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!
why not out of all the games we pick 2? it seams fair
Great job with everything offered Sony. Since I own 4 out of the 5 ps3 games I can’t take full advantage of the program. Is it possible to add a credit option for us as well? I’m not asking for $40 – $50 worth but maybe $20 -$30 worth of credit. Just a thought, thanks again for everything you have done to get the network back up!
HEY PATRICK SEYBOLD WHERE WILL IT SAY WE WILL GET THE FREE STUFF AT WHEN THE PSN STORE IS BACK UP OR WHAT PLEASE ANSWER PATRICK I WANT TO KNOW CAUSE I HAVE BOTH PSP AND PS3 SO PLZ ANSWER MAN!!!!!!
1077 and 1085 totally agree. and for you guys excited about PlayStation plus and the 100 free virtual items….. OMG its free and there’s a hundred of them and their in the PlayStation Home!!!!!! how many people honestly care about that. I tried for five minutes and then decided it was lame and blew apart 1000 zombie in black ops…… and yet i still have nightmares about home I bought the playstation to game not wander around a virtual world with no rhyme and purpose. this package is nothing for what Sony should be doing….. hopefully Xbox offers free live for a year and gamestop offers full price trade ins because I’m one more disappointment away before im jumping off this sinking ship
That’s awesome! Thanks, Sony!!
@Khronikos u are obnoxious buddy, do u even take time to ready or are you really that lacking in comprehensive reading skills?
consider this
in the last 12 months someone offers u something HIGHLY discounted for being a loyal customer, u bite u gave them your money, now as an apology they want to offer u content u just paid for during the last 12 months, are they really giving u anything now? nope
the big airline has a BIG ticket sale for their loyal customers, u buy your ticket to gorgeous Honolulu for april 28th. On april 19th the big airline is vandalized, their security was poor, and now they are out of biz for a month while they re-structure. May 16th, the airline wants to make it up to u by giving u a free trip to beautiful Honolulu, Hawaii… Wait didnt you already pay for it? is the airline really giving u anything free? nah its a public relations stunt, they knew 90% of the tickets sold during their previous sale were bought with destination to Honolulu, only people benefiting are the 10% who had bought tickets to the rest of the world. Should the airline have a back up plan to compensate paid ticket holders to Honolulu? yes they should, in the very least a token taco dinner
i cant believe how ungrateful some of you guys are being, its not like sony had to give us this.
and no one should be saying that we shouldve had these games already. you dont decide what games we should buy.
ok now im a little ticked off. because i used hotmail i cant get the free stuff???????? hotmail not getting the reset emails
Way to go Sony, you guys and gals did a good job!! Hope you catch the creeps that did it.
ok well if we get this then how come my store aint available and do non mebers to qriocity get a free 30 days maybe i read it wrong up there and a ? to any one who can help me why when i start to do the update on playstation home it would start the update then go to black screen (it was like this before the outage)
HELLYEAHH!!!!!! WHEN!?? WHEN!?? WHENNNNNNNNN!???? XD XD
Thank You Very Much Sony! You really do care about us! COOL!!!
I’m happy for getting 60 days of Playstation Plus subscription and the 100 Home itens (I started using Home few days before the outage) but disappointed about the free games: I’ve already bought all of them.
Probably you’re not going to give us Store credits, but you at least could expand the game selection. Choosing 2 of 10 games would make more people happy. Suggestions: Flower, Warhawk, MAG, Modnation Racers (PS3), PixelJunk Shooter (1)
EH keep it up sony
Yeah… not impressed… still grateful for the gesture, but it doesn’t begin to make up for possible identity theft… I mean someone might have your info and all we get is a few good games to choose from. I mean what do the users get that have all those games all ready? just something to think about is all… I mean good job at trying to kiss ass after the hack.
Sony didn’t owe us anything but it’s nice to see they’re offering some things. I have little to no interest in any of these games as I’ve played them already but it’s good for those who haven’t. Now, I would like to see Sony update the PlayStation Network in the near future with a Cross-Game Chat feature as it’s the only thing missing from making the PlayStation Network average to the top.
Most of that stuff was already given in the first batch of PSN plus
honestly i expected something like Modnation Racers, Lead and Gold, Borderlands.
Honestly anyone remotely interested in Infamous didn´t already play it at this point?
Not that im ungratefull at Sony but still, my 2 cents
I love how everyone is complaining “Sony’s not losing any money.” Your right the developers are actually the ones giving us this free stuff…(and yes I know sony is probably giving the developers money) but then again they could hang you all brand new copies of L.A. Noire and you still wouldn’t be happy would you?
