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Tol_sl

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By the time sleeping dogs came to PS+, I had bought it on steam for $5. That may have been a pricing mistake I jumped on, but I've seen it at $6-7 a few times after. Also, it's not really "free" as much as it's "pay per month to continue playing" and it's a gamble since you never know what games you're going to get (usually once a game gets heavily discounted to 75%, I see it on PS+ 2-3 months later). The vita deals are basically the only thing that's made it worth it for me: Uncharted, gravity rush, rayman origins, and some of the psp offers are all games I've gotten a lot more playtime out of than expected, but I probably wouldn't have purchased on their own. The discounts PS+ got for vita ($3 for katamari, $20 for soul sacrifice, persona 4 golden, $15 for metal gear HD collection) along with $3 for tokyo jungle and journey on ps3 have basically been the only reason I'm keeping it.

It's been worth it since I picked up my vita, but I think thats just because there was too much overlap between ps3, 360 and PC to the point where I had always had an earlier deal on the ps3 offerings. And the games I would consider awesome are just so old that I feel like everyone's already played it if they were remotely interested: IE- demons souls in 2013, little big planet, and so forth.
 

Foggy

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Are y'all really bitching about PS+ when the alternative is XBLive Gold? Come the fuck on.
 

Tol_sl

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Are y'all really bitching about PS+ when the alternative is XBLive Gold? Come the fuck on.
XBLgold is more like repeatedly punching yourself in the dick for a monthly fee, so that's definitely a different value we're talking about. What I WISH PS+ did would be to give me like $x a month in sony cash and let me spend it on sale games every month. Just because like 85% of PS+ is shit I already owned.
 

Sean_sl

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Well, that's either an exaggeration or you're an extreme outlier. There's been like less than 5 games on PS+ that I've already owned, so it's been a pretty damned good deal for me.
 

khalid

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So what does Xboxlive offer? All I hear people say is the UI is better than PS. Is that really the only upside to it?
 

Vaclav

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Heh, it seems like all the AAA ones have been ones I already owned here, except for SR3 and Sleeping Dogs - but tons of the small ones have been new for me.
 

Tol_sl

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I think if I didn't mainly game on PC it would be an astounding deal. I've just had really awful luck with buying all the games heavily discounted on steam and then having them pop up 2-3 months later on ps+. Like, recent ones were saints row 3: got it for $1 on steam 6 months ago. Deus ex: Got it for $5 over a year ago. Hitman: Got it for $5 last november. Sleeping dogs: $5 last christmas. ico/shadows of colossos: got the disc version for like $10 on ebay.Stuff like runner2, machinarium, hotline miami: 2-3 bucks or in bundles. So to me it's been like a steady flow of games I already got really cheap ages ago.

I wish there were more options for choosing, or like I said, a x$ amount per month to use on sale items. I am probably an outlier though. I've had my steam account for 9 years and usually buy stuff when it hits 75% off or so, so my library of all things multiplat is pretty massive.
 

