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IGN - PlayStation Plus: Review Score Breakdown

IGN writes:
"Yesterday, I published a financial analysis of PlayStation Plus over its first year. The piece was essentially an objective, by-the-numbers look at PlayStation Plus' offerings over the first 52 weeks of its existence"

MintBerryCrunch4701d ago

the low "great" category 8.0-8.9

well thank you IGN for reinforcing the idea that games have to be above 9 to be great which this gen has been notorious for

plmkoh4701d ago

Yeah 8.0-8.9 is the new soft-cock approach to reviewing these days. It's a score that not quite offends nor manages to over praises something, so in a sense it pretty much sits on a fence.

Nonetheless, I can't see the point of reviewing the PSN plus service, it's either you want the free games/cloud service/ discounts or you don't.

jebabcock4701d ago

To me it is all about the early betas access. at least 4 i remember off hand getting in on simply by being a plus subscriber.
UC3, Assassin's Creed, DC Universe, Dead Space.. There have also been early demos for games too.. honestly though the beta access alone is nice, paying 50 bucks to get a feel for a game up to several months before it comes out is worth it... the other free games are just icing on the cake...

NexusCurb4701d ago (Edited 4701d ago )

IGN- "As noted in my financial analysis of PlayStation Plus, a total of 49 free games were offered in PlayStation Plus' first year."

IGN- "what do you think of PlayStation Plus? Put quite simply, is it worth the money, or isn't it?"

You tell me... is it worth to get 49 FREE games for $49.99?
I don't think IGN should even being doing things like this, when we all know PS+ is well worth. Weather you like it or not, like PSN games, like exclusives Beta, features, and other things or not, that's another thing. But we know it is worth for just $49.99

GrandTheftZamboni4701d ago

For someone like me who used to subscribe to Qore, that's like additional $30 off with Plus.

IHateYouFanboys4701d ago

i just 'cashed in' my free month of Plus from the welcome back package, then the very next day my PS3 got the YLOD lol.

who knows, if i liked what Plus gave me i might have ended up keeping my subscription. now ill never know, as im not buying a new PS3 until the price drop which most likely wont fall within the next 20-odd days unfortunately.

Parapraxis4701d ago

What is your PSN ID? I'll add you and when you get that new PS3 you can confirm it....lol (u need to troll harder btw)

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Rolling the Dice: Do Modern RPGs Miss the Point of Team-Based Play?

It seems it was long time ago. A bunch of friends spending hours on end playing RPG games, sitting around the table with the box of cold pizza. Excited about the story, listening to the Game Master, they were completely engaged in the worlds only visible to them and their imaginations.

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Takwin2643d ago

The GM is the programmer, and in MMOs and co-ops, you can play with others. If you want to ONLY use your imagination for the visuals, read a book.

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Record of Agarest War 2 announced for PS3

Scrawl: "Looks like we know how that new Compile Heart countdown is going to end. The latest issue of Famitsu has confirmed that Agarest Senki 2, known as Record of Agarest War 2 in the US, is Compile Heart’s newest title."

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Godmars2905088d ago

1) Hope they put it on disc this time.
2) Hope this is a positive for Neptune coming over as well.

Demons Souls5088d ago

If so, that's being developed & published by Idea Factory. Compile Heart has nothing to do with it (Thank God for that).

Godmars2905088d ago (Edited 5088d ago )

Thought Compile Heart was one of the companies lending characters.

Was also speaking in general as in regards to a US of Neptune. If these guys are offing a second game, NIS or Atlus, both of whom offer quirkier titles, will put that one out.

@kagon01:
My issue isn't - wholly - with the DL-only option, but the price. The first game should be $30. Maybe $40, and by that I mean $39.99. The only reason its $45 is the 360 disc version which has extras. Nevermind that by all rights its a PS2 game. Something that proabbly could have been done if the devs had the GOW2 engine or tools.

ClownBelt5088d ago

I approve of this god damn message.

Could have gotten my 60 bucks if they just put it on a disc.

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Tripl3seis5088d ago

Another exclusive damnn the ps3 keeps on rollin wit games awesome ;)

Jack-Pyro5088d ago

Is this a half decent SRPG, porn aside, cause if it is, i might just decide to go and buy it for the 360.

Anon73495088d ago

There's no porn just some sexual innuendos but that's it.

Also it is a great game by itself, maybe not graphically but everything else is top tier.

RedDevils5088d ago

so it had some kind of "top tier" porn story jk

ThanatosDMC5088d ago

Yup, it's a decent game. I just hate that a move has to go first before any attack options.

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Bless Online Korean MMORPG Gets Server Merge

This is not the first time that Bless Online receives a server merge in Korea. An announcement was made on the official Korean site.

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Bismarn2678d ago

Bless must be an amazing game to be on all these platforms (according to the tags): iPad iPhone Nintendo DS PC PS Vita PS2 PS3 PS4 PSP Wii Wii U Xbox Xbox 360 Xbox One