So what does XBL GOLD give you? PLAYSTATION PLUS WAY BETTER!

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#1 iMojo786_PSN
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well its simple,

PSN plus is for renting a game for an entire year! gaining access exclusive demos's FREE minis and DLC's (Killzone2 Map packs, Fallout3 DLC's MAG expansions)

XBL has to rent online for $60, so its still behind PSN since PSN has online for free without a subscription 8)

Hers a list of what Playstation plus have provided me with SO FAR!!!

LittleBigPlanet

Critter Crunch

Zen Pinball

Super Street Fighter 2 HD TURBO REMIX

Wipeout HD

Killzone2 Map pack

ALL 5 Fallout 3 DLC packs

Free 1 hour access to - Red Faction Guerrilla

Tomb Raider Underworld,

Ferrari Challenge,

Hustle Kings,

Inferno Pool.

10 Minis which i copyed over to my psp - Aero Racer,

Bloons,

VemPire,

Age of Zombies,

Yeti Sports,

Echos,

Vector TD,

Blast off,

Alien Zombie death

and Feildrunners.

Beta access to AcBrotherhood and Killzone3

PS1 ****cs such as Kula world,

Medievil,

Destruction derby,

Oddworld

and syphon filter all which have been copyed over to my psp for gameplay on the move. :)

plus a whole lot of dynamic themes and stuff......and discounts on stuff for example the GoW collection from 23.99 to 19.99

thats just 5 months of content, with another 7 MONTHS TO GO!

some even got an extra 3 on top of that with an offer exclusive to america

...wow thats a pretty big list of game.

so what does XBL Gold give again?

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#2 waltefmoney
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So you pay 50 dollars to rent a game? Nice deal.

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#4 dog_dirt
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wow thats an awful lot of rubbish. apart from wipeout HD, but i bought that years ago anyway and i can keep it.

but hey if you see value in it then thats all that matters. just as im sure some 360 owners see the value in live.

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#5 waltefmoney
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[QUOTE="waltefmoney"]

So you pay 50 dollars to rent a game? Nice deal.

iMojo786_PSN

its a shame my sig can only fill one fail at a time. :(

Here's another one for your sig - PSN Plus is a rip off. The fact that you made a whole thread to justify paying for it speaks for itself.

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#6 iMojo786_PSN
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[QUOTE="iMojo786_PSN"]

[QUOTE="waltefmoney"]

So you pay 50 dollars to rent a game? Nice deal.

waltefmoney

its a shame my sig can only fill one fail at a time. :(

Here's another one for your sig - PSN Plus is a rip off. The fact that you made a whole thread to justify paying for it speaks for itself.

u mad?

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#7 Grawse
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Those games you're renting are absolutely amazing.

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#8 hexashadow13
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So you pay 50 dollars to rent a game? Nice deal.

waltefmoney
By that logic XBL is just renting MP. I'd rather rent games then just the multiplayer portion thankyou very much.
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#9 waltefmoney
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[QUOTE="waltefmoney"]

So you pay 50 dollars to rent a game? Nice deal.

hexashadow13

By that logic XBL is just renting MP. I'd rather rent games then just the multiplayer portion thankyou very much.

XBL Gold is also a rip off.

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#10 6matt6
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Wait so if I download the god of war collection I'd only be able to play it till my subscription ran out? Or is it only certain games you have to renew subscription for?
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#11 iMojo786_PSN
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Those games you're renting are absolutely amazing.

Grawse

you..... are a smart man.

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#12 iMojo786_PSN
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Wait so if I download the god of war collection I'd only be able to play it till my subscription ran out? Or is it only certain games you have to renew subscription for?6matt6
dude the monthly games you are renting, others with discounts and DLC you keep till Skynet run your hardrive dry!, in other words u keep them forever!

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#13 Harisemo
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i pay for gold because it is the only way i can play multiplayer on xbox 360. i prefer xbox 360 over PS3 so free PSN doesnt matter to me

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#14 timmy00
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XBL Gold allow me to play my games online. That's good enough for me. I could careless which one is a better value(Though both seem like a rip-off)

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#15 ohthemanatee
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oh how cute, people praising an over priced rental system
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#16 dunl12496
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Yes but, all my friends have xboxs. That's why I have gold. If sony didn't make the starting price $600 they would be equal.

