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Playstation Plus discussion thread - Part deux

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  • #62
    madcabbage
    Registered Users Posts: 2,292 ✭✭✭madcabbage


    Kal El wrote: »
    Wasnt it just to update :confused:

    Got no update, a lot of people mentioned on Twitter having issues.


  • #63
    bigphil2
    Registered Users Posts: 876 ✭✭✭bigphil2


    madcabbage wrote: »
    Got no update, a lot of people mentioned on Twitter having issues.

    It was down most of Tuesday Evening/night.. no response from Sony till the last minutes as usual,another DDOS attack apparantly.


  • #64
    gimli2112
    Registered Users Posts: 13,407 ✭✭✭✭gimli2112


    bigphil2 wrote: »
    It was down most of Tuesday Evening/night.. no response from Sony till the last minutes as usual,another DDOS attack apparantly.

    Must be getting ready for Christmas. So frustrating when it goes down over the holidays. Genuinely hate the people who do this - should be tougher penalties but I guess there are more serious crimes. firstworldproblems


  • #65
    bigphil2
    Registered Users Posts: 876 ✭✭✭bigphil2


    gimli2112 wrote: »
    Must be getting ready for Christmas. So frustrating when it goes down over the holidays. Genuinely hate the people who do this - should be tougher penalties but I guess there are more serious crimes. firstworldproblems

    15 mins in a room with the pricks...

    its not the knocking off of my service that really annoys me,its just the absolute twattery of the idiots doing it..
    My nephew got an xbox one for xmas that time Lizard squad took down xbox live and psn,ruined his xmas as he plays mostly online games..


  • #66
    bigphil2
    Registered Users Posts: 876 ✭✭✭bigphil2


    bigphil2 wrote: »
    15 mins in a room with the pricks...

    its not the knocking off of my service that really annoys me,its just the absolute twattery of the idiots doing it..
    My nephew got an xbox one for xmas that time Lizard squad took down xbox live and psn,ruined his xmas as he plays mostly online games..

    Yes 1st world problems of course but still


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  • #67
    Sgt Pepper 64
    Registered Users Posts: 9,627 ✭✭✭Sgt Pepper 64


    any deals on a sub?


  • #68
    brianregan09
    Registered Users Posts: 8,476 ✭✭✭brianregan09


    Any idea when we find out next months games ?


  • #69
    van_beano
    Registered Users Posts: 1,345 ✭✭✭van_beano


    brianregan09 wrote: »
    Any idea when we find out next months games ?

    Next Tue or Wed


  • #70
    .G.
    Registered Users Posts: 5,415 ✭✭✭.G.


    How do I find out when my PS+ expires?


  • #71
    EoinMcLovin
    Registered Users Posts: 8,890 ✭✭✭EoinMcLovin


    superg wrote: »
    How do I find out when my PS+ expires?

    Go to the PlayStation plus member area on console dashboard , it's the first icon on the top. Then select manage membership button

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  • #72
    Nailz
    Registered Users Posts: 7,688 ✭✭✭Nailz


    Wonder what the chances are for there being a PSVR game included this month? Would like it personally, but I can't see Sony including them until the turn of the year as they may see it as cannibalising potential game sales around Christmas...


  • #73
    Cienciano
    Registered Users Posts: 14,215 ✭✭✭✭Cienciano


    jonerkinsella wrote: »
    I have to give a shout out for " Deadly tower of monsters " . It's a great game with some very funny moments .
    Played about 20 minutes of it yesterday, looks good. The DVD commentary is a great idea for gameplay


  • #74
    jonerkinsella
    Registered Users Posts: 1,965 ✭✭✭jonerkinsella


    Cienciano wrote: »
    Played about 20 minutes of it yesterday, looks good. The DVD commentary is a great idea for gameplay

    The commentary gets more ludicrous the more the game goes on. I had some lol moments listening to the director .


  • #75
    CastorTroy
    Registered Users Posts: 28,786 ✭✭✭✭CastorTroy


    Just saw on neogaf that leaked games for PS4 Plus are
    Invisible Inc and Stories The Path of Destinies

    Whether these are definitely them, we'll find out


  • #76
    Zero-Cool
    Registered Users Posts: 29,472 ✭✭✭✭Zero-Cool


    CastorTroy wrote: »
    Just saw on neogaf that leaked games for PS4 Plus are
    Invisible Inc and Stories The Path of Destinies

    Whether these are definitely them, we'll find out

    Both of those can **** right off.


