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IGN: PlayStation Plus: One Year Later

IGN writes:

"Believe it or not, PlayStation Plus is a year old this week. This struck me as odd as I was putting this piece together. I had this article brewing in my mind for a few weeks before I finally decided to do the tiring research for all of the details and figures below, but I'm happy to report that my timing couldn't have been better. And as most gamers who purchased PS+ did so with a year's subscription, what better time to see what kind of return on your investment you could have received?"

websod5469d ago

i have it and its really worth it. great stuff. PS+ paid Ps3 online is the way!

saladthieves5469d ago (Edited 5469d ago )

One year later. Was it worth it?

Absofreakinlutely.

Every penny of it. I pay for both services (Xbox Live and PS Plus). In my opinion I've gotten so much content at amazing discounts. Small things that previously cost money were instantly avaiable for free. At times it felt like they were giving things away for free.

I pay for online gaming on Xbox Live. Nothing else. I honestly don't see anything valuable or worth me dropping $60 a year just to do something freely available elsewhere. In my opinion, it feels like I'm paying a bit too much and getting little in return!

My PS Plus subscription is about to finish. Time to renew it!

websod5468d ago

It was worth it. It was a upfront cost however it saved me money i did not long term really pay for it. I spend about 1hr a day gaming on it. go see a movie go do anything for 1hr and see what the cost is. video games give best cost per time out of anything. a movie would set you back 9 13bucks all where you are and add a meal your already hitting around half of a games cost.

BryanBegins5469d ago

Even now with the free trial, I'm not convinced. Yeah sure you get free games but let's face it, I wouldn't have bought them in the first place.

I would rather use the $50 a year to buy games that I actually want. But I understand people who see good value in PS+. I guess it all depends what you want and whether you are a big spender on the PSN.

Neo Nugget5469d ago

$50 isn't even a full retail game. Paying that once and getting all of this stuff is seriously not a bad deal at all.

MrBeatdown5469d ago (Edited 5469d ago )

True, but it really just comes down to what you like.

This month has been a complete bust for me. The only thing of value to me is the U3 beta, but I still have two unused vouchers which would have got me that anyway.

I have Plus, and I'll renew because in a year's time, there are at least a handful of items that go a long way towards justifying spending the money, but more often than not, I'm not impressed with the content. I get that not everything is for everyone, and they need a diverse range of content to make the most people possible happy, but it's still disappointing to me that Sony has yet to implement any kind of system that would allow you a degree of choice, even if it's just between a couple games each month.

BryanBegins5469d ago

MrBeatdown nailed my thoughts. I would probably subscribe to PS+ if I could choose the games. Ok I understand Sony can't allow me to select any PSN game every month, but choices should exist to some extent.

I'm like you Beatdown, the beta is really the only nice thing I got this month. I keep browsing the PS store in the PS+ section and I'm like: blah. Yeah sure let's download Sonic 2 and play a little. But nothing else.

Lifendz5468d ago

Plus is a great deal imo. I just hate that different regions get different stuff. I was p!ssed when EU got all the Fallout 3 dlc and North America didn't. Still, I can justify paying an optional fee for 49 free games over the course of a year.

room4145469d ago

"PlayStation Plus is overwhelmingly worth its $50-per-year price point."

It is indeed. I signed up for a second year ages ago.

I don't buy a lot of games off psn but i've saved about $35 just with the discounts and i still have 3 months left on my original year. It's awesome.

banjadude5469d ago

To commemorate the Anniversary, Sony has offered an additional 3 free months, if you repurchase another 1 year subscription.

You get 1 month free, if you buy the other option (I forget what it is).

websod5468d ago

sweet i did not know about "To commemorate the Anniversary, Sony has offered an additional 3 free months, if you repurchase another 1 year subscription. " that's good i am for sure in!

KentBlake5469d ago

And they didn't even mention the cloud saving service. For me, it's one of the most valuable things in Plus. Last week, my HDD died on me, and I didn't lose a single save game because of this service.

I really like PS+, although the last few months didn't deliver very well on the free content.

kirajc5469d ago

The article was pretty good... I mean I have gotten a lot out of PS+ so it is worth the price tag.. One thing the writer forgot to bring up is that PS+ also gets Core for free, and beta unseen/coupons and exclusive stuff. I got into the Journey Beta.

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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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Takwin3411d 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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Godmars2905855d ago

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

Demons Souls5855d ago

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

Godmars2905855d ago (Edited 5855d 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.

ClownBelt5855d 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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Tripl3seis5855d ago

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

Jack-Pyro5855d 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.

Anon73495855d 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.

RedDevils5855d ago

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

ThanatosDMC5855d 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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Bismarn3446d ago

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