PlayStation Plus: Available Today

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July 30th Update: The content per month isn’t determined as day one content and is content that will be made available through the month.

You heard the announcement at E3 and read even more details last week. Today, we’re excited to officially announce the availability of PlayStation Plus.

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You can purchase a three-month package or a one-year package on the PlayStation Store now. The three-month package is available for $17.99 and the one-year package is available for $49.99. We will also be offering three additional bonus months for free if you purchase the one-year package — that’s 15 months total for $49.99.

We hope you enjoy the exclusive set of features and content of PlayStation Plus. And remember to check back in each month as we continue to add new content and features for PlayStation Plus subscribers.

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  • For what it’s worth, as a 22 year old (low funds) this service does not appeal to me because one is semi-renting the free games. I would have never created a service like this, but as long as current services stay free, I’m not overly troubled by Sony trying to get subscription hooks in people. I feel more publicity of “you only own the ‘free’ games while you are a PSN+ subscriber” is needed.

  • I got this. :)
    Pretty badass having the perks and that yellow plus beside my name lol.

  • Can’t wait. I’m planning on buying the one year subscription when I get my PS3 next week for my 16 birthday. ITS GOING TO BE EPIC!!!!!!

  • PSN plus is not epic. Disney’s Mickey, is EPIC.

    And the 3DS….I wonder if that device will receive “updates” that REMOVE features of the system- you know, like the ps3.

  • I think that I’ll pass on this. I still get to play online for free (unlike M$).

  • This was the 1st thing I did this morning. One Year Sub!! PlayStation Plus FTW!!!

  • Fishstix-83
    you need to put your faith in Jesus christ not in some company

  • @250 Charles_Surge

    this is a great way for ppl who spent alot of money on downloadable games just to play them for a week or two and never touch them again…I have spend more than $200 on downloadble games already and most of them only get a week or two of playtime.

  • Ugg how do you download wipeout HD? Its gone.

  • Okay, I downloaded the firmware update and bought Plus, but I don’t see any substantial differences. Sure, I have a yellow plus by my picture and my level by my name, but nothing else. As a matter of fact, when I upgraded to Plus it happened so fast that I couldn’t even tell I was upgraded; I honestly thought that Sony took my money and jipped me. It wasn’t until I went back and tried to upgrade again and it wouldn’t let me is when I realized that the upgrade worked and I had a Plus by my name.

    I’m really not sure how to feel right now. At $49.99 I feel like Sony bamboozled me into subscribing to Playstation Plus, and compared to Xbox Live, I feel that it’s not worth it. However, I just downloaded Wipeout HD and inFamous, and will hold off fully evaluating Plus until at least one month.

    …but seriously, if Sony wanted me to elevate my game, they should have included cross game chat, one free full game (e.g., inFamous or Socom: U.S. Navy SEALS Confrontation), and one free movie (e.g., Percy Jackson & The Olympians: The Lightning Thief or From Paris With Love). My god, they could have at least included Qore in the Plus subscription!

    Let the flame wars begin…

  • @ 258 – Droozy…

    It may be gone from the store, but you should have a copy of it in your Downloads list.

    Go to Account Management under the XMB and then find the Download list….

  • Where is Field Runners and Qore?
    Wipeout is also gone!!!!!!

  • People who are flaming this are being childish. The biggest thing people seem to being flaming this about is the fact that when you’re subscription runs out you don’t get to continue to use the content you received for free. Let’s thing about that people. If your contract runs out on your phone do you get to keep using it? No. Your cable tv? No. Xbox live? No. Anything? No. The fact is that this is optional. Anything you get for the subscription is limited to the subscription time. No more subscription, no more free stuff.

  • Love to be able to get my wipeout game… its no where to be found though.

  • I THOUGHT WE GET LBP NOW IM SAD I JUST SOLD LBP 4 PLAYSTION PLUS :/ THANKS SONY!! LBP IS MY FAVORITE GAME :*( YU OWE US BIG TIME!!!

  • @ 264 – xKING-JOHNx

    Why does Sony owe you…..they never said that North America was getting LBP with PSN +…that was for Europe.

    Maybe you should read the details before you purchase.

    @ 261 – D-Roca……if you wait a week or 2, you should be receiving your copy of Qore.

    I think many of these people should do some research first instead of coming to the blog and complaining.

  • Super disappointed the US version of Plus doesn’t include Little Big Planet. I think that was a huge selling point, really making question whether I want this service. The EU usually gets better deals anyway. Maybe I’ll register as a new European User and the real goods that way.

  • I can’t believe the Little Big Planet deal only applies to Europe. I was so ready to get PSN+. Forget it now.

  • I already know that subaccounts dont get a plus icon. Is it purchaseable on a sub? If so, will I then get a plus icon?

  • I just spent an hour and a half on the phone (cumulatively) today with Sony customer support representatives over the issue of the missing PS+ content. Nobody knows what the hell is going on; the manager I ultimately spoke to referred to it as “one arm not knowing what the other arm is doing.”