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#17 HAZE-Unit
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oh how cute, people praising an over priced rental systemohthemanatee

how much is the average price for a rental service?

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#18 UnrealDelusion
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oh how cute, people praising an over priced rental systemohthemanatee

isn't it more cute how lemmings praise an overpriced MP rental?

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#19 Casboof
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So how is cross-game chat working out for you guys? :oops: oh wait.....

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[QUOTE="ohthemanatee"]oh how cute, people praising an over priced rental systemUnrealDelusion

isn't it more cute how lemmings praise an overpriced MP rental?

it's about as cute yes, but how many XBL praising threads do you see?

haven't seen one in months

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#21 dog_dirt
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[QUOTE="UnrealDelusion"]

[QUOTE="ohthemanatee"]oh how cute, people praising an over priced rental systemohthemanatee

isn't it more cute how lemmings praise an overpriced MP rental?

it's about as cute yes, but how many XBL praising threads do you see?

haven't seen one in months

this is true. the only times XBL is brought up in SW is by the cows
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#22 alstevens83
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I've got both and I think personally (Remember option not FACT) both have strong points and both have weak points. However then again common sense in System Wars is vastly overlooked for stupid fanboyism

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#23 blitzcloud
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oh how cute, people praising an over priced rental systemohthemanatee

I fail to see the overpriced part. Plus it gives stuff you keep forever aswell (not talking about discounts).

I believe renting a game one year would be greater than 59$ a year. Now multiply it by 12 games.

Plus is pretty good in value terms, I don't know why a thread like this was needed when it's white in a bottle already.

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#24 fueled-system
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[QUOTE="waltefmoney"]

So you pay 50 dollars to rent a game? Nice deal.

iMojo786_PSN

its a shame my sig can only fill one fail at a time. :(

Why is it fail, you are RENTING it, once you lose PSN+ you lose all those perks.

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#25 Skittles_McGee
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I wouldn't pay for either. One is paying for a service I can get free anywhere else. One pays for stuff that disappears if I stop paying for the service. The difference is luckily only one of them is required to fully play my games.
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#26 UnrealDelusion
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[QUOTE="iMojo786_PSN"]

[QUOTE="waltefmoney"]

So you pay 50 dollars to rent a game? Nice deal.

fueled-system

its a shame my sig can only fill one fail at a time. :(

Why is it fail, you are RENTING it, once you lose PSN+ you lose all those perks.

But you don't lose the ability to play your games online unlike live gold. PSN+ gives you more value for your money then renting the ability to be able to play your games online.

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#28 blitzcloud
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[QUOTE="iMojo786_PSN"]

[QUOTE="waltefmoney"]

So you pay 50 dollars to rent a game? Nice deal.

fueled-system

its a shame my sig can only fill one fail at a time. :(

Why is it fail, you are RENTING it, once you lose PSN+ you lose all those perks.

I will not lose my LBP, I will not lose some of my free DLC, I will not lose anything bought with discounts, i will not lose themes and avatars. (themes and avatars alone amount to the price of the subscription).

Also... I will not be playing Sam&Max episodes after they have been completed 100%. It's a great value for singleplayer experiences that can only last so long, but yet they give you enough time to complete them (as opposed to day rentals).


Sam&Max amounted to 25€ last time I checked on PSN. We got it as the monthly psn game.

and the subscription is 60€. I dont think one can care about the "long rental" factor if we take into account it's not even physical. I bet if you were told you could rent Sam&Max for one year for little more than 4€ you would do it, rather than buying it for 25€ and keeping it forever(1)

----

(1)till you get bored of it.

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#29 inggrish
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wow lots of people defending a game rental service and a multiplayer rental service... great, gotta love system wars 8)

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#30 ohthemanatee
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wow lots of people defending a game rental service and a multiplayer rental service... great, gotta love system wars 8)

_Matt_
people will say the craziest thing to make themselves feel better
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#31 fueled-system
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[QUOTE="fueled-system"]

[QUOTE="iMojo786_PSN"] its a shame my sig can only fill one fail at a time. :(

UnrealDelusion

Why is it fail, you are RENTING it, once you lose PSN+ you lose all those perks.