  • #77
    Bristol Gorgeous Statistician
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,029 ✭✭✭ Bristol Gorgeous Statistician


    Jaysus, not great if that's true. You would think they would go for something good to tempt Christmas console buyers.

    Over in Xbox Land they'll have Sleeping Dogs, Outlast, Burnout Paradise and more.


  • #78
    Digital Solitude
    Registered Users Posts: 11,397 ✭✭✭✭Digital Solitude


    Invisible Inc has high ratings no? Would have thought they'd pull a quality Christmas pile but maybe not


  • #79
    tigger123
    Registered Users Posts: 4,440 ✭✭✭tigger123


    When are the December games expected to be announced? Today or tomorrow, yeah?


  • #80
    Lord Spence
    Registered Users Posts: 2,136 ✭✭✭Lord Spence


    tigger123 wrote: »
    When are the December games expected to be announced? Today or tomorrow, yeah?

    Hopefully, really hope they give a free VR game even just something small like tumble or bound


  • #81
    Milena Blue Eggshell
    Posts: 15,814 ✭✭✭✭ Milena Blue Eggshell


    Bristol Gorgeous Statistician wrote: »
    Jaysus, not great if that's true. You would think they would go for something good to tempt Christmas console buyers.

    Over in Xbox Land they'll have Sleeping Dogs, Outlast, Burnout Paradise and more.

    To be fair, PS had Outlast free years ago and Sleeping Dogs was already free for PS3 so if they simply offered the PS4 edition you know people would be complaining about that. Plus, the PS4 edition has been down under a tenner so often that anyone who wants to play it already has.

    Both Invisiable, Inc. and Stories: The Path of Destinies are both well-received games that look rather interesting and are exactly why I have Plus. Left field choices are what PS+ should be all about.


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  • #82
    tigger123
    Registered Users Posts: 4,440 ✭✭✭tigger123


    Deleted User wrote: »
    To be fair, PS had Outlast free years ago and Sleeping Dogs was already free for PS3 so if they simply offered the PS4 edition you know people would be complaining about that. Plus, the PS4 edition has been down under a tenner so often that anyone who wants to play it already has.

    Both Invisiable, Inc. and Stories: The Path of Destinies are both well-received games that look rather interesting and are exactly why I have Plus. Left field choices are what PS+ should be all about.

    You're wrong, wrong, wrong. PS Plus is about the complete and utter absence of AAAA games, and nothing else. :pac:


  • #83
    Bristol Gorgeous Statistician
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,029 ✭✭✭ Bristol Gorgeous Statistician


    That's true and I would never have played games like Limbo or Journey only for PS Plus. I did think though that they would go for a fairly big name, popular title in the lead-up to Christmas, give people the nudge to buy a PS4 if they still happen to be on the fence. But these titles are only rumours for now.

    Would be great if Sony made PS3 games backwards compatible with the PS4 but if they haven't done it by now I doubt it's going to happen. And to be fair MS wouldn't have given a toss about backwards compatibility if the Xbox One hadn't such a disastrous start.


  • #84
    Lord Spence
    Registered Users Posts: 2,136 ✭✭✭Lord Spence


    Deleted User wrote: »
    To be fair, PS had Outlast free years ago and Sleeping Dogs was already free for PS3 so if they simply offered the PS4 edition you know people would be complaining about that. Plus, the PS4 edition has been down under a tenner so often that anyone who wants to play it already has.

    Both Invisiable, Inc. and Stories: The Path of Destinies are both well-received games that look rather interesting and are exactly why I have Plus. Left field choices are what PS+ should be all about.

    Don't agree at all, I bought a PS4 to play AAA games , Having 1 indie and 1 AAA game a month would be acceptable to me but the constant flow of indie games is ****e to be honest, I think Microsoft blow sony out of the water when it comes to free material... Games with gold is miles ahead now especially as all the 360 games each month are backward compatible plus the ability to sign up to EA Access which is such good value


  • #85
    Penn
    Registered Users Posts: 33,203 ✭✭✭✭Penn


    Bristol Gorgeous Statistician wrote: »
    That's true and I would never have played games like Limbo or Journey only for PS Plus.

    Have to agree. I only played Journey for the first time a few weeks ago having gotten it on PS+ and it was absolutely fantastic. I likely wouldn't have played it otherwise. Same with Resogun.

