GameSpot may receive revenue from affiliate and advertising partnerships for sharing this content and from purchases through links.

Sony Offered the Wrong PlayStation Plus Game This Week

So much for being a legend.

106 Comments

Among this month's free PlayStation Plus games is History Legends of War: Patton for PlayStation Vita. If you were quick in claiming your games, you may have ended up with the wrong one due to a mixup with a similarly named game.

Please use a html5 video capable browser to watch videos.
This video has an invalid file format.
00:00:00
Sorry, but you can't access this content!
Please enter your date of birth to view this video

By clicking 'enter', you agree to GameSpot's
Terms of Use and Privacy Policy

As explained on the PlayStation EU Twitter account, Legends of War: Patton's Campaign was "mistakenly included" in the January lineup. That's not only the wrong game, it's also for the wrong system, as it's a PlayStation Portable game.

Sony didn't explain how this happened, but it could be due to a naming difference between North America and Europe. The PlayStation Store listing in the former is for "History Legends of War: Patton," whereas it's simply "History Legends of War" on the UK store. That may have made it easy to assume the game whose name contains "Legends of War" and "Patton" in it was the correct one. (Good thing War of Legends isn't also on PSN.)

The error has since been fixed, and the correct game can now be claimed by Plus members for free, as can January's other five games.

Got a news tip or want to contact us directly? Email news@gamespot.com

Join the conversation
There are 106 comments about this story
106 Comments  RefreshSorted By 
GameSpot has a zero tolerance policy when it comes to toxic conduct in comments. Any abusive, racist, sexist, threatening, bullying, vulgar, and otherwise objectionable behavior will result in moderation and/or account termination. Please keep your discussion civil.

Avatar image for kadin_kai
Kadin_Kai

2247

Forum Posts

0

Wiki Points

0

Followers

Reviews: 5

User Lists: 0

Actually I have always wondered how the whole free game situation works financially between Sony and the publisher.

Upvote • 
Avatar image for mrjoeyyaya
mrjoeyyaya

202

Forum Posts

0

Wiki Points

0

Followers

Reviews: 0

User Lists: 0

Meanwhile over on Xbox, Gold members are privileged enough to get Sleeping Dogs, Dirt Showdown, Fuse, Army of Two The Devils Cartel, Lara Crofts Guardians of Light as great discounts, actual good games.

Upvote • 
Avatar image for Dragn_mastr
Dragn_mastr

47

Forum Posts

0

Wiki Points

0

Followers

Reviews: -1

User Lists: 5

@mrjoeyyaya: PS+ got Sleeping Dogs and Guardians of Light in the past. But yeah, the deals haven't been blood pumping for a long while. I'm envious you guys got Fuse and Devil's Cartel. I've been wanting to give those a go.

Upvote • 
Avatar image for deactivated-611a5e2c32f34
deactivated-611a5e2c32f34

414

Forum Posts

0

Wiki Points

0

Followers

Reviews: 0

User Lists: 0

I tried playing this game last night (history channel one) and it seemed pretty awful. I love turn based strategy tho did anyone get a little further into it that can tell me if its worth my time?

Upvote • 
Avatar image for PsychicKiller82
PsychicKiller82

706

Forum Posts

0

Wiki Points

0

Followers

Reviews: 0

User Lists: 0

Surprised? Well im not it's Sony they don't do anything right: Trash network, terrible exclusives, squeakers all on PS4, nothing good about it.

2 • 
Avatar image for souxoux
SouXouX

123

Forum Posts

0

Wiki Points

0

Followers

Reviews: 0

User Lists: 0

@PsychicKiller82: That comment is the essence of what's wrong with people nowadays. Everything is shit, all games are shit. The companies are shit, only thinking about money. In the good old days everything was so much better...

2 • 
Avatar image for joshrmeyer
JoshRMeyer

12789

Forum Posts

0

Wiki Points

0

Followers

Reviews: 0

User Lists: 0

Edited By JoshRMeyer

@PsychicKiller82: terrible exclusives? Lol... so we got a free game (I was wondering why it was free). Terrible!

