Hopefully you’ve been digging into some of the free PlayStation Plus content this month including Vanquish, Mega Man Maverick Hunter X, and indie-hit Closure. This week, we’re excited to bring the crowd-pleasing Plants Vs. Zombies on PS Vita to the Instant Game Collection.
In addition, there are some fantastic sales to jump on as well including the Gamers’ Choice Awards discounts (winners announced tomorrow) and the PS Vita Anniversary Sale celebrating PS Vita’s first year. Read on to learn more about these exceptional sales.
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February 26th PlayStation Plus Update
Plants Vs. Zombies (PS Vita)
PSN Price: $10.49, Free for PS Plus members
Retro/Grade (PS3)
PSN Price: $9.99; PS Plus Price: $2.44
Retro/Grade Soundtrack
PSN Price: $7.99; PS Plus Price: $1.74
Gamers’ Choice Awards Winners Discounts
Various Discounts for PS Plus Members
PS Vita Anniversary Sale
Various Discounts for PS Plus Members
It’s been 1 year since the PS Vita launched and to celebrate, we’re placing a number of crazy good PS Vita titles on sale. Take a look at the full list. Though the sale is for all of PSN, Plus members, as usual, get extra discounts on top these already good deals. Take a look at the full list below.
| Game Title | Normal Price | Sale Price | PS Plus Sale |
| Escape Plan | $14.99 | $10.49 | $7.34 |
| Hot Shots Golf: World Invitational | $35.99 | $25.19 | $17.63 |
| Hustle Kings PS Vita | $9.99 | $6.99 | $4.89 |
| Little Deviants | $17.99 | $12.59 | $8.81 |
| MLB The Show 12 PS Vita | $17.99 | $12.59 | $8.81 |
| ModNation Racers: Road Trip | $17.99 | $13.99 | $9.79 |
| MotorStorm RC Complete Edition | $11.99 | $8.39 | $5.87 |
| PlayStation All Stars: Battle Royale | $35.99 | $25.19 | $17.63 |
| Reality Fighters | $17.99 | $12.59 | $8.81 |
| Smart As | $26.99 | $18.89 | $13.22 |
| Sound Shapes | $14.99 | $10.49 | $7.34 |
| Super Stardust Delta | $9.99 | $6.99 | $4.89 |
| Unit 13 | $26.99 | $18.89 | $13.22 |
You should leave your thoughts by dropping them below and as usual, I’ll do my best to respond to key questions and comments. We’ve also got the PS Plus section in the PlayStation Community Forums where you can continue chatting about PS Plus, or find other topics to contribute your thoughts to, or start one for yourself. See you in the comments!
I asked Reddit how EU users view NA plus. Not a TON of responses, but all were generally towards, “yeah I would be upset too”.
A lot of people also said, “well hey, February is even over yet!” It is now, with this mockery.
Something else that was brought up was that if March NA doesn’t shape up to be as good as March EU then we’ll organize some kind of movement. It won’t be as dumb as joining a frivolous Facebook page or complaining on this blog. It’ll be something mature & formal. More to come as March is revealed…
@134 I appreciate the words JoeGoodSnake. Check out the PS Plus forums if you want to see some true shills in actions.
@TitleOne
And you must have a really boring life to come on here every week without a Plus Subscription and read comments just to be aggressive towards commenters. Why don’t you go ride a bike or something?
@ZenTripleFour
I’ve been working on a comparison of services between the two regions throughout the last year. I’ll be posting it in the forums soon, hopefully it will garner some attention.
I am sorry, but this update is very bad, you excluding the PS+ on PS3, why? the main reason people have ps+ on PS3 is for games, and you EXCLUDE US PS3 owners from any free game, to give it to VITA? so this week PS+ subscription went to hell… and not even a good game to even put in my history for later us if i ever get a vita… i dont want to say EU is doing it better, i been trying to DEFEND you people, but you making it to hard to even come up with wacky excuses, or even wait till next week… Vanquish is old but amazing, but the rest of the games have been dreadful… throw in a Metal Gear HD for PS3 for “insert name of what you believe here” sake, the first one or the second one or something metal gear, hell throw in God of War 3 to celebrate the ascension coming, Ridge Racer License, or even Real Steel….but again, i dont mind so much the lame games, but what i hate is the EXCLUSION of the PS3 owners, its one thing to include Vita games in the weekly update for plus, but its entirely unforgivable to EXCLUDE the ps3…
Is there any chance we’ll see PS1 and PS2 classics return to the plus line-up? I really miss getting to experience classics for free.
