PlayStation Plus updates now coming every other week

by Griffin McElroy on Aug 3rd 2010 8:00PM

PlayStation Blog has announced that PlayStation Plus subscriber content will now be updated every other week (instead of weekly). With no Plus additions to this week's PSN update, subscribers can look forward to new content coming next Tuesday, August 10, including a timed trial of Red Faction: Guerrilla, the August episode of Qore, a discount on PixelJunk Racers: Second Lap and a free copy of the Minis title Aero Racer.

Of course, a few previous items will be pushed off the PlayStation Plus carousel in order to make room. Click past the jump to see the particulars of next week's update.

Content to be added to PlayStation Plus on August 10

Red Faction Guerrilla from THQ – 60-minute Game Trial
Qore August Episode with exclusive demo of TerRover from SOE
PixelJunk Racers Second Lap – Early Access and Limited Time Discount exclusive
Aero Racer [Minis] FREE

Content to be removed from PlayStation Plus on August 10

Games

Fieldrunners [Minis] FREE
Super Stardust (PlayStation Plus price $5.00, original price $9.99)
Gravity Crash (PlayStation Plus price $5.00, original price $9.99)

Discounted Add-ons

Super Stardust HD Team add-on Pack (PlayStation Plus price $2.50, original price $4.99)
Super Stardust HD Solo add-on Pack (PlayStation Plus price $2.50, original price $4.99)
Resistance 2 Aftermath Multiplayer Map Pack (PlayStation Plus price $2.00, original price $3.99)

Themes (Free to PlayStation Plus subscribers)

King Zumo
MAG S.V.E.R Dynamic Theme
MAG Raven Dynamic Theme
MAG Valor Dynamic Theme

Video

Qore – July Episode

Source: PlayStation.Blog

Tags: playstation, playstation-plus, playstation-plus-updates, ps3, psn, psp, sony

Reader Comments (87)

Wow what a waste of spending $50 on this service come on Sony don't let down your playstation owners.

@naesf92 actually without cross game voice chat, and other actual added features, i agree. i don't really care about game discounts.

@naesf92 Exactly. I was lightly considering it and then realized that if I lapsed my subscription I'd lose everything I purchased. Weak sauce Sony, I'll keep with your perfectly functional free services.

@01
That is simply not true. You NEVER lose anything you've purchased, just anything that is free.

AH HA HA HA!

(no counting needed for this laugh)

@Omnistatic

I can Always Count on you The Count to make me laugh !

Good thing that I already got my Super Star Dust HD for $5.

@jocaju
Good thing I bought mine for $10 the day it came out, without having to spend $55 on it.

Alright. The final $100 for my girlfriend's engagement ring or a Playstation Plus subscription. Hmm... decisions, decisions...

@Mrguy you know that guy

Well the Obvious choice is PlaystationPlus.

We all know you can't marry your hand. And I should know, I tried once...

All aside I really do love my playstation plus subscription. They do throw a ton of goodies at you. Critter Crunch for free, as well as various other minis and discounted goods on the store really isn't a bad choice.

still havent signed up, i se alot of my friends have though.... but i know somone is gonna bitch and whine about the content when its barely the second month in.

This cant be good, let the backlash commence!!

I just hope I can get into the DC Universe Online beta. Either by PS+ or signing up.

Wow. Way to make this even less appealing.

PlayStation Plus must be the brainchild of the same people who gave us the PSP Go.

What's the problem here? Would you rather get everything DAY ONE and then have to wait an entire month like Europe does? They really don't like that.

And then there are the people who think that they can just wait three months to subscribe, then get three months of content all at once.

@CrimsonRyan

If I got LBP for free for signing up initially I wouldn't mind. Not that I'm complaining at all. I'm a plus subscriber and love all they offer.

Wow, Sony. Way to screw your customers.

@(Unverified)

How so?

I'm a Plus subscriber and this is fine by me. I can't afford to be buying stuff every week anyway so the discounted prices coming bi-weekly is fine by me. PS Plus is a great service and well worth the $50 for 15 months I paid.

@DWilson8504
Agreed!

@DWilson8504

Also agreed. Hell, the automatic update feature is worth the $50 alone.

@DWilson8504 Well said, I still don't see the problem here since last year I paid for XBLA and have gotten NOTHING FREE. On the other hand I've still got 13 months of "Plus" left and I've been able to play Wipeout, Critter Crunch, Field Runners, Syphon Filter,etc. Also I love being able to turn on my system and know that updates have been added and new demos to try out.

@The angry pro consumer gaming ga

Don't bother trying to point out the benefits of PSN+ vs XBL. They don't realize that they have sunk $250 into XBL over the last 5 years and they have nothing to show for it except for some online achievements which would not have been possible if they did not buy the ability to play online.

@ToTheMoon

FYI On xbox live for a while now demos have gone to gold subscribers a week before silver subscribers. Each week there has been offers on XBLA content for gold subscribers for 33% or something off of content, and there have been a few services/games that are free but Gold only.

