The Playstation Network just came back online last weekend and Sony wants to regain your trust, so what better way than with some free shit? Not bad for just letting all of your personal information be stolen!
The big surprise is that some retail games are included. There’s nothing new (what did you expect, Killzone 3 and SOCOM 4?) and most of you likely own inFamous and LittleBigPlanet already if you own a PS3, but it’s a nice offer. Here’s the full details.
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!
Looks like Dead Nation and Wipeout HD for me! Also just so you know- the PSP Killzone is easily better than any of the console versions.
It will be nice to see what free movies we’ll get to rent as well- likely Sony films, of course, seeing as all the games are all published by them.
Expect the program to kick off soon, once functionality is fully restored. Sony is promising multiple PSN store updates during the week as well, rather than just one. A lot of downloadable content got screwed over in the last few weeks and they want to make sure that you see it all so you can put your credit cards in the system and buy games and oh noooo it happened again.