Sony’s ‘Welcome Back’ offer has received varying responses from the PlayStation users
The PlayStation Network (PSN) has been restored and running after the recent announcement by Sony’s officials. The PSN will be revived in phases with the first phase dubbed as ‘Phase I’ to re-launch online gaming, ‘Hulu’ and various other services while
‘Phase II’ is reported to come with an update that will reopen the PlayStation store.
Sony also announced a ‘Welcome Back’ plan for its customers that will vary depending on the region of the user. The package includes two games available for download, completely free of cost, as well as a 30 day PlayStation Plus (PSN’s premier service) subscription.
However, not all users are satisfied with what Sony has to offer since many disgruntled users are complaining that the titles available for download are not enticing and most users either already have the title or have played it recently.
‘Infamous’ is one of the games on offer along with PlayStation Portable’s (PSP) ‘Killzone: Liberation’. However, neither seems to satisfy the fans as both are fairly outdated despite being award winners in their time.
Sony Computer Entertainment Europe’s Head of Communications, Nick Caplin, responded to the criticism, explaining that Sony had done its best to bring the best quality games rather than focusing on quantity since the average ratings of the games were fairly
high.
Caplin said, "We've tried really hard to put together a list of high quality BD games, rather than simply offering cheaper PSN titles. The average metacritic rating for these games is over 84 per cent, so these are high quality games."
Caplin went on to explain that he expected a certain level of criticism but defended Sony’s decision by explaining they could not make each and every single user happy even though they tried to ensure that the maximum number of PSN users would have something
to cheer about.
Caplin added, "Unfortunately with a user base of 77m people, it is really hard to offer something for everyone”.
The PlayStation Network was down for nearly a month after hackers attacked and reportedly stole users’ data from Sony servers. It was then re-launched with added security and threat detection measures.
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