Now that some PlayStation Network and Qriocity services have been restored and you’re once again enjoying online gaming and entertainment, we’re happy to provide details about the “Welcome Back” appreciation program for customers in North America. We developed the program as an expression of our gratitude for your patience, support and continued loyalty during the service outage. From all of us at PlayStation, thank you and welcome back!
This package will be made available to all existing registered PlayStation Network and Qriocity users in North America (US and Canada), and will be made available shortly after we have fully restored the service. More specific details about these offers and eligibility requirements will be posted as the services go live.
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.
- Dead Nation
- inFAMOUS
- LittleBigPlanet
- Super Stardust HD
- Wipeout HD + Fury
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.
- LittleBigPlanet (PSP)
- ModNation Racers
- Pursuit Force
- Killzone Liberation
- A selection of “On Us” rental movie titles will be available to PlayStation Network customers over one weekend, where Video Service is available. Those titles will be announced soon.
- 30 days free PlayStation Plus membership for non PlayStation Plus subscribers.
- Existing PlayStation Plus subscribers will receive an additional 60 days of free subscription.
- Existing Music Unlimited Premium Trial subscription members will receive an additional 30 days of free premium subscription.
- Additional 30 days + time lost for existing members of Music Unlimited Premium/Basic subscription free of charge for existing Premium/Basic members.
- 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’s Alien Casino, an exclusive game.
We’d like to thank all of our publishing and development partners who’ve contributed to the Welcome Back program, including Bigbig Studios, Codeglue, Digital Leisure, Guerilla Games, Heavy Water, Housemarque, Lockwood, Loot, Mass Media, Media Molecule, SCE Cambridge Studios, SCE Studio Liverpool, SCE San Diego Studios, and Sucker Punch Productions. We couldn’t have created such a compelling package without them!
As a reminder, you will be able to access the above content shortly after services are fully restored. We are doing everything we can to make that happen as soon as possible. Please visit the following sites for more information about the Welcome Back program in Europe and Latin America.
Thank you again for your support!
Hey i’m happy for all this and all, but um..one problem. Playstation Store isnt working where i’m at. It keep saying there is an error when i try to start it up, and i’m not a new user (if that’s been part of the reason). Any idea on an ETA on when it’ll actually show up?
And thanks Sony, i’ll be happy to have the free stuff due to the outage that we fans have suffered.
thats to much reading for me
Should have just given us 50 dollars in our PSN accounts. I’ll probably get Little Big Planet and I already have Infamous, but no idea what those other games are.
THE STORE IS BACK UP. FINALLY.
PS Store will be up soon 5777. Whatever that means.
lol nice try South
@ 5754 sony doesnt have to give you all that stuff for free they could just throw dirt in your face and laugh at you think about what you say before you click submit sony could kick you off psn just for saying that
lol. Come on man dont ruin it.
@ 5780 Really? is it up?
:( my bad
i think they just did
o srry
I just got into the PS store on my PSP.
Awesomeness. Sony it has been proven the playstation 3 is better than the 360 Hands down. And i also like the fact that when i call u guys it is always someone that speaks clearly an i can understand. 360 u call and u get a india guy that u can not understand and u are asking him or her constantly to repeat what they said. LOL good job sony keep it up.
bite me
For real south i knew you were checking it like every 5 min
*shrugs* this is what I get for being such a Trophy (Hore) Platinumed all them games… Well not wipeout but getting there.
iam sooooooo boredddd
BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOSONYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY TRASH GAMES NO DEAL ILL NEVER USE THE PS STORE AGAIN TO PUNISH YOU FOR INSULTING ME WITH THESE LOW BUGET GAMES ……………..HOW ABOUT GRAND TURISMO TO START WITH AND OTHER GOOD GAMES WTH SONY
I was…lmao..
I was expecting Mortal Kombat…………………..
When is store going to be up???
Thats true TC4SPAZINOUT
I SEE THE CHILDREN THINK YOU GAVE THEM SOME THING GREAT TILL THEY PLAY THEM ONCE AND AND REALIZE WOW THEY DO SUK
is it really up pplzzzz im watchin the oakland a’s game so i cant check oakland just score 3 runs WOOT!
@5793
whats with the *shrugs*? do you write scripts or something
then can keep the free games i just wanna play dc univere online already i need to redeem my code!
Thanks Sony so much, Even though I wasn’t really affected much by this outage, this is still really generous! Thanks Sony for being such a great company with absolute outstanding products!!!
1st….People were complaining when the PSN had been shut down on April 20th, 2011 & they can’t play online
2nd….People were complaining that Sony is taking too long to bring back PSN online
3rd….After three & a half weeks, PSN finally returns on May 15th, 2011 & people are now complaining about FREE GAMES & the PS Store not being available yet
I swear some people have nothing better to do than complain, complain & complain. Especially about a service that provides FREE online gaming.
No telling what the next complaint will be about. Maybe when the PS Store finally returns & they return with their weekly store updates we’ll get more complaints about the poor content given to us.
Amazing isnt it…Oh well, gonna need more popcorn XD
oh i cant wait to play some inFAMOUS AND DEADNATION!
THX SONY! When it comes to gaming you guys never disappoint me!
So basicallythe 2 games we pick out are free for 30 days? like a trial or demo? uh huh yeah just scrap all that and give me the new call of duty map pack. :)
LBP is a great game scrub.
@5805
i know right?
THANKS CHACHIRULA
@ 5805 i just wanna know when its gonna be up i aint complainin sony rocks
LOL at anyone complaing about getting free stuff go cry to someone who cares
PS I dont care
@OrangE no they will be available for download for 30 days once we download its ours!
whhhhhoooooooaaaaa!!!!!!!!!!!!
If the PS Store doesn’t have 5pb when it’s back online, I’m going to buy an Xbox 360.
I just want it known, that, I am model material, and I play video games.
@ 5807 no there downloadedable for 30 days then we get to keep them
never mind i didn’t notice that you said “keep forever” lolz
a little exited are u creeperharo666
5pb wat xbox suks
Sony will let us know eventually on their blog when the store will be available. Patience people, be glad we’re atleast back online.
@5805 those types could be givin everything and still find something to complain about
xbox 360 doesnt get netflix, internet,vudu,hulu, and alot of other stuff that we get and you have to pay 50$ for it
@Orange_Kush_Soda
Apparently it hard for you to comprehend what you read, the last four word of the sentence says it all. CAN BE KEPT FOREVER.
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.
@mystikalguy hell yh bro.
@OrangE_KusH_SodA
The 2 free ps3 and 2 free PSP games are yours to keep FOREVER. Read the damn blog post before making ignorant comments.
And speaking of which, how the h3ll can Sony “give” you the COD map pack when it isn’t their product, its Treyach/Activision’s ???