What we liked about this is the year of PS+ access that includes instant and free to play games that don't suck but also other benefits all year long like game betas, discounts, special offers, etc

the front buttons on this model do not light up and the overall plastic seems a touch cheaper (looks like cost cutting on Sony's part).The one year PSN+ activation worked just fine, and it is a good value

the free year long membership with PSplus!I'll probably end up getting most of the free games that come along with it!Setting the whole thing up was easy-peasy for me,I thought it would have been a "process"!