Please note, the Instant Game collection gives you access to 12 PlayStation 3 games and 6 PS Vita games as soon as you purchase. Some examples are:
- Uncharted: Golden Abyss
- Gravity Rush
- Wipeout 2048
- inFAMOUS 2
- LittleBIGPlanet 2
- Ratchet & Clank: All 4 One



It worked in the past for bonus offers.
Is the sony unlimited music service still $12 year for PSN+ members?
Considering you just got a ps3, it might be a good investment because if you get PSN Plus, you get 6 or 7 free games right from the start so that saves you from having to spend money unless you REALLY want a game out there.
For the FREE games, they rotate in and out. So, even if you don't ever play them or download, at least purchase for free when available, and they will be available for download at a later time even if they rotate out of availability for free.
You get to download/play any FREE games on Plus as long as you maintain your subscription. If your subscription stops, you lose access only to the FREE games you purchased. If several months later you start up your subscription again, the games are made available again that you already purchased.
The best part are the discounts. If you purchase a discounted game (some of the Plus games are 75% off at times), you get to keep those FOREVER, regardless of if you keep a subscription.
I think that covers the 3 questions I see asked most times.
For the FREE games, they rotate in and out. So, even if you don't ever play them or download, at least purchase for free when available, and they will be available for download at a later time even if they rotate out of availability for free.
You get to download/play any FREE games on Plus as long as you maintain your subscription. If your subscription stops, you lose access only to the FREE games you purchased. If several months later you start up your subscription again, the games are made available again that you already purchased.
The best part are the discounts. If you purchase a discounted game (some of the Plus games are 75% off at times), you get to keep those FOREVER, regardless of if you keep a subscription.
I think that covers the 3 questions I see asked most times.
It worked in the past for bonus offers.
I think it does work, I activated my 1 year around 8 PM PST before this thread was created and I checked one of my game downloads and it says it expires 4/27/2014 so that's an extra 3 months from what I got.