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Sony Details PlayStation Network's 'Welcome Back' Plan

LittleBigPlanet, inFamous and others among the freebies to gain back your trust.

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PlayStation Network is mostly back but the PlayStation Store is not; Sony's still working out the kinks there. In the meantime, it looks like we're about to learn how Sony's proposing to gain back our trust with free stuff.

PlayStation Blog has published a list of what content will be part of the "Welcome Back" program when the PlayStation Store is back up.

In other words: what free PlayStation 3 and PSP games are up for grabs? You'll get to download two PS3 and two PSP games, so four in total.

The games are mostly on the older side but it's a nice lineup:

PlayStation 3

PSP

The lineup's a little bit different in Europe:

== TEASER ==

PlayStation 3

PSP

  • LittleBigPlanet PSP
  • ModNation PSP
  • Pursuit Force*
  • Killzone Liberation*

Asterisks can be a scary thing, but in this case, it's only scary if you're from Germany, where Sony's swapping those games for a few others, most likely due to the country's stringent content restrictions. inFamous and Dead Nation are placed with Super Stardust HD and Hustle Kings, while Killzone Liberation and Pursuit Force transform into Everybody's Golf 2 and Buzz! Junior Jungle Party.

As already announced, you'll also gain access to 30 days of PlayStation Plus. Existing members will simply receive an additional month. Sony will also have a lineup of "On Us" movies available to watch, too. If the lineup of games available is anything like the movies, it's reasonable to expect Sony-produced flicks.

PlayStation Home users are in for something, too, though Sony isn't saying what.

It's worth pointing out again that this lineup is for European customers and could differ in the US.

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TriangleHard

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Edited By TriangleHard

well I'm glad I never bought Infamous and Dead Nation.

Two games I was sorta interested, but ended up not getting.

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Edited By TepiDDeatH

Which PS3 games can I drain the most trophies out of?
*edit*
Do all these even "have" trophies? Cause I know Ratchet and Clank don't...

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Edited By Dustout

What does working out the kinks mean?  Shouldnt the kinks have been worked out years ago?

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Everyone should get Wipeout HD. It's fun.

I already have it so I think I'll get Infamous and LBP.

I don't own a PSP so....eh.

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Edited By Moofey

Pretty good picks there. Gonna end up taking LBP and Killzone for my PSP.

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Edited By Spiritof

My own personal complaint, that I didn't see coming?

I already own every PS3 game on the list, and every game except two on PSP (Killzone and ModNation Racer).

Sometimes being through will still get you kicked in the nuts.

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Edited By xaveri
@NTM said:
Oh... I have inFAMOUS which is what counts. But for those that don't, that's great!
You have 30 days to download them. If you do, then they are yours forever.
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@TepiDDeatH said:
Which PS3 games can I drain the most trophies out of?*edit*Do all these even "have" trophies? Cause I know Ratchet and Clank don't...
They all have trophies and all of them except for stardust HD have platinum trophies.  Infamous is a pretty simple plat, Wipeout is pretty tough, LBP has a lot of online stuff and I never paid much attention to Dead Nation.
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Edited By Mathematics

pretty non descript return if you ask me, no bells or whistles......

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Edited By Keith_Games

"...do I want a physical copy of infamous enough to pass that game up?" 

Little Big Planet and Killzone are easy psp choices though...
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Edited By Sayishere

i guess wipeout and ratchet and clank for me


i mean its ok i guess
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...
...
...fuck you Sony.

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@Andorski said:

Will probably choose Wipeout HD.  How did people like Dead Nation?  Brad is pretty down on it reading his review, but what do other people think?

Brad's review is literally the lowest of the aggregate on Metacritic (and yes, fuck Metacritic).
I haven't played it personally, but it seems to be lauded as a good local/online co-op experience, so if you're on your own I'd probably go with Wipeout.
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In response to the rest of the thread, the people who thought the hardcore would be rewarded for the outage blow my mind.  People who own more than one or two of these titles are not the majority of the audience, and as much as I find it fucked that anyone's personal information was leaked due to Sony's lack of network security, this is really the best you can expect.

Yes, ideally they would cater to the needs of their most steadfast fans, but that audience is relatively small in the grand scheme, and as loud as they may be on forums, the effect of their vitriol on quarterly profits is moot.

As an addition to identity theft protection, I believe this effort to be the best they can do fiscally.  While that doesn't remotely forgive them for their negligence, or excuse the fact that they are marginalizing a passionate part of their audience, any other reparations will have to be worked out in court, or through customer service.

Blah, blah, blah...  (Sorry for the diatribe) 

Sony is a major corporation who doesn't give a shit about you, just like every other corporation.  The fact that they are even putting forth this much effort shows they know they fucked up royally, and if you don't feel vindicated you should speak to them directly.  That is how you get what you feel like you deserve from this situation.
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Edited By gunslingerNZ

Good list of games but as usual it's the real fans who get shafted. I've got all of those games bar dead nation and I don't care about PSP. Don't want to come off as a sour grape but I really think they should have offered a store credit instead. Anyone who has got any significant use out of their PS3 will likely have LBP, Infamous and Wipeout HD at the least, all are "must have" games for the system.


