PSN Store Update: 27/06/12

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   Spaaarky 27/06/12, 13:19

   First

   Still no walking dead episode 2 :/

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     SpikeyMikey23 27/06/12, 13:23

     really? a ‘First’ post?………..

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       Spaaarky 27/06/12, 13:35

       troll

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       SpikeyMikey23 27/06/12, 13:42

       HAHAHAHA good one

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       Spaaarky 27/06/12, 15:04

       In Internet slang, a troll is someone who posts inflammatory, extraneous, or off-topic messages in an online community, such as an online discussion forum

       thats what you did

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       Forrest_01 27/06/12, 15:13

       Actually, no – That’s what you did by typing ‘first’.

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       Spaaarky 27/06/12, 15:17

       i was first to comment, therefore it was afirst post, that is not trolling, that is stating a fact, i didnt not just write first, i wrote about a game not being on the store

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       BrendanCalls 27/06/12, 15:32

       so errr, yeah…we don’t do that here

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       BrendanCalls 27/06/12, 15:38

       that wasn’t supposed to come across as arsey as it read’s sorry for that, just saying we don’t really do that

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       The Lone Steven 27/06/12, 17:33

       Really? Spike is a “troll? If he is, then he is the world’s worst troll in all of recorded history. You should see what goes on at IGN as they have real trolls.

       Plus a first post is against the rules. The rules did use to be under the comment before you post.

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       Origami Killer 27/06/12, 17:36

       Steven is right, posting “first” is against the posting T&C’s of TSA ;)

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       Spaaarky 01/07/12, 20:43

       i read through the whole of the terms and conditions and didnt see anything about not being allowed to say first

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       Forrest_01 02/07/12, 10:51

       It’s not in the T’s & C’s to my knowledge – The general posting ‘rules’ (which were more like guidelines) used to be under the comment box when you posted as Steve pointed out, but i think that these have not returned from when the site was updated to the new format recently.

       So yes, you weren’t to know as such, but that sort of thing isn’t really welcomed here. It isn’t productive & doesn’t add to the discussion in any way & some people see it as more annoying than anything. 36 likes of SpikeyMikeys query of it should tell you something.

       I personally have never understood the whole ‘first’ thing anyway if i am honest, as i am not sure why it matters, nor who it matters to. Doesn’t make a difference if you post first or last as far as i can see as no comment carries more weight purely based upon when it was posted..

       Anyway, this isn’t to get at you, just to let you know really – Whats done is done so no point stressing over it, but i would try to avoid stuff like that where possible. :)

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       Spaaarky 02/07/12, 19:31

       thanks for the reply forrest, i havent been posting long and didnt see anything about not being allowed to post first but as i have now been told i will not post it in the future

       1 thing though, you say about it getting annoying? I find it annoying when a story about ps3 maintenance is post and the 1st or 2nd comment always says cross game chat, now that is annoying

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       Forrest_01 03/07/12, 15:55

       Yes, yes it is. :)

       However, cross game chat (or xgc as it also known!) is generally brought up as a joke round these parts now due to its ridiculousness. So you might see that, but you’ll find that it is generally in jest.

       Back when the PS3 was still ‘fresh’ & firmware updates brought along a wealth of new features, people used to enquire about it & that was fair enough. However, some people still bang on about it on the official PS forums even after being told that it isn’t coming, so now some members just mention it as a joke, or TSA meme if you prefer.

       Usually still prompts a few groans though. :)

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     Mundham 27/06/12, 14:07

     It’s out on Friday, dunno why the differing date than the rest of the releases.

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       colmshan1990 27/06/12, 15:03

       Not in Europe, as confirmed on the blog right here:
       http://blog.eu.playstation.com/2012/06/27/heads-up-game-store-update-27th-june-2012/#comment-235919

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     cnutard 27/06/12, 15:39

     Sigh. One of the reasons I enjoy the TSA community is because we don’t have to put up with a bunch of children (or adults that act like children) posting ‘first’ comments.

     Please don’t invite your friends here ;)

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     Mike 27/06/12, 17:43

     I was going to ask if you were new here but you’ve been registered since Sep 2011.

     Best not to do the whole ‘First’ thing.

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   skibadee 27/06/12, 13:19

   really good update, good prices on the full games as well.

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     Peter Chapman 27/06/12, 13:23

     I noticed the decent pricing. Spec Ops is really tempting as a download at that price…

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       FRUIT0FDOOM 27/06/12, 13:30

       I nearly had a heart attack when I read a new release priced on par with retail! After reading TSA review the only question now is download or wait ’til Friday and weekly ASDA shop :-/

       Hopefully a sign of things to come, keep to these sensible prices and I shall certainly be purchasing digital copies.

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   HoboCastro 27/06/12, 13:20

   Bioshock! I’ll get that. SpecOps The Line is a great price.

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     skibadee 27/06/12, 13:22

     if you can wait it comes free with BioShock Infinite.

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       HoboCastro 27/06/12, 13:38

       Cool. Thanks for the heads up.