    It’s freaking pathetic and anyone with any percentage of fault in the missing content should be ashamed. I am an avid Sony consumer — a fanboy some might say — because I prefer quality and Sony seemed to have it a good thing going for their brand. Between the eReader, television, two PS3s: I think I’ve supported their company as a consumer.

    SCREW ALL OF YOU

    I am in the process of disputing the charges for PS+ and you can count me out for any further publicity stunts and products.

  • and for the loyal group that already bought Qore…. it still costs 49.99

  • So I was a Qore subscriber for 2 years and got offered the same game for free every month. And they are still offering the same game for free, High Velocity Bowling. Is PN+ going to end up being the same thing? Wipeout HD for 15 months or will you actually make an attempt to offer new content every month? If so I want my money back for that 2 years of crappy Qore sub. Or you can have my PS3, cause this better turn out better then Qore. You better work hard on this one cause there is a new Black Nintendo Wii in my future if you don’t pull this off!

  • bring on the cross-game chat!

  • I got it. I like my PLUS or “+” next to my name. But I feel like it’s a $50 plus sign. Better be more to it in the future. Do have to admit, the discounts are good.

  • you really need to make it more clear what is “rented” content vs “owned” content. Maybe choose two different colours of Plus signs to display beside content?

  • to all the people complaining about playstation plus, you guys/gals have to realise that as will all things sony playstation it takes an incredible amount of time for them to flesh things out. So remember that what playstation plus is now at launch won’t necessarily be the same service 3-4 months down the line. My recommendation is that for the peoplo who can spare 50 bucks and don’t want to see a return in their investment right away then plunk down the money and get playstation plus considering you’ll get 3 extra months for free. Maybe down the line sony will offer a cloud like service for our ps3 games saves only for plus subscribers…i mean who knows. Just don’t try to dump on a service that just launched.

  • might get it not sure yat

  • @Susan Panico: I bought PSN+ this morning after left to work… I respect it anyway I can right now… But I have couple questions:
    1. Can I buy membership with my PAYPAL in near future? (if u scared of hackers: you could do it only with confirmed accounts and with email confirmation in PAYPAL….) Is there any use to trophies to benefit PSN member – for example who reach level 10 receive membership for 3 months for free without age limitations or account type limitations I mean You have to do something to push your common enemy: Microsoft – I have both systems so I get what i want from Sony in most of the time but still Microsoft doing cut offs out of you guys,,, LBP for example theme track of Xbox Live… “Slim” version of 360 – thats makes me smile =))) which still fail out of box right in store – God I’am lucky that I ask them to boot it first before i take it)) I were loyal to Sony for 15 years already I have every generation of PlayStation console even PSOne Original Japanese version….The first PlayStation I bought was in July 2 1995 and it last for me until September 29, 2006 and then I move to Canada and bought other two

  • Next week.I need more PSOne Classics : )

  • Any chance of sub accounts sharing PS+?

    My wife would love the Fat Princess avatars and other content.

    But buying two PS+ memberships on one system is a waste.

    (no matter how great the deal is)

  • sorry PS Blog, my young nephew decided to be silly

  • Guys what they told is 15 for 50 bucks is this clear?! I was watching it Live and I was planned to attend such crazy event but i was had to work… and don’t be a teens here… U will get everything they were told.. Give it a time. If u want get something good you have to wait for it. If you get it at first date its very hard to accomplish almost imposable. if they do that at first day your money will lost value in seconds…

  • sTaB_u_N_uR_i – it can be used on 1 system

  • I don’t like the idea of losing the content after the subscription is up. Is this true? Otherwise, I’d probably already be on it…

  • So the 29th of June counts as the first month, what date does the second month start. Also will the betas promised will be required to reserve at a gamestop or would it come with qore since qore is part of psn+. The last time I checked, qore offered similar deals. So…

  • Seems to me that if SCEE got LBP for free to sign up then ImFamous would be free for the SCEA or another title of equal value.

    Also will there be Day 1 deals on DLC and new items? I would be disappointed if I pay for the service by the latest DLC content only to have it go on plus discount the following week or month

  • wow sony again DROP THE BALL on this. another post on the blog and still NO ANSWERS TO OUR QUESTION. come sony like your psp tv spot says “STEP YOUR GAME UP” and ANSWER OUR QUESTIONS.

  • There are suckers born everyday, for the price you are just ripping kids off now. This whole PSN Plus is a load of crock. I will save my money on the games I want not the crap that doesn’t sell any other way. Major Fail in my book.

