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  • Deleted user 28 January 2013 13:44:36
    Scuse me for being a tard but how exactly does PS+ work? Can you keep the games or do they delete themselves off your HDD after a time?

    It's this service that's making me keep an eye on Playstation, if they do a similar thing next gen I may be interested in getting my first Sony console since PS1.

    Edited by AdamAsunder at 13:45:03 28-01-2013
  • dominalien 28 Jan 2013 13:52:37 5,370 posts
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    If you get a game for free it'll stop working after the sub expires.

    If you get a game at a discount, it's yours to keep forever.

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  • Rens11 28 Jan 2013 13:53:15 1,047 posts
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    each month new games are added if you have ps plus you stick them in your download list and as long as you still have ps plus you can play thenm. If your subscription lapses you can't play anymore but the games remain in your download list so you can download and play again if you get plus again

    Don’t kid yourself, Jimmy. If a cow ever got the chance, he’d eat you and everyone you care about!

  • Rens11 28 Jan 2013 13:53:24 1,047 posts
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    each month new games are added if you have ps plus you stick them in your download list and as long as you still have ps plus you can play them. If your subscription lapses you can't play anymore but the games remain in your download list so you can download and play again if you get plus again

    Don’t kid yourself, Jimmy. If a cow ever got the chance, he’d eat you and everyone you care about!

  • monkman76 28 Jan 2013 13:53:48 1,824 posts
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    ...but the free game will become available again if you ever renew your lapsed subscription.

    It's very generous, almost to a fault ;)

    edit - that made more sense as a reply to dominalien..

    Edited by monkman76 at 13:54:24 28-01-2013
  • Deleted user 28 January 2013 13:57:28
    Aha, very nice. Would be nice if MS did something similar but I can't see it.

    I think I'll be watching what Sony do very carefully next gen.
  • D_arkTrooper 28 Jan 2013 14:10:01 1,147 posts
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    Typical...Held off buying Sleeping Dogs until yesterday when I saw it on Zavvi for £15.

    Unbelievable!!

    Still good for folks who didn't buy it tho.
  • Murbal 28 Jan 2013 14:18:44 19,398 posts
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    Cancel your Zavvi order?
  • Deleted user 28 January 2013 14:20:15
    Pretty much over for me buying games on any PS system now.
  • D_arkTrooper 28 Jan 2013 14:34:32 1,147 posts
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    Murbal wrote:
    Cancel your Zavvi order?
    It's already posted but think a return may be in order now.
  • chub 28 Jan 2013 14:37:48 306 posts
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    @Boab Yeah, I'm thinking the same, having bought Sleeping Dogs, Wipeout 2048 and F1 Race Stars towards the end of 2012.
  • Flying_Pig 28 Jan 2013 15:19:21 8,649 posts
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    Sleeping Dogs - Nice. Anyone got F1Race Stars? Worth a go??
  • kentmonkey 28 Jan 2013 15:22:54 18,614 posts
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    Not a patch on Sega Allstars Transformed and quite bland, but it's free.
  • Rhythm 28 Jan 2013 16:32:36 2,042 posts
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    AdamAsunder wrote:
    Scuse me for being a tard but how exactly does PS+ work? Can you keep the games or do they delete themselves off your HDD after a time?

    It's this service that's making me keep an eye on Playstation, if they do a similar thing next gen I may be interested in getting my first Sony console since PS1.
    FYI, this is what's been "free" since June last year: http://bit.ly/Vhgd11
  • millerlfc 28 Jan 2013 19:10:53 344 posts
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    Rhythm wrote:
    AdamAsunder wrote:
    Scuse me for being a tard but how exactly does PS+ work? Can you keep the games or do they delete themselves off your HDD after a time?

    It's this service that's making me keep an eye on Playstation, if they do a similar thing next gen I may be interested in getting my first Sony console since PS1.
    FYI, this is what's been "free" since June last year: http://bit.ly/Vhgd11
    Thanks that's actually really useful. Got my PS3 and PS plus subscriptio at Christmas and was hoping that Dead Space 2, Space Marine, Darksiders or Stranger's Wrath might show up at some point but I guess repeats are unlikely.

    Still, I'm hoping for Assassin's Creed 2 soon!
  • imamazed 1 Feb 2013 15:19:40 1,818 posts
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    Got a ps3 today. Games I bought with it aren't coming in a while, so I was thinking of signing up to + for a little bit. Two questions:

    - Is there a free trial period when you first create a PSN account? (ala 30 days of free XBL Gold when you get a new gamertag?)

