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Baraka_Guru · 05-31-2011, 09:23 AM

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Details for PlayStation Network and Qriocity Customer Appreciation Program in North America

+ Posted by Patrick Seybold // Sr. Director, Corporate Communications & Social Media

Now that some PlayStation Network and Qriocity services have been restored and you’re once again enjoying online gaming and entertainment, we’re happy to provide details about the “Welcome Back” appreciation program for customers in North America. We developed the program as an expression of our gratitude for your patience, support and continued loyalty during the service outage. From all of us at PlayStation, thank you and welcome back!

This package will be made available to all existing registered PlayStation Network and Qriocity users in North America (US and Canada), and will be made available shortly after we have fully restored the service. More specific details about these offers and eligibility requirements will be posted as the services go live.

All PlayStation Network customers can select two PS3 games from the following list. The games will be available for 30 days shortly after PlayStation Store is restored and can be kept forever.

Dead Nation
inFAMOUS
LittleBigPlanet
Super Stardust HD
Wipeout HD + Fury

For PSP owners, you will be eligible to download two PSP games from the following list. The games will be available for 30 days shortly after PlayStation Store is restored and can be kept forever.

LittleBigPlanet (PSP)
ModNation Racers
Pursuit Force
Killzone Liberation

A selection of “On Us” rental movie titles will be available to PlayStation Network customers over one weekend, where Video Service is available. Those titles will be announced soon.
30 days free PlayStation Plus membership for non PlayStation Plus subscribers.
Existing PlayStation Plus subscribers will receive an additional 60 days of free subscription.
Existing Music Unlimited Premium Trial subscription members will receive an additional 30 days of free premium subscription.
Additional 30 days + time lost for existing members of Music Unlimited Premium/Basic subscription free of charge for existing Premium/Basic members.
To welcome users Home, PlayStation Home will be offering 100 free virtual items. Additional free content will be released soon, including the next addition to the Home Mansion personal space, and Ooblag’s Alien Casino, an exclusive game.

We’d like to thank all of our publishing and development partners who’ve contributed to the Welcome Back program, including Bigbig Studios, Codeglue, Digital Leisure, Guerilla Games, Heavy Water, Housemarque, Lockwood, Loot, Mass Media, Media Molecule, SCE Cambridge Studios, SCE Studio Liverpool, SCE San Diego Studios, and Sucker Punch Productions. We couldn’t have created such a compelling package without them!

As a reminder, you will be able to access the above content shortly after services are fully restored. We are doing everything we can to make that happen as soon as possible. Please visit the following sites for more information about the Welcome Back program in Europe and Latin America.

Thank you again for your support!

Details for PlayStation Network and Qriocity Customer Appreciation Program in North America – PlayStation Blog

What do you guys think of the package?
What games to you recommend?
What games are you getting?
Is the store even up yet? (It wasn't the last I checked.)

high_jinx · 05-31-2011, 09:53 AM

im hoping im eligible even though i haven't done anything on psn since i bought some songs for rock band a couple years ago.

i just bought a 320gb hard drive so i have space for the games. i think i'm going with little big planet and just because my dad just got a 3dtv, wipeout, which supports stereoscopic 3d.

streak_56 · 06-01-2011, 08:04 PM

Boy am I glad I just bought inFamous....

Shauk · 06-01-2011, 10:37 PM

I already have LBP and Wipeout so I guess i'll be grabbing infamous and... hrm doesn't seem like much of a choice between super stardust or dead nation

Baraka_Guru · 06-02-2011, 04:42 AM

I already have LittleBigPlanet.

What's Wipeout like? The gameplay videos look fun, but it would seem to me that the the gameplay repetitiveness would rank high.

I wouldn't mind a couple of casual games like Wipeout and Super Stardust. Both ranked pretty highly among the critics.