10 • 
Avatar image for Kyrylo
Kyrylo

1072

Forum Posts

0

Wiki Points

0

Followers

Reviews: 3

User Lists: 0

don't care for either

Upvote • 
Avatar image for Silverline62
Silverline62

546

Forum Posts

0

Wiki Points

0

Followers

Reviews: 1

User Lists: 0

Edited By Silverline62

They are both pretty mediocre games.

Upvote • 
Avatar image for grbolivar
grbolivar

82

Forum Posts

0

Wiki Points

0

Followers

Reviews: 4

User Lists: 0

@Silverline62: Have you actually played it? Beacuse I did and it is a pretty decent game.

8 • 
Avatar image for xwinson
xWinson

499

Forum Posts

0

Wiki Points

0

Followers

Reviews: 1

User Lists: 0

Got both of them now, probably won't play either though ha - Grim Fandango is where its at.

11 • 
Avatar image for Ezioprez9709
Ezioprez9709

742

Forum Posts

0

Wiki Points

0

Followers

Reviews: 65

User Lists: 1

@xwinson: You're talking my language!

2 • 
Avatar image for oi_oi_spanky
Oi_Oi_Spanky

301

Forum Posts

0

Wiki Points

0

Followers

Reviews: 0

User Lists: 0

I've got both the the wrong and the right one queued up on my Vita. Seven games for me this month.

13 • 
Avatar image for joshrmeyer
JoshRMeyer

12789

Forum Posts

0

Wiki Points

0

Followers

Reviews: 0

User Lists: 0

@oi_oi_spanky: me too but only have an 8 gb card so I deleted it for later if I wanna try it.

Upvote • 
Avatar image for FallenOneX
FallenOneX

2639

Forum Posts

0

Wiki Points

0

Followers

Reviews: 1

User Lists: 0

Edited By FallenOneX

Slightly off topic, but I'm really thinking of finding a used Vita in the next few months. I say used because most times they'll include a decent sized memory stick.

11 • 
Avatar image for joshrmeyer
JoshRMeyer

12789

Forum Posts

0

Wiki Points

0

Followers

Reviews: 0

User Lists: 0

Edited By JoshRMeyer

@FallenOneX: Good luck... I say that because just a week ago I looked everywhere for one that had a large memory card. I think the people that spend $90 on a 64gb card aren't about to sell it. I settled for a new one with borderlands 2 and an 8 gb card for $200. I'm reaaaaaly hoping those cards drop in price. I just bought a 128gb 80mb/s microsd card off amazon for $50.

Upvote • 
Avatar image for harlemstruggle
HarlemStruggle

668

Forum Posts

0

Wiki Points

0

Followers

Reviews: 0

User Lists: 0

Edited By HarlemStruggle

@FallenOneX: I bought my VITA for $75 off Craigslist with need for speed, Unit 13, and COD: Declassified for $100 than bought a 64GB memory card off Ebay for $80, Good Luck.

Upvote • 
Avatar image for Silverline62
Silverline62

546

Forum Posts

0

Wiki Points

0

Followers

Reviews: 1

User Lists: 0

@harlemstruggle: CoD is horrible tho, not sure who would want to buy that trash.

Upvote • 
Avatar image for harlemstruggle
HarlemStruggle

668

Forum Posts

0

Wiki Points

0

Followers

Reviews: 0

User Lists: 0

@Silverline62: the kid i bought it from did, it just came with the VITA. I traded it in to Gamestop for 16$ thats why I said for $75 even though I paid $100. Need for Speed is a great little VITA game

2 • 
Avatar image for Silverline62
Silverline62

546

Forum Posts

0

Wiki Points

0

Followers

Reviews: 1

User Lists: 0

@harlemstruggle: Clever, you did the right thing.

