same thing, Sony isn't some special company that cares about you. They are the same as every other greedy ass corporation out there.

[bebojet]

I'm just happy to have online back and a month of PS+ for free.

[hamburger123]

AMEN

[callahan09]

If they're not going to offer anything different to those of us who already own all of the stuff on offer, then I guess I'll just get inFamous and LittleBigPlanet so I have them in digital form instead of blu-ray form. Then I can sell the blu-rays. I suppose that's fine, but I'd have preferred something I didn't already have. I do intend to play inFamous again before inFamous 2 comes out, so having the digital copy will get me to definitely do that. LBP, though, I'll never play again. I exhausted it, now I'm entirely onto LBP2. I wish they offered Warhawk or MAG or God of War Collection or something I would definitely play again as the other option (I already own those as well, but blu-ray versions... I figure there is not much I don't own, honestly, so whatever I would either way end up just having to settle for a digital version of games I currently have on disc).

[NBT91]

Personally I would have preferred some free movie rentals ^_* though I dont think the video store is up everywhere. And the reason for that is because then there is a lot of choice, instead of having to choose a few games.

But ya know this is the definition of the phrase "beggars cant be choosers" they can be whiners but not choosers.

[Legion]

Even a beggar needs to choose which alley he will be sleeping in at night.

I think that the selection is a good variety and it does blow for those owning the items already. Only thought I could have seen that would be better would be adding a coupon system that would allow them to spend an equal amount of funds on any purchase in the store.

[gaden_malak]

I was initially disheartened because I have all the games but then I decided I would trade in LBP and Infamous for LA Noire and re-download LBP and Infamous

[stu888]

perfect idea!

[UltimateIdiot911]

You probably should trade in quick before the mass influx of trade in. But that's probably already happening.

[BornCursed]

I did almost exactly the same.

[Manibi97]

That's the best idea ever!!!!!!

[stu888]

I feel sorry for Sony. By the sounds of it, they put effort in to see that everyone was catered for as best they could and people are just chucking it back in their faces.

If you own all those games then you have too many games. Also, you could sell them (Blu ray versions) and keep the digital copies.

Ive only had 1 of those titles (LBP), im looking forward to playing Infamous! FOR FREE!!! BRILLIANT!!!

[Janitor]

I agree people are being ungrateful but you "feel bad for Sony"?????

You do realize Sony is not a person, it's a multi-billion dollar foreign corporation. No need to feel bad, they will be fine as long as they are making money, which they are, shitloads.

[TheFreak]

Says the person who is actually getting something out of this.... LOL do not feel bad for sony their top executives would rape our moms if they could get some money out of it.

[stu888]

^ yeah u lot are right I suppose.

[upturned2]

Nah you're right. If you already have all those games, then this Welcome Back program applies to the people who can't afford that many games to buy.

Go buy another game if you already have all those games and be happy you have money to spend on useless video games and not to a charity. Sounds irrational, but quit bitching because you don't have it that bad.

OMG I HAVE ALL THOSE GAME ALREADY! SONY SUCKS!
WHERE'S MY IN-STORE CREDIT! WAHHHH

[vickers500]

"but quit bitching because you don't have it that bad."

As opposed to your "LEAVE SONY ALONE" bitching?

[Dee_91]

What type of person complain about getting something for free

[Legion]

It's not for free... it is called compensation... thus it was paid for by whatever greivance required the compensation. So basically was the offered compensation worth the 3 week down time, loss of personal information, and loss in faith in Sony security over all? Each person needs to judge that for themselves.

[Dee_91]

its compensation for a free service

its free

[TheMutator]

lol whatever you say looooooooooooooooool!!!!!!!!!!

[ct03]

I'm first in line to criticize Sony about anything, but in this case I think they're being quite generous and offering some high quality games.

Complaining about these free games is just pathetic.

[frostypants]

On one hand, the list of games is pretty freaking decent. The weakest is Dead Nation, and even it is pretty good.

BUT...perhaps Sony should have added an option for a $15 PSN gift card or something, for those who didn't like the games listed.

[Perkel]

problem is i have all those games..

so i'm ungratefull because i'm strong PSN supporter ?

[Dee_91]

your not ungrateful because your a strong psn supporter your ungrateful because your complaining when they offer more things then just those few free games

if you have those games already just move along
it was free anyway

[Nitrowolf2]

Yeah i can't see how they could cater 77millions account. Although i own most of the games they are offering i'm still happy with the other content they will offer. I just want the PS store to go back up, gotta buy me some new games.
People shouldn't be complaining, Sony could have gone another way and selected the game for us and have it only be one game instead.

much rather have 2 of 5 selection then have them pick some random game.

