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PSN 'Welcome Back' Program Now Live

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by Jeff Cork on June 03, 2011 at 03:06 PM

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Last month, Sony outlined how it planned to compensate PlayStation Network users for their inconvenience from the service outage. Today, the "Welcome Back" program is live.

In a post on the official PlayStation Blog, Susan Panico, senior director of the PSN, outlines what players will be getting:

[A]ll PSN members who had signed up before the outage (April 20, 2011) will be able to select two games for the PS3 and two games for the PSP systems.

For PS3 owners, go to the ‘Welcome Back’ section in the PlayStation Store, and select 2 titles from the following list:

Dead Nation

inFAMOUS

LittleBigPlanet

Super Stardust HD

Wipeout HD + Fury

For PSP owners, go to the ‘Welcome Back’ section of PlayStation Store on your PSP system and select 2 titles from the following list:

LittleBigPlanet (PSP)

ModNation Racers

Pursuit Force

Killzone Liberation

In addition to the free games, PSN users will also get 30 free days of PlayStation Plus access, 100 virtual items in PlayStation Home, and temporary access to free movie rentals.

Are you good now, or did you expect more from Sony?

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by Zonified Friday, June 03, 2011 at 03:08 PM

Thanks again, Sony. I already got my games along with some free Playstation+ goodies. Now I need to see about the free things in Home. :P

That being said, the amount of traffic coming into the store because of this is really hindering the program itself. Hopefully things will cool down and people will be able to grab their free games.
by Darth_Vicrone Friday, June 03, 2011 at 03:12 PM

pretty awesome except everyone and their mother is trying to download this at the same time
by The-Suck-At-Tomb-Raiding Carson Friday, June 03, 2011 at 03:12 PM

It wouldn't let me download one game but I didn't really care about Super Stardust HD or Wipeout HD I just wanted Dead Nation.
by predalien27 Friday, June 03, 2011 at 03:12 PM

*Froth & drool*
by xCSTxChaos Friday, June 03, 2011 at 03:12 PM

so i just tried to access it and it game me an error message WTF
by The Last Saiya-jin Friday, June 03, 2011 at 03:12 PM

Hell yeah! Can't frown on free stuff.

gonna wait a couple of days though, seeing that so many people are having trouble... due to all the downloading at the same time.
by Myles Cadle Friday, June 03, 2011 at 03:13 PM

Cool! All I have is a PSP but its nice to have this. Probably getting LBP. Not sure which other one I'll get.
by TheUdabomber117 Friday, June 03, 2011 at 03:14 PM

Anyone else getting an error message?
by shooterboy23 Friday, June 03, 2011 at 03:14 PM

yea im good its me forever to download infamous.how long is 1200 minutes? to be honest i would have been fine getting nothing im not greedy.
by Rengeki55 Friday, June 03, 2011 at 03:14 PM

I only got one of my free games, won't let me access the other...wtf
by Deividas Friday, June 03, 2011 at 03:15 PM

Sweeeet. Downloading now :)
by Earthbound_X Friday, June 03, 2011 at 03:15 PM

Anyone else getting a ton of error messages when you try to get the free stuff?
by Naeem2132 Friday, June 03, 2011 at 03:15 PM

This sucks. The store kept failing on me. Better luck tomorrow I guess.
by Seraver Friday, June 03, 2011 at 03:16 PM

Can't complain. Only too bad that some people already have everything but situations such as these are offcourse inevitable. One small remark is they should maybe have given the option to get a cash value to PSN for free that is maybe lower than the value of the games they are giving for people that already have everything. The reason why I state a lower value than the games they offer is offcourse because that would be a whole lot harder for Sony to accomplish. Nevertheless I'm happy and I can't complain and let's hope everyone is happy about this and can enjoy their free content !
by gears master Friday, June 03, 2011 at 03:17 PM

Need to get oooooooooon! holy kow!
by Earthbound_X Friday, June 03, 2011 at 03:18 PM

What?! I didn't get my second free game!

I got about 5 error messages when trying for the second PSP game, and now that option is gone.

They didn't seem to plan this very well.

Overall, I got about 20 error messages.
by Andrew Marcos Friday, June 03, 2011 at 03:18 PM

Hell yes! I saw the Rainbow Six: Vegas 2 1 hour trial this morning and since I haven't played the game in over a year (sadly I sold it) I've been itching to try some terrorist hunt. If its as good as I remember then I'll buy it ASAP, but I needed that PSN+ first.
by Fighting Fort Friday, June 03, 2011 at 03:18 PM

Cool, I really just want the Playstation Plus stuff but you can't say no to free games.
by Another Matthew Friday, June 03, 2011 at 03:18 PM

I chose:Dead Nation($15)Wipeout($25!)and the PSP part:Killzone(I think $15)and ModNation(might be 20$).I am a happy guy.
by Devin Kasprowicz Friday, June 03, 2011 at 03:20 PM

There are so many people on the store, that it takes forever just to get in. I think it is going to be a few days before I can get in.