{"id":3958,"date":"2012-06-23T06:05:01","date_gmt":"2012-06-23T10:05:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/?p=3958"},"modified":"2012-06-23T06:05:01","modified_gmt":"2012-06-23T10:05:01","slug":"ps-saves-the-world-one-publisher-at-a-time","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/2012\/06\/23\/ps-saves-the-world-one-publisher-at-a-time\/","title":{"rendered":"PS+ Saves The World, One Publisher At A Time"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>OK, not really, but the new E3 announced Instant Game Collection should help the credibility and perceived value of the PS+ program. I doubt that Sony will every offer up numbers, however I expect that the PS+ subscription numbers received a substantial boost after the <a href=\"http:\/\/blog.us.playstation.com\/2012\/06\/05\/playstation-plus-e3-2012\/\" onclick=\"__gaTracker('send', 'event', 'outbound-article', 'http:\/\/blog.us.playstation.com\/2012\/06\/05\/playstation-plus-e3-2012\/', 'Instant Game Collection');\" target=\"_blank\">Instant Game Collection<\/a> was announced.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking of PS+ and perceived value, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thesixthaxis.com\/2012\/06\/21\/the-playstation-plus-effect\/\" onclick=\"__gaTracker('send', 'event', 'outbound-article', 'http:\/\/www.thesixthaxis.com\/2012\/06\/21\/the-playstation-plus-effect\/', 'thesixthaxis');\" target=\"_blank\">thesixthaxis<\/a> has an interesting article about the value going both ways. Not only do subscribers get \u201cfree\u201d games and discounts, but companies with featured PS+ content are using the PS+ program as a marketing vehicle.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Mike Kebby, Digital Campaigns Manager at SEGA Europe, only has great things to say about the way PlayStation Plus-promoted games can reach a wider audience.<br \/>\n\u201cWith Virtua Fighter we know we have a franchise with an extremely hardcore following, but we really wanted to ensure that we introduced the latest iteration [VF5: Final Showdown] to as many new players as possible,\u201d he told us.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019ve found that PlayStation Plus was a perfect way to do this, as well as ensure we made a big noise about the title\u2019s release, it\u2019s great to reach out to lots of potential new fans,\u201d he continued.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cVF5: Final Showdown has done very well for us since launch, and we\u2019re glad to have continued our strong relationship with SCE by offering it to PS Plus subscribers for free.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>While the VF5 Trophy whoring was great, I would have actually purchased some of the DLC if it as cheaper. Even with the PS+ discount, I thought it was way too much ($14.99 or something similar) just to see some of the characters in different outfits with some different items and maybe an extra trinket or two. I admit that I\u2019m not a huge fighting game fan, and while Sarah Bryant is hot and all (in a virtual video game character sort of way), <a href=\"http:\/\/blog.us.playstation.com\/2012\/06\/06\/virtua-fighter-5-final-showdown-free-for-playstation-plus-special-offer-detailed\/\" onclick=\"__gaTracker('send', 'event', 'outbound-article', 'http:\/\/blog.us.playstation.com\/2012\/06\/06\/virtua-fighter-5-final-showdown-free-for-playstation-plus-special-offer-detailed\/', 'Sarah Bryant is just not $15 DLC hot');\" target=\"_blank\">Sarah Bryant is just not $15 DLC hot<\/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_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>OK, not really, but the new E3 announced Instant Game Collection should help the credibility and perceived value of the PS+ program. I doubt that Sony will every offer up numbers, however I expect that the PS+ subscription numbers received a substantial boost after the Instant Game Collection was announced. Speaking of PS+ and perceived &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/2012\/06\/23\/ps-saves-the-world-one-publisher-at-a-time\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">PS+ Saves The World, One Publisher At A Time<\/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":[9],"class_list":["post-3958","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-archive","tag-ps3"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3958","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=3958"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3958\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3959,"href":"http:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3958\/revisions\/3959"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3958"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3958"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3958"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}