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Playstation rewards players for their patience – only is it enough?

PSN and Qriocity (worst name ever.. sorry) are slowly coming back online! Sony has decided to reward their customers for their unparalleled patience by giving them games (2).  Like most things in life there is a catch. Most of the the games on Sony’s list are sort of old, and, I would venture to say that most loyal Sony customers have already given them a shot.  Are old game downloads enough to win you over?   Take a look at this list of bribes incentives Sony is offering up to their customers as forgiveness for their incredible folly.  Is this enough to make you trust them again? Is Sony the hapless victim of roller-blading uber hackers?  Or, was their terrible security something that could have been avoided?  You decide.

THE FOLLOWING INFO IS TAKEN FROM PLAYSTATION.BLOG

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!

This Post Has 6 Comments

  1. Scott

    I’m gonna go ahead and say… sure =)

  2. Rigger

    I don’t have any of those games yet. Wipeout is mine for sure. Which other one should I get?

  3. Ash

    Infamous was a lot of fun. You have to be in the mood for a massive sandbox game though.

  4. Cereb

    i heard infamous was really great. Personaly i am just happy to basicly get a free month and a half for DCUO. I bought it when it came out and really liked it, but i played threw all the content in a month (still over 100 hours playtime for 50$ is a good deal). But they have had some new content added since i last played and was considering trying it again, this whole fiasco lets me now without paying! However is it worth possibly having my personal info floating around out there? I can’t say i’m happy about it, but at the same time I don’t usualy worry about it either. Anyways i think it is a good attempt at saying we are sorry for something that happened

  5. Ryan

    You want to be elite? You gotta do a righteous hack.

  6. Cohen

    I wonder if taking advantage of these rewards would basically count as a settlement to prevent future lawsuits.

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