The other day, my veterinarian gave me tranquilizers for my cat Hannibal. She gets pretty feisty when in a cage, so my impending move doesn't bode well for her if I don't get narcotics. And while I have no idea what that has to do with PlayStation Plus or the fact that the Europeans will receive Media Molecule's radical LittleBigPlanet upon signing up for a year with the service, I'd thought I'd tell you. We're friends. We share things. Maybe that's what I'm going for here.

Regardless of subscription type (there's two; 90 and 365 days), Europeans eager to get auto firmware updates under PlayStation Plus will get multiple games with a subscription. The introductory outlier is LBP as I've just mentioned, but each month Sony will give away at least one PSN game, two PSP Minis titles, and a solo PS One classic to all subscribers. Wipeout HD, Field Runners, Age of Zombies and PS One classic Destruction Derby will be the first of these available June 29 through August 3. 

The other day, my veterinarian gave me tranquilizers for my cat Hannibal. She gets pretty feisty when in a cage, so my impending move doesn't bode well for her if I don't get narcotics. And while I have no idea what that has to do with PlayStation Plus or the fact that the Europeans will receive Media Molecule's radical LittleBigPlanet upon signing up for a year with the service, I'd thought I'd tell you. We're friends. We share things. Maybe that's what I'm going for here.

Regardless of subscription type (there's two; 90 and 365 days), Europeans eager to get auto firmware updates under PlayStation Plus will get multiple games with a subscription. The introductory outlier is LBP as I've just mentioned, but each month Sony will give away at least one PSN game, two PSP Minis titles, and a solo PS One classic to all subscribers. Wipeout HD, Field Runners, Age of Zombies and PS One classic Destruction Derby will be the first of these available June 29 through August 3. 

Gotta do something with it, I guess.  
 
EDIT: Woah, the quest counts for articles now too?! SWEET!

sweet

What WOULD exactly happen to those who already owned the game? Would they get a second copy? A rebate for DLC, maybe?

Well, if we're starting a full disclosure practice, I should probably mention that my tonsillectomy did not go as planned, although my uncle did settle that lawsuit over the dildo shaped car accessory, so I guess that balances things out a bit.

Not much plus in PSN plus...

This is very old news. :|

Pretty cool.

Boo, I already have LBP as should all PS3 owners. I hope theres an option.

Sweet

cross game chat isnt in so neither am i.... thanks but no thanks mr sony

You gotta note that it looks like Sony are actively going to start putting on full retail games on PSN. They've got Infamous for download the week after launch i think. It comes under the 'plus 1hr demo' thing.

PSN+ is a pretty good deal as far as your money is concerned. The "owning the games only while subscribed" thing that everyone is crying foul about isn't really that big of a deal since a year is a long time and $50 is so little that all the things you get in this deal will pay itself off. 
 
Despite it being a good deal there isn't really a lot of incentive for people like me though who only have the time to play the games I really want to play. I'm also afraid that any new features for PSN from now onwards will only be for PSN+.

Temporary access to a £15 game.  Hold on to your fucking hats, gentlemen.
 
Edit:  Oh my god the access is permanent!

I think that if they don't do some kind of promotional bonus in the states for PSN+ it will probably sink like PS Home, maybe not sink but not really float, just sitting on the surface while people wave as they sail past.

You can play them for as long as you're subscribed? Good incentive to keep a reoccurring subscription

.....I already own it.

I wasn't interested in this at first but after reading all the details for the service at the PS blog, I think I might get it. £40 for a year is a good deal I think.

"the Europeans" eh? It's a good job there's no European users on Giant Bomb to be insulted by being described like 2nd-rate users. Oh wait...

" PSN+ is a pretty good deal as far as your money is concerned. The "owning the games only while subscribed" thing that everyone is crying foul about isn't really that big of a deal since a year is a long time and $50 is so little that all the things you get in this deal will pay itself off.  Despite it being a good deal there isn't really a lot of incentive for people like me though who only have the time to play the games I really want to play. I'm also afraid that any new features for PSN from now onwards will only be for PSN+. "

If it's the same for US and we get free LBP, I will buy PSN plus.

Also, poor kitty...

best intro evar

Why does Europe get all this free shit from Sony? Give me free shit.

So if the games only work for the duration of the subscription, how's that gonna work?
 
If i copy the PSOne title to my PSP to play on the move, how is the PSP going to know if my subscription is still up and running if it never connects to the internet? It's an "on the go" device and as such is almost never connected to the internet. 
 
I assume as part of the 3.40 dashboard update there's going to be a different type of DRM attached to the free PSN+ items which the PS3 will have to go online to check the subscription is still valid before it executes one of those titles. Are we to assume the PSP will feature a similar firmware update which would require the PSP to connect to the internet every time you want to run one of these free titles?

I'm confused here and not just by your veterinary story. Do they get a PS3 Blu-Ray disc mailed to them since LBP isn't a downloadable title?