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loy310 on 13 October 2012
Slimebeast said:

PS+ is not a smartest thing Sony ever did, it's actually a bad strategy. It's too valuable for the subscription rate gamers pay. Those free games PS+ members get will steal time and essentially cause members to buy less games that aren't discounted.

Also there's this non-beneficial psychology involved, lots of people will hold off from buying new games they have had their eyes on because they are hoping these games will be free on PS+. This is especially true for typical PSN games.

I can only go to myself and attest that it works like this. Being a member I simply refuse to buy anything that's full price on PSN.

All in all PS+ is great for gamers but not great for Sony.


Any proff of your claim. The last time i check we love buying things at a discount, it keeps us coming back, and thats the point. I dont see sam club, costcos or any oter business that gives their customers some type of discount program trashing their program. What evidense do you have of this? I want weblinks and numbers please...... 



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SOLIDSNAKE08 on 13 October 2012
Heavenly_King said:
if that is the case, maybe if they get more subscribers, they will re-design the XMB :D


they'll change all that with the PS4.



Heavenly_King on 13 October 2012
SOLIDSNAKE08 said:
Heavenly_King said:
if that is the case, maybe if they get more subscribers, they will re-design the XMB :D


they'll change all that with the PS4.

:(



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MANUELF on 14 October 2012

I have a question, is not supposed that the free DLC on PS+ is kept when your suscription run out? I ask because mine just passed and the free animals on Tokyo Jungle are not longer accessibe for me



Lafiel on 14 October 2012
VGKing said:
teigaga said:
Andrespetmonkey said:
Does anybody have any info on how many subscribers there are?

Assuming there's 1 million it's made $50-100 million just off subscription fees.


But how much of that is now owed to publishers and developers who's games were offered for free or discounted? Naturally its a debt that will continue to build throughout the year as sony offer more deals and free games. PS Plus is a strange one, definitely value for the consumer though,  I became a member at the begining of this month. 


I HIGHLY doubt Sony is paying these publishers to offer these games for free.......this is more like a promotional tool as I have said above. It benefits both Sony and the 3rd parties.

oh they definitely pay the publishers - otherwise there is no reason at all why some games came to plus members for free day 1 (Stacking, Virtua Fighter 5 Final, Trine 2,..)



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ethomaz on 14 October 2012
Slimebeast said:

PS+ is not a smartest thing Sony ever did, it's actually a bad strategy. It's too valuable for the subscription rate gamers pay. Those free games PS+ members get will steal time and essentially cause members to buy less games that aren't discounted.

Also there's this non-beneficial psychology involved, lots of people will hold off from buying new games they have had their eyes on because they are hoping these games will be free on PS+. This is especially true for typical PSN games.

I can only go to myself and attest that it works like this. Being a member I simply refuse to buy anything that's full price on PSN.

All in all PS+ is great for gamers but not great for Sony.

Sony reported afte the Plus the paid content inceased too... so guys like me buys the content with plus discounts like add-ons and other games.

The PSN Day 1 Digital is selling well too... 10% off for Plus users.

Even with discounts the Plus is the smartest move Sony did in the last years.



the2real4mafol on 14 October 2012

It might have helped, but I doubt a redesign like this would cost that much money, especially for a company of sony's size



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