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Josh:
Sony details welcome back package for PSN users

Sony has revealed which games it will give away in its “Welcome Back” package as compensation for the last four weeks of PlayStation Network downtime.

Some elements of the service, including streaming media and online gameplay, were restored this weekend, while the PlayStation Store is due to open once again for business toward the end of May. When those digital doors reopen, gamers on PlayStation 3 and PSP will get to pick a handful of titles to download and keep.

On PS3, there’s patchwork creation station LittleBigPlanet, open-world superhero game inFamous, futuristic antigravity racer Wipeout HD and its Fury expansion pack, mini-adventure Ratchet and Clank: Quest for Booty and zombie blaster Dead Nation.

You’ll get to download two of these for free from the PlayStation Store, unless you’re in Germany, where inFamous and Dead Nation are replaced with Super Stardust HD and Hustle Kings.

For handheld console PSP, your selection is a little more limited. The four-game selection offers LittleBigPlanet, racetrack-builder ModNation Racers, cops-and-robbers sim Pursuit Force and top-down shooter Killzone Liberation.

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Personally, I think this combined with the free year of credit monitoring is a very decent welcome back/apology from Sony. I see all of these users complaining who also claim to never use their PS3 anyways, and have to laugh. The only ones who have a right to complain are those who pay for an online service that utilizes PSN, PSN+ users, or some other online service which incurs a monthly fee.

I thank Sony for this. It is a great gesture on their part.

phitsc:
Seems reasonable to me. Glad I never bought Wipeout HD ;)

And even more glad I'm not living in Germany :P

Here's the official Sony Europe announcement:
http://uk.playstation.com/welcomeback/?WT.mc_id=EMAIL_121204&DCSext.EmailLink=EMAIL-HTML-link4-de_DE-121204

Deozaan:
What about if you already own those games and pay for PSN+. Do you have a right to complain then?

phitsc:
What about if you already own those games and pay for PSN+. Do you have a right to complain then?
-Deozaan (May 22, 2011, 10:46 PM)
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Some right maybe ;). You'll at least get this:

4. Existing PlayStation Plus subscribers will be given 60 days free subscription.
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Deozaan:
Some right maybe ;). You'll at least get this:

4. Existing PlayStation Plus subscribers will be given 60 days free subscription.
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-phitsc (May 23, 2011, 02:52 AM)
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The PSN has been down for half as long anyway, so I'd expect at least 30 days extension anyway. But that's nice of them to extend it an extra 30 days.

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