Additional PSN Plus Freebies

Hopefully by now all PS3 owners have jumped on to the fixed PSN to download their two freebies. But as I’m sure you are aware, in addition to the two free games there is a free 30 day subscription to Playstation Plus to be taken advantage of. While any ‘free’ games you download through this service can only be played while you are signed up to Playstation Plus, that is 30 days (more than enough) to get your fill of a couple of different titles, maybe rack up some more trophies, before you fully get into your two selected Welcome Back Package free games.

[Nawabi]

keep it coming xD

[gta2800]

I had a Europe account and I downloaded Burnout but it seems it wont let me connect online. Maybe due to region. Just wanted those online trophies lol. Anyone know if I buy the North American version if I will be able to use the same game save?

[itsralf]

Doubt it. I couldn't use my old disc save with the digital copy from the PS Store.

[RedDevils]

weird I download all the free games including infamous, Little big planet, Dead nation, and with free psn+ 30 days all in one account lmao, I thought it couldn't be possible :p

[AllroundGamer]

can anyone tell me if i will lose a free DLC for a game too after the PSN Plus expires? thx

[Lirky]

you lose free dlc after ps+ expires, however if u paid for discounted dlc and discounted games u keep those forever.

[Soldierone]

Kinda lame the stuff I want to buy (Socom and Killzone DLC) is FREE. They should discount it so I can just buy it lol

[Kleptic]

I have that killzone 3 DLC free from that shick promotion, but haven't actually activated it yet..need to do that, it expires next week I think....

the dude is right about burnout paradise...great game, but i already platinum'd it and still own it...i'm going to wait until the 16th to activate the PSN plus thing after I see whats available next...

[M-Easy]

You DO keep all DLC, Themes and Avatars you get. Some people have poor reading comprehension.

From FAQ:
Each month there will be dynamic themes, premium avatars and premium game elements/add-ons for you to download and many will be exclusive to PlayStation Plus members only. These are yours to keep forever once you have downloaded them.

[Ravenor]

Escalation would have been a better choice for MAG, no one really likes Interdiction.

[SpLinT]

no, you dont

[schlanz]

For anyone who purchased their PS3 in the last year, now would be the perfect time to get the extended warranty which is discounted to $45 (iirc) for PS+ members. That's two extra years of peace of mind for your console. If I was eligible I'd be all over that.

[Kleptic]

do you know if it applies to replacement PS3's you receive from Sony?...

I traded in my bricked 60gb for a 120gb slim in february...and it only had a 90 day warranty...

[Phaqutomb]

i can't see why it would not as long as you pay for it they should honor it.

[Kee]

I'm already a plus member so I downloaded that magic the gathering game and it's actually quite good.

Having never played the card game it's based on, I found it a good introduction to it. I've already played the campaign mode for around 5 hours.

[grailly]

the game's ok, I guess, but it gets really slow as you start up with basic decks with way to much land cards. the games can easily slip into a "wait 10 turn until I get the right card" game. otherwise, I read that there only were 250 cards, which seems really low, any info on that?

[Kee]

It would sound about right... There are expansion packs, but I don't think I'll buy any of them.

[Myst]

Yeah if you have never played the card game it's pretty good starter, but if you've played the card game it annoys those who have to no end lol. All it would need is a proper deck construction (being able to take out everything and make one from scratch)

[Myst]

That store sure is taking a beating. So far I'm really liking Comet Crash and hopefully tonight I can watch those movies I downloaded.

[FunAndGun]

Thats what I love about Plus, you get to try a lot of decent games you normally wouldn't have...like Coment Crash.

Mushroom Wars is another game that I got from Plus that I was mildly addicted to for a little bit.

[Myst]

I'll have to look into that game to. Re-living my younger years now by playing Sonic 2.

[Ravenge]

Still no sign of Infamous!! HELP ME PLEASE!