I actually wouldn't care if they allowed me to gift those games to friends of mine but I'm betting that's not going to be an option.
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Fucking hell. Infamous, Little Big Planet, and Wipeout HD are 3 of the 7 playstation games I own.

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Whoa, weird...the only games I'm interested in from that list are the PSP ones. Go figure!

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i still dont understand why they dont just give psn store credit. everyone who buys game fairly often (like my self) most likely have these games. so basicly we get nothing out of it. the only game on ps3 that i dont have is dead nation and i allmost bought that along time ago. it just feels like a cheap way to get out of paying up. i know you cant complain about free stuff but still it feels alittle cheap. but we will see what happens when that time comes

the good news: psn in basicly up.
the bad news: EA's multiplayer pass fucks over everyone who buy a game untill the store is back up.
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I think they should've gave credit for us to get anything we actually want from the store. I get its free, but still i dont need/want any of this...i prefer my hard copies for my collection so im not selling them...

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Edited By 234r2we232

There is something kinda mystifying about offering to your loyal customers free games that they more than likely already own.

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Edited By FacelessVixen

Sony get's a "fuck yeah" image and a dirty hug from me.

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PSN is back!

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Edited By PirateNipple

I was just about to buy Infamous, so this is pretty sweet.

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Edited By Royce_McCutcheon

I'm going to feel kinda guilty getting all this free swag. I mean, I really haven't done anything to deserve it.


Best not to look a gift horse in the mouth, I suppose. This will be downloaded I assume, which will give my Cap a thorough beating.


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@TepiDDeatH said:

Which PS3 games can I drain the most trophies out of?*edit*Do all these even "have" trophies? Cause I know Ratchet and Clank don't...

well 
Little big planet has trophy's some say they are easy but i really dont think so 

infamous allso has trophys and is really easy to plat allso a freaking awsome game

wipeout hd and fury allso has trophys allso a plat but that one is super hard to get. it was allso the first psn game to have plats and thats 1 out of few games
super stardust HD got trophys but are somewhat hard DONT have a plat
dead nation got trophy. and are somewhat hard allso got a plat

so if your a trophy whore then get them in this order acording to my opinion of how easy they are
infamous
dead nation
little big planet
superstar hd

order by how good i think they are is:
infamous
little big planet
super stardust hd
dead nation

this was todays trophy update   
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Edited By PizzaSauce

I think you've all done very well and should count your blessings. I was expecting calling all cars. Infamous is awesome and would definitely recommend picking it up.

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I already have LBP, Quest for Booty and Super Stardust HD were both pack-ins when I got the PS3 AND I'm from Germany. So, I'm pretty much forced into getting WipeOut (not bad) and Hustle Kings (most likely bad). Is there any way for me to swap Hustle Kings with Infamous? :(

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Edited By dbz1995

People who don't have InFAMOUS and LBP should be singing their hearts out. It's a good five games-the question for me is Ratchet and Clank or Dead Nation?

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That is fucking pathetic. A bunch of games most fans already own and rest of them are absolute shit. Thanks Sony!

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Edited By harvey_the_pooka

Crap!


I am from Europe and both own LBP and Infamous... the others don´t seem that appealing with the exception of wipeout
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It feels kind of low of sony.. this seems more of a reward for anyone that mostly uses their ps3 as a blu-ray player. Which is me! So I get LBP and Infamous and the outage didn't effect me at all since i play all my online games on 360.

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Speaking as somebody who never got Infamous or Little Big Planet...all is forgiven sony.

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Man, I just wanted to buy some PSOne games. How much longer do I have to wait?

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Oh hello there Infamous and Ratchet and Clank, nice to finally meet you.

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@dbz1995: Quest for Booty literally takes 2 hours to beat. Get Dead Nation.
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Anyone know howlong these will be available for free?

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Wipeout HD is one of the best games on the PS3, and the others are great too. I'm pleased I'll be able to try out LBP and Mod Nation on the PSP. Score.

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Didn't know you could download LBP from PSN. Can i go do that now or is PSN still down?

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Meh...
And stop saying PSN is free, we just paid for it with our private info!
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Think I will be getting RAC and Dead Nation

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Infamous and Dead Nation for me.  I've got the other 3 already. 


I kind of wish XBL would break, too now so I could get some free booty. ;-)
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For the love of god people, if you've never played WipEout choose that.

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Couldn't they just add money to peoples account and let them choose the games they wanted?

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How do i download the free games? 
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4 free games? shiet, that's pretty nice, sony people.

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Shame I have quest for booty.
Infamous and Wipeout it is.
Suprised they are giving such high caliber games, I was expecting some crappy downloadable game no-one ever bought.

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I was JUST considering picking up a bargain bin copy of Infamous one. Glad I waited.

I'm kinda bummed that none of the PSP games look like ones I'm interested in. A free Knights in the Knightmare would have been fucking amazing. Ofcourse that isn't a sony produced game and all that.

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Infamous and wipeout for me then, im happy to get anything, was considering selling my PS3 for a while there as hadnt had it on in months, now i have a reason to keep ^_^

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Edited By SHADOWINFINITE

Already bought Infamous, wish Sony would add Uncharted on the list. 

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God dammit, I have like 10 PS3 games and it just so happens that I have every one of these other than Dead Nation which I don't even know what it is.

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Sweet going to download Infamous and Wipeout HD.