Now that some PlayStation Network and Qriocity services have been restored and you’re once again enjoying online gaming and entertainment, we’re happy to provide details about the “Welcome Back” appreciation program for customers in North America. We developed the program as an expression of our gratitude for your patience, support and continued loyalty during the service outage. From all of us at PlayStation, thank you and welcome back!
This package will be made available to all existing registered PlayStation Network and Qriocity users in North America (US and Canada), and will be made available shortly after we have fully restored the service. More specific details about these offers and eligibility requirements will be posted as the services go live.
All PlayStation Network customers can select two PS3 games from the following list. The games will be available for 30 days shortly after PlayStation Store is restored and can be kept forever.
- Dead Nation
- inFAMOUS
- LittleBigPlanet
- Super Stardust HD
- Wipeout HD + Fury
For PSP owners, you will be eligible to download two PSP games from the following list. The games will be available for 30 days shortly after PlayStation Store is restored and can be kept forever.
- LittleBigPlanet (PSP)
- ModNation Racers
- Pursuit Force
- Killzone Liberation
- A selection of “On Us” rental movie titles will be available to PlayStation Network customers over one weekend, where Video Service is available. Those titles will be announced soon.
- 30 days free PlayStation Plus membership for non PlayStation Plus subscribers.
- Existing PlayStation Plus subscribers will receive an additional 60 days of free subscription.
- Existing Music Unlimited Premium Trial subscription members will receive an additional 30 days of free premium subscription.
- Additional 30 days + time lost for existing members of Music Unlimited Premium/Basic subscription free of charge for existing Premium/Basic members.
- To welcome users Home, PlayStation Home will be offering 100 free virtual items. Additional free content will be released soon, including the next addition to the Home Mansion personal space, and Ooblag’s Alien Casino, an exclusive game.
We’d like to thank all of our publishing and development partners who’ve contributed to the Welcome Back program, including Bigbig Studios, Codeglue, Digital Leisure, Guerilla Games, Heavy Water, Housemarque, Lockwood, Loot, Mass Media, Media Molecule, SCE Cambridge Studios, SCE Studio Liverpool, SCE San Diego Studios, and Sucker Punch Productions. We couldn’t have created such a compelling package without them!
As a reminder, you will be able to access the above content shortly after services are fully restored. We are doing everything we can to make that happen as soon as possible. Please visit the following sites for more information about the Welcome Back program in Europe and Latin America.
Thank you again for your support!
Thats a nice gift and all but I already own all of those games and Im a ps+…….Do I get anything?
I really appreciate the free stuff…. except I already own all those games.
Question for Sony – What if you have a PS3 and a PSP? Can we mix and match or do we get two games for each?
Wow talk about some great games there. For those of you that don’t them already have fun! I already own all of them but awesome selection if I do say so myself. All I care about it an additional 60 days of PS+ for current subscribers! Thanks Sony. I never once thought to leave you. See ya at E3!
Will LittleBigPlanet be the the Game of The Year Edition or just the normal version?
Great Welcome back package Sony very pleased!
As PS3 user overjoy with the fact that the network is back :-)
Sony thank for the joy you have once brought to us PSN users
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And what, pray tell, do you have planned for us PS3/PSP users who spend more than the average gamer and already has all those games?
Nothing. That’s what.
Awesome! Thank you Sony for the great package!
Maybe this is a dumb question, but can anyone tell me if it is gonna be Little Big Planet 2 and inFamous 2? Im pretty sure its gonna be 1 but im curious
Does the PlayStation Plus 30 free thing for non-PSP (lol the Play Station Plus i mean) members will expire? What if i want to save it with an actual purchase? Please Reply.
What do you mean by “More specific details about these offers and eligibility requirements will be posted as the services go live.”
“eligibility requirements ” means most ppl get nothing????
Thank you sony :)
netflix can be used over your computer not just your ps3
I’m just happy that Sony got back on it’s feet! The waiting is nothing really; things like this happen! Regardless, I’m just happy to have access to the PSN once again and change everything required ;)
Plus I get to put a comment here, yay!
That is pretty awesome… but, I already own all 5 of those PS3 games.
:(
Why not just credit everyone’s account with fifty bucks that you can spend however you want!!!
Own all those, except ‘Dead Nation’… Guess it’s only 1 free game for me!
how do i get the two free games
I really hope the stuff UK players get is just as good!
This really sucks, I already own all of the 5 games :(
Im just glad PSN is back up!!!!
I’ll have to read up some reviews on which game I should choose!
Tough luck if you already own all the free games,,,,
Can someone please tell if the store is up now?
LAME games! Gimme a good Battlefield type game not some kids crap.
Too Bad, i was very excited about this, but i got all this games already as i’m a very loyal PS Fan :(
And at the end i will only have the PS+ but not a new game.
pfff i think some of these games are crappy
What happens if you already own all of those games?
no no no no dont give us that rubish give us freeeeee map pack that what millions people whant not stupid infamus or dead nation i have already all the games there so that pointless so U KEPT US OF FOR 3 WEEKS AND 3 WEEKS = FREE MAP PACK AND QUADDD XP
Well i own all those games :(
Okay but what about a game that’s new or good even?
Not trying to be rude but you offer old games like we are just lames. Nice of you to make this offer but I feel kinda robbed.
The only game I don’t own on that list is Dead Nation. Will these be the only options?
Well all I want is to know the exact date when the PS Store will be back up. Sadly I already own all the PS3 games mentioned in the Welcome Back Program. An announcement of a new online/feature would be cool though.
nice thanks
Joy!
stop saying things, like third world countries, we all live in the same place, no one is better than anyone, so plz dont refer to poor country as third world, cause, its only one world, and SONY dont forget the other countries that arent in your prior list
Happy to be back on PSN!!!
All would be forgivin if you just made a new road rash for the ps3. Online motercycle clubs with your friends what could be better
Yeah, I own all those games because I’m a big fan. Is there anything in the works for people like me?
Great!!! Thanks Sony….
YESSSS NOW I CAN FINISH ALL THE STUNTS IN INFAMOUS TO GET PLATINUM AND FINALLY PLAY LITTLEBIGPLANET :DDDDDDDDDD SONY FTW
Will there be cross game voice chat ? Please reply !
aw man thanks alot. im just glad its back up. THANKS!
Thank You Sony this is awesome…
Sweet! Thanks Sony!
Blimos! Thats quite a lot more than i would have thought!
I told you that free stuff is the way to gamers hearts, this is gonna be epic, do we get to pick two ps3 games AND two psp games or is it one or the other? cause i have a psp and a ps3
What happens if you own 4 out of the 5 titles listed? Why can’t these things ever just be “here’s X amount of credit” so we could actually get things we want/don’t own?
Ok first of all I wanna say thanks Sony for getting PSN back up. For all you people complaining about already having those games just suck it up! PSN was down for 24 days, and all of you people expected compensation for it, it wasn’t Sony’s fault that happened, some hacker(s) got mad and took it upon themself to do that. If you read your disclaimer when you signed up for PSN there was probably something in there about what happens in the event of PSN going down. Sony can’t just give games away because of trademark and copyright conditions. They got a few companies to help out and now you have a few games, 30 free days of PS+ (60 if you’re already one), free movies, 100+ things for home. Just appreciate the fact that you got SOMETHING and don’t complain about getting FREE stuff.