Hey Everyone!
For those of you with a Playstation, I'm sure you've heard of all the trouble Sony has had after its network was hacked about a month ago. The good news is that they are back up, and moving towards business as usual.

And to reward customers for their patience, Sony is offering a bunch of stuff, including FREE games:

All Playstation Network customers will get 2/5 games:
  • Dead Nation
  • inFAMOUS
  • Little Big Planet
  • Super Stardust HD
  • Wipeout HD + Fury
All PSP users get to choose 2/4 games:
  • LittleBIgPlanet (PSP version)
  • ModNation Racers
  • Pursuit Force
  • Killzone Liberation
 
I know some people are unsatisfied with that, but I think it's pretty generous of Sony, especially when they are just as much the victim of the attack as us players were. I expect that once the PSN store is finally up they will offer sales too, to help entice us to come back.

What do you guys think about all of this? Did Sony do enough? Should they do more? Has anyone traded in their PS3 for an Xbox as a result of this? Which games will you download? (I already have LBP, so I'm thinking Dead Nation and WipeoutHD for the PS3, and Modnation Racers and Killzone Liberation for the PSP).

Just curious!


Also, I guess I should introduce myself! Ha! I forgot I'd been lurking here and hadn't made an official hello.

So, I'm a 29-year old gamer from Canada. I've been playing video games for practically my whole life - the earliest I can remember is the Ghostbuster's game on the Commodore 64. I remember with nostalgia the glory days of the Nintendo and SuperNintendo: I love the original Zelda and Final Fantasy games. Chronotrigger. Mario Kart. You guys know what I'm talking about.

I ended up switching to the Playstation once Nintendo lost the rights to Final Fantasy games, and have only in the last 5 years been a two console girl: I love my Xbox 360 and my Playstation 3. Oh, and my PSP3000. (I guess that makes 3). I see the benefits and flaws of each console though, and am not a fangirl for any one thing. I need the Xbox for Gears of War, Fable, and Mass Effect, but I also love the PS3 because of Little Big Planet, Metal Gear Solid 4, and Heavy Rain (and free access to the PSN so my games are always patched). I find it harder and harder to make time for video games, so what usually ends up happening now is that my hubby plays, while I watch and putter on the laptop. I don't mind so much though because for games like Red Dead Redemption I get access to the story (which is amazing!), without having to do all the work myself. And then when I get the TV away from him it's time for Portal, Splinter Cell,DragonAge, or Fallout3- those are the types of games I need to play for myself because of the a)I want to prove I can do it or b) I want to customize the hell outta my character factors!

I could make a list of all the games I like/played, but I can't remember them all at the moment, and I've got pretty varied tastes. I haven't played much of the modern JRPG's though, but I generally rent everything else that comes out to try it out. The big exceptions would be sports games, and games based on movies (those usually always suck because they're rushed to the market).

Anyways, this seems like a pretty good community, and I'm looking forward to getting some conversations started!
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From: [personal profile] birgitriddle


Well, that crosses off getting Little Big Planet for the PS3 when I finally get the console. XD

I just don't know what else I would get though. I've haven't really heard of the other games
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From: [personal profile] birgitriddle


I was referring to the free games. ^^; I already have a list of games I want to get first.
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Actually, I do have a PSN account. I have a PSP already and have been waiting for the network to get back up so I can download some DLCs.
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From: [personal profile] birgitriddle


Well, I'm a huge Final Fantasy fan, so most of the titles I've played are Final Fantasy games. The ones I've played and enjoyed are Crisis Core -Final Fantasy VII- (which is why I got the system in the first place) and Dissidia Final Fantasy. I have several other games, but I haven't played them enough to really judge how much I like them. Well, okay, one I know I like Final Fantasy IV: The Complete Collection, but only because it's actually a port of a game I'm fond of (I like collecting pretty much every version I can of Final Fantasy IV). I'll probably enjoy Dissidia 012[Duodecim] Final Fantasy once I get around to playing it (I want to finish off the first Dissidia game). I've tried to play Final Fantasy Tactics: War of the Lions, but I have a hard time getting used to tactical games. I'll probably try it again, hopefully not having a disastrous battle that threatens to destroy my highest level characters. -_-

I have three other games that I haven't played yet, but I don't have any opinion on yet. I hope I like the Katamari game for the PSP, but I won't know until I see how I like the controls.

As you can tell, I'm an RPG girl. ^^;
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For me, I see Dissidia as a fighting game and it really was the first fighting style game I actually really got slightly pass the button mashing stage of. :P I do plan on getting FFI and FFII at some point because they're fairly cheap now. However, I have the PS1 and GBA ports of those two. I just can't play stuff on consoles at the moment and my GBA game stuff is in storage possibly.

I know you can get FFVIII as a PSone classics download actually and you can play that both on the PS3 and PSP, but I think you're more thinking along the way of remake (though personally I'd rather have an FFVII remake - I haven't even beaten VIII yet).
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From: [personal profile] jeweledeyes


I don't have a PS3 or a PSP, but now I'm kicking myself because I have wanted to play some of those games (especially LBP and Modnation Racers), and this could have been my chance~~

Although, frankly, if I had either of those systems, I'd probably already own those games, and then I'd probably be yelling about how I paid $XX and I could have got them for free if I'd waited, so I guess it's a lose/lose situation XD
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From: [personal profile] terabient


Oh! I don't have a PS3 but I do have a PSP and I don't have Little Big Planet! EXCITING. And I can finally buy Parasite Eve from the store now~

I haven't heard much about the other games so I don't know what I'll get for a second one. As for the appropriateness/quality of the reward, I don't know. I don't use my PSP's online capabilities much so I didn't notice the downtime. I didn't have any credit info on the PSN and I haven't noticed any issues with my email lately, so the 'security breach' or whatevs hasn't really affected me either.

As a 360 user, I can say these rewards are a lot nicer than the ones we got for XBL downtime XD But, that was not nearly as severe as the PSN issue.

I haven't been following the news about this too closely, but from what I've picked up from places like GameFAQs, most people are worried about a) paying for credit monitoring and b) compensation for Playstation Plus users. No idea what Sony is doing about those concerns, though.
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From: [personal profile] sophie


According to http://www.joystiq.com/2011/05/16/sony-reveals-choice-of-free-game-downloads-in-psn-welcome-back-p/ , everyone gets 30 days of PlayStation Plus, and existing PlayStation Plus customers get an additional 60 days. :)

From: [personal profile] the_escapist


I've been toying with the idea of getting a PS3 for blu-ray (can it play all blu-ray movies, do you know?) and some of the exclusives. I'm wondering if now wouldn't be a good time, because I did set up an account on PSN via the website a little while back - basically to camp my username in anticipation of the NGP. I'm not 100% if I got in under the wire to qualify for the free games, though. Must check that!
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