Well, I’d love to add on more time to Plus, day 1 and still going strong, but, with no info about what is to be done on the PS4, there is no reason to keep a service for an old system… Sad day.
@156
Yes I support you 100%.
I’m glad to see Toro on the image for the Playstation Vita sale. It’s nice to know that he’s starting to pop up not just in Japan promoting.
Not only it makes me mad to see the disparity, but it makes me not want to buy those games, I mean theres no way I will pay for a game they have already given for free in EU. And I bet a lot of people feel that way. I have been playing plant vs sombies for free on my ipad for years.
Being 3 months in ps plus I already learned the pattern for NA, 1 old full game every month, and then psn games for free or like this week nothing for ps3 just a discount in a game I dont want. I would prefer 4 dollar diacount in a 60 dollar game I want.
@morgan
Morgan i wanted to ask you why is the psn plus offers so much better for the ue site than the us they get newer games and also the few good games we have gotten are most of them released first in ue and much latter in here like darksiders for example
How is it that the playstation eu blog (ps+ update for instance) gets 300+ comments and 74 replies, yet the North American blog has many more comments with questions, but much fewer replies from Sony reps?
Yay! More smartphone apps! #sarcasm
Atleast give us Read Dead Redemption, Come on Sony!
@ Zen,
Its sad that I even have to keep repeating this, but here goes,
The reason I have no little yellow plus next to my name is because my brother and I share the cost of the membership and use his account.
I like posting on here, because I like debating with people who have weak arguments on whether PS+ is a good value. Just because you aren’t getting what another region gets does not mean NA PS+ is crap, no matter how much you want to believe that, the free games and discounts prove it.
I do ride a bike, have a CBR actually. :)
Also in terms of “saving you money”, Darksiders was a dollar in the THQ Humble Bundle for PC. Now I know some of you wouldn’t be able to play it on your PCs, but I think you and I would have preferred a newer game.
for retail releases – PS All Stars, Sly 4, & R&C FFA – you must buy the PS3 version to receive cross buy disc benefits … or you can buy the cheaper, stand alone Vita versions …. but for those wondering if they snag All Stars for the Vita – you won’t get the PS3 version for free … it’s a great game – just buy the PS3 version. ME3 can now easily be found new retail for $20 …. goodness, if the game is so important to you – break out a $20 ….stop comparing the NA + service to EU …. or switch your membership – easily resolved. keep in mind, + also provides cloud saves (great for Sly 4) & auto updates, to say nothing of discounts, exclusives & freebies … what more do you want for $4 a month ??
@119
Cause he was complaining about not getting free money, it was one of his arguments.
terrible discounts…
we need real discounts on the big titles like need for speed most wanted.. AC III liberation ,, and more !!
@TitleOne
Alright Title, if you’re only looking to debate, what do you think about the declining value in NA Plus over the last year? I’m sure you’ve seen my previous post about what we got in February 2012 (previous to this we got the full Spyro Collection, the full Crash Bandicoot Collection, the full Siphon Filter collection, etc, all in one months’ offerings along with a new retail game). Considering that there is almost definitely a large increase in Plus Subscribers since then, what do you think happened?
So how about giving me my money back after after you charged me for those “free” games TWO WEEKS AGO!!! God you people suck, you can give $10 to random people but can’t fix your mistakes. WE didn’t list those games as being free. I love the way Sony and Playstation has their priorities completely messed up.
Morgan in a response to comment you told someone that the forum was going to refund 10 bucks to selected PS Users. Why isn’t it all. If this is about the store update being late we were all affected by it. The 10 bucks should be to ALL PS Users not selected. This isn’t the S3 plan you know lol
The item he mentioned that was being discussed in the forums was for a very specific issue that affected a small amount of people, so no, it should not be for all PS Users.
You might be confusing this for the ‘loyalty’ vouchers that went out last week which is a whole other story.