I know some people aren't happy with this and i can see where they are coming from.

[popup]

Credit is the answer.

[elondonred]

The only reason sony can't give ppl money in their wallets is because they know ppl will abuse it. Some ppl have as many as 5 multiple account others even more. There's no way that'll work

[Legion]

Good point on the multiple accounts thing. If they give some form of purchase credit then that would allow for those that had multiple accounts to come out ahead of those that didn't.

Is there not a way to determine actual user/owner of each account via that personal data they let out of the bag? Seems like that would have been the way to go now...?

[upturned2]

Right. It's not like they're trying to screw their customers over. I mean two games? I would've expected one game if I didn't know any better. That's a lot of excess money that they're losing. Millions of people downloading two games each person without paying for it. Plus, it only took a month to rebuild the security system from the ground up? Now that's work.

[rajman]

Should have added God of War 1/2 & Prince of Persia 1/2/3 HD editions to the list, those are some good disc based but also PSN games. Some DLC wouldnt have hurt either
Edit: Ok maybe not Prince of Persia....but Warhawk would have been a good addition, despite it being old it would have been good timing considering Starhawk was just recently announced, giving new players a taste of whats on offer.

[Simon_Brezhnev]

yeah i would love some of the Prince of Persia games but i doubt we ever get them free since Sony doesnt really own the rights.

[jerethdagryphon]

god of war maybe but the pop games arnt sonys the ones there offering are owned entirly by sony

thats the thing im grateful...not looking forward to dling em but hey its an overnight job

BE GRATEFUL OR BE SILENT no company has offered what sony is potentially 4 full free games thank you sony thank you very much

[OcelotRigz]

I know we didnt have PSN for 3 weeks but if anyone is to blame its those fecking hackers.
I think Sony has been more than kind with their 'Welcome Back pack' especially considering how much its going to cost them and the fact that they didnt have to do it.

[majiebeast]

Im just sad no warkhawk or mag.

[Nitrowolf2]

only game i really want is warhawk. But ohwell. I'm not sure but i think you can actually download M.A.G. for one month free part of the Plus plan. It's a free game to plus users, well kind of. It's a trail version but stays unlocked as long as your a PS+ user and level is capped at 8.

If it was my choice i would pick

Warhawk, Flower, and Fat princess to be included in the plan
but oh well. They didn't have to offer us with so many games and at least we have a choice out of a selection.

[Janitor]

Warhawk is very cheap now. Hell if I still have my copy you can have it.

[Nitrowolf2]

@Janitor

i could buy it still. I'm not broke but thanks. Only reason i would want it in there is for me i'm hoping it would boost the community up again, thus making it worth playing again with a stronger community. Servers are still pretty good but not like they were before

[Menech]

There hardly going to give you M.A.G. for free, you have to remember Sony has to host servers for that game.

And let's be realistic and say there are 35 million active PSN users, taking away the dupe accounts and console trade in's.

And out of that only 5M download M.A.G. do you honestly believe Sony could afford to open up tons of new M.A.G. servers and support the game they gave away for free?

[P_Bomb]

Yes I do, because...

A) MAG's already free on the PS Store in America, full game with no compromises other than a lvl 8 player cap. Access to all game modes, even DLC. All they'd have to remove is the lvl cap.
B) the community isn't as big now as it was a year ago and it was designed to maintain several server queues of 256 players in the first place.
C) Online-only games need an influx of people to stay relevant. New players also mean more potential DLC sales, (maps and kits) and people buying subs to extra charachters.
D) It's also a Greatest Hits like LBP & inFamous. It's made its money and not everyone is gonna pick it. Imo though it would've stood more to gain than the other 2 AAA titles that are already on their sequels.

[SilverSlug]

Would have loved MAG. I already have all the ones on the list (outside the Fury expansion), if MAG was on the list I would have at least gotten one new game instead of nothing new.

[Dead_Cell]

BUT WE'RE ENTITLEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEED.

[soundslike]

Lol, why so many disagrees?

[M-A-R-S-H-A-L-L]

He missed the sarcasm at the end. :/

[Lirky]

I wished they got rid of infamous and gave assasins creed II instead both games are free-roam but assasins creed II was very stealthy and assasiny.

[GoldPS3]

The thing about that is Sony don't own Assassins Creed 2 so your wish could never been granted.

[rjdofu]

Let me guess... you own Infamous but doesn't have Assassin Creed II right?

