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Sony offers free games AND movies for PSN users

Not everyone knows it, but if you check out the Video store you can get free movies too! This is all for the 'Welcome Back' package.

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chidori6664710d ago

and person still bitching about PSN free games =/

BeOneWithTheGun4709d ago

Just got Dead Nation and Infamous. All I need to plat Infamous is 35 more High Fall takedowns, 6 more special move things and choose the Dr. over my girl on that one mission. Gotta get it done before Tuesday damnit!

saladthieves4709d ago

I suggest you look up a guide on ps3trophies.org. The hardest trophy in the game (in my opinion) is stunt master.

hakis864709d ago (Edited 4709d ago )

I think it's a good deal. Only bad thing for me is I had already purchased those games, and movies are not availible in my country so.... really all I'm getting is PSN+.
:-/

parasit34703d ago

Nice avatar chidori666, I love Rukia Kuchiki too! :P

MintBerryCrunch4710d ago

just got D/L Deadnation...next up Infamous

256bit4709d ago

i got all five games including rachet and clank from my UK account. seriously i think everyone should of made a account from EU and JP then you could be happy with its free games.

Oner4709d ago (Edited 4709d ago )

Actually you should have 7 with the EU Burnout Paradise offer. ;P

US
Dead Nation
inFAMOUS
LittleBigPlanet
Super Stardust HD
Wipeout HD + Fury

EU
Ratchet & Clank: Quest for Booty
Burnout Paradise

But you can actually get even more because the German market offers different games as well ~

"InFamous and Dead Nation will be replace with Super Stardust HD and Hustle Kings in the selection of PS3 games. Pursuit Force and Killzone Liberation will be replaced with Everybody’s Golf 2 and Buzz Junior Jungle Party in the selection of PSP games"

And all of this still doesn't include what the HK & JP markets will offer!

hotrider124709d ago

QUEST FOR BOOTY
is on a disc. @play-asia.com bought it 3 years ago.

Oner4709d ago (Edited 4709d ago )

@ Above hotrider12 ~ Don't know how that equates to what me & 256bit are talking about so...

@ Below Istanbull ~ I also never owned Infamous or LBP. But it's not to being cheap. It's because there were so many games to choose from and dedicate time to, so why buy something right then and there? Especially when I just now get the ones I needed/didn't have yet for free!

Also if you already bought them then the Welcome Back package wouldn't be so great now would it? You also forget that maybe they were titles that people weren't to interesting in playing but now they are, because they are free.

Plus what if a person couldn't get them because of financial issues? Does that mean they are cheap? No. Not at all...but the way you make it seem is very tactless and immature.

Istanbull4709d ago

How could you not own LBP or Infamous in the past? Are you a cheap a$$?

Urrakia344709d ago

Some of us don't exactly have alot of money to spend on games and so that limits our libraries.

DarthJay4709d ago

Nothing says "hey sorry someone stole all your personal information" quite like a free digital download of Bad Boys. Weak.

Janitor4709d ago

You sound like the kind of person who bitches about not getting enough food stamps.

DarthJay4709d ago

You sound like the type of person who is OK with having their personal information stolen. Getting a free movie I don't want or a super sweet theme drawn on Microsoft Paint doesn't restore the confidence I never had in Sony.

And for the record, I'm not even advocating getting anything free.

This is a PR move as they attempt to not get sued, and all the lemmings are getting in line.

Wow. Ghostbusters. Really thoughtful. Why not throw up Big Trouble in Little China too? Or maybe a Milli Vanilli album.

dantesparda4709d ago

Well said Janitor, and stop complaining DarthJay. People will complain about anything!

Oner4709d ago (Edited 4709d ago )

Lemmings? Whatever /rollseyes...I too may care for the movies being offered (not that I don't like them it's just not worth me d/l'ing them). But big F'ing deal.

Actually if they would have offered Big Trouble in Little China as one of them I would have been happy! How could you not like that movie? It's damned near a cult classic!

bodybombs4709d ago

@darthjay

hey man, dont dis big trouble in little china, kurt russell's the man

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BeOneWithTheGun4709d ago

They didn't have to do anything. They could of just fixed the security breach and then resumed life. They choose to offer millions of endusers free games, HOME items and PLUS.

