Playstation Plus is a rip off!

You can only keep the free games you download as long as your membership is active. Whose dumbass idea was that?

Then don't buy it.

The games you get for free is only free as along as your a psn+ member, since you didn't pay for it.

But it's not a bad deal imo since you get some good deals on discounted games exclusively for psn+ members. Also you get to keep those free avatars and themes offered only to psn+ members. You get to keep those even if your + membership expires.

If your someone who likes to shop alot on the psn store, then it's a good deal. Plus you get early access to some betas.

How is that a ripoff? You're getting the games for free, and nobody forced you to get PS+. The idea is pretty smart, and it was boldly stated so if you didn't read it's not Sony's fault.

how long has ps + been announced and your now just learning this? easy solution - don't subsribe to it

You can only keep the free games you download as long as your membership is active. Whose dumbass idea was that?

GAMESHARQ

PS+ has cloud storage for save data. That alone is worth every penny of the subscription to me seeing as I've lost all my saved data before due to ylod. The best part is, cloud storage even backs up the data that is copy protected. MC-Reap

It's actually a very smart idea buddy.. sorry.-Rinder-

So you've basically saying it's a ripoff because the free 30 day trial you were given doesn't allow you to keep the all the conditionally free games you've downloaded. I don't see how it's a ripoff. Everything has been laid out in explicit detail countless times across hundreds of websites, even the Playstation Blog has FAQs dedicated to PS+.

When I bought my year of PS+ I was fully aware that all games I download free will expire once my year is up. I don't see how I'm getting ripped off and I actually paid for it. Besides, most of the stuff I've gotten free I probably wouldn't even have touched if I had to pay for it. Like A Space Shooter for Two Bucks, such an amazing game. Or Streets of Rage 2, which I went through Online Co-op with a friend. (He was on the trial)

I think the TC thinks people will feel sorry for him.Chaos_Bladez

So you've basically saying it's a ripoff because the free 30 day trial you were given doesn't allow you to keep the all the conditionally free games you've downloaded. I don't see how it's a ripoff. Everything has been laid out in explicit detail countless times across hundreds of websites, even the Playstation Blog has FAQs dedicated to PS+.

When I bought my year of PS+ I was fully aware that all games I download free will expire once my year is up. I don't see how I'm getting ripped off and I actually paid for it. Besides, most of the stuff I've gotten free I probably wouldn't even have touched if I had to pay for it. Like A Space Shooter for Two Bucks, such an amazing game. Or Streets of Rage 2, which I went through Online Co-op with a friend. (He was on the trial)

Sophette

[QUOTE="Chaos_Bladez"]I think the TC thinks people will feel sorry for him.GAMESHARQ

So you've basically saying it's a ripoff because the free 30 day trial you were given doesn't allow you to keep the all the conditionally free games you've downloaded. I don't see how it's a ripoff. Everything has been laid out in explicit detail countless times across hundreds of websites, even the Playstation Blog has FAQs dedicated to PS+.

When I bought my year of PS+ I was fully aware that all games I download free will expire once my year is up. I don't see how I'm getting ripped off and I actually paid for it. Besides, most of the stuff I've gotten free I probably wouldn't even have touched if I had to pay for it. Like A Space Shooter for Two Bucks, such an amazing game. Or Streets of Rage 2, which I went through Online Co-op with a friend. (He was on the trial)

Sophette

What I said that I love about PS+ is that it lets me play full games that I otherwise wouldn't have given a crap about. There's no way I was going to buy Shatter, Digger HD, A Space Shooter for Two Bucks, Age of Zombies, Stacked and they were some of the most fun I've had on my PS3. You have to look it like this, not everyone keeps every game they own.

In the Gamestop era, people on average buy a game, beat it and trade it within a matter of weeks. With these games, I can play them to my heart's content while my membership is active. PS+ is sort of like that. I've beat nearly every free game I've gotten and randomly go back to them. If they're gone (If I don't renew) then I won't feel cheated because I've played those games to death.

What I've having a hard time understanding is your complaint that you're getting ripped off from a free trial of a paid service, in which the purpose was to get you to buy PS+ in the first place. It's not like Sony just dropped PS+ on you with no type of forewarning about how it all works. That's like joining the beta of a FPS and then getting pissed once it ends because you lose all the EXP you earned, despite the fact these conditions were well known when you signed up for it.

I know PS+ isn't perfect, nor is it for everyone. All I'm saying is, it's hard to fault something when you choose to accept the clearly laid out terms and conditions.