[theafroman]

Oh people are complaining about Sony giving away free stuff? SMH.

[dp277407]

I mean i have infamous and LbP but its still nice to have em on my hdd for free lol I wont complain over free stuff. Plus theres other options for me to choose from.

[acidpro]

why not let us chose 1 game of our choice?
then it will all be fair :)

oh well im not complaining, SONY is trying their best to keep us happy and we should all appreciate that because not every company does that nowadays does it?
SO
NY LIVE FOR EVER

[gaden_malak]

"why not let us chose 1 game of our choice? "

they can't give away games they don't own.

[acidpro]

from the games they do own...how about mag...or socom...hmmm...

[X-Zone]

This is so sad, i feel sorry for Sony, they are obviously trying their best. They don't have to give us anything at all but we are getting a wealth of content. And all people can do is complain. As if the free online service and amazing exclusives isn't enough. Now we want tailor made compensation.

[MrDead]

Too many whiny children. Shut up, its back up and working

[coryok]

god damn, would the people complaining rather have a 40 cent game like microsoft gave out after they had a two week downtime?

this list is great! i never expected to have such high quality games available for free

[jetlian]

was pretty good and live wasn't dowm for me lol. still got a free game =)

Sony should have offered more games. i would take KZ2,RE2,HS, SINCE i JUST GOT INFAMOUS 2 WEEKS ago

edit: hell i'll take motorstorm 2

[firelogic]

I have most of the games offered but I'm not mad. Just take a look at the list, especially the NA program. SSHD, Wipeout HD, Dead Nation, are the top PSN games, infamous is great and is a precursor to infamous 2 next month, and LBP is a GotY title. How can anyone complain, even if you have those games?

It wouldn't have been feasible for Sony to just load up everyone's wallets because then people with multiple accounts would have tons of free content of their own choosing.

[DWOM]

People need to stop this sh#t NOW! Sony is giving away lots of things, that they DON'T need to give to people! MS give a UNO game and everyone was happy, now that it's Sony everyone is b$tching around...

[TheComedian]

And the funny thing is that 3/4's of those who complain probably don't even have a ps3...:/

[DWOM]

LOL... true

[Jack-H]

People are only complaining if they already have the games it seems. Which i completely understand.... why does it bother everybody so much? Anyway i on the otherhand don't have any of these... trying to choose between infamous, dead nation, and little big planet.... hmmmm

[_Q_]

There should shouldn't be people complaining about what they are getting for free. No one owes you anything.

[dinkeldinkse]

The whiners are whining. It may be unfortunate for people that already own all of these games, but statistically there are a lot of ps3 users that do not. It is pathetic how entitled some people feel about this. The only people Sony should have gave anything to are the people paying for DCU, Plus, and etc that just got shafted out of three weeks of something they paid for.

[quiddd]

You obviously spend your money on games............what's stopping you guys from from buying the games you don't have.

[cyril sneer]

Thats the whole point i feel as though i am being punished for spending loads of money on games.But the people who don't are being rewarded.

[admiralvic]

I agree. Also the camp who says X or Y spends too much... come on. Infamous/LBP can be obtained for 20 max. They were both free with controllers for a while and LBP was part of plus in 2 different regions. Super stardust HD is 10 and was free with a lot of older PS3's. Wipeout is among the top selling games and was also given out in 2 different regions for PLUS.

1 year of plus = 50 (LBP/wipeout included)
Infamous = 20 max
stardust = 10 max (perhaps free with ps3)
Dead Nation = 7.50 (mind you was also mentioned to be the best PSN title of 2010 on a LOT of sites. Mind you it was discounted with plus.)

all of them combined comes out to around 95 usd. This also assumes you like wipeout enough for the DLC. I do not think 95 usd is that much... some people have paid more for 1 CE...

[Romudeth]

Ungrateful fools.

You should be happy enough that Sony is even giving out anything for free. The people that caused this (Anonymous) sure as hell isn't going to give you anything for the inconvenience they've cause you.

[PR_FROM_OHIO]

WOW people are actually complaining unbelievable!!!!!!!!!!!

[Jack-H]

are you REALLY surprised? lol

[Green_Ranger]

Free online play, free 30 days of ps plus, free games...and people still complain? How about I give you a free slap in the face as well?

[FunAndGun]

They would complain it wasn't hard enough and demand a kick in the nuts as well.

[AliC]

People will find reason to complain about anything tbh, Sony doesn't need to offer anything, however they are and its quite a lot.

Not sure what to pick up but will probably check out LBP on the psp since i've not used that in over a year.

