Ok, so this month is RE5 Gold Edition Free!! A value of 29.99 (if you buy on amazon, more like 20 bucks). Anyways, I decided to join because I am pretty sure i will get my money back. To my surprise when i click on "what's new", i was able to download King of Fighter XIII, LBP 2, Infamous 2, and Rachet Clank A41 and about 5 other PSN games. I am very pleased, so how long does it take for offer to rotate out? Thanks

I already got 100+ dollar value off of PSN, day 1..

LBP2, Infamous 2 and Ratchet and Clank seem to be permanent. They've been there a while and will stay like that for a while.....but does it really matter? Once you download them, you get to keep them. You can play them as long as you are a PS+ subscriber.

Resident Evil 5 will probably last a month, like Borderlands did. Last month they added a new game per week, but it seems like they are returning to 1 a month now.

PS+ is awesome, I know :D

dude, this is great man. Free games!

Well it depends, they try to update us on PlayStation Blog either weekly or monthly about what is coming and which games are leaving. On the PS Store there is a section for last chance that will inform you of items that will leave soon. As with any digital item you can "purchase" the item and decide to download it later as it will remain in your download list. So even if you run out of space you are fine to pick up the tons of free content Plus offers.

Games like InFamous 2 and LittleBigPlanet 2 have been on the instant game collection since it started, but we've seen games come and go. Something like 48 a year or something is their target, with a healthy mix of full retail games and PSN only titles. Ideally there will always be 12 games (for SCEA) that are available as the Instant Game Collection, but sometimes it might be 11 for a week while they play catch up with the new free games. What content they are bringing is subject to change and delays, plus they don't always know what's coming that far in advance.

As long as you have plus, you will have access to any free games you get off the store. Just snag them up as soon as they become available on the weekly update so you don't miss out on a title that might only be available for a week or two or three, as a few have done that.

do u think they will charge extra for PS Vita plan? I dont mind paying 20-30 dollar more for VIta benefits if free games on Vita.

According to what sony said at E3, LBP2, Infamous 2 and R&C are supposed to stay for a year and are supposed to be full retail games. They should switch out in 2013 sometime. The rest tend to generally stay for 3 months each though it varies. The exception is the monthly game which switches out every month. 

Its kinda hard to say as the NA system is different from the EU. For this month in the EU we received 3 games Crysis 2, R&C:All 4 One and Cubixx and we continue to do so every month. Whereas as you have mentioned NA  seem to be receiving fewer games now. Maybe they will send a whole load of em in December or next year... or maybe this is the way of things to come? 

Huh? I still can access everything that was made available through PS+ through the previous downloaded tab (or however the tab is called in english), I know it because I redownloaded NFS:Shift (or whichever shitty NFS it was) after uninstalling it, after the offer was over. Never tried it since the PSStore remodeling though. You will not be able to access something you haven't downloaded while it was offered though. (This also means you won't be able to get stuff that was on PS+ previously) You won't be able to access the stuff once your PS+ abo was canceled and ran out and afaik if you get PS+ again, you won't be able to access stuff from your old abo.

Somehow I have the feeling I am missing the point of this thread though.

Also, this only applies to the Austrian PS+ offering, I don't know how it is handled in other countries.

Nope, PS Plus works for PS3 and Vita. Same subscription. Enjoy :D

I understand that you can download things from PS Plus if you dL it before as long as it is in your "download" tab. I am just wondering how long games stay on. I can see RE5 and KoF now, but i cannot see Borderland's 1 which was offered before i join.

2 week - 1 month usually.