Goodwill gesture to include a free download, 1 month of PSN+ and Qriocity free

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#51 ThePhenomenaIHP
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LOL and then they will not give out new content on PSN+ for the next month or so. ahahahaha. i can see it happening now.

rumbalumba

They will. "Free" stuff is only available while you're subscribed to PS+ anyway. You only get to keep the things you bought with a discount. This will be a good way to "advertise" PS+ though. Many people might like it and buy a subscription.

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#52 StargamerX
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If Sony is giving out a free month of Plus, that either means that the store will be online soon, or all of this compensation will be given in a month; which hopefully they'll find a way to tell the general public so they don't get critizied again for not offering anything.

I wonder what will be given out as free conent and what will be given as free PS+ content. Last Tuesday we were supposed to get Crash Commando.

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#53 valium88
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I'd rather they give me one free download on a new game of my choosing, when I want to. Some may say that is far fetched, but reflecting on how serious this screw-up indeed is, I'll say that is about right. Sony shouldn't try recruting us to psn+, they should kiss our feet or we might just try an xbox next time...that free download better be something sweet and not some old 2d minigame.

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#54 BrianB0422
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I'm confused. If the store is offline for a month, but the network will be back soon, would that not essentially make the free month of PS+ useless? You need the store to take advantage of PS+ and the store will not be available for the forseeable future.
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#55 roboccs
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Doesn't PS+ allow people free downloads of sega classics like Sonic 1 and 2?? Or was it Sonic Adventure or something where everyone else has to pay like 5 or 10 bucks for it?? If that's the case then that'll be cool to DL some old classics for free.

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#56 Newhopes
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The free games only work for the duration the PSN plus membership is active.

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#57 SgtNumNum
Member since 2008 • 1172 Posts

Well thats nice on sonys part but whats the point of given us more time on ps+ if the store isnt going to be back up untill later this month. We wont beable to download anything so that kinda sucks.

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#58 SerpentX541
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The free games only work for the duration the PSN plus membership is active.

Newhopes

No it works everytime the PSN Plus is active.

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#59 pashmina626
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When they mean a fredd download does that mean we can get a choice of a game from the PSN store?.

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#60 MrSelf-Destruct
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I'm confused. If the store is offline for a month, but the network will be back soon, would that not essentially make the free month of PS+ useless? You need the store to take advantage of PS+ and the store will not be available for the forseeable future.BrianB0422
They plan to have everything else back up later this month. I'm assuming our free month won't start until then.
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#61 ZamboniGamer
Member since 2011 • 530 Posts
You have to hand it to Sony for pulling this one off. Giving everyone free Plus is great but once that expires, so does all of the free "games and added content." Sony knows that people will be willing to fork over the $50 to still have access to their items for free. I can only imagine what the free "entertainment content" will be. Either 1 free movie rental "standard def" or one of those movies that are free time to time. I know that Sony didn't have to give us anything, but thought they could have done better. This is coming from a PS1, PS2 an PS3 owner. I just feel that with Sony lying about the credit cards being touched, not once but twice they owed it to us. Also, Sony admitting at their press conference today that they knew of the "wrench" in their security that aided the hackers!!!!!!!!!
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#62 BakedDank420
Member since 2010 • 473 Posts

Lol, People that already have PS+, you lost 15 days ,so your only getting 15 days free lol. But sweet, now i get to try it out w00t w00t.

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#63 Second_Rook
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You don't know who controls the mlb.tv subscriptions. Maybe, like SOE handles DC Universe subscriptions, it's up to some other company to handle the subscriptions, not Sony specifically. Also, they can't just give everyone $20 credit, including users who haven't purchased anything from PSN. User-specfic stuff like Hulu and mlb.tv subscriptions will be handled by some other entity, obviously.RogueShodown
MLB.com controls the subscription, but unlike the NF app, it is unusable on PS3 without a sign in to PSN. As for the 20 dollars, I know that wouldn't happen it was a bit of angry sarcasm due to my belief that the "unidentified free content" will be some stupid garbage.
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#64 caketoo
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Im sure the free month of Plus will have to be "bought" thru the store once the store is back up. PS Plus updates every other week Might be once a month for the other regions also the NA version has the most content by far. Its a good deal though for anyone who has accts in the diff regions since the offerings are a bit diff. and some content that you have to buy in NA is free in other regions.
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#65 worlock77
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Do people seriously think they're going to offer the free month of PS+ before the PSN Store is up and running again? lol
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#66 khbuhjkbk
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[QUOTE="khbuhjkbk"][QUOTE="Newhopes"]

MEH not impressed.