[blackburn10]

Greedy bastards are NEVER satisfied. No matter what they said SOMEONE will say 'why didn't you give me this instead'. Spoiled gamer generation that is what this is. NEVER satisfied. If Sony said 'ten free games for everyone' someone will have the gaul to say 'why not eleven free games? '

[news4geeks]

why not twelve? that's why I'm pissed about this.

[blackburn10]

Please. You could have gotten zero free games. Think about that.

[Ninjamonkey82]

Hell im more than happy with whats on offer here, Thank you Sony tbh. If you own them games already trade the retail versions and dl the free games sorted. Me personally im happy hell what do you want for free people. Shows the world we live in today. Greedy Greedy people. Count that up please these games still retials as platium games so thats at least £19.99 each new.

LBP

http://www.game.co.uk/Games...

inFAMOUS

http://www.game.co.uk/Games...

Given the above prices are online prices retail there still £19.99 how much dollars is that may i ask?.

Add to that the price of the month on PS+ the free items for ps home do a little math people. If you owned a PSP aswell. Thats another 2x free games.

Im sorry i can't see where your complaints are coming from. What the hells wrong with you?. Wake up and smell the bacon for a minute and remember it was hackers that made it we had to spend are times away from PS3 not Sony they did all they could to restore PSN and its now back.

Sony imo have gone and went far beyond anything they needed to do they never lost my trust in the first place. Also remember this xbox360 in 2007 gave us an arcade game undertow. £7 10 dollars for the us people here this psn package will run far more than that and it costs no one a penny but Sony.

Undertow trailer

http://www.youtube.com/watc...

[XeNoStRatoS]

I won't complain tho living in Europe... But the games of the US PS Store offered for free are way better. I mean Dead Nation, inFamous AND LBP... Those are full price titles offered to the US audience although the European audience is by far more loyal to Sony in the console wars of this gen - compared to US market where 360 rulez. That's just to mention w/o any complaint! - and maybe the reason the stock up the bid for forgiveness... Who knows :)

[elondonred]

Dude we get the same as the yanks

[XeNoStRatoS]

Gotta link? I'll shut up immediately then :D
Overall it is a great way of saying sorry, no doubt! And if it won't work from EU w/ my "Yank" acc :D - I'll get R&C as well. Wanted to buy it anyways and have inFamous and LBP of course - those games should be in every collection tbh ^.^b - great opportunity for you guys to get them

[Raider69]

So whats the games for EU?Is sony discriminating EU if so thats very bad!

[Jack-H]

yet you are complaining... and bsing about because you're a euro you're somehow more "loyal".... ok.. sure you are *pats you on the back* Sony loves you more than me it's ok

[Fallouts]

*gives him a pat too*

That's europeans for you though. For some reason they always think they are the shit but little do they know they aren't the shit, they are just shit..

Anway, I have to go wash the shit off my hands.

[Raider69]

whats the games?We will keep the games after the PSN+ trial finnish?PSN is still down in my country.

@XeNoStRatoS  

if thats correct EU gamers are been screw on the choises!! It shoud be equal for everybody!

[XeNoStRatoS]

SCEE: LittleBigPlanet, R&C Quest for Booty, Wipeout HD & Fury, Super Stardust HD, Hustle Kings

SCEA: LittleBigPlanet, inFamous, Dead Nation, Wipeout HD & Fury, Super Stardust HD

Which one would you prefer...?

[elondonred]

check the ps blog we get the same as the yanks exception are the germans and thats due to their laws

[Raendom]

I wasn't expecting games that good. Ratchet and Clank is 100% a cert for me. I was going to buy it at one point, but having it for free is an amazing offer!

The other game though, not too sure I have all of 'em but wouldn't mind inFamous on the HDD and finally seek that platinum. :D

[---stone---]

Here is the North American list...

Dead Nation
inFAMOUS
LittleBigPlanet
Super Stardust HD
Wipeout HD + Fury

For PSP owners, you will be eligible to download two PSP games from the following list. The games will be available for 30 days shortly after PlayStation Store is restored and can be kept forever.

LittleBigPlanet (PSP)
ModNation Racers
Pursuit Force
Killzone Liberation

A selection of “On Us” rental movie titles will be available to PlayStation Network customers over one weekend, where Video Service is available. Those titles will be announced soon.

30 days free PlayStation Plus membership for non PlayStation Plus subscribers.

Existing PlayStation Plus subscribers will receive an additional 60 days of free subscription.