    - If not, do people here routinely buy instant codes for PS+ as people do for XBL gold? I always have on Xbox to save a bit of money and protect myself from auto-renewal.

    Thanks

    Edited by imamazed at 15:19:56 01-02-2013
  • melv 1 Feb 2013 15:33:28 25 posts
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    You can get a 30 day trial for plus from the Playstation Access facebook page. There's a link for Free PS+ Trial.

    Edited by melv at 15:33:45 01-02-2013
  • imamazed 1 Feb 2013 15:41:12 1,818 posts
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    @melv Nice one, I shall check that out when I get home.
  • HiddenAway 3 Feb 2013 16:46:25 14,257 posts
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    @imamazed Alternatively, you can grab a 90 day sub for £8 (down from £12) from Wednesday for 2 weeks.

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  • imamazed 4 Feb 2013 11:37:52 1,818 posts
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    @HiddenAway Yeh I ended up getting a £12 90 day sub straight away, but I think I'll just get another 90 day on wednesday for £8 and stack in on top (you can do that right?).

    I did apply for the free trial, but I didn't realise it took 7 days to come through, so I bought a 90 day sub. When it does come through, I don;t suppose you can stack a free trial on top of the sub?
  • HiddenAway 4 Feb 2013 12:40:09 14,257 posts
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    @imamazed You can stack paid subscriptions on top of your current subscription but I don't think it'll work for the free trial (I think you have to be a complete fresher to PSN+ to take advantage of it)

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  • itinkuravinalaff 6 Feb 2013 22:29:07 191 posts
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    Just excitedly waited for my Sleeping Dogs to download and install, then as it finishes I eagerly reach for my controler to start the game....WTF an almighty 1gb Update !!! And thats 1 of 2 . Strewf fucking itching to go, these updates should auto download with the main Digital download FFS. What a palava
  • dominalien 6 Feb 2013 22:39:55 5,370 posts
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    Yes, this is badly done. I hope they sort it out for next gen.

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  • HiddenAway 7 Feb 2013 06:58:54 14,257 posts
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    @dominalien They've already made some strides with the Vita. I've seen patches download along with the main game.

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  • dominalien 7 Feb 2013 07:25:46 5,370 posts
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    @HiddenAway

    That's true. Unfortunately, they're unlikely to effectively compete with MS on the sleekness front, and we all know there are only two points on this scale: either something is the best thing evah, or it's fucking shit, even if the latter is 99% as good as the former.

    PSN: DonOsito

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  • kentmonkey 7 Feb 2013 18:44:04 18,614 posts
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    Riddle me this.

    Sleeping Dogs shows as about 7.2gb.
    I have 8.6gb free space on the hdd...it won't download due to lack of space.

    I don't have to have 15gb do I so it can download the bloody thing and then have enough space to install the bloody thing.

    Bloody bloody bloody.
  • King_Edward 7 Feb 2013 19:04:28 9,368 posts
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    I think you do, yes.
  • kentmonkey 7 Feb 2013 19:24:38 18,614 posts
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    That's fucking stupid. Install as you download, you fucking stupid system designers.

    I literally can't download it then, and I won't be able to in my PS+ sub period, as I've got shows on the PS3 I haven't watched yet, don't have anywhere to save them without having to buy more storage (negating the cost of the free game) and everything else is taken off of the hard drive. Brilliant.
  • Ranger_Ryu 7 Feb 2013 19:24:52 850 posts
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    yeah you do,cause it needs to actually do the install and have the download file on, it then deletes the download file when you install it. So yeah in total you need 15.6 gig

    "purchase" it then you can download it whenever you want as it'll be in your download list,got Mortal Kombat in that way (still haven't downloaded it)

    Edited by Ranger_Ryu at 19:26:07 07-02-2013
  • kentmonkey 7 Feb 2013 19:29:06 18,614 posts
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    I won't be renewing PS+ though. Mainly due to shit-slow download speeds and this constant issue of not having enough space. There's no point me buying a hdd for the limited lifetime the PS3 has left just to get some 'free' games as by the time I've taken into account the cost of subscribing and the cost of buying a hdd, I might as well have just bought the games.

    Which, for this generation at least, I can still resell afterwards.

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