Whilst technically there’s no risk in waiting to buy a digital game when it comes out, SCEE have added a feature to the PSN Store today that allows users to “pre-order” a download.
Sorcery is the first game to offer this functionality – you can pay for the game now, download it, and then next week it’ll just magically (pun intended) unlock, letting you play the game.
Read our hands on with Sorcery here, but we’re also hearing that many other “big” titles will also be available to pre-order soon.
That’s pretty cool, in our opinion, and resembles the likes of Steam that offer the same kind of deal on the PC and Mac – it’s certainly something that’s exclusive on consoles just now anyway.
What do you think?
Nickboss1
So its £30 on psn thats translates to a tenner at retail.
gazzagb
They should do this with the COD DLC so people can buy + pre-load it before to avoid the Store crashing like it used too.
B1ack_Magic
It seems like a good idea to me. Can pre-download it and then start playing straight away at midnight when it unlocks. And £30 isn’t a ridiculous price, cheapest I’ve seen it for is £25 online.
Foxhound_Solid
Whoaaaa.
WM21
Hmm, I remember pre-ordering Street Fighter III: Third Strike from PSN.
http://www.capcom-europe.com/blog/2011/08/pre-order-street-fighter-iii-third-strike-online-edition-on-psn-play-and-get-stuff/
Carl
You bought it early, but you didn’t download it before release date.
heedbaw
Neither does this download early. It will, though, download automatically come the release date.
TheDeathAvenger
It would be interesting if you could get pre-order bonuses like soundtracks or early access to extra content.