[Dark_Vendetta]

Go to Account Management > Transaction Management > Services List

Choose PlayStation Network Promotions and after that Ps3 Game 1 or something similar. After that you should see Infamous

Hope it helps

[Kleptic]

yeah I got it fine...but the layout is confusing...

make sure you go through the 'get now' process for 'game 1' before you try to download the first free game you want...I kept clicking on infamous and it said 'free' but wouldn't download...i'd just get that error everyone is talking about...but after I went into game 1, clicked the orange get now...it worked...after i clicked get now it just took me back to the main welcome back screen...then i went to the infamous box and it would let me download it...

not sure if its the errors or if its just the layout that is weird...but its not as easy as it could be for sure...

but like ^ mentioned...if you already did the get now thing but error'd out when you tried to download and have the little red bag next to it...you then have to go to your download list from either the store or account management to actually download it...i lucked out and it just started the download like normal...but you didn't 'lose' it despite the countless rumors that claim you will...

[YourCall]

Tried to download the two free games yesterday and got some error code. When I got ready to try again, the option to download the two free games were gone. Only 30 Days of PSN+ and two PSP icons remained.

Anyone else have this problem?

[adrock2099]

Try doing what Dark_Vendetta outlined above. I had the same problem and it worked for me.

[YourCall]

What about the games that failed, are those simply a loss or is there a way of getting the ability restored.

[YourCall]

Got it, thanks Adrock2009/Dark_Vendetta

[Raven_Nomad]

Anyone else plan of milking this for everything they can get?

I got LBP and Infamous on one of my US accounts, I got Ratchet and Clank Quest For The Booty on my Eu account and then Wipeout HD and Dead Nation on my other US account...lol

Helps to have like 10 different PSN's like I do, but considering I hardly every played PS3 and I never played online with PSN, I'll take 5 free games as compensation...lol

[Moebius69]

If you hardly ever played on your PS3 and never played online why would you have 10 PSN accounts?

[FunAndGun]

because he is a troll.

[SlyFoxC]

^lmao! this man speaks the truth

[KRATOS-PS3]

The Welcome Back gift isn't made for guys who don't play games with their PS3.

[gumgum99]

As the saying goes: Patience is a virtue. ^_^

[wAtdaFck]

You won't even be playing those games, so why bother?

[NateCole]

Man. You are one very stupid x360 troll.

1. Spend all that time creating 10 e-mail accounts and take even more time creating 10 PSN account.

2. You actually helped out Sony inflate their PSN number accounts making them look good stats wise.

3. Wasted the effort time and bandwidth to down loading those games you don't even like to play.

4. Sony didn't loose out as you wouldn't have bought those games in the first place.

Yeah. You are indeed stupid x360 troll.

[outwar6010]

kind of a misleading title everything mentioned was an extension of the free ps plus more or less everyone will be receiving

[Lirky]

account management , transaction management , then service list choose this after u choose the get free ps3 games 1 & 2 icons from psn store, u can download your games easier that way.

[ger101]

Is the PSN down for anyone else?

[DigitalHorror81]

Not me.

I'm DLing Little Big Planet for PSP right now. It's 1329MB.

An hour ago, I picked up Killzone for the PSP. It struggled, but downloaded after a little button mashing/coaxing.

The store is taking a brutal beating for sure.

[ger101]

Well that's weird. Whenever I try to sign in I get "An error has occurred. (80710D36)". Can't even log onto my account on the actual PlayStation site.

I assume that 'Welcome Back' thing is causing this? Too many people trying to access the Store or something?

[gaden_malak]

Yeah I think so. I was getting it as well but eventually got through to d/l LBP and Infamous.

[gameguru]

is infamous there on the store yet?

[DigitalHorror81]

The free Infamous? I set it to download last night when I went to bed at 10PM. When I got up this morning at 5:30 for work, it was only at 64%.

LOL

:o)

[Innervision]

Kind of funny...I started the Infamous download this morning just after 10AM, went to sleep, woke up and watched it struggle the rest of the way up until 8:30PM.

[iistuii]

Am I doing something wrong as all I'm getting is a couple of free old games and a couple of avatars. I'm not getting the K3 map packs or any other PSN goodies. I think it's just a sort of welcome back guys, he's a couple of free old games to say sorry. Your not getting what PSN members are getting, so it's not like they are giving us a free month after all.... Or am I doing something wrong here.

