Free PS3 and PSP games

[Ricky]

Sony has revealed which games it will give away in its “Welcome Back” package as compensation for the last four weeks of PlayStation Network downtime.

Some elements of the service, including streaming media and online gameplay, were restored this weekend, while the PlayStation Store is due to open once again for business toward the end of May. When those digital doors reopen, gamers on PlayStation 3 and PSP will get to pick a handful of titles to download and keep.
On PS3, there’s patchwork creation station LittleBigPlanet, open-world superhero game inFamous, futuristic antigravity racer Wipeout HD and its Fury expansion pack, mini-adventure Ratchet and Clank: Quest for Booty and zombie blaster Dead Nation.

You’ll get to download two of these for free from the PlayStation Store, unless you’re in Germany, where inFamous and Dead Nation are replaced with Super Stardust HD and Hustle Kings.

For handheld console PSP, your selection is a little more limited. The four-game selection offers LittleBigPlanet, racetrack-builder ModNation Racers, cops-and-robbers sim Pursuit Force and top-down shooter Killzone Liberation.


Again, you’ll get to pick two games you fancy and, again, Germany’s stringent rating rules mean gamers in that country don’t get the violent titles (Pursuit Force and Killzone are dropped in favor of Everybody’s Golf 2 and Buzz Junior Jungle Party).

The firm will also give gamers 30 free days of its PlayStation Plus membership, and 60 free days to existing subscribers, which gives you bonus features like free and discounted games, automatic downloads and cloud storage for save files.

Existing Music Unlimited subscribers will be given 30 days’ free subscription, and there will be some gratis virtual doodads in PlayStation Home.

To account for the missed PlayStation Store updates — gamers missed out on three regularly scheduled content dumps — Sony will restock the shop “multiple times” per week to get everyone caught up.

By then, the entire service will be back to business as usual. Except in Japan, where the country’s government is blocking the service’s relaunch until Sony can prove it has significantly stepped-up the network’s security.

What do you think? Has Sony done enough to compensate you for lost Call of Duty hours, or are you disappointed with the offering? Generosity, good PR or damage control? Please let us know your views in the comments below.

 

[neloza]

They should give the users they shafted a set dollar amount and let the user get whatever they want with it. If I was Sony I would give every online user a $25 credit to get whatever they want and not limit their choices.

 

[DOUBLES50NOWoC0M]

Companies such as Sony would never give out compensation in that way.

By limiting your options, they prevent themselves from losing money while still "compensating" you.

Kind of like the free toy with a happy meal - never costly but sometimes entertaining

 

[aus aaz]

Sucks to be German lol. Every single one of those games are like 4 years old rofl who the fuck is going to download them, they must of looked up "top 6 least grossing games of 2010" and givin us the ones from the top of the list.

Also don't see how 2 shitty games has deleted my credit card details from the hackers view.

 

[google11]

Can you actually get free stuff from this?

 

[Ricky]

Can you actually get free stuff from this?

Well yes you can if you have a ps3/psp

 

[hey guys]

Wow thats awesome, Kill-Zone liberation here i come!

Sucks to be in Germany LMAO. GOLF?!

 

[pure shadow717]

Thank god i have an xbox, no way you can hack that :3

 

[ln my style]

my favorite had to be the started edition of pokemona nd zelda!

 

[JamRsPins]

my favorite had to be the started edition of pokemona nd zelda!

Gravedig...? No free games :'(

 

Gravedig.