{"id":3008,"date":"2010-06-29T20:09:01","date_gmt":"2010-06-30T01:09:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/?p=3008"},"modified":"2010-07-01T05:57:52","modified_gmt":"2010-07-01T10:57:52","slug":"to-plus","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/2010\/06\/29\/to-plus\/","title":{"rendered":"To Plus?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>So <a href=\"http:\/\/blog.us.playstation.com\/2010\/06\/24\/playstation-plus-your-questions-answered\/\" onclick=\"__gaTracker('send', 'event', 'outbound-article', 'http:\/\/blog.us.playstation.com\/2010\/06\/24\/playstation-plus-your-questions-answered\/', 'PlayStation Plus');\" target=\"_blank\">PlayStation Plus<\/a> is now available and the $50 question is should I Plus?  There was a point in time when I would have said hell no to a subscription service.  There was also a point in time where I would have picked it up right away just to be part of the experience (and write a review).<\/p>\n<p>I am leaning towards throwing $50 to the service for several reasons.  I really only game on the PS3 (and occasionally on the PSP) so it is not as if I having competing gaming interests.  I like the idea of discounts.  I also like the concept of automatic download of firmware and software updates; no idea why this would not be offered as a standard service instead of a premium.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cAutomatic Download: Subscribers will be able to set their PS3 to wake up from standby at any time of the day or night, download and install any game updates for the games you have been playing so you don\u2019t have to think about it. Also, select demos and videos will be pushed to your PS3 ready to go. System software updates will also download automatically (manual install still required) and then the PS3 will turn itself off again.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Finally, any additional PSP content is a bonus.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cPlayStation Plus is for PS3 owners as subscribership can only be purchased on the PSN Store. However, some of the content \u2013 minis and PS One Classics \u2013 available each month will also be playable on your PSP if you have one. Download them on the PS3 and transfer to your PSP, or download directly from the PSP Store or Media Go for PSP.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>So should I Plus?  <a href=\"http:\/\/playstationlifestyle.net\/2010\/06\/28\/playstation-plus-packs-major-value-into-subscription\/\" onclick=\"__gaTracker('send', 'event', 'outbound-article', 'http:\/\/playstationlifestyle.net\/2010\/06\/28\/playstation-plus-packs-major-value-into-subscription\/', 'PlayStation LifeStyle');\" target=\"_blank\">PlayStation LifeStyle<\/a> posted an article that you will come out ahead with Plus.  With that type of value, how can I afford not to buy Plus?<\/p>\n<div class=\"addtoany_share_save_container addtoany_content_bottom\"><div class=\"a2a_kit a2a_kit_size_ addtoany_list a2a_target\" id=\"wpa2a_1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.addtoany.com\/share\" onclick=\"__gaTracker('send', 'event', 'outbound-article', 'https:\/\/www.addtoany.com\/share', '');\" class=\"a2a_dd addtoany_share_save\"><img src=\"http:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/wp-content\/plugins\/add-to-any\/share_save_171_16.png\" width=\"171\" height=\"16\" alt=\"Share\"\/><\/a>\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\"><!--\nif(wpa2a)wpa2a.script_load();\n\/\/--><\/script>\n<\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>So PlayStation Plus is now available and the $50 question is should I Plus? There was a point in time when I would have said hell no to a subscription service. There was also a point in time where I would have picked it up right away just to be part of the experience (and &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/2010\/06\/29\/to-plus\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">To Plus?<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"addtoany_share_save_container addtoany_content_bottom\"><div class=\"a2a_kit a2a_kit_size_ addtoany_list a2a_target\" id=\"wpa2a_2\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.addtoany.com\/share\" onclick=\"__gaTracker('send', 'event', 'outbound-article', 'https:\/\/www.addtoany.com\/share', '');\" class=\"a2a_dd addtoany_share_save\"><img src=\"http:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/wp-content\/plugins\/add-to-any\/share_save_171_16.png\" width=\"171\" height=\"16\" alt=\"Share\"\/><\/a><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[25,9,26,51],"class_list":["post-3008","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-archive","tag-dlc","tag-ps3","tag-psn","tag-psp"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3008","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3008"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3008\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3016,"href":"http:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3008\/revisions\/3016"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3008"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3008"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3008"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}