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    The PlayStation 3 (often abbreviated PS3) is the third home video game console created and released by Sony Computer Entertainment Inc.

    Don't tell Sony about this I just got all the welcome back games

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    #1  Edited By greennoodles

    So my GF woke up this morning and DL'ed LBP and Infamous. Not knowing that, I logged on t'o my PSN account and got Wipeout and Dead Nation. After I noticed that it worked, I hopped on to my old PSN name and got SSD:HD. It totally worked.

    You aren't a cop are you? Cause if you're a cop you have to tell me you're a cop.

    I didn't do nothin' bro!

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    #2  Edited By MeierTheRed

    Hot shit on a stick sir!

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    #3  Edited By Sooperspy

    I wasn't sure if you would be able to DL the games on different accounts, but it is awesome that you can.

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    #4  Edited By greennoodles

    Ya, I kinda feel dirty.

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    #5  Edited By MooseyMcMan

    You dirty rat, dumbass PSN errored on me when I tried to download a second free game, and now I can't get a second free PS3 game! Same thing happened on my second PSP game too! Argh! 

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    #6  Edited By Kyreo

    Lucky sonuva gun!

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    #7  Edited By iqed
    @MooseyMcMan: Same thing happened to me but you can still get the games by going to  account management>transaction management>services list>Promotions.  It gave me an error about 30 times but it eventually worked and started downloading. 
     
    Edit: Thought I'd mention you can get free games with accounts in other regions as well.
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    #8  Edited By Twisted_Scot

    I only really want Infamous as I haven't played it and already own LBP. Not sure about the other 2. Either of them any good?

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    #9  Edited By DeeGee

    @greennoodles said:

    So my GF woke up this morning and DL'ed LBP and Infamous. Not knowing that, I logged on t'o my PSN account and got Wipeout and Dead Nation. After I noticed that it worked, I hopped on to my old PSN name and got SSD:HD. It totally worked.

    You aren't a cop are you? Cause if you're a cop you have to tell me you're a cop.

    I didn't do nothin' bro!

    I'm sorta kinda a cop.

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    #10  Edited By jacdg

    Wooooah, the free games are live? Bye bye!

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    #11  Edited By Chris2KLee

    Pretty sure this is why they chose mostly older games that have sold a lot already, there is very little loss for them if people use multiple accounts to get it all.

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    #12  Edited By alistercat

    I have downloaded 2 and it still says I have 1 more game to choose from... a bug I assume.

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    #13  Edited By Twisted_Scot
    @DeeGee said:

    @greennoodles said:

    So my GF woke up this morning and DL'ed LBP and Infamous. Not knowing that, I logged on t'o my PSN account and got Wipeout and Dead Nation. After I noticed that it worked, I hopped on to my old PSN name and got SSD:HD. It totally worked.

    You aren't a cop are you? Cause if you're a cop you have to tell me you're a cop.

    I didn't do nothin' bro!

    I'm sorta kinda a cop.

    Oh shit! The old Bill is on to us! We have to hurry, once Sony find out what were up to we'll only have a few weeks before they can fix it!
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    Goddamnit, I thought when they came back they would come back strong.  It's a hassle to even navigate through this slow ass, error filled store right now.

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    Ok - WHAT THE FUCK.  I went to recieve my games, I try to get my first game.  I do the "get now" button for Free PS3 Game 1, tells me there is nothing to purchase at this time and that an error has occured.  I can't download any games and my Free PS3 Game 1 button disappears from the Welcome Back list.  Goddamnit!

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    #16  Edited By greennoodles

    @Twisted_Scot said:

    @DeeGee said:

    @greennoodles said:

    So my GF woke up this morning and DL'ed LBP and Infamous. Not knowing that, I logged on t'o my PSN account and got Wipeout and Dead Nation. After I noticed that it worked, I hopped on to my old PSN name and got SSD:HD. It totally worked.

    You aren't a cop are you? Cause if you're a cop you have to tell me you're a cop.

    I didn't do nothin' bro!

    I'm sorta kinda a cop.

    Oh shit! The old Bill is on to us! We have to hurry, once Sony find out what were up to we'll only have a few weeks before they can fix it!

    They won't fix it right away. They will try to sue me first. and DeeGee, I was totally kiddin man, haha! good one right?

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    Rob em blind.

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    #18  Edited By Venatio

    The store is down for me in Sweden, thanks for getting me excited for nothing

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    #19  Edited By Taklulas
    @MooseyMcMan said:
    You dirty rat, dumbass PSN errored on me when I tried to download a second free game, and now I can't get a second free PS3 game! Same thing happened on my second PSP game too! Argh! 
    same to me and alot of people. -_- 
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    #20  Edited By greennoodles

    @Venatio said:

    The store is down for me in Sweden, thanks for getting me excited for nothing

    Sorry I am not up on PSN's status in Sweeden. My bad.

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    #21  Edited By Venatio
    @greennoodles said:

    @Venatio said:

    The store is down for me in Sweden, thanks for getting me excited for nothing

    Sorry I am not up on PSN's status in Sweeden. My bad.

