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Playstation Plus! Sony loves you, honest

PeenPeen Registered User regular
edited June 2013 in Social Entropy++
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Some of us have Playstation 3s and some of those people are signed up for Playstation Plus! It's Sony's version of Xbox Live Gold, in that you pay for it and get stuff, but that stuff is somewhere between meh and ok. Cloud saves are nice I guess, automatic updates are ok, but the real draw is the monthly free games. Sometimes they suck, sometimes they're ok, but in February they're killing it:

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Anybody else have a Plus account and want to talk about the free games?

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  • WeedLordVegetaWeedLordVegeta Registered User regular
    I
    Love
    Comix Zone

  • Munkus BeaverMunkus Beaver You don't have to attend every argument you are invited to. Philosophy: Stoicism. Politics: Democratic SocialistRegistered User, ClubPA regular
    I beat comix zone once, didn't bother getting the good ending.

    Stupid rat.

    Humor can be dissected as a frog can, but dies in the process.
  • ButtlordButtlord Fornicus Lord of Bondage and PainRegistered User regular
    Comix Zone ruuuuuuuules

  • MorivethMoriveth BREAKDOWN BREAKDOWN BREAKDOWN BREAKDOWNRegistered User regular
    Altered Beast? Sign me up!

  • SimBenSimBen Hodor? Hodor Hodor.Registered User regular
    Huh. That sure is a particular week to give out FC2.

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  • PeenPeen Registered User regular
    I'm looking forward to it, I heard good things about FC2 and I could use a new FPS. And it's free so why not? Which is honestly why I download the games every month, you might as well.

    So far my favorite has been costume quest, that's a pretty great game. Plants vs. Zombies is pretty good too.

  • TheLawinatorTheLawinator Registered User regular
    Wait, if you sign up for this, do you get to keep all of those? Like, if you cancel your subscription, do they go away?

    My SteamID Gamertag and PSN: TheLawinator
  • MorivethMoriveth BREAKDOWN BREAKDOWN BREAKDOWN BREAKDOWNRegistered User regular
    SimBen wrote:
    Huh. That sure is a particular week to give out FC2.

    Africa is for lovers.

  • CorporateLogoCorporateLogo The toilet knows how I feelRegistered User regular
    edited January 2012
    TheLawinator wrote:
    Wait, if you sign up for this, do you get to keep all of those? Like, if you cancel your subscription, do they go away?

    Nope, they go away once the subscription lapses

    CorporateLogo on
    Do not have a cow, mortal.

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  • Munkus BeaverMunkus Beaver You don't have to attend every argument you are invited to. Philosophy: Stoicism. Politics: Democratic SocialistRegistered User, ClubPA regular
    TheLawinator wrote:
    Wait, if you sign up for this, do you get to keep all of those? Like, if you cancel your subscription, do they go away?

    I imagine its all on the cloud.

    Humor can be dissected as a frog can, but dies in the process.
  • PeenPeen Registered User regular
    Yeah they go away when your subscription runs out but most of them are pretty disposable and you won't miss them when they go.

  • BahamutZEROBahamutZERO Registered User regular
    this service has never seemed worth the cost to me at all

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  • SimBenSimBen Hodor? Hodor Hodor.Registered User regular
    Yeah that just seems like you're paying MMO-style for single-player games. Doesn't jive with me.

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  • joshofalltradesjoshofalltrades Class Traitor Smoke-filled roomRegistered User regular
    BahamutZERO wrote:
    this service has never seemed worth the cost to me at all

  • ArtreusArtreus I'm a wizard And that looks fucked upRegistered User regular
    edited January 2012
    Yeah I have a ps3 and like it but play station plus does not seem worth it. I could just buy the games I want every once in a while and not lose them once my sub goes

    Edit: also I bought far cry 2 at launch and absolutely hated it respawning checkpoints and everybody being a bullet sponge killed it for me

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    http://atlanticus.tumblr.com/ PSN: Atlanticus 3DS: 1590-4692-3954 Steam: Artreus
  • mensch-o-maticmensch-o-matic Registered User regular
    Peen wrote:
    Yeah they go away when your subscription runs out but most of them are pretty disposable and you won't miss them when they go.

    ugh no i hate feeling rushed to play a game

  • MorivethMoriveth BREAKDOWN BREAKDOWN BREAKDOWN BREAKDOWNRegistered User regular
    mensch-o-matic wrote:
    Peen wrote:
    Yeah they go away when your subscription runs out but most of them are pretty disposable and you won't miss them when they go.

    ugh no i hate feeling rushed to play a game

    Well to be fair a year's subscription is what, $50?

    Not saying it doesn't suck anyway, but yeah.

  • PeenPeen Registered User regular
    It's not exactly great value but I've gotten it as a Christmas gift a few times now and it's nice to have. I probably wouldn't pay for it myself but as a free thing it's cool.

    And mensch most of them are PS minis, you can play enough of one of those in about an hour.

  • BeastehBeasteh THAT WOULD NOT KILL DRACULARegistered User regular
    wise fwom your gwave

  • MugginsMuggins Registered User regular
    Hay I've always wondered, things you get from the playstation store, can you always re-download it or whatever? My pstriple is getting full.

