Playstation Plus

[Number45]

James Pond! I didn't play the PS1 versions, but I loved the one that I played on the SNES. ^^

That's some nice content over the next couple of months, and I'm seriously tempted to stack my subscriptions for that extra three month bonus.

[JP]

I think it's been a good service and well worth what I paid for it last year, it does seem to keep improving too.

I had no intention of not subscribing again at the end of my subscription (June?) so it makes sense to pay a couple of months early and I'm covered then until September 1012. That seems like a hell of a long way away at the moment.

I was always going to buy things Dungeon Hunter: Alliance, Outland and Beyond Good & Evil so even without the full games there's quite a bit to be saved from the discounts.

I'd considered buying Red Factions: Battlegrounds at some point in the future as I really don't think that you can have too many twin stick shooters but that choice is taken care of this month.

[JP]

More stuff for this month.

As promised, here are your mid month treats that complete the content in the biggest Plus month yet.

The first mid month treat was the day-one discount from Ubisoft on Might & Magic: Clash of Heroes which came on the 13th. If you haven?t checked out this great new puzzle/RPG yet, then get it today at Plus exclusive discount of 20%. This discount is available to Plus members for almost a month, not just the rest of April (ends 11th May).

Also released on the 13th was an exclusively early single player demo of Virtua Tennis 4. Hope you made the most of being the first people to ever try the fantastic new tennis game and checked out the game?s new world tour mode.

Now for the stuff you haven?t seen yet -

• 50% discount on the brand new game Red Johnson Chronicles
• 100% discount on Socom Pro Access ? This download gives you different game modes at launch and then future updates to pro will give you new weapons, maps and other Socom benefits. And you guys get it exclusively early in Europe
• 100% discount on the wacky PSN classic Pain
• 20% discount on the 2nd of the Ubisoft brand new titles: Outland
• 20% discount on the awesome racing BD title coming new to the Store: Modnation Racers
• 100% discount and exclusive to Plus ? new Clock theme from The Studio

That?s it for the April mid month treats but May is going to be another fantastic month in Plus so keep an eye on the blog for my update on May 4th. Keep the suggestions coming as we will always try and get you the games you request on here if we can.

[Finsbury Girl]

Does anyone know if I sign up to a playstation plus account on one of my accounts (eg. Aussie one) can I use the content downloaded (including the full games, PSP games etc) using that account with my other accounts eg my US or UK ones?


Thanks peeps.

[J0e Musashi]

On PS3, not PSP.

[Finsbury Girl]

Ta, Joe.

[Guts]

Any word on July Plus offers?

[Adam]

25% discount on 12 month PlayStation Plus subscription (EU) coming on September 5th. Will run for 2 weeks. They just added Just Cause 2 and Borderlands. Red Dead Redemption will be free to Plus members come September 5th also. Other games announced:

Rock of Ages, Retro/Grade, Machinarium, Double Dragon Neon, Hell Yeah! (October’s Game of the Month), Knytt Underground, Big Sky Infinity

?30 is great value I think.

[kryss]

I really try not to buy any games that get released on PSN as they only end up free for PS+. Renegade Ops and Trine 2 being a good example.

[bwi]

tell me about it, i bought the season pass for walking dead and then they give you the first two episodes for "free". Still, i'm well happy with Plus, more so than live atm

[JazzFunk]

Ummmm...Live is better in many ways but PS+ has seduced me like f*ck! I tend to pay ?10.99 for the 3-monthly sub but simply cannot baulk at the selection games you get (like Deus Ex:HR, Darksiders, Saints Row 2, Motorstorm Apocalypse, Shift 2, LBP2, Just Cause 2, Oddworld: Stranger's Wrath, Infamous 2, Dead Space 2 etc. etc.) for the sub fee, it's really good value and seems pretty un-cynical compared to stuff like the Wii store and many games on XBL.

****, I really like the pricing model on PSN...I wish Live was a bit more easy-spendy like PSN is, a bit more cheap n' cheerful - when you get dem PSN sales and buy a ?25 card to spend on them, you always get a good bang for the buck (whereas it seems nowadays, whenever there's a 'sale' on Live, you're always limited to very few options, it's often about discounted add-ons for certain games (like Modern Warfare, GOW3 etc.)

PS: Am thoroughly aware I'm currently in the danger zone of becoming a PS3 Fanboy...I am aware of this, and measures shall be taken.

[hudson]

It is great, but like you said... if only it had that Party Chat, then I would call it the champion. Frustratingly, Vita supports party chat.

[Guts]

PS Store pricing kicks Xbox Marketplace's ass. Especially with Plus.

There are hardly any bargains on Xbox Live and the sales are for crap MW3 map packs etc. like Jazz said. Old games don't go down in price and the points system is tedious, I much prefer to see how much I'm paying in Euros and cents and I don't have to buy more points than I need (also goes for you Nintendo).

[kryss]

In fairness, the 3DS eShop will let you pay for exactly the game you're buying AND they've started having promo sales too.

[JSR]

Is the cloud storage available for the virtual memory card for PS1 and PS2 games, or just ordinary game saves?