Hello everyone. I know that you’ve all been eagerly anticipating news of the PlayStation Vita Plus service so I am very happy to say that I can finally spill the beans.
We here at Sony PlayStation are very happy to announce that as of 21st November, the Plus service will be extended to the PS Vita. I can also confirm that if you already have a Plus subscription for your PlayStation 3 there is no additional charge whatsoever for the PS Vita service, meaning that you still get all the great PS3 content as well as the additional Vita offers, all for the same one-off price of £39.99 a year.
I am also happy to announce that to compliment the 1GB of online storage you currently receive for the PS3, we will be supplying another 1GB of online storage space for the PS Vita, along with the automatic update facility as standard. As part of the launch of this service the next PS Vita System Software Update (v2.00) will be available to ensure that your operating system is fully up to date with all the latest security patches as well as updated applications, features and settings.
Now, moving on to the important aspect and what you are all here for – the games line up…
At launch there will be four Vita titles available to you instantly. Please note that this is not going to impact the amount of PS3 games available at all – you will still receive the same amount of games as before. However, with the great Vita titles we’re adding to your Instant Game Collection, at any one time you will always have access to a minimum of 14 games a month across both platforms. Not bad, eh?
As with the PS3 service, we will have titles that will be available to you for a longer period of time than usual so you have the chance to play them when and where you feel like, without worrying about them leaving the service anytime soon. For the PS Vita, these two titles will be Uncharted: Golden Abyss and Gravity Rush.
Uncharted: Golden Abyss is Nathan Drake’s first adventure on the Vita platform, and follows our hero as he investigates the dark secrets of a massacre of a Spanish expedition to Central America around 400 years ago.
The game is visually stunning and the touch screen display lends itself to a whole new depth of gameplay, making it one of the most exciting Uncharted adventures yet! A must for any Vita owner!
The second title that will be available to you for a prolonged period of time is brought to you by our friends in Japan Studio in the form of Gravity Rush.
You take on the role of Kat, a young girl struggling with amnesia in the troubled city of Hekseville. She awakes with the extraordinary ability to bend and shape gravity with the help of her feline companion Dusty the cat. The townsfolk quickly place the fate of their home in Kat’s hands as she endeavours to understand why she has these new powers and who commands the sinister forces wreaking havoc across her city.
We really love this game and think that everyone should give it a go, as it really highlights the impressive features of the PS Vita.
As promised we also have two further titles launching on the service on 21st November, the first of which is Chronovolt.
Chronovolt is a brand new 3D puzzle platformer game for the PlayStation Vita family in which the player must guide their Chronosphere through the twists, turns, traps and hazards of Escher-like arenas. Chronovolts scattered around the levels give the player the power to control time in various fashions: stopping it for selected objects, rewinding it and creating time warps.
Time is controlled through use of the PS Vita’s front and back touch panels while the Chronosphere can be controlled either with tilting or with the more classic dual stick controls.
Finally the remaining title that we will have available in your instant game collection comes from our friends at Drinkbox Studios in the form of Tales from Space: Mutant Blobs Attack. This side-scrolling platform game is extremely enjoyable to play and its humorous cut scenes make it a light-hearted journey from start to finish. Please take the time to check it out.
With all this great content lined up for launch and more to come, it couldn’t be a better time to be a Plus subscriber. If you are not currently a member visit our PlayStation Plus site or all you need to know about the service!
Oh just one more thing… as an added bonus, because we think it’s worth celebrating the launch of the service we have secured 20% off a range of PS Vita titles for the first week of the service. Remember, these are only around for one week and will go live as soon as the store update has rolled out so grab them while you can!
Titles to be included are:
- Escape Plan
- Unit 13
- Hustle Kings
- MotorStorm RC
- Super Stardust Delta and Advanced Star Fighter Pack Bundle
- Top Darts
- Little Deviants
- Modnation Racers: Road Trip
- Reality Fighters
I think that pretty much covers everything about the impending launch of the Vita Plus service which is going to be a great addition to the PlayStation family. If you have any questions please post them on here and I will try to get round to as many of them as possible.