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Yeah...same here. PS+ free downloads only last as long as you're subscribed (I think), so it really isn't free. Seems like the only thing they did was turn this situation into another opportunity to advertise that crappy +. Oh well...I just want to play online. I hope it's up by the time I finish finals.

no,some will last forever,some wont.Discounted games will last forever.Free new games wont until you resubscribe

I keep reading different things on different forums. Most of which states "anything bought will stay forever while free downloads expire with the service". I hope DLC does expire, because I bought the killzone 3 map pack one day before all of this happened. It didn't really cost me anything, because I had plenty of credit stored on Amazon; but still...
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#67 23Jarek23
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Do people seriously think they're going to offer the free month of PS+ before the PSN Store is up and running again? lolworlock77

haha I know, so many people confused about this, no common sense...facepalm

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#69 corigan
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Doesn't PS+ allow people free downloads of sega classics like Sonic 1 and 2?? Or was it Sonic Adventure or something where everyone else has to pay like 5 or 10 bucks for it?? If that's the case then that'll be cool to DL some old classics for free.

roboccs
I've gotten both the original Sonic 1 and 2 from PS+. Also some old spyro games, an abe game, stacking, digger, and a bunch of other cool stuff.
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#70 IhtesamSuper
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THIS IS AWESOME!!!!

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#71 Invisible_Kid2
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[QUOTE="Fightingfan"]Qriocity sucks and PSN+ is ok..ExoticAnimal

I don't plan on using Qriocity at all. A month free of PSN+ is pretty cool but I hope they don't hold back because everyone is getting a month free of it.

Watch them jack up some of the prices for PS+ content. I remember seeing more than a few "Free for PS+ Members" content before PSN went down. Wonder if they'll still be there or if they'll cost now.
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#72 tekken220
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Awesome! :D
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#73 commonfate
Member since 2010 • 13320 Posts

Still not impressed. But whatever, I'll take whatever bone they choose to throw at us. Seems like there is nothing else I can do.

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#74 MusashiSensi
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I could honestly care less about PSN + & never planned on using Qriocity.

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#75 RogueShodown
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[QUOTE="worlock77"]Do people seriously think they're going to offer the free month of PS+ before the PSN Store is up and running again? lol23Jarek23

haha I know, so many people confused about this, no common sense...facepalm

Also common sense:

  • Having access to PS+ games until your subscription is over
  • Games bought with PS+ discounts are permanent.

People shouldn't be pointing that out, it's obvious.

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#76 frostybanana
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Is it a smart move? No, I wouldn't say that. That implies that it wasn't the obvious remedy. I was pretty certain they were going to give out PSN+ for free as compensation earlier. It's the obvious movie and at least they did something to try an appease the customers. I don't see it as something that will deter further criticism because it doesn't change anything that was already done. It's like when you get ice cream after having surgery. Doesn't really change anything, it's just something to keep your mind off what happened.
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#77 Kurushio
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I'll def use PS+ to some sort of advantage. I may even buy the RDR DLC though i doubt i'll buy any games.
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#78 Denji
Member since 2003 • 12757 Posts

I'm telling you guys, "Rag Doll Kung Fu". Just wait and see. That's going to be our "free game" because nobody actually cares about it.

Or, potentially "Pain" :lol:

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#79 brickdoctor
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Two questions:

1. What'sQriocity?

2. Will the mont of Playstation Plus also include Hulu Plus?

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#80 MushroomWig
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I love how Sony are offering qriocity free for one month when that offer has been available since last year.
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#81 Phoenix534
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Two questions:

1. What'sQriocity?

2. Will the mont of Playstation Plus also include Hulu Plus?

brickdoctor

I've got an answer to both those questions.

1. Qriocity is music and video streaming service that kinda sucks. A lot.

2. If you have a Hulu Plus subscription, then yes. If you don't, you can always try out the trial found on their site.

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#82 corigan
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Hulu already offered me up a credit for the outage without even asking/contacting them. Pretty amazing since I could have still used their service on a computer.

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#83 MushroomWig
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[QUOTE="brickdoctor"]

Two questions:

1. What'sQriocity?

2. Will the mont of Playstation Plus also include Hulu Plus?

Phoenix534

I've got an answer to both those questions.

1. Qriocity is music and video streaming service that kinda sucks. A lot.

2. If you have a Hulu Plus subscription, then yes. If you don't, you can always try out the trial found on their site.

Qriocity doesn't suck at all, the layout is attractive and most importantly there are plenty of songs avaliable.
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#84 The_Rick_14
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I love how Sony are offering qriocity free for one month when that offer has been available since last year.MushroomWig
I think you may have misread it Mushroom. They're giving 30 free days to current subscribers.
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#85 Colin1192
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what good is PSN+ if the PSN store isnt up and running?