Want to know what the first two month’s worth of PlayStation Plus will be? Well, SCEE’s James Thorpe has confirmed what you’ll be getting with your PlayStation Plus right up until September 1st in a comment in this post on the EU Blog. Some bargains, some great deals and lots and lots of content, although most of it is pretty old.
Month 1: June 29th – August 3rd
- Intro offer: LBP (standard edition)
- PSN PS3: Wipeout HD
- minis:
- Field Runners
- Age of Zombies
- PSone: Destruction Derby
- Full Game Trial:
- Shatter
- Savage Moon
- Discounts:
- LBP God of War Pack – 50%
- LBP: LocoRoco costume pack – 50%
- Gravity Crash – 20%
- Fat Princess DLC – 20%
- Premium Game Element: KillZone 2: Steel & Titanium DLC
- Push demo:
- ModNation Racers
- Heavy Rain
- Dynamic Themes:
- LBP Theme
- SCEE produced: PlayStation “Game Is Just The Start” Dynamic Theme
- 2 x Fat Princess Premium Avatars
Month 2: August 4th – September 1st
- PSN PS3: Zen Pinball
- minis:
- Blast-Off
- Alien Zombie Death
- PSone: Medievil
- Full Game Trial:
- inFamous
- Mushroom Wars
- Discounts:
- Zen Pinball Earth Defence Table – 20%
- Warhawk Triple Combo Pack – 50%
- Super Stardust HD – 20%
- WipeOutHD Fury – 20%
- Premium Game Elements: Motorstorm Pacific Rift: Adrenaline Pack
- Push Demo:
- Flower
- Pixel Junk Shooter
- Themes:
- “SCEE produced: PlayStation Plus Dynamic Theme
- Heavy Rain Crime Scene Theme
- 2 x Heavy Rain Avatars (Bird and Butterfly)
PoisonedMonkey
So apart from the discounts, do you get all of this “free” with your subscription, but then can’t play any of it as soon as your subscription ends? This has all really confused me. Maybe I should read more.
(And yes I know it’s not free if you’re paying for it…)
ericzap
Ok I’m pretty sure themes and avatars are yours to keep, while games etc. are subscription based.
max3091
What are Premium Game Elements??? Is it free DLC or what?
PoorPaddy89
Yarp
mynameisblair
That is awesome!
Still not got: Field Runners, Age of Zombies, Destruction Derby, the themes, the avatars, Zen Pinball, Blast-Off, Alien Zombie Death, Medievil, Motorstorm Pacific Rift: Adrenaline Pack (although I’ve lost my save so I probably wont play it), or any of these themes or avatars too!
Getting my moneys worth, definitely.
T-82
Will we need to subscribe to simply browse the PSN+ content?
bunimomike
Ah… definitely not for me for the first couple of months. I have nearly everything there. Thanks, James (SCEE) for publishing the details. Cheers, TSA.
amiga_dude
You do all understand this is leased (Rented) content. So when subscription ends and if you don’t renew you subscription you lose it all.
Lovely DRM, don’t you just love DRM.
kivi95
yes but i dont play games 1year after i got them so thats not a problem for me.
jimmy-google
Not all of it, just the games and DLC. From reading the blog post today it appears that if you re-subscribe you get all your content back. The cost to buy the dynamic themes etc.. (which you get to keep) would cover the cost of the service.
As rentals go it’s far cheaper than any game rental service I’ve ever seen.
ruinereraser
You don’t lose DLC either, as explained by James Thorpe on the EU blog:
“Hi, sorry for the cofusion. All the DLC (e.g. Killzone DLC, etc) we are currently offering is NOT tied to the subscription and you will keep it forever. This will always be the case unless stated otherwise in the description of the content on the store.
The reference in the T’s & C’s refers to a situation where we may, in the future, offer additional ‘Premium game elements’ and these may be linked to your subscrition.”
djhsecondnature
Which makes perfect sense. Otherwise you’d just have people sign up for the three month deal and then keep all the content.
gibbodude
I’d buy it if you could buy over counter like you could with Xbox live plus it doesn’t look very good for the first two months anyway. If you look at most of the content it has been price reduced like the killzone packs in first months
jimmy-google
Isn’t buying a PSN Card basically that anyway?
YOURMUMANDME
Hmmm, nothing that sets me on fire there, DD classic will be good though.
Anyone else sort of hoping for secret content ?
mcduff1979
im in but nothing of interest for the 1st 2 months that i dont have already…
hairfreax
Im in and nothing is going to change my mind. I like free stuff, i know its not really free but it feels free