I don't know about picking up another zombie game, and regarding inFAMOUS, I already have a bunch of action/roleplay/shooter type games I need to finish---Mirror's Edge, God of War series, Oblivion, Assassin's Creed I and II, Prince of Persia: The Forgotten Sands---so I don't know about adding another one to my pile. That is, unless people say it's mind-blowing or something. I'm not sure about the gameplay. I tried the demo, it seemed a bit wonky. Maybe I just need to get used to it.

So, yeah, I'm leaning towards Wipeout and Super Stardust.

Anxst · 06-03-2011, 06:06 AM

The store is finally up (although we'll see if it stays up, with lulzsec hitting Sony pictures yesterday) but still no Welcome Back package available.

I already have Little Big Planet myself. I'll probably go with inFamous and Wipeout for my choices. Wipeout does look repetitive, but racing style games are always a hit when friends come over. inFamous probably won't see a ton of play from me, but few of my games get much playtime anymore. Coding, looking for jobs, and other people using the television all put large dents in my possible playtime. It'll be there for me eventually. Maybe after I find a decent job we can get a second TV and put the PS3 in a game room.

m0rpheus · 06-06-2011, 07:47 PM

Downloaded inFamous. Not sure which other ps3 game (already own LBP) I'm going to get, or which psp games I'll pick.

Shauk · 06-06-2011, 07:51 PM

I settled on dead nation as my 2nd game for co-op reasons, oh, and zombies > stardust

Baraka_Guru · 06-06-2011, 08:14 PM

Apparently, I'm getting them all (I already have LBP). My SO just downloaded two on her account; I'll download the other two on mine.

streak_56 · 06-10-2011, 06:13 PM

So I downloaded two, but I must be an idiot because I went all over my PS3 desktop but couldn't find them anywhere.... Am I really that retarded?

fill23ca · 06-11-2011, 04:37 AM

So my son downloaded Infamous and a couple of the others. Now my Rogers 60gb limit has been reached and then some. They may be free, but Rogers is going to get some more money from me.

Baraka_Guru · 06-11-2011, 05:01 AM

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Originally Posted by streak_56

So I downloaded two, but I must be an idiot because I went all over my PS3 desktop but couldn't find them anywhere.... Am I really that retarded?

I had this happen before with other downloads. I think if you log out then log back in it might show up.

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Originally Posted by fill23ca

So my son downloaded Infamous and a couple of the others. Now my Rogers 60gb limit has been reached and then some. They may be free, but Rogers is going to get some more money from me.

Ha, the same thing happened to me to: Rogers 60 GB.

high_jinx · 06-20-2011, 12:40 PM

just a note... lb planet downloaded fine, but then i picked wipeout for my 2nd game. i downloaded the "fury" add-on and i downloaded the 100k "unlock" but i couldn't find the actual game anywhere.

after googling around a bit i found out the game is contained INSIDE the demo, so you download the demo and then the unlock. i never dl demos so i never would have figured this out on my own.

apparently this is also the case with the zombie game so stay on your toes

YaWhateva · 06-21-2011, 03:27 PM

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Originally Posted by fill23ca

So my son downloaded Infamous and a couple of the others. Now my Rogers 60gb limit has been reached and then some. They may be free, but Rogers is going to get some more money from me.

how can you live with 60GB a month? I go through 300 at least and that's mostly netflix streaming

05-31-2011, 09:53 AM	#2 (permalink)
high_jinx Psycho Location: venice beach, ca	im hoping im eligible even though i haven't done anything on psn since i bought some songs for rock band a couple years ago. i just bought a 320gb hard drive so i have space for the games. i think i'm going with little big planet and just because my dad just got a 3dtv, wipeout, which supports stereoscopic 3d. __________________ -my phobia drowned while i was gettin down.

