Since its inception, PlayStation Plus has delivered a strong value to PlayStation gamers. We’ve been keeping our ears to the ground and asking Plus members “What would you like to see added to PlayStation Plus?”
Today, I’m happy to share the news that was announced at Gamescom: PlayStation Plus is coming to PS Vita this year, and Online Game Saves are getting a giant upgrade in September.
We will also deliver PlayStation Plus, which is currently available for PS3 users, to PS Vita users this year. By purchasing a membership to PlayStation Plus, PS Vita users will be able to enjoy various services which will become available exclusively for members.
Additionally, we’re upgrading Online Game Save Storage. Previously, Online Game Saves offered up to 150MB of game save data storage in the cloud for PlayStation 3. With this update, Plus members will get to store up to 1GB of game save data. This means you’ll never have to worry about running out of space for your game save files!
We love hearing feedback from the community, so please share your thoughts with us in the comments below. We recognize that PlayStation Plus is a big part of what gamers have come to love about gaming on PlayStation. If you think we’re stopping here, think again — we’ll continue to roll out more features and content for Plus members to make it the best way to get the most out of your PS3 and PS Vita.
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Considering that with Plus there might be a chance for the occasional free game, and the cross buy announcement and I’m more than sold. Also looks like I’m going to need the 32Gb memory card.
I don’t know about ” never have to worry about running out of space for your game save files”. If you are an avid Madden, NCAA, Fifa, The Show, and 2K gamer and play the franchise for those, you’ll run out of space. Having said that, this goes a long way towards credibility. 150MB was pretty low, 1GB is pretty good.
If I were in charge, I would have 2GB+ for PS+ folks and 50MBs for us peasants. The peasants get a taste of the treat and will eventually want more anyways.
Now, I know what you’re thinking, “TLF, 2GB? Are you crazy?” Well, no I’m not. Go to your gmail account. You get 10GB+ of storage for free and it’s always increasing. Used to be 7GB not too long ago and I’m using 3GB on my gmail account.
I’ve been waiting forever for this! Heck yeah I want 1gb cloud saves!
Ive been a Plus Member since day one. Ive only had to renew once so far ($100) and ive enjoyed hundreds if not thousands of content they offered from free games to discounts and DLC…but the 150MB limit is killing me. Glad its being bumped up to 1GB. between large saves like the Fallout Series, Oblivion, Dragon Age, etc those ate the cloud storage up fast. the not enough space warning everytime my system started from an auto update is an eye sore as well. Had to get sell my vita for financial reasons but once i get a replacement i will reap the benefits of plus there. thanks for the support.
Great Update. By the way, is there any chances of getting ps2 classics as freebies? :D
Really glad of being a ps+ member still squeezing all juice out of it
Sadly they are giving almost everything but what is wanted on the vita, more storage? Meh, give us the reason to pick up our psvitas and not leave them by the charger. Summer is ending in about a month tops. I have always been a sony fan but this genre just seems subpar on delivery.
Awesome! I’m glad I’ll have Playstation Plus on my Vita. Its a pity this announcement didn’t come with any specific details about what type of support we’d be seeing, though.
The one thing I suggest you should do for Playstation Plus on Vita would be to allow ports of PS3 titles to be buy one, get both. I want the new Sly Cooper and I’m definitely picking up Playstation All Stars, but I REALLY do not want to buy them twice. I totally appreciated the decision to do this with Sound Shapes. I wasn’t originally going to pick that game up, but I just had to in order to show my support for that strategy. As a bonus, I found a totally awesome game that I’m really enjoying!
I wish there was a way to send that type of feedback directly to the team at Sony Santa Monica, SCE, and Queasy Games, but I couldn’t actually find a way to do that.
Thanks for the extra storage. Is it effective immediately?
Also, I like to see Vita get some support, though I don’t plan on getting one. I just hope the new benefits for Vita don’t take away from what we would normally get for the PS3.
Thank you guys for listening. Thank you for the gig…. I beyond needed it :3
I would like to know more details on the Vita support though :D>
Glad to know you’re excited, and we’ll be going into more details on Plus for Vita in the coming weeks.