Sigh… It’s a great offering selection.
Sadly for me I already own inFamous, Dead Nation, Wipeout HD (not fury though), and traded LBP in, I wasn’t planning on playing it again.
I guess stardust and fury it is…
All great options for anyone that hasn’t played them.
And thanks for the 60 days of plus, I love plus.
Always wanted to play Little Big Planet. Thanks.
I own each of these games. What about me? Am I screwed because I’m an active Sony consumer? It would be in your best interest not to overlook the people that buy a lot of games.
This is great news Sony. I’m sure glad I didn’t go out and get an Xbox. Now all I need to be happy is an update as to when the store will be back online.
I have most of these games already Sony, what alternatives do you have?
Thanks Sony. Appriciate the new games in consideration of having lost access to the network for almost a month. Am wondering about ID protections?
Meh. I’m one of the few who bought LBP at launch.And I just got inFamous four days ago.
WELCOME BACK INDEED!!!!!!!
do you think we can get the call of duty map pack esclation for free.
thanks sony i always knew tou wont let us down adn thanks for de games
@Patrick – Thanks for this! We already own most of these games, although having them as a digital download might be nice for the sake of faster load times, kids not touching the actual discs, etc.
QUESTION: Will purchased DLC for LittleBigPlanet, InFamous, and ModNation Racers still work with these downloadable versions of the games? Anyone have any experience with this?
well what i want dead nation and eather ss or wipe out cuz idk about thoso but little big planet and infamous i have them and modnationracers and killzone and whit psn home and plus whit movies? or no idk but all that that’s just perfect but someone tell me is it only for the north america? only if it was well i dont live in there :( so suck for me
@#1122
Idiots like you should be banned for good.
For all you people complaining about already having these games and that this deal is a ripoff:
1) What???? Sony didn’t have to give you anything! Its a free service. You should be glad their even offering you a bundle.
2) If you are really that paranoid about getting a small reward, then why don’t you sell your hard copies of Infamous and Littlebigplanet and then choose those as your free games? That way you get some money at least. Only problem is that might erase your save files and data for those games; I’m not really sure on that.
Whatever the case, be grateful of what you’re given.
Got a question for ya Patrick. I ordered the playstation plus through Amazon.com, since I am not able to redeem it at the playstation store am I am able to redeem it here or on QC and it work on the PS3?
Awesome guys, but here’s my question. I already have Wipeout HD but not the Fury expansion, so can I get the expansion only or what?
whn can we buy the new map pack escalation for call of duty
thank you!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! i hate xbox ps3 all the way
Will be downloading Little Big Planet for sure, was looking for an excuse to have that game :).
Finally I am here! I really hope I am included in the freebies. I bought my playstation the the day or day after the attacks. I thought the internet connection was messed up. Just glad to play online and can’t wait to check out the Store and the other stuff.
thanks sony
here’s to English as a second language.
how we download that? psn store?
Even though Sony network was down, I was
confident that Sony will be pull through I’m happy that they came out with this great offer. Cheers for Sony!!!!!!! Keep up the great work
I wish I could have them all, but for good line up on the psp is god of war GOS, sony keep up the good work.
ok ok so i have read some of these posts this guys talkin about 500 mb for each game wtf so me having the 120 slim ps3 i cant get none of this wtf if the guy who posted this or another head member can help me on my 2 post i would appreciate it
when is the playstation store back up i wanna download first strike
Is it okay if u haven’t received an email from sony yet? Because my old account cant be restored now because it says I have to follow the instruction from the email they sent me but I didn’t get an email yet. So all I’m asking is if I still have a chance to restore my old account if I didn’t get an email yet. Because I was 9th prestige and there’s no getting back to that):
BTW thank all of you for all of your hard work! I know that some of the others were getting impatient and I couldn’t log in to tell them to chill out. I know you were working hard and doing the best you could. They were just getting frustrated cause it was taking so long. They didn’t have to deal with what yal were having to go through so they don’t completely understand what you were going through, forgive their ignorance….or impatience, whichever you prefer to call it. lol
Sony you need to add MAG to that list of titles to choose from. It will make that list of free games far more appealing to have an online FPS on it and it will help everyone involved including the current MAG player base since MAG isn’t selling that many copies at this point anyways with being over a year old.
wwwwwwoooooooowwwwwwwwwww thanks sony!!!!! lovbe you guys never lost faith !!!!
this looks pretty sweet. thanks sony :)