« Previous 1 2 3 4 … 9 Next »
415 CommentsAdd Yours
101
Posted on 13 November, 2012 at 4:47 pm by DrPhiill
Woohooo! i own the big titles like Uncharted and Gravity but im really glad to get discounts and the other 2 games as a plus member!
102
Posted on 13 November, 2012 at 4:47 pm by tbisley
Getting a Vita at the end of next week, a great time to jump into PS+
103
Posted on 13 November, 2012 at 4:48 pm by noobemu
OMG this is great..
I was already happy for PS3 PS Plus.
But now, with Vita support, its really amazing.
So much content for such low price..
PS Plus is now almost mandatory for any PS3+PS Vita owners.
104
Posted on 13 November, 2012 at 4:50 pm by extermin8or_
Ahh damn I already own uncharted and gravity rush; don’t regret buying them though; they were brilliant and I’m glad I didn’t wait on the offchance they would arrive in plus- I’m sure there will be more games don’t own in the future :p
105
Posted on 13 November, 2012 at 4:50 pm by ricey787
Are the 20% off titles likely to appear for free in the service any time soon? Wouldn’t want to buy at a discount and then get burned!
Posted on 13 November, 2012 at 5:00 pm by Chris Howe
No I will avoid having them in the service so we don’t meet that situation!
106
Posted on 13 November, 2012 at 4:51 pm by Ps-vita-gal
Hi guys,
Great uldate for people without unchRted and gravity rush(they are ammazin games),but i want to ask will there be wipeout 2048 comin out for ps plus cos the US have it???
thx
107
Posted on 13 November, 2012 at 4:52 pm by hayzink
i really hope all the people now stating they will be buying a vita are serious as if they are this will really give the platform a great boot at Christmas which will make dev’s take notice and in turn start to develop more titles for the platform.
108
Posted on 13 November, 2012 at 4:52 pm by Pepsi_Biofusion
Gravity Rush & Uncharted?!?!?! Holly smokes that’s insane, now who in their right mind would not get a Vita if they already have plus?
I’ve only been a PlayStation gamer for a couple of years and you’ve been doing a bang up job of making me incredibly ashamed and happy simultaneously, I was so wrong to doubt the Vita but now I have one and get the best of both worlds
I’m not so sure I need Christmas anymore.
Many thanks for this awesome update
109
Posted on 13 November, 2012 at 4:55 pm by OttoT
The whole anouncement is kind of confusing.
The US has a clear video what to expect, when to expect it, etc.
Here in EU it’s like look we have this and stuf will change but when and how often etc is not clear. We have been waiting for this for very long and besides the awesome games and other services it’s unclear what to expect.
Love the games, hate the blogpost.
110
Posted on 13 November, 2012 at 4:55 pm by PIREDERAS
The VITA Plus is excellent news!
I want to ask a few things about VITA:
1. Bring on some cool apps, Android-style!
2. Let us play with VITA as a controller for PS3 games (no need for dual screen a la LBP2 dlc, just the buttons and the back touch which acts as R2/L2 and R3/L3), freeing us from the need to buy a 2nd DualShock (and please, let them sync without the need for a router, just ad hoc)!
3. The web browser needs to improve way too much in speed terms and page display…
4. Finally, give us a reasonably priced, bigger memory card. I have an 8 GB card (thought it would be just enough) and it’s already full! With the free games, it’s now obsolete!
111
Posted on 13 November, 2012 at 4:56 pm by Erroneus
We really need some bigger memory cards now, I wouldn’t mind paying for a 64GB even a 128GB, but we need to lower the prices on Vita memory cards.
128GB: 125$
64GB: 65$
32GB: 35$
16GB: 20$
8GB: 10$
4GB: .. why even bother.
Something like that.
112
Posted on 13 November, 2012 at 4:58 pm by almighty-slayer
Will it be possible to download the free games on the PS3 and then transfer them over?
