PlayStation 'Welcome Back' rewards available
Sony has made its free Welcome Back downloads available, and described how to grab your games. Some users, however, are reporting connection problems due to the rush of eager downloads.
The PlayStation Network has been back for a full day now, but for the wounds so deep that only free stuff can mend them, Sony has now implemented its Welcome Back program.
As previously reported, you can pick two PS3 games from a list of five (Infamous, Dead Nation, LittleBigPlanet, Super Stardust HD, and Wipeout HD), plus two PSP games from a list of four (LittleBigPlanet PSP, ModNation Racers, Pursuit Force, and Killzone Liberation).
The free games will be offered through July 3, but as long as you claim them before that, they'll be yours to keep. To claim them, go to the Welcome Back section. You'll pick one game from the section marked "Game 1," then go back and select another from the section marked "Game 2." If you own both a PS3 and PSP, you get four games out of the deal.
Plus subscriptions have been added or extended, 30 days going to non-Plus members and an extra 60 days going to current Plus members. A selection of movie rentals will be available over the weekend as well, and Music Unlimited subscribers have had an extra 30 days of premium service added to their accounts. Sony also promises that publishing dates on missed content will be coming soon.
You might want to wait a little while to start claiming your free stuff, though. Various users are complaining of errors accessing the Store, apparently due to the deluge of users rushing to grab their free content. Among those who have made it in, some are getting connection interruptions mid-transaction. There are mixed reports of a workaround for lost games through the Account Management listing, and Sony is sure to get any problems sorted out. At the same time, it doesn't hurt to have a little patience.
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Sony has made its free Welcome Back downloads available, and described how to grab your games. Some users, however, are reporting connection problems due to the rush of eager downloads.-
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I don't see Stacking listed?
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That offer was only available for a few weeks (or a month maybe). Can't get it for free anymore. :(
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Sony is doomed.
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Already have Infamous and Little Big Planet. Out of Dead Nation, Super Stardust HD, and Wipeout HD, which one should I NOT get?
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Good question. I'll find out soon.
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stupid thing error'd on me and I lost the ability to download my 1st game. What the fuck!
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Actually, I found out a way to check. IT's pretty lame though. It picked Wipeout for me. Go to Account management > Transaction Management > Services List > SCEA Promotions.
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Sounds like you got to play those games for free already so I don't see how you can complain. Me OTOH, I bought every single one of the "free" games. FML
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Sorry, thought you were inferring that you gameshared 'em.
I wonder if I can use my Euro and Japan PSN accounts to get the free games offered in those regions. They might have something I haven't already purchased.
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lololol
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This has got to be a joke.
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people are so dumb. your "information" was likely never "hacked" to begin with, the games are free and since you already have or had a PSN account, you shouldn't have to provide any more information to access the store than you already have.
i am guessing though that you don't have a PSN account, or even a PS3 at all, you just made a shit post to be funny. you fail.-
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All I know is that I had my CC changed when this went down so I wouldn't have to worry about it and I'm in no hurry to give my new one to Sony again. If I have to do that to get these games then I won't be getting these games.
Honestly I might feel different if it wasn't for this latest attack on Sony Pictures. They had ages since the original PS3 hack to make Sony Pictures secure. I don't trust them with any of my personal info any more.
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Encrypted CC info was exposed. Whether or not it was "accessed" was never confirmed as far as I know.
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See how wrong you are?
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I would definitely wait a couple days. I was able to get into the store without a problem, and got into the Welcome Back tab. Once there i tried downloading the PS3 free game 1, and got my error. Now that game choice is completely gone, and i am worried i just got screwed out of my game.
PS, when trying to go to the playstation official forums to try to get support, i found out the site is down as well......-
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Perhaps you should troll more. You cried foul, and it's been posted several times how get around the foulness you're crying about. That's not being a fanboi or an apologist, that's how you get shit done. Instead you want to sit back and wait till it's more "convenient" for you to not have to "worry" over free shit that Sony doesn't have to give you. When in fact the only thing that you risk by sitting back, is forgetting to claim your free shit.
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Or, its having the PS service completely gone for weeks, and then limited for about 6 weeks, just to see sony botch it up again once they finally bring it back. Did they seriously think a fair amount of their users wouldnt take advantage of their offer the first day?
And like i said, even their web site is down....so IMO that does deserve a bitch post and a heads up to others who would have the same problem.
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If this happens to anyone else, go to Account Management, then choose the Services option towards the bottom. From there click "SCEA Promotion..." and it should say Eligibility 1, and bring you back to the store to select your game.
Keep in mind, you will need to keep retrying every time you get an error. (or wait a few days, and it should still be available) -
Same thing just happened on my PSP.
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more like 40M physical ps3's, 77M is accounts. Anyway yeah if your transaction gets screwed, for example the download game 1 options disappears... "Make sure to complete the download of each title all the way otherwise you’ll have to go into account management>transaction management>services list>SCEA Promotions to download the games. "
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Why the hell did they make the cut off April 20th. Those of use who bought systems after that date were still affected (if not more affected). I convinced my wife that I could buy a system, based on the fact that she could use the hulu + feature. Even when the rest of the online system went up, I could not use hulu+ because I could not download the app. Furthermore I had saved up enough money to buy one game... Mass Effect 2. And because the freaking interactive comic was tied to the PSN store, I could not start the one game I had the money to buy. Even when the rest of the network went up, I spent the two weeks before the store went up running around Play station home like an jerk.
This decision is wholly baffling to me. If they made the cutoff when all features went live instead of when they all went down, the extra money they would pay out (the people who bought systems in the month it was down) would be a tiny fraction of there overall loss (the total number of PSN accounts). Even if a few people bought systems in order to take advantage of the welcome back program, this would do nothing but offset the sales lost to those who decided not to buy the system because it the online was down.
Those of use who bought systems after the system went down fall basically into two categories. 1) those who do not follow gaming press closely, or 2) those (like me) who trusted that Sony would do right by their customer base when everyone else was craping on them. I bought my system at the end of April because I had literally saved up for it for 3 years. I am talking pennies in a jar style. I am not a big online guy, and I figured I could spend the next month playing a great single player experience. Huge mistake.
Way to kick a loyal customer in the nuts Sony-
I agree with you.
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Wow, shitty predicament. I agree - when "making things right" a company needs to consider all their stakeholders. In this case, they're basically saying fuck you to the new folks.
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Jesus, here too? Joystiq wasn't enough for you to bitch?
If you had an account before that date, your data was at risk; if you bought a PS3 after that, it wasn't. So I'm not terribly sympathetic, especially since you were aware the network was down when you bought a PS3.-
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Same. And bonus Japanese error text.
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If my wife and I each have an account on a PS3, does each account get 2 game downloads? And would each account be able to play all the games? I'm wondering if I'd get locked out of the games I downloaded using her account.
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Awesome! My HAPPY JAPAN MAN account gets happy freebies!
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My false US account got offered identity fraud protection. My real EU one didn't.
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So, what's the quickest way to get the games onto my PSP? Can I download them to the PS3 and transfer or is it just as fast to just download to the PSP?
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The movie choices are pretty weak. There's only 3, and they're all about 5years old =/
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