I've never been interested in Plus. The only time I actually wanted it was when Stacking was made available for free, but then I remembered I could just buy Stacking for much, much cheaper. 

I'll agree that all I got from my one month Welcome Back trial was a HDD full of unplayed games, with one exception; I played the crap out of the UC3 beta from the moment it went live.

I'm in a similar boat. Bought PS Plus for Stacking, thinking I'd get a whole bunch of other good games over the year, but most of them have been crap, or games I already bought from PSN anyhow.

If I canceled my subscription, I think I'd definitely miss the auto-downloads and cloud saves, but unless they bring more value to the table PS Plus is almost as worthless as Xbox LIVE is to me.

At this point they should slim up the crappy content and start giving users new and innovative services worth having, or brand new (and good) games every month. The only really good PS Plus feature is the store discounts, which aren't worth it once you factor in the subscription fee.

I didn't even try PS+ during the free welcome back month, for fear of auto-renewal (which was unfounded).  But, more to the point, I wasn't really interested in the vast majority of PS+ content... It sucks to say that, but that's the way I see it.

It's too bad that PS+ might be seen as a luxury, while Xbox LIVE is deemed a necessity for those who want multiplayer online.  It's not really a fair comparison though, if not for that reason alone.  PSN is free = free multiplayer, so PS+ is viewed my many (including myself) as not necessary.

The PSN store actually offers some pretty damned good stuff (having bought around 10 PSone classics, myself, with more planned in the future), but PS+ just seems like a total money grab, to me. The individual has no control over the free stuff or bargains. You have know way of knowing what the year will bring with PS+.

The last time I went to Blockbuster Video, the clerk asked me if I wanted to buy a book of coupons. He went so far as opening it and let me see exactly what I would be paying for and let me work out if it would be a worthwhile purchase. With PS+, you don't know what's coming.

I've never been interested in purchasing PSN+. I barely used it during the 30 day trial period and all of the content offered was mediocre or bad. The only thing that I found remotely interesting was the full game trial section, but even that amounts to basically being extended demos.

Just like the rest of you, I'd consider purchasing PSN+ if they offered good content and if they actually informed people what would be made available ahead of time. As it is now it actually might discourage PSN+ subscribers from buying content, for the fear that it might later be offered for free or for a reduced price. 

Plus has been a great value really.  I like the early access to demos and betas, also the free games certainly help.  Day-1 Discounts on downloadables is a great benefit too.

I guess I get to be the (nearly) lone dissenting voice on yet another subject. 

About half of the content that you get for free are Minis, which aren't great, but I've used them to fill an hour here or there. I've probably gotten half of my money back on discounts for things I would have purchased anyway, and another 1/3rd in free games that I would have otherwise purchased. There's also some DLC I got for free that I probably wouldn't have purchased otherwise. I haven't touched the Betas at all aside from the PSRewards beta. Qore isn't worth the $30 it originally cost, but it's OK for a free add-in. Perhaps worth $10 or so a year. If I only looked at free stuff, it'd be nearly a wash.

Those are more minor than the other important thing.

PS+ is the only way to backup saved games that are copy protected... Add in the auto sync feature, and that alone is worth quite a bit for me in the event of a fried hard disk or messed up system.

I was really hoping that Sony would pull out the big guns to combat Microsoft's Live service. I don't own a PS3. The 360 has been my only console for 5 years, and the original Xbox before it for 2 years. I've had a LIve membership from the first day I bought my console. So why would I desire a victory for Sony?

Competition. I'm tired of not owning a Sony console. I have had no real reason to from the moment the PS3 launched for the price of two month's rent and a car payment. I had everything I needed already but hungered for more. So when the much rumore Plus service was finally unveiled, I looked on in horror. Content that EXPIRED once your account lapsed? Goodies that were secret until revealed and then largely chosen by some shadowy marketing panel? This was ridiculous. It felt like they thought up a lot of good ideas and then an accountant ran in and started raving, "We have to make a profit SOMEHOW!"

And that's the thing, they're supposed to make the profit by making consumers feel like it's something they can't give up. I can't imagine not having a Gold account even though I only use it to play Call of Duty or whatever multiplayer game came out that week. It's just the access. If my 360 weren't connected to the internet I feel like it would be half a machine. Everything Sony threw at their potential subscribers read like rubbish.

Hmm, how did I miss this article? Anywho, I love Playstation Plus. All the free games has brought back a lot of much needed nostalgia for me. And this month we get to play a bunch of Resident Evil games....free. I know the service has already paid for itself about 3 times over since I bought into it and I love every second of it. The best part about the free games is that they are great games, not bottom of the barrel crap.

Plus I like having exclusives like cloud saving. I have already uploaded my most important saves to the cloud and it has come in handy already a bunch of times for me.