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revee

Is it better to have the EU or the US PS+?

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Hello, I just recently got a PS3, my first console since 2008, and I didn't find an answer to this question in the otherwise very helpful FAQ in the sidebar.

Is there a way to say which region has it better? Had one of them had noticeably better deals so far? Does one have better prices on games?(...)

I'm European, so far I am leaning towards the US account simply because it seems that most games sold in my country that have any downloadable content attached to the game require the US account (because they are probably some sort of "US copies", god knows why).

On the other hand the EU PS+ currently has, according to your sidebar, 2 games for free that I'd be very much interested in (UC3 + Demon's Souls) while the US one only has UC3.

Thanks for any input.

Posted Jul 14, 2013, 7:27 PM UTC

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rand486•

I suggest you take a look at u/IceBreak's summary of the PS+ IGC for NA/EU, and decide for yourself. It's a charged question in this subreddit, and one I'm quite sick of, to be honest.

Both NA and EU are amazing values, but pick as you may.

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reveeOP•

Well that's a quite impressive post. Would be worth sticking it up to the sidebar, then I wouldn't have asked and neither would others.

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rand486•

He updates it every time new games are announced for PS+ IGC, and includes it in the comments whenever the Sony blog gets posted here.

Alternatively, you could have clicked the All-Time Game List for NA - I'm not sure why there's no EU one yet. There was one posted a while back, but it had some discrepancies, and no clear volunteer to keep it up to date, iirc.

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rand486•

Uh... I spidered several sites, compiled a list of every game I have, their meta scores, average time to complete, both by playthrough and platinum, difficulty ratings of platinuming the game, and a list of other attributes of each game, and have the whole thing working off of a vlookup of every single PS3 game ever.

I do this to keep track of what games I own (particularly b/c of PS+), and decide what to play next. I've even colour coded games I have played, completed, haven't started, etc.

I'm in NA though, so you're still right ;)

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Kallelinski•

I just got PS+ recently, but i read that Europe gets more higher rated games, while the US gets more Indies/Oldies.

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DrBakeLove•

Can you even get PS+ for a region you're not in?

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reveeOP•

Oh sure you can. Can't use out-of-region credit/debit card to pay for it but the coupons take care of paying for everything.

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duksasleeping_sudani•

Can you use a prepaid subscription code bought in the US for a region you're not in then?

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reveeOP•

Hmm... I don't believe so. What leads me to my conclusion is that when you look at ebay, you will see sellers listing the sub codes specifically for each region.

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rand486•

It's in the sidebar. See "Making a PS+ Account for Other Regions"

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fuzzs11I_Love_Colorado•

I use US PS+. Europe is so much better. They get much better titles than US does.

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[deleted]•

Everyone's got some good answers, but remember, you actually won't have any idea what games are going to come next. Sure, as far as the track record goes, EU has got some great games almost every month, while NA gets amazing games at a slightly less constant interval. But you have to understand that next months games could change it up, or the one after that, and so on.

Really, it's up to you, and it's a bit of a gamble. Either way, you'll get loads of amazing games, so have fun.

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javakah•

EU for PS3 games, NA for Vita.

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IllIllIII•

EU has way better Vita games. They get 2 Vita games per month where 1 is usually a retail game and another is PSN. NA gets 1 Vita, 1 PSP game per month. The Vita game is usually a PSN title and most of the PSP games haven't been very exciting.

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