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PSN Store Update: 28/09/11
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On the border.
Published: 14:15, 28/09/2011 by Staff.
34One of these weeks we’ll forget that the PlayStation Store update is on a Wednesday and it’ll be late, and we won’t have written a witty intro. Instead, we’ll just dump out the list and then – walk away.
Not this week, though. No. No way.
So, er, enjoy Borderlands for cheap, and Mercury, and a ridiculously expensive download for FIFA 12. Just don’t come crying to us when you’re saddened by the lack of our usual flare and poise on these articles.
Seriously.
PlayStation Plus new content
- Mercury hg (20% off)
- Resident Evil: Code Veronica (50% off)
Special Offers
- Borderlands – Game Of The Year edition (Was £27.99/€34.99 – Now £11.99/€14.99)
- Borderlands (The full game)
- The Zombie Island of Doctor Ned (DLC pack)
- Mad Moxxi’s Underdome Riot (DLC pack)
- The Secret Armory of General Knoxx (DLC pack)
- Claptrap’s New Robot Revolution (DLC pack)
Offer ends on 5th October 2011.
- Resident Evil: Code Veronica (Was £15.99/€19.99 – Now £7.99/€9.99)
Discounted for everyone who purchased Resident Evil 4 HD. Offer ends on 12th October 2011.
Trial & Unlock (PS3)
- Max and the Magic Marker – Gold edition (£7.99/€9.99)
- Mercury Hg (£3.99/€4.99)
Full Games (PS3)
- Arkedo Series – 03 Pixel! (£1.59/€1.99)
- Child of Eden (£23.99/€29.99)
- Crysis 2 (£31.99/€39.99)
- De Blob 2 (£19.99/€24.99)
- Elemental Monster (£0.95/€1.19)
- FIFA 12 (£54.99/€69.99) – available Friday.
- Free Realms (free)
- Homefront (£27.99/€34.99)
- Rochard (£7.99/€9.99)
- Resident Evil: Code Veronica (£15.99/€19.99)
- Tiger Woods PGA TOUR 12: The Masters (£57.99/€69.99)
- Who Wants To Be A Millionaire (£7.99/€9.99)
- Saints Row 2 (£15.99/€19.99)
Full Games (PSP)
- FIFA 12 (£31.99/€39.99)
minis (PS3 and PSP)
- Galcon Labs (£1.99/€2.49)
- The Treasures Of Montezuma (£1.74/€1.99)
PSone (PS3/PSP)
- Gubble (£2.99/€3.59)
- Snowboard Racer (£3.99/€4.99)
Demos (PS3)
- Stardrone
Beta (PS3)
- Battlefield 3 Beta
Bundles (PS3)
- Test Yourself: Psychology XL (£4.79/€5.99)
Add-On Game Content (PS3)
- Dead Nation – Road to Devastation (£3.49/€3.99)
- Free Realms
- 30 Day Membership (£3.99/€4.99)
- 90 Day Membership (£9.99/€12.99)
- 180 Day Membership (£19.99/€24.99)
- 365 Day Membership (£23.99/€29.99)
- Lifetime Membership (£27.99/€34.99)
- Champion Jockey: G1 Jockey & Gallop Racer – Comedy Pack (£1.99/€2.49)
- Duke Nukem Forever – Hail to the Icons Parody Pack (£6.29/€7.99)
- Elemental Monster
- Battle Tickets -Set of 4 (£0.95/€1.19)
- Battle Tickets -Set of 21 (£4.79/€5.99)
- Battle Tickets -Set of 45 (£5.49/€6.99)
- Battle Tickets -Set of 100 (£10.99/€13.99)
- Booster Box -Ancient War (£4.79/€5.99)
- Booster Box -Birth of Deities (£4.79/€5.99)
- Booster Box -Emperor’s Revenge (£4.79/€5.99)
- Booster Box -Legendary Dragons (£4.79/€5.99)
- Booster Box -Otherworldly Visitor (£4.79/€5.99)
- Booster Box -Sacred War (£4.79/€5.99)
- Elevator Action Deluxe – Additional Stage 1 (free)
- Fallout: New Vegas
- Courier’s Stash (£1.59/€1.99)
- Gun Runners Arsenal (£3.19/€3.99)
- NBA Jam: On Fire Edition – Time Is Money Pack (£2.39/€2.99)
- Rock Band Network
- Ship With No Sails – Neonfly (£0.99/€1.49)
- Stabbing The Drama – Soilwork (£0.59/€0.79)
- The Window – Raven Quinn (£0.99/€1.49)
- Trying Hard – Loni Rose (£0.59/€0.79)
- Pendulum – After the Burial (£0.99/€1.49)
- Rock Band 3
- Slipknot Pack 02 (£3.49/€5.29)
- SkyDrift – Gladiator Multiplayer Pack (£3.99/€4.99)
- Yoostar 2
- Fireworks Over City Scape (£0.59/€0.75)
- A Woman Who Will Arouse My Intellect (£1.39/€1.75)
- Live Long And Prosper (£1.39/€1.75)
There’s loads of themes and avatars, too. Loads. Enjoy them.
