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==PlayStation Network==
===PlayStation Store===
The '''PlayStation Store''' is an online virtual market available to users of Sony's PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4, [[PlayStation Portable]], and [[PlayStation Vita]] game consoles via the PlayStation Network. This Store offers a range of [[downloadable content]] both for purchase and available free of charge. Available content includes full games, add-on content, playable demos, themes along with games and movie trailers. On May 20, 2022, couple of games such as [[Sonic the Hedgehog (1991)|''Sonic the Hedgehog'' (1991)]], ''[[Sonic the Hedgehog 2]]'', ''[[Sonic the Hedgehog 3]]'' and ''[[Sonic & Knuckles]]'' have been delisted from the service.<ref name="Delisted">{{Cite web|title=Standalone Sonic titles to be delisted May 20th ahead of Sonic Origins release|url=https://delistedgames.com/standalone-sonic-titles-to-be-delisted-may-20th-ahead-of-sonic-origins-release/|work=Delisted Games|date=20 May 2022|accessdate=2 August 2022|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20220802142714/https://delistedgames.com/standalone-sonic-titles-to-be-delisted-may-20th-ahead-of-sonic-origins-release/|archivedate=2 August 2022}}</ref>
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|[[File:S4E1 PSN Icon.jpg|100px]]<br />''[[Sonic the Hedgehog 4: Episode I]]''
|[[File:SA PS3 US.jpg|100px]]<br />''[[Sonic Adventure (2010)|Sonic Adventure]]''
|[[File:Sonic1 PS3 Icon.jpg|100px]]<br />''[[Sonic the Hedgehog (1991)|Sonic the Hedgehog]]''
|-
|[[File:PSN_Sonic2_Icon.jpg|100px]]<br />''[[Sonic the Hedgehog 2]]''
|[[File:PS3 SG Icon.jpg|100px]]<br />''[[Sonic Generations]]''
|[[File:PSN SCD Icon.jpg|100px]]<br />''[[Sonic the Hedgehog CD (2011)|Sonic CD]]''
|-
|[[File:SH_PS3_EU_Icon.jpg|100px]]<br />''[[Sonic Heroes]]'' {{C|EU/Asia}}
|[[File:S4E2 PSN US Icon.jpg|100px]]<br />''[[Sonic the Hedgehog 4: Episode II]]''
|[[File:SA2 (2012) PSN.jpg|100px]]<br />''[[Sonic Adventure 2 (2012)|Sonic Adventure 2]]''
|-
|[[File:PSN STF Icon.jpg|100px]]<br />''[[Sonic the Fighters (2012)|Sonic the Fighters]]''
|[[File:ShTH_PS3_JP_Icon.jpg|100px]]<br />''[[Shadow the Hedgehog (game)|Shadow the Hedgehog]]'' {{C|Asia}}
|[[File:PS3 Unleashed Icon.jpg|100px]]<br />''[[Sonic Unleashed]]''
|}

====Miscellaneous====
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|[[file:PSN_Sonic_Avatar_Set_Icon.png|100px]]<br />''[[Sonic the Hedgehog series Avatar Set]]''
|}

===PlayStation Now===
'''PlayStation Now''' is a video gaming streaming service similar to Netflix where players can stream video games from a PlayStation 3, PS4, and other Sony consoles, including Smartphones and Tablets. Announced during Sony's Keynote address in the 2014 Consumer Electronics Show, it launched as a closed beta in January 2014, and was later started as an open beta on July 31, 2014, on the PlayStation 4. PS Now Open Beta on the PS3 was released in North America on September 18, 2014, and will be released in Europe by 2015, with the United Kingdom to get it first. 

*''[[Sonic the Hedgehog CD (2011)|Sonic CD]]''
*''[[Sonic the Hedgehog 4: Episode I]]''
*''[[Sonic the Hedgehog 4: Episode II]]''
*''[[Sonic & Sega All-Stars Racing]]''
*''[[Sonic Generations]]''

===PlayStation Plus===
'''PlayStation Plus''' is a paid PlayStation Network subscription service that was officially unveiled at E3 2010 by Jack Tretton, the President and CEO of SCEA at the time of that announcement. Rumors of such service had been in speculation since Kaz Hirai's announcement at TGS 2009 of a possible paid service for PSN but with the current PSN service still available. Launched alongside PS3 firmware 3.40 and PSP firmware 6.30 on 29 June 2010, the paid-for subscription service provides users with enhanced services on the PlayStation Network, on top of the current PSN service which is still available with all of its features. These enhancements include the ability to have demos, game and system software updates download automatically to the PlayStation 3. Subscribers also get early or exclusive access to some betas, game demos, premium downloadable content and other PlayStation Store items as well as a free subscription to Qore. Users may choose to purchase either a one-year or a three-month subscription to PlayStation Plus.

SCEA is offering a limited time offer for the one-year subscription, which is an additional three-months for free, while SCEE is offering one-year subscribers a digital copy of ''LittleBigPlanet'' for a limited time. Regular free bonuses are also made available. These include PlayStation Store discounts and free PlayStation Network games and Downloadable Content (DLC), PSone Classics and PlayStation Minis which the user will own for the duration of their subscription as well as themes and avatars which the user can keep after their subscription has lapsed. PlayStation Plus also offers "Full Game Trials" of some PlayStation Network and retail games, allowing the user to download the full game and use it for one hour. Users can later purchase the game and continue their progress. For SCEA, the first Full Game Trial is for ''inFamous'', while European subscribers get to try out ''Shatter'' and ''Savage Moon''. In addition, users who are PlayStation Plus subscribers have the PlayStation Plus icon by their PSN ID. Users can only sign up for PlayStation Plus through the PlayStation Store via the PS3.

After a major [[wikipedia:PlayStation Network outage|PSN outage during April 2011]], Sony announced that on May 1, 2011, all PlayStation Network Users will get 30 days of free membership of PlayStation Plus and an extra 30 days for existing PlayStation Plus members, as part of their "Welcome Back" program.

With more information of Sony's PlayStation 4 announced during E3 2013, SCE decides to keep the multiplayer free on the PS3 although they also announced that the PS4 now requires a PlayStation Plus subscription.

===PlayStation Home===
PlayStation Home is a virtual 3D social networking service for the PlayStation Network. Home allows users to create a custom avatar, which can be groomed realistically. Users can edit and decorate their personal apartments, avatars or club houses with free, premium or won content. Users can shop for new items or win prizes from PS3 games, or Home activities. Users interact and connect with friends and customize content in a virtual world. Home also acts as a meeting place for users that want to play multiplayer games with others.

A closed beta began in Europe from May 2007 and expanded to other territories soon after. Home was delayed and expanded several times before initially releasing. The Open Beta test was started on 11 December 2008. Home is available directly from the PlayStation 3 XrossMediaBar. Membership is free and requires a PSN account.

Home features places to meet and interact, dedicated game spaces, developer spaces, company spaces and events. The service undergoes a weekly maintenance and frequent updates. At TGS 2009, Kazuo Hirai announced that Home has been downloaded by 8 million users.

PS Home shut down all of its servers on March 31, 2015.