Devlin

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3D Dot Game Heroes
Afrika
Agent
Aquanaut's Holiday: Hidden Memories
Arcadias no Ikusahime
Ar tonelico Qoga: Knell of Ar Ciel
Atelier Rorona: The Alchemist of Arland
Atelier Totori: The Adventurer of Arland
Atelier Meruru: The Apprentice of Arland
Atelier Ayesha: The Alchemist of Dusk
Atelier Escha & Logy: Alchemists of the Dusk Sky
Attouteki Yuugi: Mugen Souls Z
Beyond: Two Souls
Bleach: Soul Resurrecci?n
Boku no Natsuyasumi 3
Buzz!: Quiz TV
Calling All Cars!
Carnival Island
Closure
Comet Crash
Demon's Souls
Derby Time Online
Disgaea 3: Absence of Justice
Disgaea 4: A Promise Unforgotten
Disgaea D2: A Brighter Darkness
Dragon's Crown
Everybody's Golf 5
The Eye of Judgment
Folklore
Formula One Championship Edition
Full Auto 2: Battlelines
Genji: Days of the Blade
God of War III
God of War: Ascension
Gran Turismo 5
Gran Turismo 5 Prologue
Haze (video game)
Heavenly Sword
Heavy Rain
Hyperdimension Neptunia
Hyperdimension Neptunia Mk2
Hyperdimension Neptunia Victory
inFamous
inFamous 2
Initial D Extreme Stage
Journey
Katamari Forever
Killzone 2
Killzone 3
Kung Fu Rider
Lair
Last Rebellion
Legasista
LittleBigPlanet
LittleBigPlanet 2
LittleBigPlanet Karting
MAG
Mahjong Fight Club
Mahjong Taikai IV
Malicious
Megazone 23: Aoi Garland
Medieval Moves: Deadmund's Quest
Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots
Mist of Chaos
Miyasato Miyoshi Kyoudai Naizou: Sega Gold Club
Mobile Suit Gundam: Crossfire
Mobile Suit Gundam: Extreme Vs.
Mobile Suit Gundam Unicorn
ModNation Racers
MotorStorm
MotorStorm: Pacific Rift
MotorStorm: Apocalypse
Mugen Souls
Naruto: Ultimate Ninja Storm
Ni no Kuni: Wrath of the White Witch
One Piece: Pirate Warriors
One Piece: Pirate Warriors 2
PixelJunk 4am
PixelJunk Eden
PixelJunk Racers
PlayStation Move Ape Escape
PlayStation Move Heroes
Puppeteer
Railfan: Chicago Transit Authority Brown Line
Railfan: Taiwan High Speed Rail
Ratchet & Clank Future: Tools of Destruction
Ratchet & Clank Future: Quest for Booty
Ratchet & Clank Future: A Crack in Time
Ratchet & Clank: All 4 One
Ratchet & Clank: Full Frontal Assault
Record of Agarest War 2
Resistance: Fall of Man
Resistance 2
Resistance 3
Ridge Racer 7
Ryu ga Gotoku 5
The Shoot
Saint Seiya: Brave Soldiers
SingStar
SingStar Vol. 2
SingStar: Vol. 3
SingStar Dance
Sly Cooper: Thieves in Time
SOCOM 4: U.S. Navy SEALs
SOCOM: U.S. Navy SEALs Confrontation
Sorcery
Sports Champions
Sports Champions 2
Starhawk
Start the Party!
Tales of Xillia
Tales of Xillia 2
Tears to Tiara: Kakan no Daichi
The Guided Fate Paradox
The Last Guardian
The Last of Us
The Legend of Heroes: Trails in the Sky HD
The Legend of Heroes: Trails in the Sky SC HD
The Witch and The Hundred Knights
Time Crisis 4
Time Crisis: Razing Storm
Time and Eternity
Tokyo Jungle
Toro to Morimori
Touch, Shot! Love Application
Trinity: Souls of Zill O'll
Trinity Universe
TV Superstars
Twisted Metal
Uncharted: Drake's Fortune
Uncharted 2: Among Thieves
Uncharted 3: Drake's Deception
Until Dawn
Untold Legends: Dark Kingdom
Valkyria Chronicles
Wangan Midnight
Warhawk
Warrior's Lair
White Knight Chronicles
White Knight Chronicles II
Wonderbook: Book of Spells
Yakuza Kenzan!
Yakuza 3
Yakuza 4
Yakuza: Dead Souls
Zillions of Enemy X

The List of PS3 Exclusive games, quite a few of those for me were the reason I much preferred PS3>360 this gen.
PC is not the be-all-end-all of gaming not at all, plus it can be a great deal more expensive.
I agree with Sean that the last few Steam sales have sucked dick, literally nothing I wanted to pick up for the prices they were offering.
 

hodj

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So what does Xboxlive offer?
A solid 60 dollar yearly deep dicking to advertise to you.

Oh and multiplayer and netflix, both of which should not be behind a paywall on a console selling itself as a all inclusive entertainment device for your living room.
 

Burnesto

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Xbox had a vastly superior online experience with the original Xbox compared to the PS2. That's the main reason people still like it more. The first impression has stuck.
 

Soygen

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PS3 exclusives and PS+ are definitely the reasons I've decided to early-adopt the PS4 over the Xbone this year. Microsofts shitty marketing and questionable privacy stuff is really low on the totem pole, as far as reasons I'm not buying a Xbone this year.
 

