PlayStation Plus free games totaled more than $1,300

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Sony would, of course, like you to see its PlayStation Plus service as a bargain, but how much value does it really add to your gaming life? Well, according to data compiled by UK publication Push Square, quite a lot, actually. After combing through the 2014 selection of games offered as part of the service's Instant Game Collection, Push Square reports that Sony offered $1,349.29 worth of games in North America, and £960.64 worth of games in Europe.

Now, there are some caveats to this data. While the games themselves are free to add to your collection and free to play while you have a current PS Plus subscription ($50 for a year in the US), once your subscription lapses you'll lose access to said games. Push Square's numbers also do not separate games by system, so you only got the full, $1,349.29 value of games if you owned a PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4, and a PlayStation Vita.

Still, considering that the average monthly Metacritic score (factoring in all games) was 79 for the US and 78 in Europe, as well as the fact that PS Plus also grants subscribers access to discounts, giveaways, Share Play and online multiplayer on PS4, it's not a bad deal. And that's how you (possibly) saved more than $1,200 in 12 months on your game collection.

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Source: http://www.joystiq.com/2014/12/13/playstation-plus-free-games-totaled-more-than-1-300-in-value-p/

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SkittlePosted:

And soon as they start charging to go online they feel bad and give loads of stuff away lol, how cute

xByNovaaPosted:

-Evan
Console ya but the games are not like games with gold. you only get it for a certain amount of time.


Really? Thats kinda dumb honestly . ):


Thats not true, i still have my games from last month and im not Ps+ anymore

GnarPosted:

Console ya but the games are not like games with gold. you only get it for a certain amount of time.


Really? Thats kinda dumb honestly . ):

TendPosted:

DeluxeHazard Saving over $1000 a year is a great bargain. Sucks that you have to continually purchase the service to keep the games though.


Yea that's the only downside.

ConsolePosted:

ya but the games are not like games with gold. you only get it for a certain amount of time.

DeluxeHazardPosted:

Saving over $1000 a year is a great bargain. Sucks that you have to continually purchase the service to keep the games though.

LatiasPosted:

Miss
Latias
Miss Sucks that you basically lose the game when you run out of the subscription. If it wasn't like that, I'd like it more than Xbox's free games. PS3's free games weren't that good other than CoD 4 at the time I owned one.


It works the same way on the Xbox One, you must maintain your gold subscription.


Are you sure? I just got my Xbox One about two weeks ago so I really hope that's not true.


Sadly, I was very disappointed with the change as well.
http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2014-05-14-xbox-ones-games-with-gold-programme-requires-you-stay-subscribed

TookPosted:

Miss
Latias
Miss Sucks that you basically lose the game when you run out of the subscription. If it wasn't like that, I'd like it more than Xbox's free games. PS3's free games weren't that good other than CoD 4 at the time I owned one.


It works the same way on the Xbox One, you must maintain your gold subscription.


Are you sure? I just got my Xbox One about two weeks ago so I really hope that's not true.


I don't think that applies to Xbox One or 360

MissPosted:

Latias
Miss Sucks that you basically lose the game when you run out of the subscription. If it wasn't like that, I'd like it more than Xbox's free games. PS3's free games weren't that good other than CoD 4 at the time I owned one.


It works the same way on the Xbox One, you must maintain your gold subscription.


Are you sure? I just got my Xbox One about two weeks ago so I really hope that's not true.

970Posted:

they do offer quite a bit for their members


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