[SpiffyWhatWhat]

Might be a dumb question but will the free map pack (killzone 3) just go away after 30 days?

[Soldierone]

Sadly, yes it will. Unless you pay for more PS Plus or buy it after Plus expires.

[jaixvx]

Yes, it will. If you buy any game, DLC, avatars, ete your keep it. If the game or DLC is free you lose it after the 30 days is up...unless you buy the ps+ subscription.

[SancLunatic]

HAHA I got all 9 free games. I have 3 other accounts so I easily downloaded them all. Thanks Sony. xDDDD I'm lucky I hardly game on the PS3 so I dont have any of the listed games. Gonna be gamin a little more now perhaps. :D

[kikizoo]

raven nomad & sanclunatic = same troll.

if you "hardly game on ps3" : you don't have a ps3, or you are not a gamer.

[SancLunatic]

Don't be jealous because I got all the games free. :D

[pody]

That's pretty great for you! :D

[Kemicalbeliefs]

I got my infamous for me and then Ratchet for my kids. Then with my PSN+ got Burnout Paradise which I got 100% on with my 360. Now I get to do it all again on my PS3! :o)

I'll be getting a PSN+ account once it is about to expire anyway so altogether, 1 free month plus 12 and the 3 extra equals a happy chap.

[Mozilla89]

Hmm..so am I missing something? I'm a PS+ member but i don't see any deal on Burnout Paradise. It's still 20 bucks.

[limewax]

No Burnout in the US, EU only.

[EXID]

i wish they would have included mag and modnation racers in the ps3 games list XP

[smoothdude]

Mag would have been awesome as the more people who own MAG the better.

[Lykon]

i cant be bothered to try ps plus ... if i want to play a game i'll buy it..dynamic themes ...hmmm i'll live

[Kleptic]

you won't even try it for free?...it doesn't even require payment info like the normal ps plus subscription...you don't get auto-billed when the 30 days is up...you just...try it...

and it gets you stuff like beta acceptance for Uncharted 3 on the 28th...even after the ps plus thing expires...you just get in if you are a member as of the 28th...

[Lykon]

thanks for the info kleptic, maybe i'll click on it and give it a try then, you read my mind btw, i just assumed it would be some auto billing headache

[Kleptic]

yeah that is what I initially thought too...that it was just some gimmick to get you to set up ps plus...forget to cancel it...and then get billed automatically...

I'm kind of surprised they don't do that anyway...all the other services available on the PSN give you free trials...Music unlimited, netflix, hulu plus, that voodoo thing or whatever its called, etc...

but anwyway its cool they skipped all that for the welcome back thing...

[jetlian]

someone tell me how you dl old purchases? its trying to make me re-buy tekken dr and a movie l bought

[Kleptic]

go to account management and then in there somewhere is a download/history list...it will list everything you ever did on the PS store game wise...demos...purhased content, etc...and shows all movie rentals/purchases also...luckily though it does leave out monotonous stuff like trailers and things that are free, so the list shouldn't be overly long...

you can also find it at the top right of the ps store screen...

[jetlian]

how it has me listed as another name. I have no way of getting to jetlian? it has me as zackli

thing is i had 3 accounts na,eu,jp. some how it got mixed up

[NyGiants7]

Sweet, I already got all the free games using 2 accounts (already had Infamous and LBP though)

Also, after you download PS Plus when it ends does it delete everything you downloaded if you don't re-subscribe to it?

[matt_hooper]

Are the Japanese | Europe freebies different from the US? If so that's 6 free games here!

[femshep]

technically its not free if you have to pay to keep using it

[gumgum99]

Super Stardust HD and Wipeout HD FTW! >.<

It pays to not be an early adopter. ^_^

[GusBricker]

PSN is so freakin' slow.

It took me nearly 2 hours to DL Dead Nation...and I've been DLing InFamous for 7 hours and I'm at 76%.

[shaun mcwayne]

yep my ps3 was downloading very slow too, i turned off the wireless and hard wired it,
the downloads went 5 times faster.

[SancLunatic]

YAY 10 free games. I'm so glad I made multiple accounts. xDDDDD