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Mad Jack;4961880 said:
The service cost 50 and there is a 3 month plan too the games are free.ps+>>>>>>>live

no shit.

but if the games are "free" then what is the subscriber fee going towards? a donation to sony?

no. we are paying for games at a discounted rate. if the games were free their wouldn't be a subscriber fee. i got plus too, why do you think i post about it.
 
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PlayStation Plus doubled new subscribers with free games

If you give them games, they will come

Words: Connor Sheridan on September 28, 2012

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How did PlayStation Plus go from general grumblings to a 97 percent customer satisfaction rate? According to a VentureBeat interview with Jack Buser, PlayStation senior director of digital platforms, all it took was listening to gamers. And it turns out gamers want free games.

“In retrospect, it seems like, yeah, of course. Gamers love games,” Buser said. “But we came to that conclusion through a mountain of data, and we really landed on this idea that not only are we going to put free games on the service, but we’re going to put great free games on the service.”

Sony announced the Instant Game Collection, an assortment of titles available gratis to Plus subscribers, at E3 this year. The collection includes AAA titles like InFamous 2, LittleBigPlanet 2, and Borderlands.

“That week of E3, we saw a two-times lift of new membership sales,” Buser said. “It just skyrocketed.”

Customer satisfaction also nearly doubled from around 50 percent before E3, he said. But the Instant Game Collection wasn't just a boon for Sony and subscribers.. Gearbox used the service to woo new players to Borderlands 2 by offering up its predecessor, Buser said.

“Some of the most active and vocal people on PlayStation Network are PlayStation Plus members, and a whole new group of people were exposed [to the Borderlands franchise] right in time for Borderlands 2.”

Sony plans to begin offering PlayStation Plus services to subscribers on PS Vita in November.

 
its like costco.

You pay a fee to be a member, and you're allowed into their little club. Only difference is costco doesnt throw in groceries for being a member.

games arent free, theyre perks. Like union dues, membership fees, etc. if Sony wanted to they could be dicks and easily say that the games u buy at discount will expire if you dont renew but they dont. So I dont see how Ps+ is a waste of money at all.
 
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It's like Netflix...

I pay 8.00 a month to watch 5 seasons of Breaking Bad and whatever else I want to watch...
 
EU gets this month:

Resident Evil 5 Gold

Bulletstorm

Hell Yeah! Wrath of Dead Rabbit

NA gets:

Half of Starhawk

NFL Blitz

? (Fat Princess?)
 
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Karl.;4970767 said:
VIBE;4963035 said:
LOL @ "you pay $50 a yr and get over $200 worth of free games, how is it free?"

It's wouldn't be so bad if you could choose the games.

That doesn't bug me because it's not bullshit titles, they give us big popular titles and its a well balanced freebie of games.

 
Sion.;4977666 said:
Yo someone help me out here....

I'm planning on coppin the $49.99/year joint. And the only thing I really want is the discounts. What I'm curious about is.... are there any discounts for the PS One or PS2 games they have on PSN thru the Playstation Plus ?

Please let me know before I purchase this.

Regards,

Sion.

Nope. Once in a while there are sales though on certain publishers PS1 games.

 
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Karl.;4973222 said:
VIBE;4972210 said:
Karl.;4970767 said:
VIBE;4963035 said:
LOL @ "you pay $50 a yr and get over $200 worth of free games, how is it free?"

It's wouldn't be so bad if you could choose the games.

That doesn't bug me because it's not bullshit titles, they give us big popular titles and its a well balanced freebie of games.

Enjoy half of starhawk.

Considering that the people that download the half weren't gonna buy the game at all, that's still a good deal.

 
Sion has seen the light! Sometimes they give out free PS1 games and have discounts on them. Anybody hating on Plus is an idiot at this point. Service more than pays for itself.
 
Sion.;4977697 said:
Man this shit is wild.... I was browsing thru PSN and they've got like 20 games for free if you have PS+ , where the fuck else can you get a deal like that tho ? Unbelievable. How the fuck did I miss this ages ago SMMFH. Some of them are PS2 joints, but a lot of them are PS3 joints not just online games.

These niggas got Fight Night Champion for $5 b, I swear to God FIVE DOLLARS. Nigga I bought that shit on 360 in Montreal for $25 preowned and I thought I was winning SMMFH..... this is incredible.

You thought we were lying???
 
Karl.;4979655 said:
funkdocdamc;4977879 said:
Karl.;4973222 said:
VIBE;4972210 said:
Karl.;4970767 said:
VIBE;4963035 said:
LOL @ "you pay $50 a yr and get over $200 worth of free games, how is it free?"

It's wouldn't be so bad if you could choose the games.

That doesn't bug me because it's not bullshit titles, they give us big popular titles and its a well balanced freebie of games.

Enjoy half of starhawk.

Considering that the people that download the half weren't gonna buy the game at all, that's still a good deal.

They give you half to entice you to pay for the other half. Just like episodic games like Walking Dead and various other lame iOS titles.

And that's a bad thing?

Just like Borderlands being given free now that B2 is out. Might convince me to buy B2 if I like it.
 
joshuaboy;4979712 said:
And that's a bad thing?

Just like Borderlands being given free now that B2 is out. Might convince me to buy B2 if I like it.

when europe is getting multiple full games at a clip, yeah i think it's wack getting half of a game.
 
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