But you don't lose the ability to play your games online unlike live gold. PSN+ gives you more value for your money then renting the ability to be able to play your games online.

Okay...? But that makes psn+ virtually usless then since online is already free, you are virtually forced to keep buying psn+ if you want to keep playing your rentals

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#32 ohthemanatee
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I've been wondering... can you actually NOT pay full price for PSN+?
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#33 Skittles_McGee
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I've been wondering... can you actually NOT pay full price for PSN+?ohthemanatee
I would imagine they probably have some form of "time card" like XBL does, so its possible.
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#34 FIipMode
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I don't like either, one because I'm not interested in free themes, avatars and free or discounted arcade games and one because I find it incredibly stupid to pay 50 dollars to play my games online.
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#35 dog_dirt
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wow lots of people defending a game rental service and a multiplayer rental service... great, gotta love system wars 8)

_Matt_
but if people feel they are getting value and are happy with the provided services then were is the problem
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#36 Vipa37
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Why was this thread made and i am not seeing the same games your seeing i guess because you are in the UK and they are offering better stuff than the US site which to me is still a waste of my $50 the only game that i have seen that was worthwhile was crazy taxi and i can wait till it goes to $5 on xbox live one day as for games that are free spare me the themes should have been free for everyone and i still feel that they havent even done what they could have done a while ago and give games that people want i am never gonna see grandia or final fantasy 7,8,9 or tactics on there so its a waste to me IMO.

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#37 heretrix
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I really don't think "giving" me a bunch of stuff I already own and access to betas which are supposed to be free a good deal.

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#38 Tessellation
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No one should take this thread serious,specially knowing the TC doesn't own an xbox 360..let alone even touching xbox live..
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#39 donalbane
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[QUOTE="ohthemanatee"]oh how cute, people praising an over priced rental systemUnrealDelusion

isn't it more cute how lemmings praise an overpriced MP rental?

If this thread were about how wonderful LIVE is, people would come down just as hard. Bottom line: both are over-priced, but only one is necessary.
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#40 Riverwolf007
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heh, see in sw it's not ok to pay for xbl to get a few extra features but it it's totally cool to pay $60 for mass effect 2 when the xbox version is $12 online.

if you are going to judge what people do with the money they earn at least try to be consistent about it.

for anyone that sees value in psn+ or anything else you want to spend money on thenthat's great, enjoy it.

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#41 Fabolous206
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how is saving video's too your hardrive working out for you guys?
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#42 Fizzman
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So I can play all those games and addons right now if I got PSN+?

PSN+ does not have a single feature that I would pay money for, and I dont ever see that changing.

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Not too fond of PSN+, but it's not really a rip-off for those gamers who buy a lot of DLC, PSN Games, Avatars or whatever else stuff you get on there. At least they keep the DLC and discounted stuff is always nice I guess.
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#44 LegatoSkyheart
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I hate Paying for Xbox Live Gold.

That's $60 that I could use to buy a game (thankfully I haven't paid $60 for live.)

Playstation Plus is pretty cool to rent games and get early access Demos and Betas but honestly it's not for me, that's $50 for renting games a year while I could use $50 to get a game.

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#45 SoraX64
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I love PS+, I never really bought many games on the store so having the chance to play a lot of different games is great. Seriously, someone isn't going to play a game for an entire year. The amount of content that has been given to me is great, and I will probably renew my subscription... You know what that means? I still keep my games.
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#46 zekere
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I don't agree . But PSN is better than live silver , because you can play online for free !

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#47 EmperorSupreme
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Not too fond of PSN+, but it's not really a rip-off for those gamers who buy a lot of DLC, PSN Games, Avatars or whatever else stuff you get on there. At least they keep the DLC and discounted stuff is always nice I guess.Luxen90
Yeah PSN+ is a pretty good deal if you are like me and buy a lot of download titles. For example this week I bought two PSOne japanese titles $3 each and got Shatter Abes Oddworld and some mini game for free. The total came out to $6 for all 5 titles with PSN+. Normally I would've bought Shatter for $9.99 and one Japanese title for $5.99 and skipped the second japanese game, the mini game and Abes Oddworld. So that would've come out to $15.98 for two games. So the savings do add up.