Playstation Plus

panthro · 15 Apr 2013 at 10:41

Think I'm going to sign up to PS+ when they do a good deal for new members. Brought my Vita into work today to kill some time at lunch.

lee87 · 17 Apr 2013 at 12:28

Entering PS Plus in May:
1st May: Hitman Absolution
1st May: Catherine
1st May: Malicious
8th May: Sine Mora - PS Vita
15th April: Velocity Ultra HD - PS Vita

Leaving PS Plus in May:
1st May: Okami HD
1st May: F1 Race Stars
1st May: Quantum Conundrum
8th May: Zero Escape: Virtue’s Last Reward
22nd May: Thomas Was Alone

http://blog.eu.playstation.com/2013...aign=Feed:+SCEEBlog+(blog.eu.playstation.com)

Looking forward to Hitman, really glad I didn't buy it in the steam sale for pc a few weeks ago.

ic1male · 17 Apr 2013 at 12:34

Ooh, Catherine! I only had it on rental and got half way through before I had to send it back. Looking forward to finishing that one off.

Nimdok · 17 Apr 2013 at 12:45

Catherine is a brilliant game, shame I already own it but it might get more attention this way

ic1male · 17 Apr 2013 at 12:47

Nimdok said:
Catherine is a brilliant game, shame I already own it but it might get more attention this way

It's nice to see an adult-themed Japanese game instead of these stupid namby-pamby theme they generally have with juvenile brats.

beachBOYken · 17 Apr 2013 at 12:49

looking forward to Hitman as well , I heard its not as stealthy as the older titles , is that true? or does it depend how you play it.

Nimdok · 17 Apr 2013 at 12:54

ic1male said:
It's nice to see an adult-themed Japanese game instead of these stupid namby-pamby theme they generally have with juvenile brats.

It makes for a welcome change yeah, for once it's not high schoolers saving the world. One of the many other things I loved about Catherine was all the references to Atlus' previous games (most notably the Shin Megami Tensei series) and how Vincent even had Persona books on his shelf

kinger8938 · 17 Apr 2013 at 12:55

Finally!

Had plus on and off since it started but this is the first time ive seen games i havent already played, and they are said to be decent games too!

Excite

panthro · 17 Apr 2013 at 13:30

How long can you keep the PS+ games on your HDD for?

ic1male · 17 Apr 2013 at 13:32

panthro said:
How long can you keep the PS+ games on your HDD for?

Forever. But they will only be playable as long as you are a subscriber. If you lapse, you can play them again when you rejoin.

manic111 · 17 Apr 2013 at 13:32

How long to the games last under PSPlus? Once you download them, do they expire at the end of the month, or can you keep them as long as you're a PSPlus subscriber? I'm considering signing up for 90 days for Hitman, but probably wouldn't complete it within a month...

EDIT: Lol, think this has just been answered above! So even though these are deals for May, they aren't time restricted in any way?

TheVoice · 17 Apr 2013 at 13:33

You don't necessarily have to download them immediately either, as long as you start then download then cancel it, they'll be added to your account and you'll be able to access them in future even after they've been dropped out from PS+.

iv-tecman · 17 Apr 2013 at 13:35

I forgot to cancel my PS + sub and renewed. My own fault, didn't realise it was still set to auto renew. I'll grab some of those games, not played any of them, so that'll sweeten the pill for forking out for something I didn't intend to pay for lol

iv-tecman · 17 Apr 2013 at 13:37

panthro said:
How long can you keep the PS+ games on your HDD for?

You do need to be signed into PSN for them to work as well as be a PS+ sub, I found out the other day, if the PS3 isn't connected to PSN the games won't work, it says they are expired even though I'm signed up for PS+

It does a check each time you launch any PS+ game which I didn't know.

ic1male · 17 Apr 2013 at 13:38

iv-tecman said:
You do need to be signed into PSN for them to work as well as be a PS+ sub, I found out the other day, if the PS3 isn't connected to PSN the games won't work, it says they are expired even though I'm signed up for PS+

It does a check each time you launch any PS+ game which I didn't know.

If you start to re-download them and then cancel the download, it will reset the expiry dates on the games.

manic111 · 17 Apr 2013 at 13:44

ic1male said:
If you start to re-download them and then cancel the download, it will reset the expiry dates on the games.

What if you pause the download? PS Plus is sounding more and more tempting!

ic1male · 17 Apr 2013 at 13:49

manic111 said:
What if you pause the download? PS Plus is sounding more and more tempting!

If you're subscribing for 90 days then the expiry date of the game is set at 90 days from the purchase of the PS+ subscription. You can pause the download and come back to it within those 90 days.

manic111 · 17 Apr 2013 at 16:02

ic1male said:
If you're subscribing for 90 days then the expiry date of the game is set at 90 days from the purchase of the PS+ subscription. You can pause the download and come back to it within those 90 days.

Cool, makes sense - so the only limit on the amount of time you can keep games for is the length of your subscription.

Kreeeee · 17 Apr 2013 at 18:53

I just go here and click purchase: https://store.sonyentertainmentnetwork.com/#!/en-gb/home/games/psplus

No need to faff around with downloading and pausing. All the games show up in my history on the PS3 and Vita and I can then download them at my leisure.

Edit: I see Virtue's Last Reward is up now

FinglisHobbit · 17 Apr 2013 at 22:42

Started Okami tonight. Really beautiful game and very addictive! Only criticism would be the amount text you have to scroll through to start the game. I appreciate its telling you the story etc, but I must've sat there for a good 10 minutes and I wanted the thing to hurry up so I could start the game