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  • MorivethMoriveth BREAKDOWN BREAKDOWN BREAKDOWN BREAKDOWNRegistered User regular
    Veretas wrote:
    Hay I've always wondered, things you get from the playstation store, can you always re-download it or whatever? My pstriple is getting full.

    I think the licensing is the same as it is on the xbox, IE you have a license permanently attached to that console and also one attached to your PSN ID that you bought it with

    So redownloading shouldn't be an issue

  • SimBenSimBen Hodor? Hodor Hodor.Registered User regular
    Yeah I'll just kill an afternoon on Final Fantasy 5.

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  • MugginsMuggins Registered User regular
    Moriveth wrote:
    Veretas wrote:
    Hay I've always wondered, things you get from the playstation store, can you always re-download it or whatever? My pstriple is getting full.

    I think the licensing is the same as it is on the xbox, IE you have a license permanently attached to that console and also one attached to your PSN ID that you bought it with

    So redownloading shouldn't be an issue

    Ah but can you ever transfer those licenses like you can with the xbox?

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  • MorivethMoriveth BREAKDOWN BREAKDOWN BREAKDOWN BREAKDOWNRegistered User regular
    Like from one ps3 to another? I dunno, but you should be able to.

  • mensch-o-maticmensch-o-matic Registered User regular
    Ehh, 'theyre too short to matter anyway' isnt really convincing me

  • PeenPeen Registered User regular
    What about early access to Qore episodes, the highly interactive, monthly lifestyle video gaming program & magazine covering the world inside PlayStation®? Eh? Eh?

  • BahamutZEROBahamutZERO Registered User regular
    Peen wrote:
    What about early access to Qore episodes, the highly interactive, monthly lifestyle video gaming program & magazine covering the world inside PlayStation®? Eh? Eh?

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  • SimBenSimBen Hodor? Hodor Hodor.Registered User regular
    Somewhere along the way, someone figured out a way to get customers to pay for advertising.

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  • The GeekThe Geek Oh-Two Crew, Omeganaut Registered User, ClubPA regular
    CorporateLogo wrote:
    TheLawinator wrote:
    Wait, if you sign up for this, do you get to keep all of those? Like, if you cancel your subscription, do they go away?

    Nope, they go away once the subscription lapses

    And that's why I'll never have Playstation Plus.

    BLM - ACAB
  • SimBenSimBen Hodor? Hodor Hodor.Registered User regular
    It's really an unsolvable problem. If they're yours forever, then it's easily abusable (sign up for one month, one day, one free trial, download everything you want, cancel account). If they go away when you unsubscribe, then that sucks and you're trapped.

    The solution is to destroy your PS3.

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  • ArtreusArtreus I'm a wizard And that looks fucked upRegistered User regular
    Maybe have some of the games become yours for good once you have been a member long enough. Or you get to choose which games to become permanent after x amount of months as a member. I guess that would still lead to some people cancelling their accounts so I guess it isn't happening

    http://atlanticus.tumblr.com/ PSN: Atlanticus 3DS: 1590-4692-3954 Steam: Artreus
  • RMS OceanicRMS Oceanic Registered User regular
    The solution I used was to use the PS+ discount to buy the games on the cheap, using my one month free sorry-we-let-hackers-steal-your-info stuff. Games bought with said discount don't go away.

  • InkyblotsInkyblots Registered User regular
    Too bad the only reason I would want Plus is for the starhawk beta and it's open to everyone in Feb.

  • PeenPeen Registered User regular
    There's no good reason to want Plus, I'm just tired of downloading these random tiny games and having nobody to talk about them with.

    Did anybody else download Elemental Monster, either when it was free or just because? It seems cool but I haven't played it much, I downloaded it in the first place because I miss Culdcept.

  • Der Waffle MousDer Waffle Mous Blame this on the misfortune of your birth. New Yark, New Yark.Registered User regular
    Moriveth wrote:
    SimBen wrote:
    Huh. That sure is a particular week to give out FC2.

    Africa is for lovers.

    This Valentines day, give her diamonds.

    Steam PSN: DerWaffleMous Origin: DerWaffleMous Bnet: DerWaffle#1682
  • WeedLordVegetaWeedLordVegeta Registered User regular
    Der Waffle Mous wrote:
    Moriveth wrote:
    SimBen wrote:
    Huh. That sure is a particular week to give out FC2.

    Africa is for lovers.

    This Valentines day, give her diamonds.

    holy shit

  • SimBenSimBen Hodor? Hodor Hodor.Registered User regular
    Der Waffle Mous wrote:
    Moriveth wrote:
    SimBen wrote:
    Huh. That sure is a particular week to give out FC2.

    Africa is for lovers.

    This Valentines day, give her diamonds.

    I love you.

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  • MorivethMoriveth BREAKDOWN BREAKDOWN BREAKDOWN BREAKDOWNRegistered User regular
    Der Waffle Mous wrote:
    Moriveth wrote:
    SimBen wrote:
    Huh. That sure is a particular week to give out FC2.

    Africa is for lovers.

    This Valentines day, give her diamonds.

    Oh god yes

  • UrielUriel Registered User regular
    Don't know how to change my payment method for playstation network.

    Can't get Rock band songs.

    Pissed.

  • PeenPeen Registered User regular
    Given their history I just buy $20 cards, it's not as convenient but it seems safer.

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