Existing Music Unlimited Premium Trial subscription members will receive an additional 30 days of free premium subscription.

Additional 30 days + time lost for existing members of Music Unlimited Premium/Basic subscription free of charge for existing Premium/Basic members.

To welcome users Home, PlayStation Home will be offering 100 free virtual items. Additional free content will be released soon, including the next addition to the Home Mansion personal space, and Ooblag’s Alien Casino, an exclusive game.

http://blog.us.playstation....

Never played inFamous...this freebie will be a nice lead in to play inFamous 2 when it comes out. Always wanted to check out Dead Nation as well.

Take everything in to account, PSN being a free online game play service, perks of PS+, what Sony is giving away in their Welcome Back Pack, the "clear all id plan and million dollar per user insurance plan",a better security ( at least for now anyways ) will make the dedication to always improve their/our security from here on out.

I guess all that there isnt even being on par with fucking Undertow...the game that given away for the server debacle over the holidays a few years ago with M$.

Ungrateful, spoiled, douchebag fucking people. As many have said...Sony doesnt have to offer shit for a free service.

But for Sony to offer anything up at all??? Holysweatyshitencrustedgeneita lsoftheapostles...the travisty and humanity of it all.

[XeNoStRatoS]

Sony shouldn't have made a difference in the offer - period. Albeit from that there is no reason to feel dumped or disadvantaged.

And if they make a difference they should have brought all the video content of the SI Swimsuit campaign to Europe as well... :D

[karl]

thx... i wanted to know what was being offered for free..

i wasnt expecting anything.. just happy psn is back up..

people complaing probably some xbots..

and thx god i really wanted to play dead nation and superstardust =) .. soo things are looking up for me..

[simonrope]

Wow. What a pile of crap.

[MeNoRasta]

Is wipeout online btw or is it just single player? im thinking of d/loading it.

Also does psn+ offer free avatars and themes or just deals for them??

[brew]

1. online too
2. a mixture of both

[RAmar101]

Ungrateful twats!

Those who are complaining should leave and go buy barcode battler or something lol

[bobrea]

Nonow gamers are Bitching about free games? The people who populated these comment sections are retarded

[manitobawpg]

I liked the comment on having some credit like 50 or 60 bucks but i dont really care because i dont have any of these games and if i like infamous i'll consider picking up infamous 2.

so little big planet and infamous for me

[Miacosa]

The best thing to have done would have been to place funds in each person's PSN wallet or have a vouchers to get credit.

[walken7]

WAHHH WAHHHH!!!! That is all.

[newn4gguy]

Thanks, Sony!

I already own all of these games.

The thing is...I can get two of these for free and trade in the copies I have. ^_^ Free money!!!

[No Way]

I did that with my Halo Reach copy when I got that test one from Microsoft. :P
So that and three really old games bought me L.A Noire. It all worked out! lol.

[newn4gguy]

Lol. That's awesome! I can't wait to get L.A. Noire! For the first time in awhile, I'm making a lot less money. I quit my full-time job and just work one part-time job. I basically use everything for bills and student loans. Lol. I refuse to sell my games or movies though!

[Raoh]

people need to stop. The offerings are great.

They just don't do anything for me. I already own them. I guess i could get infamous and lbp and trade them in toward something.

[BoNeSaW23]

BOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!
I was looking forward to some PSN Exclusive titles.

[newn4gguy]

Are Dead Nation, Super Stardust HD, and Wipeout not PSN exclusives?

Oh wait...you're not an American. :P

[BoNeSaW23]

I meant Multiplayer only titles: Fat Princess,Crash Commando,Warhawk,etc. Inject some new blood into MULTI PSN titles, especially Warhawk with Starhawk just around the corner. Show what PSN has to offer not 2+ year old games! Good hell, loyal fans played them day 1.

[Red_Phoenix]

They should have an option for like 20$ credit instead of downloading two games because some of us own all of those games already.

[scotchmouth]

You don't think people would exploit that with the use of multiple accounts?

[Red_Phoenix]

All Sony would need to do is allow one promotional credit per ps3, not account. Every ps3 has their own unique id, just as your computer has when it uses the internet.

[_LarZen_]

You had to live under a rock not to have most of these games allready.....im realy disapointed but not at all suprised about the poor selection.

[Dannagar]

What Sony is offering is more than I could have asked for. I own Wipeout HD. And at one time, I owned LBP and Infamous but my home was burglarized and those where among the games stolen. So, I feel it's a very kind gesture of Sony to offer up FREE games. They didn't have too. PSN was free to begin with.

