PlayStation Plus Thoughts

For three-plus years I worked at a Barnes & Noble Bookstore. Aside from sating my bookworm desires and giving me complete control over the Star Wars 'bay' in the Sci-Fi/Fantasy Department, I was also required by management--and corporate policy--to advertise, inform, and sell our customers the Barnes & Noble Membership Card. For twenty-five dollars (plus sales tax) you were given discounts on books, movies, music and more. The membership program was a major component of a cashier's job, and I could understand the reason --  most studies show that people don't use member cards much, and thus don't recoup the cost of the initial investment -- but it was a chore to sell the damn things. Why, you ask? Because most people don't use member cards much, and... yeah, you know where I'm going. People are smart, and most won't shell out money for discount programs, even those who would probably benefit most from such things.

PlayStation Plus... sky-rockets in flight?

DC Universe Online PS3 beta opening to PlayStation Plus subscribers

Okay, I laid it out pretty clearly when I started writing here that among my two great loves are my PlayStation 3 and DC Comics. So of course I'm highly anticipating the Sony Online Entertainment MMORPG DC Universe Online, which was originally planned to see a release in November but has since been pushed to early 2011.

The PC beta keys have gone out to select gamers (our own Gamerologist among them), but PS3 users have been left wondering when their time will come.

Well, thanks to The Official Playstation Blog, we know now that the DCUO PS3 beta will be coming very, very soon--exclusively for PlayStation Plus subscribers. Yes, like the Killzone 3, Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood, and Dead Space 2 betas before it, DCUO will be exclusive to PS+ subscribers before the end of the year.

So... is $49.99 for a year of PS+ (or $17.99 for three months) looking any more enticing? They're certainly filling their beta testing quotient. Look for a feature soon on my experience with the new PlayStation subscription service.