Upvote • 
Avatar image for PsychicKiller82
PsychicKiller82

706

Forum Posts

0

Wiki Points

0

Followers

Reviews: 0

User Lists: 0

@Silverline62: People who are good at it and competitive. I'll train you in it so you don't suck if you want?

Upvote • 
Avatar image for Silverline62
Silverline62

546

Forum Posts

0

Wiki Points

0

Followers

Reviews: 1

User Lists: 0

@PsychicKiller82: you going to tell me people even play that online? wow

Upvote • 
Avatar image for joshrmeyer
JoshRMeyer

12789

Forum Posts

0

Wiki Points

0

Followers

Reviews: 0

User Lists: 0

@PsychicKiller82: it got a 1.5/5 on metacritic... you must set your standards really low. Any FPS on vita is kinda tough to play also.

2 • 
Avatar image for kirk2n25
kirk2n25

51

Forum Posts

0

Wiki Points

0

Followers

Reviews: 0

User Lists: 0

Question: If PlayStation offers the wrong game and nobody cares, does it still make a noise?

Answer: Only on GameSpot.

3 • 
Avatar image for solokingrobert
solokingrobert

198

Forum Posts

0

Wiki Points

0

Followers

Reviews: 0

User Lists: 0

PSN is an Awful service anyway

9 • 
Avatar image for jpbree
jpbree

6

Forum Posts

0

Wiki Points

0

Followers

Reviews: 0

User Lists: 0

Edited By jpbree

what a shitty service
xbox live > PSN

7 • 
Avatar image for i-rock-socks
i-rock-socks

3826

Forum Posts

0

Wiki Points

0

Followers

Reviews: 2

User Lists: 0

@jpbree: what a shitty post

U really like saying stupid uninformed statements don't you?

18 • 
Avatar image for PsychicKiller82
PsychicKiller82

706

Forum Posts

0

Wiki Points

0

Followers

Reviews: 0

User Lists: 0

@i-rock-socks: Haha, it's a true statement network is trash a real gamer knows that.

2 • 
Avatar image for Ezioprez9709
Ezioprez9709

742

Forum Posts

0

Wiki Points

0

Followers

Reviews: 65

User Lists: 1

Edited By Ezioprez9709

@PsychicKiller82: A real gamer would know their history as well as an ounce of common sense. Both services get hacked all the time and are prone to frequent crashes. They're both popular, so they're bound to have overloads and long load times. That's not to say that it always happens, PSN works easily for me about 90 percent of the time. The bigger the thing is, the harder it will fall whenever it fails to work. With that being said, the 360 at launch was a victim of this. More people wanted it, and Microsoft paid the price after releasing it to the public. This resulted in faulty machines and some unsatisfied customers. You could argue that the PS3 was too expensive, but it had more on offer.

Upvote • 
Avatar image for i-rock-socks
i-rock-socks

3826

Forum Posts

0

Wiki Points

0

Followers

Reviews: 2

User Lists: 0

Edited By i-rock-socks

@PsychicKiller82: lol "real gamers" like you? U don't know shit, assclown.

Upvote • 
Avatar image for yontigaming
YontiGaming

48

Forum Posts

0

Wiki Points

0

Followers

Reviews: 0

User Lists: 0

Edited By YontiGaming

@i-rock-socks: He does have a point though. PSN not only receives in worthy game of the months but occasionally crashes. Xbox has not only good Games with Gold but the Deals with Gold program is beginning to yield amazing results. Xbox may not be the better platform but we sure do have the best Multiplayer Server with XBL.

Xbox Live > PSN

And I didn't call it shitty ;)

4 • 
Avatar image for michaelsosa8
MichaelSosa8

170

Forum Posts

0

Wiki Points

0

Followers

Reviews: 0

User Lists: 0

@yontigaming: both psn and live are shit.

Upvote • 
Avatar image for skippert
skippert

976

Forum Posts

0

Wiki Points

0

Followers

Reviews: 6

User Lists: 0

Edited By skippert

@yontigaming: I do believe XBL was down more often than PSN last year. As for the PS+ discounts these are just as good as the ones on XBL. I do however think that free games on Gold have been more to my tastes in comparison to the ones I got from PS+. I feel like the PS+ programme has been trying to bombard my HD with Indie games...