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28/09/2011 at 14:20
Member since: Jan 2011
£50+ downloadable games is the joke that just keeps on giving, really.
However, actually quite impressed with the Borderlands GOTY bundle price.
28/09/2011 at 14:23
Member since: Jun 2010
Yeah, at least those guys understand how the digital market should work.
28/09/2011 at 14:37
Member since: Dec 2009
I don’t think you understand how it works. In SOME countries games quickly drop in price at retail. In some OTHER countries they don’t.
For the latter set of countries these “expensive” digital copies make sense.
I know I’ll never buy one of these games, but some people will – especially those people who live in countries were game prices are relatively high at retail.
28/09/2011 at 15:10
Member since: Forever
also for something like FIFA, many will prefer the convenience of having the game on the XMB ready to go, possibly with faster loading times too.
28/09/2011 at 15:25
Member since: Oct 2008
@ kovacs
well, but seeing as the pricing is anyway done separately for each region, this still doesnt make sense… the GBP price is just for the UK, where the pricing does indeed drop fast…
28/09/2011 at 16:32
Member since: Jun 2010
I very much understand how it works Kovacs. That’s why I said that they understand how it should work.
28/09/2011 at 16:42
Member since: Dec 2009
@gernboes
And piss off retailers? The fact is: games come with an RRP. The first “R” is for Recommended. Not enforced. We’re still in the early days of digital distribution and, obviously, things need to improve. However, the only option SCEE have is to put the content up at the RRP. The RRP for FIFA 12 is £54.99.
@klart There’s a big different between a new SKU and a game that is over a year old. Apples and oranges. Play have Borderlands GOTY edition for £14.99. The digital price is really good but you have to remember that we’re talking about an old game that they are only now able to put on special offer.
There’s no way they’re going to put FIFA 12 on sale now.
Bottom line: new games go up at their RRP. Old games are a completely different story and I agree that Sony should be working with publishers to get these older titles up on the Store for competitive prices.
28/09/2011 at 20:37
Member since: Aug 2008
These prices also take into account people that game share. Divide £54 by 5 and it’s a cheap game.
28/09/2011 at 14:29
Member since: May 2010
I just want the DLC dammit!!!
28/09/2011 at 14:36
Member since: Oct 2009
it still works out cheaper for the DLC.
28/09/2011 at 15:34
Member since: Aug 2009
I want it too but never bothered with the GOTY just bought the base game again months ago, I’d buy just one then get the other once the other is finished… because I hadn’t even tried much of that Armory one.
28/09/2011 at 15:23
Member since: Dec 2010
I know people that buy the games at that price… But only when is divised by 5 people xD
28/09/2011 at 16:04
Member since: Jun 2009
Maybe this is the reason they’re so expensive.
Well that and the fact that they don’t want to upset the retailers by releasing the digital copies cheaper than the retailer can sell it.
Still €70 is taking the piss when the RRP is about €50 – €55.
28/09/2011 at 16:46
Member since: Dec 2009
Sorry jcor but you’re wrong.
The RRP for FIFA 12 is £54.99
http://www.mcvuk.com/news/read/fifa-12-rrp-upped-to-54-99/03491
That converts into €63.18 but I’m sure the euro RRP is actually €69.99. The fact that it’s posted at this price by Sony proves this. They quote the RRP. I’m pretty sure they HAVE to.
28/09/2011 at 18:51
Member since: Jun 2009
Fair enough, didn’t realise the RRP was that high.
28/09/2011 at 14:22
Member since: Jun 2010
As a EU Plus member I’m pretty disappointed.
The US plus members just got ALL of the Uncharted 2 DLC for free (and even more freebies like themes and avatars), while we got nothing whatsoever.
We are supposed to get mid-month treats (check the official Plus website), but get nothing.
