Announced at E3, Playstation Plus - Sony's new paid-for online gaming service - is offering European owners a free copy of Little Big Planet if they sign up to a full year's subscription within the next month or so. The service, which launches on June 29th, offers subscribers 4 games a month (as long as they remain subscribed) and discounts, avatars etc. Sony have just clarified some more details about the service too.
The Sony blogpost is keen to stress that Plus is not an Xbox Live-style service. Although given the generally excellent quality of the paid-for Xbox Live you could argue that it would be better if it was. Anyway here is the info:
Launching on the 29th June
UK Price - GBP 39.99 (1 year) 11.99 (90 days)
The current PSN features will remain free.
Features included at launch will be: Games, Discounts, Exclusive items on PlayStation Store, Full Game Trial
Automatic Downloads (Members will be able to set their PS3 to wake up from standby at any time of the day or night, download and install any game updates for the games you have been playing and we will also send you new game demos that will be ready and waiting for you to play when you next use your PS3. System software updates will also download automatically (manual install still required) and then the PS3 will turn itself off again)
If you sign up between the 29th June and 3rd Aug for the 1 year subscription then you receive a downloadable (to keep, regardless of subscription) copy of the original LittleBigPlanet game for PS3.
So what do you think then? Given that you can play online for free - unlike Xbox Live - is the service worth 40 quid a year? Any PS3 owners here going to sign up?