  • At first i was very interested in signing up for this. But the more i read, the less i like it. Why is Sony being so tight with this service ? i mean, seriously, they are going to “take back” their games that i already paid for (in paying a $50 subscription fee) that they say are “free” if i do not renew my subscription ? What a joke. The games received during the subscription should not “expire” – thats pretty cheap. Also, why does EU get LBP and we don’t ? why not offer your US customers some choices and flexibility in your “evolving service” that you are “looking to enhance” ? There’s just not a lot of substance here for $50 a year. You can say all you want about the “hundreds of dollars in free content” that we receive, but that’s not saying much. God-Of-Lyf said it elegantly when he said ” I will save my money on the games I want not the crap that doesn’t sell any other way. ”
    and he has a point. Not many of us care about minis or ps1 games – I’ve played a lot of them once… and only once, lol.

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    Puertorock77 | June 29th, 2010 at 4:29 pm
    I can’t believe the Little Big Planet deal only applies to Europe. I was so ready to get PSN+. Forget it now.

    Totally agree with this as well. LBP is a decent game. Why would i rather have 3 more months of “free” games (free as long as i keep paying $50 a year) than LBP ? I was going to sign up today too but honestly, the best part of this service, to me, is the automatic updates/downloads – which is sad. That should really be a free service to all ps3 owners, but i would pay for it.

  • First thing that the revenue from this service needs to go to is bandwidth for the PS store dedicated to the subscribers. If full PS3 games are going to be available for download now, then I need to be able to download said game faster than it would take me to walk several miles to the closest retail store, pick up the game, and walk back.

  • If the age limit for PSN+ is 18+…why does it seem that many of you commenting about it are barely out of grade school?

  • @279 Avatars are locked to the purchaser…just like now…the games would be playable by all accounts.

  • nice,would recommend for sure,thanks sony

  • Can you guys make it so that we’re able to choose what games we want? Wipeout HD is awesome but Rally Cross isn’t really the greatest…

  • Qore subscribers have been totally ignored, we will not have any sort of refund or compensation. Sony’s logic is quite simple: since we r already suscribers of Qore and paid our money to Sony, they could care less how we think. Adding Qore to PS+ service will be quite attrative for many new customers,and that will be critical to expand their market share. People might be happy to have Qore for free as part of PS+ service, but please don’t forget,after u pay for any of Sony’s service, u’ll soon be ignored just like us Qore suscribers. Oneday u’ll be in the same situation as us, that u pay twice for everything Sony offers, and at that time, u will know what I’m talking about.
    Qore subscribers had been Sony’s most loyal customers, but they no longer will. Thank u Sony for offering us opportunity to buy everything for twice.

  • with playstation plus, is it only the free full games that are unplayable if unsubscribed from the service or all free content? also, if i purchase games and whatnot with the playstation plus discount, i still get to keep those items correct?

  • For all the people complaining about Plus. Don’t you feel like you are complaining about a baby. Like have you ever gone to a hospital and went to the newborn window and said “That ones not fully grown!”, or “Look, that one is bald, I’m not paying for it!”. Well, that is my point exactly. If you don’t wanna pay for it, then don’t. Just don’t sit there at your computer or ps3 and complain about it, go play something you have payed for. If you want to try it buy the 3 month sub and test it out. I have read 294 comments with at least 15 complaints on each page. It bothers me that you guys have nothing better to do than complain about this. I bet the same people will complain when they find out they have to buy two sets of playstation move controllers to play local coop with them.
    But, now that I have complained about complaints, I love the update and the plus service. I’m waiting ’till funds are right to get plus cause I’m a little short right now. (Not me I’m 6’2″) but, money wise. Long story short I <3 Plus.

  • I love Plus. Already getting my money’s worth with all the free stuff you get as being a member. Background downloads would be awesome if it worked for all the games in your library. It updated my Heavy Rain, Red Dead, and Rachet and Clank, but weirdly didn’t update the following:

    ModNation Racer 1.01
    Super Stardust HD 5.0
    Wipeout HD 2.20
    Crash Commando 2.02
    Burn Zombie Burn 1.03

    The games above haven’t played in months but would’ve liked to have seen all games updated this morning. Hopefully, Sony will fix this!

  • @ 296 – nsnsmj……what you asked about, was actually mentioned in an earlier Playstation Blog post.

    “Once downloaded, the games are yours to keep and play as long as you are a member of PlayStation Plus. If your subscription lapses and then you re-subscribe, the games you have already downloaded will reactivate, so you still have access to them. Additionally, if you delete one of the titles from your PS3, but decide you want to get it back, then you can re-download from the PlayStation Plus section of the PSN Store if the game is still there, or, if the game has expired from the PlayStation Plus section of the PSN Store, you can simply search for it on PS Store and download it again at no extra cost.

    Each month there will be dynamic themes, premium avatars and premium game elements/add-ons for you to download and many will be exclusive to PlayStation Plus members only. These are yours to keep forever once you have downloaded them.

    PlayStation Plus subscribers will also be given exclusive PlayStation Store discounts each month that are above and beyond the current PSN Store discounts available to everyone. These discounts will range from 20% to 50%, and anything you buy with these is yours to keep and enjoy forever.”

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