Upvote • 
Avatar image for i-rock-socks
i-rock-socks

3826

Forum Posts

0

Wiki Points

0

Followers

Reviews: 2

User Lists: 0

@yontigaming: spoken like a true xboner. U do realize ur opinions is just that, right? I believe psn is the better value, but I'm not a big enough asshole to claim one is genuinely better than the other. And Xbox live goes down too ya tool.

4 • 
Avatar image for TheExxorcist
TheExxorcist

350

Forum Posts

0

Wiki Points

0

Followers

Reviews: 0

User Lists: 0

Edited By TheExxorcist

@jpbree: lol... as I'm still awaiting my codes for Gears of War 1 and 2 for my Ultimate Xbox Bundle I bought on black Friday...

They sent me codes for GOW 3 and GOW Judgment first... cool, let me play them out of order... Good Job MS...

What a shitty service...

Cmon dude really???

11 • 
Avatar image for deactivated-5a34018f5f9ca
deactivated-5a34018f5f9ca

291

Forum Posts

0

Wiki Points

0

Followers

Reviews: 3

User Lists: 5

@TheExxorcist: What free backward compatible games did you get with PS Exclusives? None? Ok.

6 • 
Avatar image for TheExxorcist
TheExxorcist

350

Forum Posts

0

Wiki Points

0

Followers

Reviews: 0

User Lists: 0

@acharis_frost: I have a PS3 still. That is backwards compatible. ( YEAH a first gen PS3 that still works flawlessly. You cant say that about the First gen Xbox 360s. I know that for a fact. I went through 3 of those POS) If I wana play PS1, PS2 or PS3 games, I pick up my big heavy TV remote and press "Input" ... god thats hard to do...

What was your agrument again?

4 • 
Avatar image for deactivated-5a34018f5f9ca
deactivated-5a34018f5f9ca

291

Forum Posts

0

Wiki Points

0

Followers

Reviews: 3

User Lists: 5

@TheExxorcist: Are you that slow that you forgot already? Explains alot

2 • 
Avatar image for i-rock-socks
i-rock-socks

3826

Forum Posts

0

Wiki Points

0

Followers

Reviews: 2

User Lists: 0

@acharis_frost: that ONE fact really gets ur dick hard huh? How many more sales did Xbox get over Sony due to BC? None? Ok.

9 • 
Avatar image for deactivated-5a34018f5f9ca
deactivated-5a34018f5f9ca

291

Forum Posts

0

Wiki Points

0

Followers

Reviews: 3

User Lists: 5

@i-rock-socks: Whoa little boy, Where's your parents?

No Adult I know of talks about Dicks that much

3 • 
Avatar image for i-rock-socks
i-rock-socks

3826

Forum Posts

0

Wiki Points

0

Followers

Reviews: 2

User Lists: 0

@acharis_frost: yeah I'd deflect too if I was full of shit.

Upvote • 
Avatar image for catsimboy
catsimboy

2297

Forum Posts

0

Wiki Points

0

Followers

Reviews: 1

User Lists: 0

Oh boy they dun goofed now! They pissed off the historical war gaming crowd. Soon there's going to be a bunch of angry dudes at their office in a general's costumes with riding crops (as opposed the usual bunch of dudes who show up at their offices with riding crops in "different" costumes)

2 • 
Avatar image for harlemstruggle
HarlemStruggle

668

Forum Posts

0

Wiki Points

0

Followers

Reviews: 0

User Lists: 0

@catsimboy: DAMN YOU OBAMA!!!!

Upvote • 
Avatar image for Ezioprez9709
Ezioprez9709

742

Forum Posts

0

Wiki Points

0

Followers

Reviews: 65

User Lists: 1

@catsimboy: First the Pacific channel, and now this! Outrage!

Upvote •