    Let's not also forget, part of the reason Rocket League became the success it did was because it was released on PS+. From Wikipedia:
    Further, the game on release was made part of Instant Game Collection on the PlayStation 4 and free to PlayStation Plus subscribers; within the week, Psyonix had seen more than 183,000 unique players, exceeding their server capacity and requiring them to improve on their network code to handle the influx of players. Davis estimated there were 6 million downloads of the game from this promotion, and considered this the "best decision we ever made".

    I agree with others though that I'd like to see a better mix of big name games and indie titles, especially so far into the PS4 life cycle where older AAA games could see a new lease of life.


  • #86
    Milena Blue Eggshell
    Posts: 15,814 ✭✭✭✭ Milena Blue Eggshell


    Lord Spence wrote: »
    Don't agree at all, I bought a PS4 to play AAA games , Having 1 indie and 1 AAA game a month would be acceptable to me but the constant flow of indie games is ****e to be honest, I think Microsoft blow sony out of the water when it comes to free material... Games with gold is miles ahead now especially as all the 360 games each month are backward compatible plus the ability to sign up to EA Access which is such good value

    If I want to play last gen titles then I will fire up my PS3. Sure it would be a nice addition but I'd much rather see Sony put their resources into other avenues. As for Games with Gold being way better, it really isn't. People getting excited for Outlast and then complaining about PS+ seem to forget that Plus had Outlast years ago and same for Sleeping Dog, granted it was on PS3 but still, if Sony gave the PS4 version people would be upset about them giving the same game twice. Games with Gold is grand but it's not like they are offering up AAA titles every month which is what people seem to want, people would it appear, prefer a six year old AAA title instead of a just released "indie" title. Sony's offerings are so much more interesting than what MS are doing, it's just a shame that people equate quality with the cost it took to make something.


  • #87
    Penn
    Registered Users Posts: 33,203 ✭✭✭✭Penn


    Deleted User wrote: »
    If I want to play last gen titles then I will fire up my PS3. Sure it would be a nice addition but I'd much rather see Sony put their resources into other avenues. As for Games with Gold being way better, it really isn't. People getting excited for Outlast and then complaining about PS+ seem to forget that Plus had Outlast years ago and same for Sleeping Dog, granted it was on PS3 but still, if Sony gave the PS4 version people would be upset about them giving the same game twice. Games with Gold is grand but it's not like they are offering up AAA titles every month which is what people seem to want, people would it appear, prefer a six year old AAA title instead of a just released "indie" title. Sony's offerings are so much more interesting than what MS are doing, it's just a shame that people equate quality with the cost it took to make something.

    Yeah in fairness, I think the vast majority of people who would be interested in Sleeping Dogs has probably played it already. I got it from PS+ on the PS3 years ago and enjoyed it a lot, but if the PS4 version was released on PS+ now, I wouldn't be bothered downloading it again.


  • #88
    The Specialist
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,539 ✭✭✭The Specialist


    The best thing Sony could announce is a seperation of the online play requirement from the PS Plus subscription, I'd drop it in an instant if they did. These piss poor games are palatable during the year but December should pull out all the stops to deliver something special.


  • #89
    callaway92
    Registered Users Posts: 14,310 ✭✭✭✭callaway92


    The Specialist wrote: »
    The best thing Sony could announce is a seperation of the online play requirement from the PS Plus subscription, I'd drop it in an instant if they did. These piss poor games are palatable during the year but December should pull out all the stops to deliver something special.

    The only thing they could do is a tiered membership for PS+. I can't believe this hasn't been done yet but they'd be losing out on a bundle of money so I don't see it changing really.


  • #90
    Cienciano
    Registered Users Posts: 14,215 ✭✭✭✭Cienciano


    I just got a PS4. I had PS+ on the PS3 and it was essential, loads of good games. Looks like a completely different beast on the PS4.
    The Specialist wrote: »
    The best thing Sony could announce is a seperation of the online play requirement from the PS Plus subscription, I'd drop it in an instant if they did. These piss poor games are palatable during the year but December should pull out all the stops to deliver something special.

    Can't picture that happening. They can justify the high price easier. A few of my mates don't even check the free ps+ games on the PS4..


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  • #91
    dohboy
    Registered Users Posts: 599 ✭✭✭dohboy


    How many games do you get a year with Plus? 25-30 for 50 quid? Even if you play half of them, that's great value.


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