- We will continue to have a monthly "featured" game. This month was Virtua Fighter 5 (I am assuming last month was Awesomenauts, etc.)
Also, there will be a PlayStation Plus Game of the Month, which will be changed every four weeks. The game of the Month for June is Virtua Fighter 5: Final Showdown.
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- Out of the 10 (or 12) games, 3 will be available for a year (Infamous 2, LBP2, and Motorstorm in Europe; I am assuming the US will be the same, except with Ratchet and Clank in place of Motorstorm.)
In addition, for the next 52 weeks, whenever you join PlayStation Plus, you can download and play the following three games for as long as you subscribe:
- inFamous 2.
- Motorstorm Apocalypse.
- LittleBigPlanet 2.
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- 3 games will change every month, and be replaced with 3 other games.
From next month, three of those games will change, and you'll get at least three games per month thereafter. Sony stressed that whenever you join Plus there will be a minimum of 10 games for you to start playing right away.
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However, I am a tad fuzzy on the following quote. I think what it means is titles will continue to be available 12 weeks, even after they are "replaced," at least in regards to the initial batch of games.
The list of six games to start the overhaul off (as each pair of titles is replaced, the next pair will remain for 12 weeks):
- Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine.
- Chime Super Deluxe.
- Darksiders.
- Renegade Ops.
- Outland.
- Oddworld: Stranger's Wrath HD.
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- Doing basic math, 4*3 = 12; so it looks like US games will take 16-weeks to refresh fully. However, I am assuming that in addition to this, 3 of the "bigger" games will remain available for the year, as per point 2, like EU. However, according to the EU Blog, this means we may see a few less games. I am guessing it will only be a difference of a few games.
It's true, SCEA get two more games than SCEE subscribers up front," he admitted. "However, most titles in SCEA Plus will stick around for 16 weeks before being refreshed - in SCEE we keep games for a maximum of 12 weeks, which means we rotate through more games in a full year - in fact we are committed to delivering over 45 games to you as part of your subscription before June 2013, and that's before we factor in any extra minis or PS one titles that might show up.
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I guess that quote could also mean that games get refreshed in a bunch every 4-months, but we still get our monthly featured game as well as any extras. This was somewhat addressed in the US Blog's comments:
@Morgan I just read in the european blog that this 12 games collection is sticking around for 16 weeks (or 4 months) before being refreshed.
I think you really should point this out on the post, otherwise people are gonna get confused out of the fact that monthly updates like before are pretty much gone (from what I understood), and are going to ask for the next 12 games coming july.
Thanks! I think what they meant was, while the core games in the collection will be available to download for some time, we’re going to be adding in new content all the time. We will not be waiting 16 weeks to add new games, and I’m sure the same can be said for SCEE.
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After comparing the game lists, the NA list is very similair to the EU's, in that EU = 5 Full games, and 5 PSN games; NA = 6 Full games and 6 PSN games. However the EU will get a monthly Indie game as well:
Meanwhile, Sony announced a European exclusive initiative, called PlayStation Plus Presents, which offers an indie game for free.
"We'll be searching for the very best independently developed titles for PlayStation 3 right now and in the future - those games that really stand out we'll hand pick for our Plus subscribers," Sony's Ross McGrath said.
"Each PlayStation Plus Presents game will be available to download in Plus at no extra cost for eight weeks from the moment it launches on the Store, meaning that as well as blockbuster titles, as a Plus subscriber you'll be able to play the very best of indie too."
The first PlayStation Plus Presents game is arcade shooter Retro/Grade, which launches later this summer.