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Posted: Sep 9th 2010 3:05PM Kid Icarus said

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"Red Factions Battleground beta (invites will be sent via XMB message to select PlayStation Plus subscribers)"

..select Playstation Plus subscribers..
Really?? I was under the impression that if you paid for the Plus service you had automatic beta invites. I am very unimpressed by this service so far.
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Posted: Sep 9th 2010 3:25PM Lerkero said

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@Kid Icarus
I agree. There is no excuse for it to only go out to select members. This will make some PS+ subscribers feel like they are being left out of a service they pay for.

And who cares about limited slots. Get more! I doubt all PS+ subscribers will use it.
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Posted: Sep 9th 2010 3:29PM Teus said

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@Kid Icarus no its was already known being a plus member does not guarantee beta access but that plus members will be given more consideration to get in betas more than non paying members...
basically being a plus member gets our foot in the door but its still up to sony to pick who gets in
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Posted: Sep 9th 2010 4:04PM oJMan240o said

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@Kid Icarus

I'll say this again. To everyone bitching about not getting into betas despite being part of PS+. If you bought Playstation Plus just to get access to betas, which are not full builds of games, then you need to rethink how you spend your money. If you had saved it you could just buy said game when it comes out. Just buy an actual game, pay the people making the games in order to play them... not Sony to play them when they aren't finished yet.
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Posted: Sep 9th 2010 5:30PM Kid Icarus said

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@oJMan240o

No need to be hostile chief. I'm pretty sure the number of people who got the Plus service just to get beta access is very low if at all. Betas aside, Playstation Plus is pretty lackluster.
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Posted: Sep 9th 2010 3:11PM squallgengar said

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Woo! Zen Pinball! That's 4/4 PSN games I didn't already own. Kinda weird that they're handing out Syphon Filter 3 before 2, but I guess 3 was released on the PS store first. Hopefully, they'll fill out the trilogy for me later. ^_^ In any case, screw the haters. Considering that this is just gonna be month 4 out of 15, I'd say a $50 membership is well worth it. I think once PS+ has been out for a year and we look back at everything made available to PS+ members, nobody will be able to say it wasn't worth the price of entry,
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Posted: Sep 9th 2010 4:17PM Spookimitsu said

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@squallgengar
Yup, today marks the first day I even remotely played with the thought of subscribing to PSN+. Maybe one day they could make me a true believer (read: Team Ico compilation or something as equally tasty)

ps. the "select PSN+ subscribers" makes complete sense. If they just going to hand them out to everyone on PSN+, they'd might as well do a global open beta.
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Posted: Sep 9th 2010 4:18PM MartiniMan said

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@squallgengar I envy you. That's 4/4 of games I already owned. I think I'll just stop buying games on PSN now. Well, that Sony plan backfired I'd say. I used to buy a bunch of stuff, way over the PSN+ fee. Now I won't buy anything. Ya. Not so smart business.
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Posted: Sep 13th 2010 1:08PM GumbyX said

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@MartiniMan I'm right there with you being pissed about Zen Pinball being free. Then again, I bet people who bought the (few) PS Classics they have given away for free feel the same way.

The only thing to remember is that once you cancel PSN Plus, you lose all the freebies. So if anyone buys any of the tables/expansions for Zen Pinball, they will be screwed when/if they cancel PSN Plus.
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Posted: Sep 9th 2010 3:12PM nightripper said

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@kid icarus the reason it's being sent too select members is that they have limited slots for the beta i hope i get a email invite
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Posted: Sep 9th 2010 3:16PM ksunnyv99 said

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I better get a message for the beta invite.
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Posted: Sep 9th 2010 3:17PM golfs4panzys said

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Very nice!
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Posted: Sep 9th 2010 3:20PM nightripper said

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Sizes of betas vary for different reasons, based on what the developer needs. There are sometimes certain criteria that need to be met, which leads to limited numbers
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Posted: Sep 9th 2010 3:20PM Nomi said

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That is not the BETA we want Sony!
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Posted: Sep 9th 2010 5:56PM itsANDREW said

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@Nomi

I think the word you should be overemphasizing is "NOT", and not "BETA";

"This is NOT the beta we want Sony!"*
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Posted: Sep 9th 2010 3:21PM nightripper said

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that was from the playstation blog
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Posted: Sep 9th 2010 3:21PM golfs4panzys said

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@Squirtbot

Only the 'free' games. Anything you pay for is yours forever, even if you got it at a discounted ps+ price.
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Posted: Sep 9th 2010 3:21PM nightripper said

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most gamers should know by know that some betas have limited number of openings
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Posted: Sep 9th 2010 3:24PM InfinitiProject said

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Those discounted PSOne games are non-localized imports from Japan. A first Sony has done on US PSN, and from the replies of Grace Chen on the Blog it looks like they're bringing some more.

Cho Aniki looks weird as shit but as a sucker for obscure Japanese games i'm still getting it along with Gaia Seed. I just hope they'll bring Ore No Ryouri to US PSN later on:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=opo_rMYKiJI
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Posted: Sep 9th 2010 3:25PM Grey said

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@Squirtbot

Only the free games disappear, but they do come back for free even if you don't "resubscribe" for months in between. Too lazy to find a link, but I'm 99% sure about this.
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Posted: Sep 9th 2010 3:38PM iFester said

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I only paid for 3 months and I didn't play much of anything offered. It's a good service for the discounts and a few freebies, but only if you use your PS3 daily and have a regular amount of funds in your wallet.
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Posted: Sep 9th 2010 3:47PM MLC said

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Am I the only 1 waiting for a DCUO beta invite???

I didn't pay PS+ for nothing.
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Posted: Sep 9th 2010 4:13PM golfs4panzys said

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@MLC

You are not the only one.
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Posted: Sep 9th 2010 5:30PM Razorhog said

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@MLC

Ditto bro.
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Posted: Sep 9th 2010 6:33PM dekidthatwins said

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I Could Care Less About Beta's... Its About The Free Games And Discounts xD GomL Lol

Sony Basically Ripping Them Self Off...
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Posted: Sep 9th 2010 7:42PM c86 said

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@dekidthatwins

..any reason you're capitalising every word?
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Posted: Sep 13th 2010 5:56PM SnorlaxTheSerialKiller said

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@c86

He think's it's hip.
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Posted: Sep 14th 2010 1:41PM craigums said

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@c86 whatchu know about the SBRTSO?
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Posted: Sep 9th 2010 8:31PM nightripper said

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@c86 why do you care if he has every word in caps lol
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Posted: Sep 9th 2010 9:53PM SnorlaxTheSerialKiller said

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any definite date when PS+ will get cross game chat?
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Posted: Sep 10th 2010 1:04PM mikegooner said

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serious question guys as a person who only owns a ps3 and ds I have a bit more money to spend on the games I buy. So I guess my question is to anyone who has ps plus is it worth getting or waiting until something really good comes out for it.
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Posted: Sep 13th 2010 7:41PM SnorlaxTheSerialKiller said

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@mikegooner

Wait.
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Posted: Sep 14th 2010 1:47PM craigums said

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@mikegooner for sure wait, i got it for a few things and i wanted to get in LBP 2 beta (i wanted to create stuff early) and help out the game ... nothing sweet as of yet maybe 2 more playstation minis i wouldnt have ever played... hold off that is 10 subway footlongs ...
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