That was a nice gesture IMO.

Urrakia344709d ago

Go buy an Xbox. If it makes you feel better & "safer" by paying $60 a year, be my guest.

OneSneakyMofo4709d ago

While he's at it, he can go to Hotmail.com, have the spammers keylog his credit card inforation, passwords, etc., then blame it on Sony sooner or later.

People that complain about their personal information being stolen are dumb, plain and simple. The minute you sign up for something, your information is in a database. That database is not 100% secure and never will be. Don't think you are safe because they say so. This is why it's recommended that you change your password every 60 days.

mindedone4709d ago

@DarthJay

You should've made this comment in the forums like I did; it might've been received better

kikizoo4709d ago

The dumb xfan complaining for things he can't get, is just forgetting than google gmail last week, and thousands of shops..or even cia are hacked sometime, with more "personnal informations" stolen (because on psn, you just have what you can find easily in telephone's books)

Bgibbs4708d ago

@DarthJay

You do realize that all the information they got is widely available to anyone who chooses to go an look for it, right? If you've ever signed up for a magazine subscription, or ordered anything online, that information is available. So don't make it seem like you're a victim of identity theft, because you aren't. You're just a victim of spam mail, just like the rest of the world.

DarthJay4708d ago

I'm not a victim of anything but wasting $300 on a product I don't use. My PS3 collects dust. But hey, then again, I've waisted more money on stuff I've used less.

I don't even give a crap about the free stuff. That's the part you fan girls don't get. There's no excuse for what happened, and it is hilarious to see the way the lemmings get in line with their hands out and let them get away with it. I mean, people are actually citing the fact that other organizations get hacked as an acceptable reason for the PSN to be down for as long as it was and to have millions of credit card numbers compromised? Spin it any way you want to, it's unacceptable.

PR move, plain and simple. Not hard to throw a bunch of old crap out there and say "here, have this free." Who is going to buy inFAMOUS brand new right now? But wait, inFAMOUS 2 comes out Tuesday? Hey, what a coincidence. Nothing to lose, everything to gain. The only one losing money on the free games is Gamestop.

Keep drinking the Kool-Aid folks.

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Raven_Nomad4709d ago

I got all 5 games, I have like 10 PSN's so I feel well compensated considering I hardly if ever used PSN.

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Sony Patents To Prevent You From In-Game Harassment By Reading Your Emotions

A new patent recently published by Sony wants to gather biometric data of gamers to track whether one is being harassed using AI tools.

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Profchaos23h ago(Edited 23h ago)

I hope this is one of those patents that never comes to fruition.

I already dislike the fact you can pay a significant amount for a online service buy associated games and content on said service and get banned from that service over potentially a misunderstanding the bans are already handed out for flimsy reasons

I'd rather see money invested in a ban that simply removes the offensive players ability to communicate with unknown players allow them to continue party chats with friends but not with Joe blow on cod.

exputers19h ago

Agreed. Blizzard recently banned a college Overwatch 2 player who's dependent for saying "shit." Pretty harsh.

Profchaos4h ago(Edited 4h ago)

How rediculas really. You can't say a word that's allowed in most PG films and prime time TV but the game is based around killing the enemy team using guns, explosives etc.

It's just backwards.

just_looken6h ago

What your talking about is called block list

In 2006 a spaceship dropped of the playstation 3/xbox 360 i say that that generation was the last great gen with game functions/tech that has yet to comeback

Anyhow the playstation 3 if you block listed a id they could not talk to you in chatroom with either text or voice. But that was pre mind fucked 2018 when people were more human than sheep.

But hey gta 6 is coming out billion dollar budget without a single player custom character creator and without singeplayer coop off/online something saints row 1-3 had on the xbox 360.

z2g15h ago

Take my social security and bank account numbers too! Here’s a picture of my wife and our address.

phoenixwing15h ago

Cmon where's the pictures of your children. Don't hold out on them.