[MasterCornholio]

"So, I feel it's a very kind gesture of Sony to offer up FREE games. They didn't have too. PSN was free to begin with. "

Exactly its a free service. Plus the subscription fee is less than xboxlives and theres less PSplus users than gold members. Which is why it amazes me that Sony even gives us this nice selection of games. I really only expecting this kind of treatment for a non free service. So i am pretty happy with what Sony is doing.

[floetry101]

A more logical option would have been to provide either the games on the list or a voucher for online purchases (say 15-20 dollars). The games they've chosen (particularly LittleBigPlanet, Infamous and Ratchet & Clank), have been chosen to boost sales of their sequels either already out or coming out in the near future. Most that play avidly on PS3 will have these titles, including me.

I have Dead Nation as a choice. That's it. It isn't about picking titles for the consumer, it's about letting them pick titles for themselves.

[th3_d3an]

oh for the love of god get a fucking life! 77 million cant satisfy them all get an xbox 360 see what they give you when it frys! bunch of jackoffs i swear

[Ares84]

Maybe let people choose 2 games from any that's on the PSN???

[gypsygib]

Throw Resistance 1 and 2 on there.

[Ares84]

I hope that the USA games will be different because I got all those games already and they aren't "THAT" good.

[SuperBeast811]

just sale the ones you have to gamestop or best buy n then DL them for free from sony win win lol thats what im doing with infamous and lbp

[SuperbVillain]

Whoever is complaining about this are ungrateful little shits and deserve a swift kick in the nads...Thank you Sony,you don't need to explain yourselves to those douchebags...A simple apology and turning the PSN back on would have sufficed for me.Thank you for this gesture I hope to be playing on the PSN until they pry the controller from my cold lifeless hands

[No Way]

I'm not sure about all this stuff, does 'everybody' get the free games? Or just PS+ users?
If not, as long as I've had an account for PSn I should be entitled to all the offerings?
I've never heard of Qriocity before, could someone explain to me what it is? Thanks.

As far as the games, what would you guys recommend out of Dead Nation, LBP, inFAMOUS?

[oddman76]

Infamous and quest for booty for me. I have heard they were pretty good. Thanks Sony.

[MasterCornholio]

Sony could have been cheap and just have given us one arcade game and thats it. I can believe people are complaining about this all those games are not just cheap PSN titles some of them are full versions of PS3 games. Theres only 2 groups of people who complain about this.

1. PS3 owners who have all the games
2. Non PS3 owners who envy us because we get a lot out of the compensation.

[joeorc]

"1. PS3 owners who have all the games "

true but there is still free content they are getting that they do not have.

well there is a free game everyone gets that no one has yet. So they are getting even still a free new game, every PS3 user. will get the exclusive game from in Playstation Home. Many may say well i do not use Playstation Home, maybe that is true but it still is a free game you can play. an many of the free games for playstation Home are pretty good.

Hell were getting FPS in Playstation Home, for another point. you are getting 100 free items an a space that cost's $5.00 for free.

so even if they had those ps3 an PSP games you are still getting something you never had at all. a game an a free playstation home space, because those were not even released yet. do not know about the free 100 items though those could be new or a group of items.

so you are still getting a free game that you did not have before.

[hazelamy]

actually they're being pretty generous, they didn't just give minis or smaller psn games, they're for the most part games that were available at retail.

it's unfortunate if you have some or all of the games, i own a couple of the ps3 titles, lbp and infamous.
it would have been great if they'd given a wider choice, but they know most people have multiple accounts and would end up getting games for each account.

i just hope the store comes back soon, i've been missing my comics.

[joab777]

I guess I see both sides. I wouldn't care if I got nothing, I pay them nothing. I do have every title offered so I don't get anything but why didn't they just give everyone $15 or$10. Then no one is pissed off. They can get whatever they want. I'm sir their is a reason these titles were offered. We all know that ultimately it is still about the bottom line. These are probably titles that have peaked and Sony isn't expecting monumental sales. But like i said, only those who have psn + actually should get something and 30-60 days ofservice should compensate. So kudos to those who can take advantageof this offer.

[Squatch83]

So lots of gamers moan games cost a lot.
Sony gives us some freebies, and they still moan.
Some ppl are never happy.

[Zoomer76]

Cant believe people are making a fuss out of this, dont get me wrong Ive criticised Sony about their handling of this situation. But come on this is a great gesture, Im also looking forward to trying out PS+ for the first time!

[tigertron]

complaining about getting LBP, Infamous or Ratchet and Clank for free? what the hell? thats brilliant. I already have these games, but for those that don't then thats a really great deal. I'll be getting Dead Nation and Wipeout.

