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Will Australia be getting LBP or 3 extra months
thanks

James why is the automatic update feature part of the plus service? Surely this should have been rolled out for all users as it is a fairly important feature? Maybe a cutdown version for nonsubscribers? One which can be started manually rather than scheduled by time.

However the rest of the benefits look good… just not sure if it’ll be worth it for myself.

I’m still not sure about this would be getting things like voice messages anything to do with the PS2, to be able to download PS2 titles, eumlation for PS2….anything? £40 pound for that is still not selling me. Then to hear you lose access to some things if you aren’t subcribed….seriously.

James Europe has the worst selection of ps1 games out all regions and also get delays with most psn games so do you guys think people are going to pay 40 a year for such a poor service and choice of games when other regions get better stuff . Very unfair if you ask me

question how will PSN+ affect the free PSN will it mean that the free PSN get lesse content

@ James

Thanks for the answer to my question about digital downloads.
Great to hear and yes i am sold on it. Getting a years worth as soon as its live.

To add to that question though…..

Users are limited to two trials per month. But does it also limit users to only 2 digital download purchases per month?

eg. if there are some games appear for digital download that i know i want without even trying the trial for 1hr, can i still purchase the full licence?

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My second question about comments not showing….dont worry about that. my browser playing up.

Think it’s safe to say not a lot of users will be subscribing from Europe for this especially with how dire our content is and the delays we get hit with . Monkey island anyone

Well, I think the PLUS service, while it does need work, is a good start. I’m already a beta trialist so access to beta demos is kind’ve pointless to me though. I just think there needs to be more features and content. The whole point of having a subscription service is to give people exclusive features.

Do members get to download movies/games without paying extra or do you still have to rent or purchase them?

Would I be right in thinking this will be the standard version of LBP rather than the game of the year edition for free?

if i subscribe at the end of the month, as i have planed ^^

and dont download the games from august, say im on holiday, can i still download them at a later time. if offcourse i was a ps+ member during that time.

oh and is first play included?

Also does this mean the Movie store will go live for those of us in Ireland before 2012?

Kudos to James for answering so many questons. Even on page 8.

I’m gonna subscribe to this service the second it’s available! What I’m most exited about is the try out Blu-ray games for an hour thing. I really don’t like demos at all, but this is very different since I can try the full thing from the start and then get to keep the trophies I may get. I also like the fact that these games will be downloadable.

James any chance u can tell us size of lbp in gbs as mm said it was a 40 gb game

One more question. If I join late, do I get access to the back catalogue of free games or just the ones released from the date I joined onwards?

I’m not bothered about stuff expiring after the subscription runs out.
I would have subscribed for this if there was a choice, i.e. monthly tokens instead of forced to take stuff i don’t want or already bought.

At the moment I am not sold, I dont want to play ps1 games or ps minis, I have also got wipeout and lbp, I like the avatars and dynamic themes, are they dynamic? If you do something with throphies and auto sync them plus let us be able to change our name at least once a year I would be more interested, its just the ps1 and minis dont interest me unless they had trophies. So this wouldn’t benefit me but if more cool features like I mentioned be added, count yourself an xtra customer

I’m glad you are continuing the free PSN , at least i have some choice there.

hey Sounds good to me! I mean GREAT! people who dont like it dont need to pay for it, its so easy, you get the same as before.
THATS great!!

I have one question, is there already price for Switzerland??? Euro to Franken calculation is always different.

thanks!

Hi James.
I’d like to thank you for your involvement and answering so many people so far (even if you don’t really answer to people wondering about the cross-game chat).

I have a question regarding the full game trials. If I correctly understood, we will be able to download up to two full Playstation 3 games per month, and try them for a limited time (seemingly a one hour trial). Does that mean we will be able to purchase full Playstation 3 games through the Playstation Store, like does the Xbox 360 with the Games on Demand service?

If so, do we know which games will be available? Will there be recent games, or is that limited to old PS3 games? Will there be third party games, like Fallout 3, or will it be limited to first party games, like inFamous?

Thank you James (and thank you Playstation, I was already sold regarding the Playstation Plus even before it was announced).

Hi is the lbp game of the year edition??? if not can i have the option to have the packs instead?? as ive already got lbp

Very Important Question:

Will we all be treated the same if we buy this? So for example US playstation plus members won’t be the only ones who get a certain beta. Everyone who has playstation plus, no matter what country will be offered it?

Automatic download should of existed since the start. Plus it should be a free service

I think you should offer more things like CROSS GAME CHAT to make it worth 50€!!

regarding automatic downloads:

Will the patches also install themselves?
also, how will this work for game demos, will it just automatically download every free demo not yet downloaded?
What about games I bought from a different PSN account/region, will those update, too?

oh and: do you need a subscription for each PSN account on your PS3 if e.g. your brother wants to have PSN+ as well?

hasn’t everyone already got littlebigplanet? Is that the only game on offer for immediate subscription? If so, i don’t think many people be rushing to sign up to take advantage of the free offer

Hi, Sorry if it was asked before but in the situation that I’m a member of PS+ and given game is free but I still want to buy it will I be able to do so? For (hypothetical) example FFIX is free but I still want to buy it so i can keep it when my subscription runs out.

Quick question, seeing as its £40, if i buy two £20 cards from the shop.
Can i redeem those and use it to buy the subscription?

sorry sony but its just not good enough.i think it`s a desperate attempt from sony to make an extra few pounds. give us what we want then ill pay €50.

Hey James. Will there be a PlayStation Store for Turkey in the near (preferably very near) future? We’ve been waiting for it for a long time and I was going to get a PSN Plus subscription for my US account but wanted to wait just for this.