Saying that they have been playing for online gameplay when all the other consoles have got it for free is true, saying they have nothing for there investment is false.

Not play devils advocate, but lets at least get some facts in place before you all start with the flamethrowers

Good thing I am still with Playstation Minus.

I am as big a PS3 fanboy as any, but a 1 hour demo of a game that is 1.5 years old? Really, who the hell cares.

You can buy RF:G for like 10 dollars anywhere now...

I thought the one hour demos would be completely different, kinda like Games on Demand but you get one hour trial before you buy.

What?

Damn i thought they were gonna keep the stuff free or discounted but take it away after we pay you 50$year.

@Resident Evil 6 Puppie Madness I know it sucks! I cancelled my cable TV plan and my car insurance and my cell phone plan, thinking they would let me keep all those channels, coverage, and minutes! Total bummer...

@Voshempa

Wouldn't his analogy be more akin to your DVR (not one supplied by your cable company) deleting its content if you didn't renew your cable subscription?

I honestly ask this as a PSN- subscriber: Do these free games explicitly state that they are, essentially rentals for the duration of your PSN+ subscription, and not actual purchases?

@Resident Evil 6 Puppie Madness

Wait I thought the discounted stuff you bought was for you to keep even after your subscription expired. I knew that the free stuff would be taken back.

@Raiki Anything you buy at a discount is yours forever.

@(Unverified) I would bet that there is something in writing when one would sign up for PSN+ to state which items are only available during the subscription period. I am not a Plus subsciber at the moment, but even still, as a consumer, I am aware of what I would be buying and the perks involved and their terms. Games are given while a subscriber (like TV shows) and anything purchased is yours to keep forever (maybe like buying a cell phone and still being able to keep it after the plan is cancelled). I'm sure there are better examples for the last one, but my food is ready.

@Voshempa
you didnt understand me or i didnt write it well i was saying that there taking all the stuff they discounted and giving for free away from you AND YOUR STILL PAYING THE 49.99$

@Resident Evil 6 Puppie Madness Maybe we're not on the same page but I'll try this-as long as you are a subscriber, you will keep the free stuff that was made available during your pay period for as long as you are paying.

@shadowhowl1900 I don't need to buy another PS3 and another internet plan. Just the $49.99 for PSN+ will do.

@shadowhowl1900

Cost of stopping your fanboyism: $19
Cost of shutting you up: $39
Cost of down voting you: $29

Cost of being a asshole: priceless

I guess that's not really a big deal as long as it's the same amount of content.

I say as a non-subscriber.

So how do the free games work anyway? Do you get to keep them as long as you have a PlayStation Plus subscription, or do they go away when they expire or whatever from the service?

@Roto13 - When you download the game, they're yours until your subscription ends ... even after they're removed from the PSN+ service (to my knowledge). I think all that happens is that when you download the games, a expiration date [which is when your subscription runs out] is datestamped onto the game.

@Roto13

Free games are "rentals" (I think minis are included too), anything you buy at a discount, games, or dlc, is yours to keep.

I'm not a PSN+ subscriber and I don't think I'll ever be based off of my disappointment with PSN. Maybe I'm not looking in the right places but there never seems to be anything good on it. I can find more trailers for PS3 games on the internet than I can find on PSN, not to mention that it always seems like all the interesting games are going to Xbox, not that there aren't interesting games for PSN but it just seems like there are more for Xbox. (sigh) Sometimes I wander around PSN looking for something cool but it always seems like it's few and far between. I'm more than happy to pay for exclusive access but I'm not even seeing that much that I want to access on PSN-.

@crios You're right, you're not looking hard enough because I don't know what interesting games are on XBLA that aren't on PSN with a handful exceptions. Fact is there are plenty of games on PSN that will never be on XBLA which is the exact opposite of what you said. I own both and personally they both have good games, but I would hardly say one is better than the other interms of original content.

@The angry pro consumer gaming ga
The grass is greener... (sigh)

Meh, no big deal.

PS+ is still a great value, whether the content comes weekly or bi-weekly.

@Ezio Auditore da Firenze
Or bi-sexually....

Oh snap!

@Ezio Auditore da Firenze Owned. =/

@Ezio Auditore da Firenze

I agree Ezio. I dunno why you guys from the US are complaining about your PS+ updates since us in the EU/AU have only received the update when it was released and would be happy to have received even half the stuff you guys got...

You guys do realize that we're not losing out on anything - we're still getting what was promised to us, right? We were promised three free games, and various discounts. They're technically still giving it to us, just at different intervals.

Generally, the beginning of the month gives the three free games. Then, the weeks that follow were generally just a free avatar and a discounted DLC.

I wasn't originally expecting weekly updates. I was expecting a one-month update, so this doesn't irritate me at all.

@InvaderDem yea thats what i was thinking too... just one update every month and i was ok with that.... so this to me is still fine... just every two weeks we get a huge update

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