2 free PS3 games to compensate for down time

moneysavingkitten

liam8282 wrote: »

To be fair to Sony, whatever they offered would not have been good enough for some people.

The games aren't brilliant, but they are ok.

For example, could you imagine if they offered everybody a £20 voucher to use on PSN instead, then all you need to do is input your bank details to pay the rest towards a new game or whatever you want....

I think that would have been better, you could have still bought a prepay card to make up the difference.

It's a little bit insulting that so many personal details seem to be worth less than £20 worth of old games. If they truly wanted to make an effort they could have offered one new release game, but they don't seem to care that much.

I still don't get why we get no film rental and America does. Lovefilm are doing the rental thing over here, it's not like it couldn't have been done.

Just looking at the ID fraud page thing they have offered. Can't quite make sense of that yet:

http://blog.eu.playstation.com/2011/05/17/details-of-snee-scees-identity-theft-protection-programme/

cgk1

I have never bought a game off the network, they never had any credit card details, I've never used the store - so two free games for absolutely nothing and no risk to myself is a great deal. your mileage may vary.

gtmacc

Good move from Sony, should go a long way to getting PS3 gaming back on side.

Personally i wouldn't have played during this time anyway so looking forward to downloading and playing inFamous & Dead Natio

hannah899

moneysavingkitten wrote: »

I think that would have been better, you could have still bought a prepay card to make up the difference.

It's a little bit insulting that so many personal details seem to be worth less than £20 worth of old games. If they truly wanted to make an effort they could have offered one new release game, but they don't seem to care that much.


I agree i was just looking, little big planets going for £7 and ratchet and clank £7.99. wonder how much someone would get fined for stealing all the sony big wigs personal info including credit cards, email, address, DOB. but then again they'd take that long reporting in they'd never find you:D

tpjonesy1

Still not heard any more on this ?

hannah899

no i was told that apparently they are hoping to have the store up and running by the 31st of may but that was just told to me in a conversation.
Sick or reading things about it because all you ever get is people complaing about people complaining about free service and that they should get out more etc etc. when half the people only play it on the weekends and are not 24 hour gaming freaks like they think they are

gaz_jones

hannah899 wrote: »

I dont think any of these are apealing to me ill probably just download them and they will sit there for months before i try play them

Afraid you wont. After 30 days they will no longer be available by the looks of it:

* For eligibility for the welcome back programme consumers must be an account holder on 20 April 2011.
* Specific details about these offers and eligibility requirements will be posted as the services go live.
* All existing PSN registrants have 30 days from when the welcome back programme goes live to redeem their content.
* Access to the 30 days free PS Plus subscription is only available for those countries where PS Plus is offered.
* You will have access to the PS Plus content planned for May for 30 days.
* Access to the free games and exclusive features finishes at the end of the 30-day subscription period. Anything you buy with exclusive discounts, dynamic themes and premium avatars are yours to keep forever.

gaming_guy

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gaz_jones

Superb I guess when it says "Access to the free games and exclusive features........." it means any other free games you can get with PSN+ then?

trickydb9

Found this blog that details all you would ever need to know about the Customer Appreciation Program:-

www . linkvier . com/2011/05/details-on-sonys-customer-appreciation.html

(Sorry as a new user I cannot post links, so you will need to delete the spaces betten dots, however the blog is very detailed)

Note: You will NOT be able to get these freebies UNTIL the store is back.

IMPORTANT
Also, you are ONLY eligible for them IF you have at one point downloaded content from the PSN store before.

Respek