H915h ago

At this rate I feel Sony will eventually sell a room to play games in it where they can monitor your every breath

jambola11h ago

I genuinely get a bit worried sometimes when a friend says something that could be offensive In a party
Because I have no trouble believing some bans would happen when in a private party for saying something wrong

SegaSaturn66914h ago

I want them to censor erotic content by measuring my groin temperature so i dont get too distracted while playing black ops 2.

Popsicle14h ago

Terrible idea. Not only do I not consent to providing my biometric data, the potential for mishandling biometric data is almost a certainty. Positive stress and negative stress can produce similar changes in biometrics. Interpreting the precise emotion a person is feeling is not only invasive but could be easily misconstrued. I hope this never comes to fruition.

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Sony Could Increase Your Game's Difficulty If It Sees You Complain About It

Sony has recently published a new patent that wants to dynamically handle the games' difficulty and gameplay based on the player's emotions.

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jznrpg1d 7h ago

This is something I might use. Sometimes I play some good games but they don’t have difficulty option and are a little too easy.

Profchaos1d 7h ago

Souls games will be like that players struggling make it harder

PassNextquestion1d 6h ago (Edited 1d 6h ago )

I think if used correctly it could work well

jambola1d 2h ago

cool idea
cool idea for horror games especially
the way it's explained here sounds like it could never be forced hopefully, so that's ok with me

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Sony Taps Bungie's Head of Revenue to Lead Live-Service Games

Sony has recruited Bungie's head of revenue Jaremy Rich to head up its live-service gaming division, Rich has announced on social media.

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ChasterMies21d ago

Please do not put Destiny’s monetization into Sony’s first party games. The monetization is what’s driving players away from Destiny.

just_looken21d ago

The new temp boss is the sony cfo bean counter so i can see this being a thing get every penny.

Cacabunga21d ago

PlayStation officially losing it.. fans will never support gaas games

just_looken21d ago

@car

The new boss did a interview in japan he wants to tap into the mobile market like nintendio so he give 0 fucks about gamers/fans

https://www.pushsquare.com/...

Redemption-6421d ago

@Cacabunga
You only speak for you and those who think like you, but most fans will support what they want. Playstation and PC fans are literally supporting Helldivers 2 and that is a gaas. Maybe you wouldn't, but many more would if they like it.

Huey_My_D_Long21d ago

@Redemption-64
Look, Im not making any judgement calls about this guy, but I will say that Helldivers 2 GaaS model is unique to Helldivers, and legit the only other game I can think of thats similiar was the Avengers game except HD2 pass is still better.
The fact that you can earn in game currency in a way that doesnt make you feel like you have to grind forever, as well you being able work on that pass that you bought...on your own time without a time limit...that right there is fucking huge to me, and I can't name any game other than avengers that avoided trapping players with FOMO logic...I think GaaS on HD2 shouldn't be compared to the rest of the industry...it should be copied.

Einhander197221d ago

Cacabunga

Helldivers 2...

Redemption-64

In Europe it's a 60 40 split favoring PC.
In the US its a 60 40 split favoring PS5.

So PlayStation owners supported the game just fine, it's not getting carried by PC or anything like that.

FinalFantasyFanatic21d ago

@just_looken,
I'm perfectly fine with the way Nintendo entered the mobile market, I never touched their mobile games, meanwhile, the console/handheld stayed the way it is. As for being a bean counter, he's probably going to reel in these massive budgets that Sony's studios have had lately, I haven't played Spiderman 2, but I cannot see how they almost tripled the budget for that game.

@Redemption-64,
That's an exception to the rule, I'm expecting a lot of these GAAS games from Sony to fail, to be fair, they only need a few to succeed, but I would have preferred that they put more of their resources into other types of games.

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DivineHand12521d ago

True their monetization is driving players away and at the same time, their decision to chop out content and convoluted systems is keeping new players away from the game.

Joe91321d ago

I don't think that will happen based on how things worked out at Naughty Dog now that we know what we do, seems they had the option to fully commit to live service games or stay making single player experences so they gave up on their live service game. We are not sure how things came about with Bend making a live service game but I hope that was not a forced situation. Sony doesnt seem like they are forcing studios to switch up but we will see, Sony's bread and butter is single player games it is how they dominated the console market.