For the PSP, LBP and maybe Modnation.

[corroios]

Damn. Got all of the games that sony whats to give. But im surprised that so many dont have them already...

I could understand Ratchet or Dead Nation ( great game to play co-op), but Infamous, Wipeout or LPB. The are great games... S

[Graey]

With respect to people who have the majority of the games on that list.

Like one of the earlier posters said, be grateful indeed that they offered such a wide variety of games. The only reason why some posters here are mad is because they have those games already.

You do realize your complaining that your owed something...which your not, on a free service, and then when the free service tries to appease you with gifts your reaction is...oh I already have these, go back and get me something else.

Wow. I really don't know what to think on how some people are handling this. Then I see some people bashing the list of games, when they have that exact list in their library, what's that all about. Your basically saying you have weak taste in games.

Come on, even if I had all the games on the list I would still be happy that they at least put forth and effort to smooth things over. Granted I can see your disappointment in the fact that you have all the games, but at the least try and be respectful about it.

I could understand if you were paying for the service in which case you'd have a lot to actually complain about. But in truth you don't. Funny how MS makes you pay for the exact same thing and yet you make an uproar about getting free stuff from a free network.

Really....

[Kahvipannu]

First of all, Sony would not had to give enyone anything, so this is good and smart move from them. Also they are giving 4 "real" games away if you own PSP too.

About the complains of the list, I can see why Sony chose these, they are highly rated games, but they are also a bit "older" games, tought no-one would expect them to give away new titles for free, which are still selling strong.

Infamous, and LBP are both highly praised games, and I can imagine they don't sell as well as they used to be. Now that Sony gives them away, they get more players try these games, and it will most definitely boost sales of LBP2, and the upcoming InF2, that's coming out. This is smart move from Sony.

Only one I were really surprised was Dead Nation, since it's pretty new one, and I'm happy it was in the list since I have been planning to get it anyway. Onething is tought that I would like to support the developers of it (Finnish team), so I'm wondering will they get something from every free download..

But in overall, there is no need to complain. If you have disc copies already of these games, trade or sell them away, and get these digital versions to replace them. You still get something.

[Fire1792]

Kinda sad how people are so ungrateful. For me I'll be getting inFamous and Dead Nation. Not a big fan of Little Big Planet, Wipeout, or Super Stardust....

[revengemadmax]

its great and all but what if i own all thouse games allready? crap move along!

[revengemadmax]

ya... so good.. i have thouse games allready... useless psn

[Duckman33]

Stop while you're ahead Sony. Self important/self entitled people will never be satisfied no matter WHAT you offer them. You could have given everyone a free year to Plus and all downloadable games in the PS store, and that STILL wouldn't be enough for these people. They think they are entitled to have everything on the face of the earth free. And nothing you can do will EVER change their minds about that. That's the society we live in now a days.

[STGuy1040]

The complaints being made are valid ones, but - Sony has done a great job of compensating its users. DCU users received an additional 60 days of play time, Playstation Plus users received an extension, and people who are not Plus subscribers are getting 30 days of service (and this is not including a free 30 day trial to their movie/music service).

And to top it off, we're receiving two free games. How much more can we expect from Sony? I wasn't expecting any of it!

[Achemki]

Sony need to start mentioning DCUO in their press releases because I don't think people know that EVERYONE who ever played before Apr 20th gets a free 60 days. It's not just current subscribers. So all you January guys who let your free month expire just got 2 more months!

Game rules but PvE is a frikkin' ghost town. Nevermind MAG, THIS game needs new blood, stat. Imo I'd have made DCUO one of the free games (even just as a 60 day trial) as it desperately needs more subscribers going forward. Thank god missions are do-able solo or I'd be in trouble right now.

[Ryangp]

Okay look i agree with people saying that we shouldn't be complaining about what were receiving, but i completely disagree that we should be grateful that the service is free, the only reason i payed the extra £200 at luanch date because it would be cheaper in the long run knowing online would be free so please stop saying that jeez.

[STGuy1040]

Sony will be compensating us, so hopefully you'll find some use for the games they're offering.

As for the people saying the service is free and people shouldn't complain: well, it's a double-edge sword. The service may be free, but people are still buying games to play on the network.

In fact, some games will not work unless the network is online (and this includes offline gameplay), so in some ways people have every right to complain.

[saimcheeda]

so ill be getting that!

