Why PS+ Should Be An Essential Purchase For PS3 Owners

If you own a PS3 and don't have PS+ then you are  missing out, PS+ is the on thing that Sony does right that Microsoft really should try to emulate. PS+ gives you a range of  free items each month, this can be anything from games, themes and avatars which are yours as long as you subscribe, as well as discounts on other items on the PSN store. I know a lot of people say that sometimes there isn't anything that they want the odd month here and there, but for £40 a year you get a lot of bang for your bucks. (Especially when you compare it with an xbox live subscription that only lets you play online, chat and message people on your friends list)

Another argument is that as soon as you stop paying your subscription you lose the ability to play the free games you downloaded. Yet when your live subscription runs out you get nothing either, it's subscription based for a reason and that's so you keep paying Sony money for a service that is actually pretty good.

This month alone you get the following free PS3 games.

• Awesomenauts 
• Hamsterball 
• Wakeboarding HD
• Mahjong Tiles
• Sky Fighter
• Ricochet HD
• Mushroom Wars
• Magic Orbz
• Smash Cars
• Silent Hill (PSone Classic)
• Max Payne (PS2 Classic)
• Velocity (Mini)
• LA Gridlock (Mini)

The normal combined price of these games comes to £94.32, then you have the free Themes and Avatar's which normally sell for £4.23 so that's a total saving of £98.55 on all the content, minus what you actually pay per month and it works out you have got all those for only £3.33 a month.Ok I know that this month is a really good month for Plus users, and some months we only get about 5-6 games. (Some of which suck ass) Yet can you really argue with paying so little for a good deal? That isn't including the discounts you get on other items on the store by being a plus member. Then add to this that you can download the games to two separate consoles as well and the deal gets even better.

I realise this may seem like it has just turned into an advert for Plus; yet it is just a me as a fellow gamer trying to let other games know just why in my opinion you should get something worthwhile. The fact that Sony paid me a wad of cash to write this and advertise Plus has nothing to do with it all. :p