Obscure_Observer21d ago

Yeah, I though Sony learned something from all their failures in the LS segment under Bungie´s disastrous leadership and supervision which led to games been cancelled, studios closed and all the people laid off.

Looks like Bungie still plays a major role in Sony´s LS initiative and Sony is not backtracking on their GaaS plans.

S2Killinit21d ago (Edited 21d ago )

Are we forgetting that Destiny is also a highly successful franchise? I feel like that definitely deserves mention here.

Besides, there is no reason why a person cant learn from past experiences.

Joe91320d ago

I agree, people act as if Destiny flopped when it came out lol it took 9 to 10 years for the numbers to fall yet people are still playing it add the success of Helldivers 2 no wonder Sony is going forward down this path.

S2Killinit20d ago

Personally, I see no problem with Sony also having service games as long as they make good ones, and more importantly they deliver the AAA story driven games that they are known for. So yeah, I agree 100% with you.

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Christopher21d ago

I mean, this person made some pretty bad decisions at Bungie. I hope they've learned from them because I definitely don't see those type of ideas as good for PlaySation in general.

CrimsonWing6920d ago (Edited 20d ago )

Honestly, what’s to learn from? How to make people happily continuously dump money into a single game over its life-time? Buy season passes continuously for several years with a smile on our faces?

GaaS is a design decision that is everything wrong with this industry. The fact that Helldivers 2 did so well and people defend the monetization because it was $40 and is a fun game, scares the sh*t out of me to see that the door is open and all shift will probably be to replicate that in future games. We already know the ROI for traditional game dev cost isn’t doing it for them.

I thought with Jimbo leaving we’d see a change for the better… I’m not so sure now.

S2Killinit20d ago

Service games are being offered by everyone. Sony cannot afford to only create single player AAA games. No one can. They already said they will be doing both.

Abnor_Mal21d ago (Edited 21d ago )

Ps5 gamers in 2023 seemed to play more live service types of games, so regardless to how people feel about them, numbers don’t lie and Sony is going where the money is. I mean look at the excitement around Helldivers2, people are showing that they want live service games.

Christopher21d ago

They play long-time existing live service games like CoD, Fortnite, Apex Legends, Destiny 2, and the like. Mass majority of new live service games are considered failures and aren't moving gamers away from older games.

just_looken21d ago

Yep the huge issue with live service is they need paid players along with a reason to play them.

You forgot mobile market that also taps into that player base as well as the eve online style games there is only a certain amount of krakens/whales blind supporters compared to the amount of live service games we have its not sustainable math wise.

700 restaurants making food for every seat for 1000-3000 eaters just does not work out

Einhander197221d ago (Edited 21d ago )

Christopher

I am not a big live service fan and literally own zero of the games you listed, but that is not true, unless you call games that aren't the top games to be failures.

There are tons of live service games that are profitable.

Games don't have to be the biggest game ever they just need to make more than they cost.

I challenge you to show professionally prepared data that shows that more live service games fail than make enough to keep going.

Because all the data that I have seen shows that live service is less of a gamble than making a big AAA budget game which needs to survive off retail sales.

FinalFantasyFanatic21d ago

I sometimes wonder if we're at saturation point, where it's hard for a new game to join those ranks unless it's particularly exceptional, people only have so much time and money to devote to these types of games.

romulus2321d ago

Correction, they have no issue playing good live service games

shinoff218321d ago

Lol it's not even a quarter of the ps5s sold. Helldivers may have been a hit but let's not say most are enjoying it because truth is most(the real most ) don't care about it.

S2Killinit20d ago (Edited 20d ago )

I play what is fun. If a live service game is good I’ll play it as long as its not a money scheme which Helldivers is not.

And Im a single player gamer.

mastershredder21d ago

How do you kill a franchise that already been killed?
Destiny’s grind, cash-in-on-playbass-cha-Ching, and pop-culture-insertion mainstream-me-too bs totally killed any rep Bungie had. Sony/Bungie, if you are doing this to ward-off players, it’s already working.

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