113
Posted on 13 November, 2012 at 4:59 pm by Golwar
Chris, could you please share exact data how the Vita offers will rotate? As Ross managed too when the IGC got introduced.
He clearly said that 3 games rotate yearly, 6 are on a 2 month rotation and 1 game rotates monthly. With at least 4 PPP per year.
I expect a similar clear description here. And don’t just drop that info in a reply somewhere, edit the article too.
114
Posted on 13 November, 2012 at 5:04 pm by lagunareturns
PSPLUS is rubbish to me when I got those titles already….
WHERE IS RETRO CITY RAMPAGE???????
HOW LONG I AM GOING TO WAIT FOR IT????????????
115
Posted on 13 November, 2012 at 5:05 pm by ABTR
i think for day one psvita owners like me they aiready has this games because is the best. Plus service is a good reason for those don’t have vita yet to buy now, aiready takes 100€ games the first month !!! i hope next monts for some newst games also i hope Sony lower the price for memory cards. 90€ for 32 gb is too much is two psvita or ps3 games is not fair
116
Posted on 13 November, 2012 at 5:05 pm by Vizip
What about Little Big Planet in December?
It can be great! Gravity rush… oh boy oh boy… 
117
Posted on 13 November, 2012 at 5:07 pm by adumr82
Yeah the titles may be on in the future, but if we get something so will the us. We will always be playing catch up and get shafted again
118
Posted on 13 November, 2012 at 5:09 pm by Skookie30
If my posts are not modded by a mod you would have m answer.
About the refresh of content answer me this chris how can our plus be better serve then the SCEA plus 5 vita 1 psp game = 6 games total 18 games.
Then there is our 14 games per month how comes 3 ps3 games + 4 vita games= 7 not 14.
119
Posted on 13 November, 2012 at 5:09 pm by CookieMonsterES
PS+ line-up for Vita is fantastic, you guys are doing a great job, Chris
I have a quick question, if you were so kind to answer it, what do you mean with “The other two titles will change on a regular basis”? Could you be more precise?
The US blog announced 6 titles for Vita (and 12 for PS3) while we have 4 games for Vita (and 10 for PS3). There’s quite a noticeable difference there, especially as far as the Vita announcement refers, even more considering we can’t have a “US account” in our portable device without having to renounce to our regular account. Would be appreciated if you guys try your best so there’s no big difference between what they offer there and what we get here.
120
Posted on 13 November, 2012 at 5:14 pm by bap10
Happy days, nice work. Looking forward to playing Chronovolt
I love PS+
Just a shame it looks like the USA is getting a better deal at present.
121
Posted on 13 November, 2012 at 5:15 pm by Apelgrandure
all I can say is :
THANK YOU!!
This is a great lineup and even though I have both Uncharted and Gravity rush im still excited!
122
Posted on 13 November, 2012 at 5:16 pm by dgnfly
@Chris Howe
i don’t care about all the free games cause they aren’t really free
waht i do care about is discounts, and i’d like 2 see a discount on these games Dynasty warriors NEXT, uncharted,Resistance: Burning Skies. also are you guys ever gonna make more psp games compatible with vita or any ps1 games cause unlike U.S here in europe you guysdon’t seem 2 care. zero psp games converted since vita launched.
ps1 compatibility was announced before it’s launched and we get 2 find out hardly no games are compatible.
123
Posted on 13 November, 2012 at 5:16 pm by Chocobo115
Shame on FFT, already have A PS1 & PSP copy, but I wouldn’t mind having it on Vita too ^^
124
Posted on 13 November, 2012 at 5:17 pm by Izorpo
several people ask if its possible to add vita titles to our ps3 download list to download at a later time on the vita and yet no one can be bothered to answer
its nice that some readers have commented on other posts and said you can but people would actually like confirmation from Sony that this is possible
125
Posted on 13 November, 2012 at 5:20 pm by fcp10
Until when will uncharted vê available?
