When to get Playstation Plus?

So I'm thinking of trying Playstation Plus with the three month subscription. I was just wondering if it's better to wait until August since it seems the content changes on it every month. Along with that, if I started it now, does the subscription go by days or by months (meaning, would my subsription end around this time in September, would I get the full month of September, or would it overlap into some of October since we are in mid-July now)?

Playstation Plus pays for itself. I cannot tell you how many "price reduced" or free games I have gotten off of the Playstation Store tanks to Plus. It's great!

I am about to get it. They have 12 free games on it, which is one hell of a deal for $50 a year. Does anyone know how often they put free games up? Drakan11

Just for clarity, do the games we get for free go away once they're replaced/taken down from Playstation Plus? I'm assuming the ones bought with the PSPlus discount remain in your library, but wasn't sure about the free ones. Sorry if this is a stupid question, I just want to be clear on it all so I don't get caught by surprise.

Just for clarity, do the games we get for free go away once they're replaced/taken down from Playstation Plus? I'm assuming the ones bought with the PSPlus discount remain in your library, but wasn't sure about the free ones. Sorry if this is a stupid question, I just want to be clear on it all so I don't get caught by surprise.

blueboxdoctor

Just for clarity, do the games we get for free go away once they're replaced/taken down from Playstation Plus? I'm assuming the ones bought with the PSPlus discount remain in your library, but wasn't sure about the free ones. Sorry if this is a stupid question, I just want to be clear on it all so I don't get caught by surprise.

blueboxdoctor

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Just for clarity, do the games we get for free go away once they're replaced/taken down from Playstation Plus? I'm assuming the ones bought with the PSPlus discount remain in your library, but wasn't sure about the free ones. Sorry if this is a stupid question, I just want to be clear on it all so I don't get caught by surprise.

Nengo_Flow

Wow, this is starting to sound like a really good deal. I'm thinking I'll start with the 3 months to see how it goes, but I can definitely see myself going for the yearly subscriptions after that runs out. Not really on topic, but if you delete the game data but not the save files you can just reinstall the game data and go right back to your save file, right (I'm asking because I need to clear up some space on my HDD)?

[QUOTE="Nengo_Flow"][QUOTE="blueboxdoctor"]

Just for clarity, do the games we get for free go away once they're replaced/taken down from Playstation Plus? I'm assuming the ones bought with the PSPlus discount remain in your library, but wasn't sure about the free ones. Sorry if this is a stupid question, I just want to be clear on it all so I don't get caught by surprise.

blueboxdoctor

Wow, this is starting to sound like a really good deal. I'm thinking I'll start with the 3 months to see how it goes, but I can definitely see myself going for the yearly subscriptions after that runs out. Not really on topic, but if you delete the game data but not the save files you can just reinstall the game data and go right back to your save file, right (I'm asking because I need to clear up some space on my HDD)?

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[QUOTE="Nengo_Flow"] they dont go away, at all. If you let your member ship run out and are no longer are PSN+ member then you simply cant access those games. Once you re-join, then the are available again. They dont get erased or anything. If you delete them, you can just simply go to your download list and re-download them again.Nengo_Flow

Wow, this is starting to sound like a really good deal. I'm thinking I'll start with the 3 months to see how it goes, but I can definitely see myself going for the yearly subscriptions after that runs out. Not really on topic, but if you delete the game data but not the save files you can just reinstall the game data and go right back to your save file, right (I'm asking because I need to clear up some space on my HDD)?

Oh nice, so does it save to both the cloud and the system or just the cloud? I like the idea of the cloud, just not sure how it really works.

[QUOTE="Nengo_Flow"][QUOTE="blueboxdoctor"]

Wow, this is starting to sound like a really good deal. I'm thinking I'll start with the 3 months to see how it goes, but I can definitely see myself going for the yearly subscriptions after that runs out. Not really on topic, but if you delete the game data but not the save files you can just reinstall the game data and go right back to your save file, right (I'm asking because I need to clear up some space on my HDD)?

blueboxdoctor

Oh nice, so does it save to both the cloud and the system or just the cloud? I like the idea of the cloud, just not sure how it really works.

the only thing you've got to worry about is the fact if your just wanting it for a few months and thats it, it ain't worth it, because what ever you downloaded for free from the ps+ once you stop paying and go back to normal they take wot you've got back and you cannot play it, unless you stay on ps+, other than that it seem's great wot they give away and i think you've missed the few best months.

SUBSCRIBE NOW, because LBP2,inFAMOUS 2,Darksiders and SpaceMarine Mite get taken down in a few more weekly updates if not the next update

Do you have to be signed into Playstation Network to play the PS+ games?

Reason being is that I'll get PS+ to back up saves but am a bit weary of downloading games and taking the console round to the missus's only to find I cant access Infamous 2, for example. If thats the case I'd probably just get it to back up my Demon and Dark souls save games and not bother downloading the feeebies.

Anyone know?

I do believe you have to be connected to PSN to be able to access stuff downloaded from PS+. I'll double check tho. Edit:It appears it is dependent on the game. dalger21

Cheers for checking Dalger. I think I'll just use it to back me saves up then and just get disc versions of games. I wasnt holding out for a lot of offline content anyway to be honest considering the way it's all set up.

Well I ended up going for the 3 months, but after having a whole bunch of games downloaded from it, I'm definitely going to be getting the yearly subscription when this one runs out.

Well I ended up going for the 3 months, but after having a whole bunch of games downloaded from it, I'm definitely going to be getting the yearly subscription when this one runs out.

blueboxdoctor

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Well I ended up going for the 3 months, but after having a whole bunch of games downloaded from it, I'm definitely going to be getting the yearly subscription when this one runs out.

dalger21

Nice. Also, I think someone else asked, but are these games accessible even if I'm not connected to the internet but am still subscribed to PS+?