PS+ has cloud storage for save data. That alone is worth every penny of the subscription to me seeing as I've lost all my saved data before due to ylod. The best part is, cloud storage even backs up the data that is copy protected. MC-Reap

How is it a rip off when the free games were free? It's not a rip off because you can save a lot of cash on the discounts for games. For me it's worth it just for the download manager alone.

OH!....

ANd xbox live is not a rip off?? at least u can play online for free in psn and u have to pay for extar features (OBVIOUSLY DAHHH )

Don't get it then. I don't buy enough items from the store to benefit from it, but I know some people would benefit if they continued to renew it.

I never thought a company like sony would come up with a greedy idea like that.

It's actually a very smart idea buddy.. sorry.-Rinder-

You can only keep the free games you download as long as your membership is active. Whose dumbass idea was that?

GAMESHARQ

So by that Netflix, Redbox, Blockbuster and any other rental service is a rip off? I for one think PS+ is awesome I pay my $50 per year and get crazy discounts and free games to play all year. My HDD is just about full again.

Netflix is such a rip off!!! I canceled my subscription and now they won't send me anymore disc!!! What a dumb idea.

I am going to be cancelling my Gamefly account soon. I sure hope they keep sending me games even though I no longer give them money *finger crossed*

/sarcasm

[QUOTE="-Rinder-"]It's actually a very smart idea buddy.. sorry.GAMESHARQ

Allows you to play more games since you don't own them in it's entirety.

And well, let's face it. You don't really need to own most of the games they offer. Complete them, plat if you loved them then move on. Seems good to me :)

How is that a ripoff? You're getting the games for free

finalserenade75

Well, actually no. You're paying for a membership and can keep the games until you keep paying. You get a reduced price but its certainly not free.

LOL, that's been common knowledge since PS+ came out. But hey, thanks for the update :lol:

PS+ is pretty much what you pay for. I don't see how people can say they are getting things for free when they pay 50.00 a year for the service. To each his own, but I didn't see anything special out of it after the free 30 days.SamuRai_JeDi

[QUOTE="MC-Reap"]PS+ has cloud storage for save data. That alone is worth every penny of the subscription to me seeing as I've lost all my saved data before due to ylod. The best part is, cloud storage even backs up the data that is copy protected. Tetrarch9

PS+ is great in my opinion :|

Cloud storage is worth the money almost by itself. It saved my butt when my PS3 died a few weeks ago. I buy a lot of games off PSN and I'll have made back the money I spent within a few months.

actually it is not a rip off. You have to be a heavy user of the PSN store to get the full benefit. You actually save a lot. Plus you got a free 30 trial. How can that be a rip off? You are able to see if PS+ is for you for free.IGN actually had a good article on if PS+ is worth it. (Sorry Gamespot, for promoting IGN)

The math is done for you in that article and Yes PS Plus is worth it.

Netflix is such a rip off!!! I canceled my subscription and now they won't send me anymore disc!!! What a dumb idea.

I am going to be cancelling my Gamefly account soon. I sure hope they keep sending me games even though I no longer give them money *finger crossed*

/sarcasm

CajunShooter

haha if the TS reads this he will relalize his opinion is that of someone who isnt too bright

also no one forces you to sign up and you get a lot of discounts on games when u buy them I buy a lot of PSN games and now I save 3 to 5 dollars per game that I would have bought anyways

[QUOTE="Tetrarch9"][QUOTE="MC-Reap"]PS+ has cloud storage for save data. That alone is worth every penny of the subscription to me seeing as I've lost all my saved data before due to ylod. The best part is, cloud storage even backs up the data that is copy protected. Weenski

You can even save "copy protected" games to the PSN+ cloud storage though. There are a decent amount games you cannot copy the save data to a USB stick, and really the PSN+ cloud is the 1st and only way to backup those games (without doing a full system backup anyway).

I don't really see the cloud storage as an "essential" service of PSN+, but it's just another small thing that makes it worthwhile. Basically it's good to finally be able to save copy protected games that previously you couldn't backup, otherwise USB is fine.

PSN+ a rip off?

"Between free games, discounted games and DLC, Avatars and Themes, demos and Full Game Trials, PlayStation Plus has posted 286 separate pieces of content. And just between the free games, discounted games and discounted DLC, your maximum savings in PlayStation Plus' first year amounts to $881.57. That's approaching 18 times the cost of a 12-month subscription to PlayStation Plus and doesn't take into account Avatars, Themes, Full Game Trials or demos."

I think not.

PS+ is great in my opinion :|

Cloud storage is worth the money almost by itself. It saved my butt when my PS3 died a few weeks ago. I buy a lot of games off PSN and I'll have made back the money I spent within a few months.

Atmanix

to answer your title... no ****