126
Posted on 13 November, 2012 at 5:23 pm by chrisboers
Excellent update! Even though I already have the ‘big ones’ Uncharted and Gravity Rush, they are way better than expected.
Well done! Also, two new games per month is excellent! Will be looking forward to the regular updates!
127
Posted on 13 November, 2012 at 5:25 pm by Voodoo341
I don’t have a PS Vita and I’ve no intention of buying one. The content offered for the Vita is therefore entirely no good to me. Will I get a discount for the PS+ sub or extra content to make up for the offering that’s entirely useless to me?
128
Posted on 13 November, 2012 at 5:25 pm by Certinty
Definitely a lot more than I expected, but damn did the US get a lot! Wipeout AND Jet Set Radio as well as Gravity Rush and Uncharted! They’re so lucky!
129
Posted on 13 November, 2012 at 5:25 pm by blackgndrf
Really nice update, Thanks!
The vita content could be activated through PS3 and downloaded later on the vita? I need a PS Vita
130
Posted on 13 November, 2012 at 5:34 pm by CorrisD
While great news, especially with it being free on top of my current subscription.
I feel being an early adopter of the Vita has kind of backfired, looking at this and the US list along with some other titles that are Sony published that I imagine will become free eventually, I kind of regret buying the games, while I don’t have a lot of time to complete them and haven’t made it all the way through Uncharted and such I picked them up full price for them now to be free on something I am already paying for.
Bit of a waste of money really.
Still, nice to see, and having the save backup will take a lot of the pain away from installed games and such.
131
Posted on 13 November, 2012 at 5:36 pm by hayzink
@ Voodoo341
why would you get a discount on plus your still getting exactly what you paid for when you took plus out the ps3 side of things is still exactly the same.
nothing is changing for you at all.
this is why some people say your trolling.
132
Posted on 13 November, 2012 at 5:37 pm by Doiley
Great lineup of games, have not had a vita long so i have just Rayman Origins and AC3-Liberation.
I was hoping for psp titles as well seeing as the US have Final Fantasy Tactics this month, can we get a Final Fantasy title too maybe?
133
Posted on 13 November, 2012 at 5:38 pm by jasonleeds
Great we finally get ps+ but im really disappointed the US gets wipeout and we get Chronovolt, sorry but as always the US gets the better content
134
Posted on 13 November, 2012 at 5:39 pm by DavidK92
Just wondering, I don’t own a Vita but will I be able to download the games from the PS Store or it only for the Vita store
135
Posted on 13 November, 2012 at 5:39 pm by left4bread3
my question is as i dont have a vita will i be able to download the games (so they are in my DL list) so when i get a vita ill be able to download them. Btw im a ps plus subscriber
136
Posted on 13 November, 2012 at 5:45 pm by frodouk
Same old people complaining about nothing whatsover.
Makes you wonder why they actually own a PS3/Vita and pay for + doesn’t it?
137
Posted on 13 November, 2012 at 5:46 pm by undergroundgr
amazing.glad to be ps plus subscriber since day one.
138
Posted on 13 November, 2012 at 5:50 pm by bondington
Modnation racers road trip is currently on sale at £5.99 and my plan was to buy it today if it wasn’t one of the free games.
So it’s not one of the free games but it gets 20% discount when plus launches. As you said in a different post that the game will be on sale at £5.99 till the 21st when plus launches will we get a further 20% off £5.99 or 20% off the standard non sale price?
I know the extra saving would only be just over a quid but that’s still better than paying £5.99 and miles better than full price minus 20%
139
Posted on 13 November, 2012 at 5:50 pm by Selxis
Meh… :/ Already have GR and Uncharted. Was hoping for Wipeout, but we got screwed again compared to the US.
140
Posted on 13 November, 2012 at 5:50 pm by Laventor
This is an amazing deal even for Vita only users. Despite owning 3 out of 4 of these games, I’m very happy to see it start off with these games. Great job!
For those complaining about it being less games than the US. Correct me if I’m wrong, but the European PS+ model rotates games out faster than the US does, which means that we don’t get less games than they do, we just don’t get more initially.
