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Will PlayStation Plus Change Everything?

Gamers-Association.com: Have you signed up for PlayStation Plus yet? You should, because it's changing everything.

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avengers19785133d ago

plus is a great service, but I dont think it will change everything, but I will get the chance to try games I would never ever pay for for free, so Win

JackBNimble5133d ago (Edited 5133d ago )

Why do people keep calling it free? Nothing is free on plus, you pay for a service and you get what you get, but it ain't free!
I am not knocking it either, I just sighned up yesterday, I payed $50 so I could have access to my not so free stuff.
I have access to 9 full games for a little less then the price of buying 1 game, it's a great deal considering there will be 3 full games a month to access. But it ain't free.

@Almostpro
Believe me I get what you're saying, but you need to realise you're paying for a service. If it was free I wouldn't have had to pay anything. They are great deals , but free = free not $50 a year.

xAlmostPro5133d ago

Jack everything after the first 1-2 months is pretty much free, it costs £40 and it gives you easily 10 times that value in content.

brish5133d ago (Edited 5133d ago )

Playstation plus isn't free but it is an amazing deal.

* update *

I find it odd how many people disagree with the facts.

The games are not free. Try getting these "free" games without paying for playstation plus. The games are included with the price of the subscription.

It's also an amazing deal. There is over $200 worth of content from the June 5 update alone. I still have a year left on my subscription for more content but that single update for me justified the yearly subscription fee. Disagree?! Try buying, or renting those games for $50 in any store.

Hicken5133d ago

Like this:

You pay $50 a year for PS+.

You download two games that cost $20 and 30$, respectively.

You then download games that cost $30, $40, $15, $10, and $35.

You just acquired $180 worth of games for $50.

You pay $50 next year, keep all the games you got last time, and get one more game at each of the above prices.

Year two, you've gotten $360 worth of games for $100.

Do you still have to pay? Sure. But the more you pay- and the more games you get- the less the price per game becomes, until it reaches a cost approaching zero.

brish5133d ago (Edited 5133d ago )

@Hicken

It's even better than that.

From what I've read this is how the new playstation plus is going to work.

They have a current library of 10 games (12 for America). If you're subscribed you can download all of those games immediately (instantly getting the value of the entire year when you first sign up).

Every month 3 games are going to be removed from the library and 3 new games are going to be added. You keep any game you downloaded even if it's removed from the library as long as you maintain your subscription. With the monthly updates to the library you get over 40 games a year if you're subscribed!!!

It works out to a little more than $1 per game. Playstation plus doesn't give you hundreds of dollars of content, it gives you thousands of dollars of content per year.

http://www.gametrailers.com...

LAZL0-Panaflex5133d ago (Edited 5133d ago )

Hell yeah, good name by the way. I regret going plus. Lara craft is crap, latchet and hank sucks big time. Warhammer space marine 2000 is fun though, infamous 2 is awesome.

That zombie game is like a glorified alien syndrome from nes.
Plus should be free dlc, like uncharted maps, cod dlc discount (good discount not like.....12 cents off). Alot of times the price of some sh1t will be like $4.99 but for ps members its only $4.72! ...........what is that? Thats the same as taking off a glove and slapping a cowboy in the face in the old west.

Plus should have voice chat, upgraded interface, game Allowance and/or dlc allowance, stuff we can choose from not that left over shitwads noone wants.

Hiicken & brish above me are turning plus into an investment:.........nevermind the games suck,....if i get 4 free games per month compound the interest i would get in a low interest bearing cd divided by 2 i just capitalized 400%!!!

I know some of yous are like you get free minis, minis guys, doesn't anyone want minis , guys......,guys...,where did everyone go?!.......??

brish5133d ago

@LAZL0-Panaflex

It sounds like you liked two games from the June 5 update (Warhammer, and Infamous). Both of those games retail for $40 right now so that's a $80 value from the one update.

$80 > $50 yearly subscription fee (saved $30)
$80 > $18 3-month subscription fee (saved $62)

I don't know how long your subscription is but it sounds like you still have additional content coming to you.

Here is a sample of past updates that I think you would have liked:

Call of duty discounts:
http://blog.us.playstation....

Ubisoft discounts:
http://blog.us.playstation....

Ultimate editions (full game + all DLC 50% off for plus subscribers):
http://blog.us.playstation....

The full history of updates is available here:
http://blog.us.playstation....

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dantesparda5132d ago

Free or not, people (or should i really be saying "fanboys") are arguing semantics. The fact is, that Plus is a much better deal then Live. Period!

On Live you are really only paying to play online, thats it. Cross game chat is not a function of Live, but rather a function of the 360. On Plus you are getting way more of your moneys worth. PERIOD!

GarandShooter5132d ago

@ JackBNimble

You're buying a membership, which is a little different than just paying for a service. People feel part of something, a different feeling from paying some dude to clean your gutters.

So now you're a member, a part of something, and you get to play all these games and get all this other stuff at no additional cost. Some people equate at no additional cost with free, especially when trying to communicate the dollars spent at the instant of download, even though they know factually they spent money for the very ability to do so.

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swishersweets200315133d ago

if you were to go rent those games for the amount of time it lets you have them on plus you still save allot of money.

JackBNimble5133d ago

I agree completely, you save way more money in the end thene just renting games.

hennessey865133d ago

awesomenaughts free through PS+ and my sub has ran out yet I can still play it. PS+ is a great service and I more than happy to pay for it. As soon as I have some spare cash I am renewing my membership

DigitalRaptor5133d ago

It's great ain't it? There's a glitch in the licence of some games, that means you can keep them for free even after your subscription ends.