[subtenko]

well doesnt he seem like a douche now... LOL

if you dont like the free stuff the gtfo! xD

[Enigma_2099]

-_-

... morons. Even if you own all the games... THEY'RE FREE!!! THEY DON'T COST YOU A DIME!!! AND YOU'RE BEING REIMBURSED FOR A SERVICE YOU WEREN'T EVEN PAYING FOR IN THE FIRST PLACE!!!! AND LOOK AT ALL THE OTHER THINGS YOU'RE GETTING!!!

Ungrateful little ba... This is more of that "we hatin' on Sony cause it's the cool thing to do," isn't it?

@spiceonpsn

make sure one of them is iNFAMOUS...

@Ryangp

When you guys stop b******, we'll stop saying it. Just how much money did it cost you while the service was down? Or did you have money stolen? Cause if you did, they're gonna take care of you. They said so. And mine cost me $600 too, but you don't see me cursing over lost money, do you?

[admiralvic]

Not to be an Ass... but its only truely reimbursement if you gain from it. Several and ironically higher spending members do not.

@ Those who might mention trade in value...

Both of them are currently 8 usd which is fine, but if you dont trade them in ASAP they will be worth next to zero.

[Enigma_2099]

Then they're the only ones who have the right to complain. What excuse do the rest of you have?

[spiceonpsn]

Guys i don't have any of these games...can someone reccomend me which is the best ?

[DigitalHorror81]

Any new information on when the store is supposed to be up?

[Bits-N-Kibbles]

This is great. I didn't even care too much that they were down because I've been so busy. Now I get two new games!

Would have been nice if warhawk was on there (I own the game) but it would have been nice to own some noobs.

[bennyballgame]

I could understand being upset if you have all those titles, but it's a good excuse for getting games that may otherwise have not been purchased like RC booty and little big planet (if you didn't already have it)...

My friends at Mighty Rabbit Studios were distraught enough over it, they made a mini game that's a good time killer about helping recover the network...if you want to check it out: http://www.kongregate.com/g...

[guitar_nerd_23]

Im not ungrateful its just- I've got all of those games couldn't they just let people like me have a couple of cool indie games or a voucher for 20% off a new release or something.

[Jdoki]

Yeah, same here.

Got all the games, and already a PSN+ subscriber. Disappointing, but oh well. Would have preferred a discount I could put towards some PS Store games.

[guitar_nerd_23]

Yeah I think im just gonna give a couple of my disc copies to my gf and get them as downloads- then at least we can play lbp online :)

[mab636]

anybody know when the free weekend for movie rentals is going to be?

[death2smoochie]

human beings can be so bloody ungrateful

[Fel08]

People will never be satisfied.

[yog-sothot]

I do not complain, I have not contacted Sony and do not intend to do so. The PSN outage did not even affect me that much (I'm mostly a PC gamer). I'm a bit angry about the lack of security but nothing is 100% safe and the real responsibles are the thieves. But I already own all the games Sony is offering, so I'm wondering : if they want to reward our fidelity, couldn't they come up with something for everyone, including a good customer who already purchased all these games ? Honestly, I am not asking for anything, but I don't think my statement makes me ungrateful either...

[SuperSaiyan4]

1) How many PS3 games are we allowed to have free is it 1 or 2?

2) How will we be offered the games cos PSN store is down still.

[ApexHell]

1) u can pick 2 games

2) whenever psn store comes up you will have 30 days to download the games.

[Mike_Tha_Hero]

In what world do we live in where free games aren't appreciated?

Honestly I have nothing else to say on the issue, it's just sad.

[Koromaro]

I wish they put Modnation instead of Little Big Planet. =(

Other then that everything is cool

[oguzsasi]

Even if its free Metal Gear Solid 4!
Its 50 GB damn it!

[flightdown]

if i didn't have the games i would be a happy man

[Kee]

They're good games. There's no doubt about that. Just wish there were more options. Two of them are games that if you haven't already played them, then what are you doing owning a PS3, really?

I can understand the infamous one to help promote infamous 2. But I already played it because I saw potential when they started advertising it like 3 years ago.

They're also dishing LBP out left right and centre, they've already given it away for free in PSN plus.

I'd rather have had warhawk which was a perfectly missable game which got good reviews. It'd revitalise the online community and drum up some sales for the recently announced sequel.

But that's just me, If I hadn't played infamous and LBP I'd have been delighted with the choices.

[MajorNelson]

wow

[ApexHell]

wait "a list of high quality BD games, rather than simply offering cheaper PSN titles."

dead nation and wipeout are not Bluray disc games they are psn titles lol.