141
Posted on 13 November, 2012 at 5:55 pm by Demonized
Yeah, my Plus subscription just got ridiculously better! Now all I ask is for larger memory card options at reasonable prices.
I have a feeling as time goes on I am going to need to increase my Vita storage capacity exponentially!
142
Posted on 13 November, 2012 at 5:57 pm by Vitkir
Already own Uncharted, but the rest look great! Any chance you could provide Gravity Rush DLC at a discount or for free? I really appreciate the DLC deals for PS3, and it would be great if you could carry that over to the Vita.
Oh, and I’d be happy with the occasional high quality PSP title as well. Be cool if you could work in some less known stuff as well… Use Plus to sweeten the pot for smaller companies taking a risk by bringing over niche titles from Japan.
143
Posted on 13 November, 2012 at 5:57 pm by Skookie30
If SCEE give out crap for food the SDF would gladly eat it all up, while the rest would not if any sense eat it that I feel about our inferior vita plus support & chris still hasn’t answer someone post who can it be better for us getting less then SCEA. 18 games in total both ps3 games & vita to our 14 games per month take us to over 65 games a year while SCEA get we’ll over 70 per year.
Yeah that makes total snese. Doesn’t it SCEE you logic FAILS.
144
Posted on 13 November, 2012 at 6:00 pm by ShinYagami13
Good evening Chris
i made this post couple of days back in the post about Novembers content and got no answer… (i m not saying you ignored it, i like to believe you probably didnt see it) so anyways here it is again
in hopes for a reply this time =)
“Hi Chris, i got a question for you since you are as your title says the Plus content manager…
I was really excited with the latest update as for the first time i didn’t already own any of the games offered, thing is though i own a 40gb ps3 and got really disappointed to find theres no way i can download and install R & C All 4 One as the space needed for the operation is 32gb and a 40gb ps3 (37 actually) has only 30gb of free space available after what is needed for it to run is taken out…
So my question is 40gb ps3 owners/plus subscribers are so few they are not even considered when picking a title for the next months update? Sorry for the long message but it feels like you guys are giving me the right lets say to download the game for free and at the same time you are taking it away from me with its prohibitely large size! I ll be waiting for a response on that, thanks in advance”
145
Posted on 13 November, 2012 at 6:02 pm by miguelpt84
Excellent news! =)
I already have and finished Uncharted but it’s a good excuse to get back and platinum it. Are the saves in the disk (card) version compatible with the digital version?
146
Posted on 13 November, 2012 at 6:02 pm by Skookie30
But if you read above it states due to plus vita there be games longer then normal before they get refresh maybe we should have a vid like SCEA had to explain better. But it does not make any differs because there get a great square enix psp game that look god on a vita but like SCEE SE too like to shafted its EU fan base too.
147
Posted on 13 November, 2012 at 6:06 pm by frodouk
#138 – MNR on the Vita will increase in price tomorrow – back to it’s full price. Then next week, when PS+ launches it will be reduced by 20%.
I’d say it’s best to get it now..
As for people saying we have been ‘shafted’ (seems to be the buzz word) by the US. No. No we haven’t. Those titles WILL be coming here, we just have to wait a little longer.
148
Posted on 13 November, 2012 at 6:06 pm by frodouk
Skookie, shut the hell up. You really are like a broken record. A boring, slow, crappy record at that.
149
Posted on 13 November, 2012 at 6:08 pm by Gamesgbkiller
Solid games
Been looking forward for this since I got plus+
Thanks
150
Posted on 13 November, 2012 at 6:09 pm by Kaffikjelen
Marvellous news! I and my brother bought Golden Abyss at launch, but I was disappointed that I was unable to get any trophies because my brother played it first. I haven’t bothered to buy another copy for the trophies alone, so this news is most welcome. And Gravity Rush for free? Huzzah!
« Previous 1 2 3 4 … 9 Next »
We close the comments for posts after 30 days. If you would still like to comment on this post, please use our contact form.