PS3 320 GB PlayStation Plus Instant Game Collection Bundle

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Personally, though skeptical, I ended up loving being a Plus member. (Since PS3 reviews abound, and the Plus subscription is the selling point of this bundle, that's all I'm going to discuss.) I decided to try the 3 month plan and within a month I realized the Bargain and Upgraded to a year.

Here is the gist of it:

Costs $50 yearly (Less than $5/month. Compare to Netflix or Amazon Prime..but with unique content.)

Includes services like 1 gig of cloud storage and automatic game saves/system updates. (this alone might be worth a few bucks each month.)

Then there are the games. Here are some that I downloaded since my purchase until now.(June-October 2012)

Infamous 2,

Little Big Planet 2,

Borderlands,

The first two episodes the Walking Dead game,

Ratchet & Clank: All 4 One,

Starhawk (solo campaign),

Scott Pilgrim Vs The World: The Game

Double Dragon Neon

Pac-Man Championship Edition DX

That's well over $200 worth of games to play for $50.

But there are a few caveats:

1. The first reviewer is correct that you can only play these games WHILE YOUR MEMBERSHIP IS ACTIVE.

2. Over time, the number of games you can keep will be limited by your hard-drive capacity.

3. You don't know what's coming out very far in advance. (I had actually purchased Scott Pilgrim the month before it became available for free. That said, when I bought it, it was only $10 for members.)

To me, it's still a bargain. If you really love a game and want to play it a lot in the future, you can still buy a physical copy to play. If you didn't have PS Plus, that's would have to do. For 5 bucks a month, it's worth it to preview some of these games. For example I might decide I liked Infamous 2 and buy the new collection on disk, but though I really enjoyed Ratchet & Clank, once I've played through it I won't want to own it. (Or vice versa.)

Or another example, I was thinking I'd buy a physical copy of Borderlands with the extra Game of the Year content on it. But then Borderlands 2 came out, and I don't see myself going back just for that extra stuff.

In summary, it is WELL worth $50 to play these games and have the other features for a year. If you decide it's not, then you can go buy a physical copy of the games you wish you still had.

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Let's face it. The PS3 has been out for years. Nothing I say in a review can possibly bring anything new to light. The fact of the matter is that I want a Slim instead of the newer Super Slim because I want the auto-load feature. Combine that with the fact that a year's subscription to Playstation Plus costs more than any of the games I've seen bundled with the Slim and this is the best bundle. At this point you either want a PS3 or you don't. If you want one then maybe you'll agree with me that this particular bundle is the best bang for your buck.

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I've had Playstation+ since it began and I have not been disappointed, even before they started putting full disc games on there. While this is not a traditional console bundle, with a disc game or extra controller, this is the highest value bundle you can possibly get.

1 year of playstation+ means somewhere in the vain of 30-40 free games within the year in addition to numerous sales. It means you can use your cloud storage for saved game files (Just in case) and it means you can set your console to auto-update every night while your sleeping to update all the games you're playing and complete any downloads you started. And yes, once the memberhsip ends, the features end... but for 50 bucks a year... It's worth every penny to continue your account.

One thing to note, every Tuesday night when the playstation store updates you should go on there, see what's new, and 'buy' all the new Playstation+ free stuff. By making that 'purchase', even if you choose not to download, you own that game for the life of your PS+ account and if you also have a Playstation Vita and that game is one that is also available (Or exclusively available) on there, you can redownload it as much as you need in addition to redownloading it onto your PS3 as needed.

As far as the PS3 is concerned, it has ended up being my favorite console of this generation, having owned all 3, primarily because the game selection speaks to me and in general I just felt I was always getting a better value with it. Controllers are typically cheaper and come with built in rechargable batteries (my first PS3s sixaxis controller still works fine and holds a solid 20 hour charge so don't worry about batteries going bad), the online is free and while one could argue the servers might not be as good as competitors, I've never had an issue. It has all the bells and whistles of Amazon Prime Video (Highly recommend that as well), Netflix, Hulu, Crunchyroll and now Youtube with an awesome pairing feature you can utilize with your smartphone. Another nice feature is the ability to use any 2.5' Hard-drive to expand the console. I turned my brother-in-law's 40gb into a 500gb and it cost only 50 bucks to do. And finally I've ended up using the PS3s Bluray player functionality much more than expected, especially now that I own a 3D TV.

And on that note, 3d gaming is amazing and I feel the PS3 has an great selection of option, even the HD remakes like Shadow of the Colossus look absolutely incredible in 3d. Now some games just aren't made well for it, Assassin's Creed 3 I felt didn't work well since they didn't layer HUD icons accordingly, but for the most part it's an impressive feature and I feel the PS3 should be the go-to console for 3d TV owners.

And to close, I've had PS3s since the year they were released. My first fat PS3 broke 2 years ago because I traveled to Korea with it and it got damaged on the ride. My girlfriend had her slim model well before then and it's still running fine as is my new model I've had since then.

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This was my second PS3 purchase, having already bought the MGS4 bundle from years earlier. While the new PS3 in this bundle doesn't have the PS2 hardware compatibility and only has 2 USB ports compared with 4, it is an excellent overall piece of hardware which runs quieter and draws less power than my older unit.

Given how the games that come with the bundles tend to lose value quickly, I realized that the PSN plus full-year subscription was actually much more valuable. Having tried out PSN plus for a couple of months, I realized that you can build up quite a collection of games with much less investment. The only requirement is the

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