Saturday, June 4, 2011

Sony Welcome Back Packages are live!

We have summarized the entire episode of SONY's Playstation Network and Qriocity services getting hacked back in April and all the drama that ensued. The wait for the welcome back packs are over. Though the horrific experience of gamers around the world cannot be compared or balanced by a couple of games, but, hey SONY is atleast offering something!

The games which are offered are two out of following games for PS3 (US PSN) -

  • inFamous
  • Little Big Planet
  • Super Stardust HD
  • Wipeout HD
  • Dead Nation
And for PSP -
  • Little Big Planet (PSP)
  • Modnation Racer
  • Pursuit Force
  • Killzone Liberation
Along with this a premium theme and 30-day Playstation plus subscription for non-PS plus subscribers and 60-day automatic extension for Playstation Plus subscribers. For the list of games in other regions please follow the links. US PSN , EU PSN .



However, playstation 3 users experienced a lot of hurdles yesterday when the announcement was made. Due to the sudden surge of PSN users, users encountered errors while accessing the store. Also,the steps which were given to download hte game were a little confusing which led to players not downloading the game in their first attempt. This led to more traffic on the Store. At a point the PS Store gave a message - "This service is undergoing maintenance". 
We encountered the errors, 80710D36 and 80023157, which mainly deals with loss of connection with the PS store. To get over this , press the circle,O followed by X which essentially keeps doing the action repeatedly. After about 3-5 trials, the Store takes you in. Once inside, the errors keep popping now and then, ignore them( if they are the same as mentioned) and press X to go to the next menu. For the UK region there is an option on the right of the PS Store to goto the "Welcome Back" section whereas the US Store has an option at the top of the menu. Now you must get a menu of the items which are free to the PSN users, mentioned before. Here you must follow the steps mentioned in the blog carefully. 
Follow the steps below to access the content in the Welcome Back Program:1. Log on to PlayStation®Store (already done!)2. Click on the “Welcome Back” tab in the upper left menu(already done)3. Select “Welcome Back Free PS3™ Game 1”4. Within the category, click on the “Welcome Back Free PS3™ Game 1” product and “Get Now”5. Select your free PS3™ game*, and “Download”6. Repeat steps 3-5 with “Welcome Back Free PS3™ Game 2”7. Go to the XMB™ to play your free games.
If you make a mistake then the games won't be downloading right away. In that case, go to your XMB>PlayStation Network>Account Management>Transaction Management>Services List>SCEA Promotions to complete the process.

We hope this marks the denouement of SONY's latest hardships. What are you waiting for? Lets Game!


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