I'll still pay for plus, since the value is tremendous, but that's a cool bonus for those who don't keep their subscription going.

Tyre5133d ago

That is not a glitch, you can keep them....rest have time-limits. Sony said you'll get more than 300 bucks of value and they meant it!

multipayer5133d ago

I still don't like it, it is gimping os features that everyone should have.

TKCMuzzer5133d ago (Edited 5133d ago )

Well that depends. The features your talking about cost Sony money. Automatic patches and cloud storage will cost money to run. Seeing as they don't advertise on the XMB they have to cover the cost, plus the games their giving away. At least they are not charging people to use services that are free every where else.

StayStatic5133d ago (Edited 5133d ago )

"At least they are not charging people to use services that are free every where else."

I don't understand , that is like Microsoft charging for automatic updates on Windows 7 , I have PS+ myself and imo that part should be available to all users.

TKCMuzzer5133d ago (Edited 5133d ago )

@StayStatic
I have turn my laptop on to update. Also I think you will find you also need to open the required program on your PC before it finds an update, it's far from automatic just because Microsoft say so. It's only automatic if your PC is on.

I'm not saying it should not be available to all, I'm saying that Sony would have to sub the costs somewhere else. Adverts? No thanks.

supremacy5133d ago (Edited 5133d ago )

The vita has cross chat, i know its the handheld and not the ps3.

What psn really needs is a major upgrade,one that i strongly feel will most likely debute with the ps4.

These special discounts are great, but if they added things like...

-Voice messaging
-Party
-A better browser or 3rd party options like chrome or firefox
-Near-like functions to profiles instead of whats currently standard.
-Trophy progress for every game going forward, notice some games feature this while others dont.
-Background patching for games, on a universal scale
-Always online, the vita has this issue where if i leave an app and comeback to it i have to log back in as if i were never online/connected. This has to go, seriously it makes the whole experience feel somewhat disjointed.
Being able to see vita players and check vita trophies from the ps3 and ps4 when that comes. All playstation devices need to be visible to another,otherwise whats the point psn? anyways adding these features and tweaking others to make the network run smoothly and fluidly as it should, is what psn really needs and is what in my opinion closes the gap between it and live.

Despite with these miscues, i got to give Sony credit for taking the risks they do and making strides along the way.

On that note i will say the ps4 is likely to cover all these basis as its being built with the network and right memory architecture in mind.

TKCMuzzer5133d ago

I think it's a dead cert that the PS4 will come with Cross game chat. I think if cross game chat and parties are offered free over PSN it will cause a big rethink for MS, as it is easily the most defended reason for having Live by many.

LAZL0-Panaflex5133d ago

Finally someone with a brain.

MYSTERIO3605133d ago

Just became a plus member and i have to say i am liking what im seeing so far. I just hope that this plus membership thing will help sony get onlive streaming and better server speed.

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Rolling the Dice: Do Modern RPGs Miss the Point of Team-Based Play?

It seems it was long time ago. A bunch of friends spending hours on end playing RPG games, sitting around the table with the box of cold pizza. Excited about the story, listening to the Game Master, they were completely engaged in the worlds only visible to them and their imaginations.

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Takwin3427d ago

The GM is the programmer, and in MMOs and co-ops, you can play with others. If you want to ONLY use your imagination for the visuals, read a book.

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Record of Agarest War 2 announced for PS3

Scrawl: "Looks like we know how that new Compile Heart countdown is going to end. The latest issue of Famitsu has confirmed that Agarest Senki 2, known as Record of Agarest War 2 in the US, is Compile Heart’s newest title."

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Godmars2905871d ago

1) Hope they put it on disc this time.
2) Hope this is a positive for Neptune coming over as well.

Demons Souls5871d ago

If so, that's being developed & published by Idea Factory. Compile Heart has nothing to do with it (Thank God for that).

Godmars2905871d ago (Edited 5871d ago )

Thought Compile Heart was one of the companies lending characters.

Was also speaking in general as in regards to a US of Neptune. If these guys are offing a second game, NIS or Atlus, both of whom offer quirkier titles, will put that one out.

@kagon01:
My issue isn't - wholly - with the DL-only option, but the price. The first game should be $30. Maybe $40, and by that I mean $39.99. The only reason its $45 is the 360 disc version which has extras. Nevermind that by all rights its a PS2 game. Something that proabbly could have been done if the devs had the GOW2 engine or tools.

ClownBelt5871d ago

I approve of this god damn message.

Could have gotten my 60 bucks if they just put it on a disc.

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Tripl3seis5871d ago

Another exclusive damnn the ps3 keeps on rollin wit games awesome ;)

Jack-Pyro5871d ago

Is this a half decent SRPG, porn aside, cause if it is, i might just decide to go and buy it for the 360.

Anon73495871d ago

There's no porn just some sexual innuendos but that's it.

Also it is a great game by itself, maybe not graphically but everything else is top tier.

RedDevils5871d ago

so it had some kind of "top tier" porn story jk

ThanatosDMC5871d ago

Yup, it's a decent game. I just hate that a move has to go first before any attack options.

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Bless Online Korean MMORPG Gets Server Merge

This is not the first time that Bless Online receives a server merge in Korea. An announcement was made on the official Korean site.

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Bless must be an amazing game to be on all these platforms (according to the tags): iPad iPhone Nintendo DS PC PS Vita PS2 PS3 PS4 PSP Wii Wii U Xbox Xbox 360 Xbox One