Playstation Plus ONLY: March Free Games

Quote from the.J129 : Just my luck. Was told that Spec Ops was a good game (am new to gaming), so I purchase it from GameFly and now it's being given away for free.

I read your workaround on Hilton Honors and was wondering if you gave up on them now that they revised their structure to that program again?

For anyone on the fence about a Vita -

http://www.target.com/p/playstati...=lego+vita

They even price match their own website in Target stores now (what a concept).

Got it Sunday, I have PS+ and it's been total amazing madness with the downloads I've had queued for months from my PS3.

Just got PS+ the other day since it was $10 cashback and 3 extra months and PS3 has been downloading for 72 hrs straight and still not done yet with all the free PS3 and PS Vita games! And just got a Vita too. Would never have bought it without PS+. Think it'll be even better when it can be used for remote play on the PS4.

Quote from nico07 : Like others have said it isn't technically free as you can only play it as long as you are paying $50/year or more in membership costs. It only actually costs $15 if you want to own it. I would think Sony should put more AAA titles on the Plus membership because I would assume only a small percentage of PS3 owners are subscribing. A lot of people who really want the games will buy them even on top of having a PSN membership, because the games are only "free" as long as you are paying (oxymoron, I know). So while they may not have Black Ops 2 free on PSN Plus anytime soon, Sony should workout for titles such as MW3 or other games of that calibur to spur Plus subscription sales. It's should be similar to cable television, you pay a significant fee and get access to good but perhaps not all of the latest content. Once you stop paying you have no more benefits. Just my two cents.

What most ps+-naysayers seem to forget is that MOST GAMES are not wanted for 10 years.

Id say at least 95% of gamers don't play more than a few games that they have had for more than a few years. Everyone has their faves from the past, but the VAST MAJORITY of gamers pretty much play most games once and are done with it.

I played Payday: the heist when it was free for ps+, and i don't need to ever play it again.

Most of the games on ps+ are one-and-done. You dont need to go back and play it again.

So while the games are no longer playable when your membership ends, theres a really good chance that WE DO NOT CARE. We played the game, had our fun, and then moved on.


If you pay $60 for a game and then sell it for $30 after you beat it, then really all you did was "rent it" for $30.

We aren't paying $30 to rent a new game for a month. We are paying $50 (or for some of us $40) for a year (or a year + 3 months for some of us).

I paid $80 for 2.5 years of ps+. That's less than $3 per month.

Please name one game service that provides the value of ps+ for less than $3 per month.

There isn't one. Ps+ for $2.67 per month is the best value in gaming today.

Quote from atari : The Cave not showing up for me.

The games that were listed are free THIS MONTH, but that doesn't mean RIGHT NOW.

If a game comes out on the last tuesday of March, it is still March.

If a game comes out on the second-to-last tuesday of March, it is still March.


These games will be free SOME TIME in march, but NOT RIGHT NOW.



I have a birthday in 2013, it doesnt mean my birthday is today

Quote from Briwas101 : The games that were listed are free THIS MONTH, but that doesn't mean RIGHT NOW. If a game comes out on the last tuesday of March, it is still March. If a game comes out on the second-to-last tuesday of March, it is still March. These games will be free SOME TIME in march, but NOT RIGHT NOW. I have a birthday in 2013, it doesnt mean my birthday is today

Yeah I understand the concept I am just new to PS Plus and didn't know how/when they released free titles. Thanks for the wonderful explanation though!

Quote from atari : Yeah I understand the concept I am just new to PS Plus and didn't know how/when they released free titles. Thanks for the wonderful explanation though!

Well then, as a new member keep these things in mind:

In order for a free game to be saved to your account you must "buy" it or download it (or at least START to download it) or else when the game expires from the free games list you wont be able to get it free.

As stated before, updates happen on tuesdays, generally early to late afternoon depending on time zone.

You can delete games you've downloaded and you can re-download them at a later time (if you're still a member) by going to the psn store and clicking 'downloads" or "my downloads" (im not at my ps3 at the moment so I forget which).

Anything that you actually pay money for you get to keep forever. So if there is a discount on a game for ps+ members and you buy it, you get to keep it even after your membership expires. But be careful with dlc because if you buy dlc for a "free" game and your membership expires you wont be able to use the dlc because you no longer have access to the game.

When your membership ends you lose access to the free games, but whenever you start a new ps+ membership you will get all those games back. So you can always take a break from ps+ if you want to and get back in when theres a free game that you really want.

I think thats all the necessary stuff to know.


A couple suggestions:
Don't pay $10-15 for psn games when they come out. You will either get the game for free later, or you can buy it for half price or less when they give a ps+ discount. The more games you buy at full price (or close to it) the less value you get from ps+.

"Buy" or start to download every new free game each week, regardless of whether or not its
a game you want to play. You might have friends or relatives over and they might want to try those games, might as well have the option.


Thats about it. I hope you enjoy ps+, its the best value in gaming

Is the Buy 12 months get 3 months over today? Or its still intact?

Spec Ops Live

Quote from Briwas101 : You can delete games you've downloaded and you can re-download them at a later time (if you're still a member) by going to the psn store and clicking 'downloads" or "my downloads" (im not at my ps3 at the moment so I forget which).

It's actually "Downloads List" on the left menu

And you raise some excellent points. PS+ is the best value in gaming for sure.

and NA playstation plus users still get no Sleeping dogs from start of february like Europe got.

Just so it's not taken wrong I want to clarify that I *DO* have a Vita, but: "it's a great time to have a Vita"????? Seriously??? The number of good vita games (not found anywhere else) can be counted with the finger of one hand.... I WISH it was good to have a Vita and they had more good games...

Quote from BestDealer83 : Is the Buy 12 months get 3 months over today? Or its still intact?

Just pulled it up on my Vita and it appears to be over. Hope they do it again before June, I forgot about it and missed out.

Quote from barginbin : I read your workaround on Hilton Honors and was wondering if you gave up on them now that they revised their structure to that program again?

LOL. way OT, but the answer is Yes. I am disgusted.
Though thankfully, I managed to book some hotels for the coming year at the old rate. Now I just hope my plans don't change.