{"id":3467,"date":"2011-05-31T06:22:12","date_gmt":"2011-05-31T11:22:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/?p=3467"},"modified":"2011-05-31T06:22:12","modified_gmt":"2011-05-31T11:22:12","slug":"psn-return-imminent","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/2011\/05\/31\/psn-return-imminent\/","title":{"rendered":"PSN Return Imminent"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Sony has announced that all <a href=\"http:\/\/blog.us.playstation.com\/2011\/05\/30\/full-psn-services-including-playstation-store-return-this-week\/\" onclick=\"__gaTracker('send', 'event', 'outbound-article', 'http:\/\/blog.us.playstation.com\/2011\/05\/30\/full-psn-services-including-playstation-store-return-this-week\/', 'PSN services will be fully restored');\" target=\"_blank\">PSN services will be fully restored<\/a> by the end of this week.  Of course it would have been nice to see the services, including the store, fully functional before the three-day Memorial Day weekend, but I digress.<\/p>\n<p>Once the PSN Store returns, Sony will offer a <a href=\"http:\/\/blog.us.playstation.com\/2011\/05\/16\/details-for-playstation-network-and-qriocity-customer-appreciation-program-in-north-america\/\" onclick=\"__gaTracker('send', 'event', 'outbound-article', 'http:\/\/blog.us.playstation.com\/2011\/05\/16\/details-for-playstation-network-and-qriocity-customer-appreciation-program-in-north-america\/', '\u2018welcome back\u2019 package');\" target=\"_blank\">\u2018welcome back\u2019 package<\/a>.  While this is a nice concession on the part of Sony, it kind of sucks for me that I already own the PS3 games on offer:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>All PlayStation Network customers can select two PS3 games from the following list. The games will be available for 30 days shortly after PlayStation Store is restored and can be kept forever.<br \/>\n*Dead Nation [day one purchase]<br \/>\n*inFAMOUS [own, but have never played; yes, I suck]<br \/>\n*LittleBigPlanet [own the Game of the Year Edition]<br \/>\n*Super Stardust HD [long time ago purchase for me]<br \/>\n*Wipeout HD + Fury [via PlayStation Plus (PS+) service, so technically I don\u2019t \u201cown\u201d this one]<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>My PSP situation is much better, as I do not own any of the games being offered:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>For PSP owners, you will be eligible to download two PSP games from the following list. The games will be available for 30 days shortly after PlayStation Store is restored and can be kept forever.<br \/>\n*LittleBigPlanet (PSP)<br \/>\n*ModNation Racers<br \/>\n*Pursuit Force<br \/>\n*Killzone Liberation<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Of course it will suck if you have to download these straight away, because I will have to pick up another memory card.  Hopefully this will work like other PSN items; \u2018purchase\u2019 and download later.<\/p>\n<p>Other \u2018welcome back\u2019 items of note:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>A selection of \u201cOn Us\u201d rental movie titles will be available to PlayStation Network customers over one weekend, where Video Service is available. Those titles will be announced soon.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>I have never \u2018rented\u2019 a movie from the PSN store.  I think Sony should offer a couple of vouchers vs. limiting this offer to one specific weekend.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Existing PlayStation Plus subscribers will receive an additional 60 days of free subscription.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>This is a good deal.  For my money, PS+ has been a good value; Sony should offer time lost plus an addition month.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>To welcome users Home, PlayStation Home will be offering 100 free virtual items. Additional free content will be released soon, including the next addition to the Home Mansion personal space, and Ooblag\u2019s Alien Casino, an exclusive game.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>I am not really a big Home user or fan; I guess I do not have enough \u2018virtual\u2019 friends, and at my age, many of my friends and colleagues do not game.  I know, I need to run in different circles.  I will have fun letting my kids help me decide which free items to consume for my avatar, home space, etc.<\/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>Sony has announced that all PSN services will be fully restored by the end of this week. Of course it would have been nice to see the services, including the store, fully functional before the three-day Memorial Day weekend, but I digress. Once the PSN Store returns, Sony will offer a \u2018welcome back\u2019 package. While &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/2011\/05\/31\/psn-return-imminent\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">PSN Return Imminent<\/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],"class_list":["post-3467","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-archive","tag-dlc","tag-ps3","tag-psn"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3467","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=3467"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3467\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3469,"href":"http:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3467\/revisions\/3469"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3467"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3467"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3467"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}