28/09/2011 at 14:44
Member since: Apr 2010
Yep. I was very disappointed with that too. All of the U2 DLC packs is a sweet deal.
28/09/2011 at 14:48
Member since: Mar 2010
I’m saddened by this too, I’ve ordered the Uncharted Bundle because I actually haven’t played the games (it’s an outrage!)and wanted to get them done before the third game came out. And free DLC would really help me get into the multiplayer as Uncharted’s multiplayer-portion will be my go-to for online gaming this winter. I demand satisfaction!
And TSA, don’t worry about getting the list out bare-boned as I’ve been thinking it’s Tuesday until i saw this post, and thank you for setting my internal calender right.
28/09/2011 at 15:36
Member since: Feb 2011
Child of Eden and Free Realms just sneak in to the store. Why the heck haven’t they been publicized?
28/09/2011 at 15:36
Member since: Feb 2011
Whoops, was gonna post something in response. I got angry over a year ago and gave up. EU members are always getting less than US members :l.
28/09/2011 at 16:47
Member since: Dec 2009
Comments in the blog “suggest” we’re getting this DLC (or something equivalent) as part of the October 5th Plus update.
28/09/2011 at 14:22
Member since: Jun 2009
wow alot of stuff this week extortionate prices tho
28/09/2011 at 14:24
Member since: Jul 2009
When is bf3 beta available to all?
28/09/2011 at 14:29
Member since: Jun 2010
Tomorrow!
28/09/2011 at 16:23
Member since: Jul 2009
sweet. i thought i had tier 1 MOH but i had bog standard version
28/09/2011 at 18:30
Member since: Jun 2009
So we can’t download it til tomorrow? What about midnight tonight? :)
28/09/2011 at 14:27
Member since: Dec 2008
And Free Realms launches in Europe with whimper.
28/09/2011 at 15:09
Member since: Jun 2009
Yeah, hardly a fanfare welcome really was it?
The less people know about it (i.e. like the fact that it is now actually available!), the more likely it is to fail unfortunately.
& then they’ll moan about how no-one decided to bother with it!
28/09/2011 at 14:29
Member since: Forever
EA have a lot of partners in retail who they sell to & suggest £54.99 as the SRP, how would all EA’s partners feel if EA undercut them & sold it for 30, yes it’s a joke but completely understandable with new releases, its the older games at ridiculous prices that’s massively wrong.
28/09/2011 at 14:30
Member since: Feb 2009
I much prefer to be able to see all the content on page 1 like this, I’m far to lazy to want to click to go to page 2 :P
How big is the BF3 beta, that’ll probably be the only thing I download this week.
28/09/2011 at 14:51
Member since: Mar 2010
I agree, a simple one page list will suffice. And it saves The TSA News Team some hassle.
28/09/2011 at 15:22
Member since: Jan 2009
The Battlefield 3 beta is 1.1GB
29/09/2011 at 13:34
Member since: Feb 2009
Cheers :)
28/09/2011 at 14:35
Member since: Jun 2011
That Rochard game is a bit of a surprise,i’d seen it and thought it looked worth keeping an eye on and then it just turns up.
Mercury is a must buy for me,i really enjoy that sort of game.
28/09/2011 at 14:36
Member since: Oct 2008
Damn Borderlands reduction! Why couldn’t it have happened a few months back. Not when I have just bought 4 other games in the past week. I have a wedding to pay for!!!!
I know I shouldn’t but I will probably still buy it!
28/09/2011 at 14:54
Member since: May 2009
Weddings, like game releases, can be pushed back a few months… :P
28/09/2011 at 15:26
Member since: Sep 2011
Exactly. Just delay it and say it’s to make sure the end product is perfect.
28/09/2011 at 23:53
Member since: Feb 2011
^this
28/09/2011 at 14:42
Member since: May 2010
I’ll probably be getting the Borderlands GOTY edition as I’ve never played it and had intended on buying it soon anyway :)
28/09/2011 at 15:05
Member since: Jun 2009
Great game IMO – Couldn’t stop playing it until it was platinumed. Depends on how much you like the FPS/RPG crossover playstyle though.
I liked it a lot.
28/09/2011 at 15:25
Member since: Nov 2009
You’re in for a treat. Borderlands it now one of my favourite games of the current generation. I got the Platinum Trophy on the PS3 with multiple playthroughs including all the DLC and I recently got it for the PC just to play through it again with mouse and keyboard support.