06-02-2011, 04:42 AM	#5 (permalink)
Baraka_Guru warrior bodhisattva Super Moderator Location: East-central Canada	I already have LittleBigPlanet. What's Wipeout like? The gameplay videos look fun, but it would seem to me that the the gameplay repetitiveness would rank high. I wouldn't mind a couple of casual games like Wipeout and Super Stardust. Both ranked pretty highly among the critics. I don't know about picking up another zombie game, and regarding inFAMOUS, I already have a bunch of action/roleplay/shooter type games I need to finish---Mirror's Edge, God of War series, Oblivion, Assassin's Creed I and II, Prince of Persia: The Forgotten Sands---so I don't know about adding another one to my pile. That is, unless people say it's mind-blowing or something. I'm not sure about the gameplay. I tried the demo, it seemed a bit wonky. Maybe I just need to get used to it. So, yeah, I'm leaning towards Wipeout and Super Stardust. __________________ Knowing that death is certain and that the time of death is uncertain, what's the most important thing? —Bhikkhuni Pema Chödrön Humankind cannot bear very much reality. —From "Burnt Norton," Four Quartets (1936), T. S. Eliot

06-03-2011, 06:06 AM	#6 (permalink)
Anxst Condensing fact from the vapor of nuance. Location: Madison, WI	The store is finally up (although we'll see if it stays up, with lulzsec hitting Sony pictures yesterday) but still no Welcome Back package available. I already have Little Big Planet myself. I'll probably go with inFamous and Wipeout for my choices. Wipeout does look repetitive, but racing style games are always a hit when friends come over. inFamous probably won't see a ton of play from me, but few of my games get much playtime anymore. Coding, looking for jobs, and other people using the television all put large dents in my possible playtime. It'll be there for me eventually. Maybe after I find a decent job we can get a second TV and put the PS3 in a game room. __________________ Don't mind me. I'm just releasing the insanity pressure from my headvalves.

06-06-2011, 07:47 PM	#7 (permalink)
m0rpheus bad craziness Location: Guelph, Ontario	Downloaded inFamous. Not sure which other ps3 game (already own LBP) I'm going to get, or which psp games I'll pick. __________________ "it never got weird enough for me." - Hunter S. Thompson

06-06-2011, 08:14 PM	#9 (permalink)
Baraka_Guru warrior bodhisattva Super Moderator Location: East-central Canada	Apparently, I'm getting them all (I already have LBP). My SO just downloaded two on her account; I'll download the other two on mine. __________________ Knowing that death is certain and that the time of death is uncertain, what's the most important thing? —Bhikkhuni Pema Chödrön Humankind cannot bear very much reality. —From "Burnt Norton," Four Quartets (1936), T. S. Eliot

06-01-2011, 08:04 PM	#3 (permalink)
streak_56 who ever said streaking was a bad thing? Location: Calgary	Boy am I glad I just bought inFamous....

06-01-2011, 10:37 PM	#4 (permalink)
Shauk Confused Adult Location: Spokane, WA	I already have LBP and Wipeout so I guess i'll be grabbing infamous and... hrm doesn't seem like much of a choice between super stardust or dead nation

06-06-2011, 07:51 PM	#8 (permalink)
Shauk Confused Adult Location: Spokane, WA	I settled on dead nation as my 2nd game for co-op reasons, oh, and zombies > stardust

06-10-2011, 06:13 PM	#10 (permalink)
streak_56 who ever said streaking was a bad thing? Location: Calgary	So I downloaded two, but I must be an idiot because I went all over my PS3 desktop but couldn't find them anywhere.... Am I really that retarded?

06-11-2011, 04:37 AM	#11 (permalink)
fill23ca Crazy Location: Ontario	So my son downloaded Infamous and a couple of the others. Now my Rogers 60gb limit has been reached and then some. They may be free, but Rogers is going to get some more money from me. __________________ "The worst day of your life, so far." Homer Simpson

06-20-2011, 12:40 PM	#13 (permalink)
high_jinx Psycho Location: venice beach, ca	just a note... lb planet downloaded fine, but then i picked wipeout for my 2nd game. i downloaded the "fury" add-on and i downloaded the 100k "unlock" but i couldn't find the actual game anywhere. after googling around a bit i found out the game is contained INSIDE the demo, so you download the demo and then the unlock. i never dl demos so i never would have figured this out on my own. apparently this is also the case with the zombie game so stay on your toes __________________ -my phobia drowned while i was gettin down.