Posting on the official PlayStation Blog, SECA Senior Director of Corporate Communications and Social Media Patrick Seybold has outlined the forthcoming "Welcome Back" appreciation program designed for members who were affected by the recent PSN outages. The program will allow PSN customers to select two free PS3 games from a list of five titles (alternatively, PSP owners can select two PSP downloadable games), receive a weekend of free movie rentals, 30-60 days of free PlayStation Plus membership, 100 free virtual items on PlayStation Home, and more.
Posted by Patrick Seybold // Sr. Director, Corporate Communications & Social Media
May 16, 2011
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
Other benefits include:
- 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!