Utnayan

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3D Dot Game Heroes
Afrika
Agent
Aquanaut's Holiday: Hidden Memories
Arcadias no Ikusahime
Ar tonelico Qoga: Knell of Ar Ciel
Atelier Rorona: The Alchemist of Arland
Atelier Totori: The Adventurer of Arland
Atelier Meruru: The Apprentice of Arland
Atelier Ayesha: The Alchemist of Dusk
Atelier Escha & Logy: Alchemists of the Dusk Sky
Attouteki Yuugi: Mugen Souls Z
Beyond: Two Souls
Bleach: Soul Resurrecci?n
Boku no Natsuyasumi 3
Buzz!: Quiz TV
Calling All Cars!
Carnival Island
Closure
Comet Crash
Demon's Souls
Derby Time Online
Disgaea 3: Absence of Justice
Disgaea 4: A Promise Unforgotten
Disgaea D2: A Brighter Darkness
Dragon's Crown
Everybody's Golf 5
The Eye of Judgment
Folklore
Formula One Championship Edition
Full Auto 2: Battlelines
Genji: Days of the Blade
God of War III
God of War: Ascension
Gran Turismo 5
Gran Turismo 5 Prologue
Haze (video game)
Heavenly Sword
Heavy Rain
Hyperdimension Neptunia
Hyperdimension Neptunia Mk2
Hyperdimension Neptunia Victory
inFamous
inFamous 2
Initial D Extreme Stage
Journey
Katamari Forever
Killzone 2
Killzone 3
Kung Fu Rider
Lair
Last Rebellion
Legasista
LittleBigPlanet
LittleBigPlanet 2
LittleBigPlanet Karting
MAG
Mahjong Fight Club
Mahjong Taikai IV
Malicious
Megazone 23: Aoi Garland
Medieval Moves: Deadmund's Quest
Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots
Mist of Chaos
Miyasato Miyoshi Kyoudai Naizou: Sega Gold Club
Mobile Suit Gundam: Crossfire
Mobile Suit Gundam: Extreme Vs.
Mobile Suit Gundam Unicorn
ModNation Racers
MotorStorm
MotorStorm: Pacific Rift
MotorStorm: Apocalypse
Mugen Souls
Naruto: Ultimate Ninja Storm
Ni no Kuni: Wrath of the White Witch
One Piece: Pirate Warriors
One Piece: Pirate Warriors 2
PixelJunk 4am
PixelJunk Eden
PixelJunk Racers
PlayStation Move Ape Escape
PlayStation Move Heroes
Puppeteer
Railfan: Chicago Transit Authority Brown Line
Railfan: Taiwan High Speed Rail
Ratchet & Clank Future: Tools of Destruction
Ratchet & Clank Future: Quest for Booty
Ratchet & Clank Future: A Crack in Time
Ratchet & Clank: All 4 One
Ratchet & Clank: Full Frontal Assault
Record of Agarest War 2
Resistance: Fall of Man
Resistance 2
Resistance 3
Ridge Racer 7
Ryu ga Gotoku 5
The Shoot
Saint Seiya: Brave Soldiers
SingStar
SingStar Vol. 2
SingStar: Vol. 3
SingStar Dance
Sly Cooper: Thieves in Time
SOCOM 4: U.S. Navy SEALs
SOCOM: U.S. Navy SEALs Confrontation
Sorcery
Sports Champions
Sports Champions 2
Starhawk
Start the Party!
Tales of Xillia
Tales of Xillia 2
Tears to Tiara: Kakan no Daichi
The Guided Fate Paradox
The Last Guardian
The Last of Us
The Legend of Heroes: Trails in the Sky HD
The Legend of Heroes: Trails in the Sky SC HD
The Witch and The Hundred Knights
Time Crisis 4
Time Crisis: Razing Storm
Time and Eternity
Tokyo Jungle
Toro to Morimori
Touch, Shot! Love Application
Trinity: Souls of Zill O?ll
Trinity Universe
TV Superstars
Twisted Metal
Uncharted: Drake's Fortune
Uncharted 2: Among Thieves
Uncharted 3: Drake's Deception
Until Dawn
Untold Legends: Dark Kingdom
Valkyria Chronicles
Wangan Midnight
Warhawk
Warrior's Lair
White Knight Chronicles
White Knight Chronicles II
Wonderbook: Book of Spells
Yakuza Kenzan!
Yakuza 3
Yakuza 4
Yakuza: Dead Souls
Zillions of Enemy X

The List of PS3 Exclusive games, quite a few of those for me were the reason I much preferred PS3>360 this gen.
PC is not the be-all-end-all of gaming not at all, plus it can be a great deal more expensive.
I agree with Sean that the last few Steam sales have sucked dick, literally nothing I wanted to pick up for the prices they were offering.
Nice. Now pick out the games that weren't complete fucking ass. About 7.
 

Utnayan

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A solid 60 dollar yearly deep dicking to advertise to you.

Oh and multiplayer and netflix, both of which should not be behind a paywall on a console selling itself as a all inclusive entertainment device for your living room.
Exactly this. Out of either console obviously, if you needed to buy one, PS4 is the way to go. But even then, it's a cover to sell 3 year old technology at launch and nickle and dime their customers to fucking death for features and functionality (Online play, or apps behind a paywall on an additional subscription) when that's been free since 1989.

The Xbox Live experience that brought party chat and ease of use is gone. It is now filled with fucking ads everywhere with a horrid UI.

We will also see how long these free games on PS+ last when everyone is forced to buy it to play anything online.
 

Joeboo

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Nice. Now pick out the games that weren't complete fucking ass. About 7.
What, you weren't impressed with "Boku no Natsuyasumi 3" or "Touch, Shot! Love Application"? Seriously, 90% of that list is total shit that nobody outside of rabid AnimeFags would want to play.
 

Falstaff

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xbox live has started offering 2 games a month for free to download. Can't remember if any of them have been good or not.
 

Utnayan

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What, you weren't impressed with "Boku no Natsuyasumi 3" or "Touch, Shot! Love Application"? Seriously, 90% of that list is total shit that nobody outside of rabid AnimeFags would want to play.
Ha!

Funny part is I also went through that same exact list and picked out the ones that weren't trash. It included the following:

The last of us
Ni No Kuni
Uncharted 2
God of War 3
Demon Souls
Metal Gear 4
Heavy Rain

Touch shot love application. Haha what the fuck. Where do I find that? I have to see what it is.
 

Joeboo

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Ha!

Funny part is I also went through that same exact list and picked out the ones that weren't trash. It included the following:

The last of us
Ni No Kuni
Uncharted 2
God of War 3
Demon Souls
Metal Gear 4
Heavy Rain

Touch shot love application. Haha what the fuck. Where do I find that? I have to see what it is.
I'd personally add Gran Turismo and the Uncharted games to that list of quality titles, but you're still at a 90%+ crap ratio. There's like 150 games on that list and I would be hard pressed to find 15 that I would ever want to play, even if they were free.