    Scratch that, downloading Wipeout HD now
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    #22  Edited By Sambambo

    I went to download Infamous and it glitched. I restart my console and it will not let me download any games, even though that was my first of the two.

    Nice one Sony, if there was one thing that you were not meant to completely mess up it was the Welcome Back stuff, but you did...

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    #23  Edited By Jackel2072

    well it doesnt work any more YOU BROKE IT! =) its saying i cashed in my 2 games already but all i got were error messages and nothing downloaded... fuck

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    #24  Edited By Sambambo

    @Rave said:

    Check the other threads, your not screwed

    account management - transaction management - service list - Scea promotions for everyone having a problem
    I can confirm this works.
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    #25  Edited By FiestaUnicorn

    I got an error screen trying to get into the store.  Does anyone get the same thing?
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    #26  Edited By BestUsernameEver
    @xobballox said:
    Ok - WHAT THE FUCK.  I went to recieve my games, I try to get my first game.  I do the "get now" button for Free PS3 Game 1, tells me there is nothing to purchase at this time and that an error has occured.  I can't download any games and my Free PS3 Game 1 button disappears from the Welcome Back list.  Goddamnit!
    Gotta keep trying, that happened to me as well, but I just pressed it a couple more times after backing out and it went smoothly. 
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    #27  Edited By phish09

    So...you're saying start up 2 new accounts?

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    #28  Edited By ReyGitano

    @MooseyMcMan said:

    You dirty rat, dumbass PSN errored on me when I tried to download a second free game, and now I can't get a second free PS3 game! Same thing happened on my second PSP game too! Argh!

    This blows. I say you walk into a GameStop and steal a PS3 game, say you've earned it.

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    #29  Edited By FrankCanada97
    @phish09 said:
    So...you're saying start up 2 new accounts?
    The Welcome Back is only available to accounts that existed prior to the PSN blackout.
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    #30  Edited By matpaget
    @MooseyMcMan: You can still get them. I called Sony and they lead me through the process. 
     
    Account Management > Transaction Management > Servics List > SCEA Promotion > Welcome Back: Free PS3 Game 2
     
    And there you go!
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    #31  Edited By strainedeyes
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    @MooseyMcMan: You can still get them. I called Sony and they lead me through the process. 
     
    Account Management > Transaction Management > Servics List > SCEA Promotion > Welcome Back: Free PS3 Game 2
     
    And there you go!
    I can't believe your first instinct was to physically call Sony. The fix has been all over the Internet since this morning, it's even on their blog.
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    #32  Edited By animaltime

    Anybody getting "PSN down for maintenance message?" 

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    #33  Edited By matpaget
    @Geo7877 said:

    @MatPaget

    @MooseyMcMan: You can still get them. I called Sony and they lead me through the process. 
     
    Account Management > Transaction Management > Servics List > SCEA Promotion > Welcome Back: Free PS3 Game 2
     
    And there you go!
    I can't believe your first instinct was to physically call Sony. The fix has been all over the Internet since this morning, it's even on their blog.
    It wasn't my first instinct. I checked the internet to see if anyone else was reporting the problem and there were people talking about it but there had been no blog post from Sony or any answer of any kind posted on the internet.
     
    I called Sony before the fix was widely available. 
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    #34  Edited By Spoonman671
    @MooseyMcMan said:
    You dirty rat, dumbass PSN errored on me when I tried to download a second free game, and now I can't get a second free PS3 game! Same thing happened on my second PSP game too! Argh! 
    Same thing happened to me, but there's a workaround.  Sign in and go to Account Management>Transaction Management>Services List>SCEA Promotions.  It worked for me.
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    #35  Edited By sjupp

    @greennoodles said:

    @Twisted_Scot said:

    @DeeGee said:

    @greennoodles said:

    So my GF woke up this morning and DL'ed LBP and Infamous. Not knowing that, I logged on t'o my PSN account and got Wipeout and Dead Nation. After I noticed that it worked, I hopped on to my old PSN name and got SSD:HD. It totally worked.

    You aren't a cop are you? Cause if you're a cop you have to tell me you're a cop.

    I didn't do nothin' bro!

    I'm sorta kinda a cop.

    Oh shit! The old Bill is on to us! We have to hurry, once Sony find out what were up to we'll only have a few weeks before they can fix it!

    They won't fix it right away. They will try to sue me first. and DeeGee, I was totally kiddin man, haha! good one right?

    I have been playing L.A. Noire for 15 hours straight. I can tell you're lying.

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    #36  Edited By Fontan
     @MooseyMcMan said:
    You dirty rat, dumbass PSN errored on me when I tried to download a second free game, and now I can't get a second free PS3 game! Same thing happened on my second PSP game too! Argh! 
    Same thing happened to me on my first free game. Now I have only one choice and PSN keeps fucking with me even after the downtime.
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    #37  Edited By DoctorTran

    I... for some reason... have a UK Account on my PS3, along with my normal US Account and my wife's US account which she never uses. Decided to pop on my UK account... it let me download LBP and the Ratchet and Clank game. Gonna have my wife change her password so we can download Infamous and Wipeout HD Fury. I've already downloaded Dead Nation and SSD:HD earlier today.

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    #38  Edited By VisariLoyalist

    Define "Cop"

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