Quick question, seeing as its £40, if i buy two £20 cards from the shop.
Can i redeem those and use it to buy the subscription?

Sorry to ask this twice but i need to know considering the fact i dont want to put credit card details into my PS3.

yo James,

i will definatly buy this, from my point of view the service is a bargain

however, i would like to know if the store will ever contain ps2 games, i reeeeeeeeeaaaaaaaaally miss starwars battlefront 1 …

Access to some content, excluding discounted content, terminates at the end of the subscription period. (thats bull)

think i will wait there is nothing in it for me except to be able not to wait for updates i dont use the rest tbh think too many people will wait theres not enough to justify 200 worth a year especially since i and most people already own a large collection of psn titles

we want more before we shell out our hard erned cash

Hi, will PlayStation choose the 4 games you can download?
Or will there be some sort of list of PSN games, making it your choice to choose one of them to download. And so on for the mini’s and classic games.

does this mean we will stop seeing new features come to the free version or will every (good) feature just go straight to being part of the paid service?

So the full game trial will be limited to your choice of two games each month is that right?

Or can i go back and play every game ever released on PSN for an hour and see if they are worth buying?

Hi,
Is it possible to put the Minis & PS1 Classics on a PSP? Because when you do, you can’t actually check if the owner of the PSP is a member or not.
So you won’t lose your Minis & PS1 Classics if your membership expires, because they are on your PSP.

The free games that are offered each month, can i play them as long as i want?

For an example – there is a free psn game in december and i’ve downloaded and played it in december – now a month later in january i want to play this game again, can i play it? Or is it only free and playable in this month?

James,

Could you raise a few points with your leaders?

Questions…

1.) Will the full game 1 hour trial period be reduced by how long it takes to download a game? Why not offer 24 hours instead?
2.) Why not offer subscribers the ability to upload their own avatars? If abused, suspend the subscription.
3.) Confirm PSP / PS3 version of LBP. The link is for LBP PSP.
4.) Auto download of patches & firmware should be FREE OF CHARGE. If kept premium, then why not fix bricked PS3′s due to firmware updates?

Sony needs to offer more for £39.99 per yr…
1.) Cross-game parties & voice chat.
2.) Cross-game + XMB custom music.
3.) Make more PS2 games available for PS3.
4.) Auto trophy sync + gamer-cards.

Keep up the good work, but Sony must strive to do much better!

If only this service was an OnLive rival. Imagine playing streaming blu-ray/ps2 games…

Stupid question maybe.. but if you trial the full games for an hour.. do you also get the usual amount of ‘first jump’ ‘first shot fired’ and ‘managed to find the power button on your console’ trophies you usually get at the start of a game ?

On one hand that sounds like a great way for trophy scavengers, but also a terrible pollution of your trophy list if it would be the case.

James, if you do the full game trial do you have to purchase the downloadable version to keep your trophies and other progress or could I go to the store after playing the trial and insert the disc and get my trophies and other things that I had unlocked?

Also can’t wait. I’m gonna subscribe the day it hits the store.

how do you get the free games.do they download automaticaly or do you go to the store to download them ?

We all appreciate your taking the time to answer our questions, but there are some looming that you seem to be avoiding. All I need to know is wether or not FirstPlay will be included with the PLUS subscription. Simple answer is yes or no, that’s all I ask.

Just a couple of questions here.

Will you be rolling out a lot more avatars & dynamic themes each month, and will these be from the best games, like MGS4, MW2, Resi 5 etc? I would like to know what kind of avatars there will be before i buy, also will the avatars & dynamic themes be free if you buy the subscription, or will they be a discounted price?

And what about the PS1 games that subscribers get, will these be classics, like MGS, Resi Evil etc?

Please tell me I’ll be able to download an english version of the free LBP

Free Access to PSOne Classics, PSP Minis, and PS3/PSP Themes
Get a fixed number of PSOne Classic games, PSP Minis (bite-sized games), and PS3/PSP themes per month to keep for free for as long as you are a subscriber.

So in reality when we stop your subscription we lose acess to games, and other stuff we get for “free”.

Dunno with others but that is a “no thanks Sony” for me. If that get changed then im all for PS+.

eveyone get the new XBOX well worth the money instead of the crap service we get and thats not goin to change if we pay. If you get a xbox you can download old xbox games. full xbox 360 games movies loads of stuff. PS3 still hasnt got cross game chat XBOX does. Ps3 can play ps2 games.XBOX 360 can play XBOX games. Most countrys can access the PSN video store. On XBOX all of europe can access there video store. Also id say with the new design of the xbox i bet they got rid of the red ring of death so now we can get a xbox. PS PLUS!!!!!!!HAHAHA SONY YOUR A JOKE

Can I have 3 months free instead of LBP, EU getting the crap deal yet again.

Anyway 2 x £20 cards about £31 , I’m tempted.

Also 50 dollars in america 60 dollars in europe?(50 euro) SONY GIVE UP. You lost the “console war” XBOX win with there XBOX “SLIM” Joke just a joke thats all SCEE is. Oh free ps1 classic!!!oh wait only classics you have are winne the pooh adventures!!!! oh minis!! yeah there useless FREE AVATARS!!!! Nope there crap too nothing thats what 60 dollars gets you nothing, paying extra wont change what content Europe get on the store SCEE your just crap face it. ANYONE who pays 60 dollars for PS PLUS should really consider getting the new xbox. Which is what im doing in the next 2 weeks. SONY goodluck shower of muppets