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     RudeAwakening 27/06/12, 21:19

     I actually thought Spec Ops is at a terrible price for a digital copy the max i would expect would be €48-€50!

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       skibadee 28/06/12, 02:12

       £39.99 considering some of the awful prices of late very good for UK.

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   DixNeuf 27/06/12, 13:22

   Excellent price for Metal Gear HD, undercuts web the cheapest retail price! Makes that a definite download for me.

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   SpikeyMikey23 27/06/12, 13:24

   Someone wake up the Australians to tell them the Great news – Homefront has come to PSN for a bargain price………

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     SpikeyMikey23 27/06/12, 13:26

     Also, MGS:HD is not a bad price on the store, considering its a few quid dearer in the shops. Anyone know how big the D/L is? Just bought an 8gb memory card but don’t want to fill it up. may be better to pay the extra pound for the physical copy

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       Ossy 27/06/12, 14:32

       I believe it’s just under 4gb, which is the reason I had to order off ShopTo as my 16gb card is already full.

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       SpikeyMikey23 27/06/12, 14:36

       Cheers, I’ll buy the physical version as i can see the 8gb card filling up with some of the sale items

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       ico 27/06/12, 19:11

       Always better to get the physical copy if not much more as it grants you a box to smell (sorry, bit weird that) and sell-on-ability which I don’t often invoke but nice to have the option when times are hard.

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     HoboCastro 27/06/12, 13:43

     Bargain! I bet they are over joyed that it was £8 for PS+ in UK a few months ago.

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   Origami Killer 27/06/12, 13:24

   Jesus Christ – 20GB for each Uncharted! And I thought InFamous 2 was taking the piss.

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     uncharted86 27/06/12, 13:32

     And you need double the free space to be able to install them, which is pretty ridiculous.

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       teflon 27/06/12, 13:58

       It is and it isn’t. What you’re downloading from PSN is an installer file, which then has all the game data copied out of itself to the HDD and is then deleted by the system, leaving you with the final game installed.

       It does the job just fine, and is a system that has been used for decades, but it’s very inefficient as game sizes balloon on consoles that often have very limited space. It’s certainly something that needs to be looked at and addressed for the next generation, but is far too heavily ingrained in the PS3’s infrastructure to be changed at this stage.

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       colmshan1990 27/06/12, 14:36

       Even the iPad does it, really hate that system (although it’s always the most stable and safe way of installing something).

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       liampaulmassey 03/07/12, 15:43

       Do you mean when the game has downloaded and installed only 20GB of my HDD memory will be used and not 40GB?

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     HoboCastro 27/06/12, 13:41

     I’m amazed they got it under 20GB to be honest.

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       Origami Killer 27/06/12, 13:45

       When I think about it now, I am too, still would never download these

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       HoboCastro 27/06/12, 13:50

       If I hadn’t played it then I’d download 20GB. I can’t be arsed with discs anymore.

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       jimmy-google 27/06/12, 13:51

       Evidence if you ever needed to it as to why the digital age of gaming is still a way off. 20GB a time for probably the best games on the ps3, and that will only increase with with the next gen.

       2 games would eat most people’s internet usage for the month.

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       Origami Killer 27/06/12, 13:53

       I like downloads and would rather have a collection of them but my internet prefers discs :P

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       Forrest_01 27/06/12, 13:59

       It’s not even just the bandwidth you have to consider either – There is no way i could get a 20GB game on My HDD, even if i stripped out a lot of the utility data.

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       skibadee 27/06/12, 14:02

       if you can get the 1TB harddrive have over 600gb on my PS3 still to use.

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       Forrest_01 27/06/12, 14:28

       See, people always suggest a larger HDD (which does makes sense, given the comment granted), but the thing is i wouldn’t just need a new internal HDD, i would also need to buy an external HDD as well.

       Its a good suggestion, but when you have to buy two HDDs just to ensure you keep all your data (& not even all of it at that), its never going to be a possibility for me.

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       colmshan1990 27/06/12, 14:38

       Does the 1TB drive actually allow you to have 1TB?
       I think they used to have an upper limit on drive sizes, do they still do that?

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       skibadee 27/06/12, 16:11

       I had about 920gb after install I think maybe a bit more.

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       cc_star 27/06/12, 16:26

       @colmshan1990
       The PS3 doesn’t have a capacity limit, you just need to make sure it’s a 9.5mm 2.5″ HDD you buy

       If you have a size in mind you then just need to wiegh up whether it’s worth paying a slight bit extra to get a drive that runs at 7200rpm, rather than the standard 5400rpm for a bit fast access time… & then if you’ve got the money spare whether it’s worth getting a hybrid drive which pairs up a 4GB SSD with it for even faster access.

       This Digital Foundry article pulls out all the facts & figures.
       Think I’m going for a 750GB 7200rpm drive, seems to be the sweet-spot in pricing, capacity & speed.

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       Youles 27/06/12, 16:38

       Apparently the 7200 is no different (I certainly didn’t notice any difference when I had mine), but apparently they are more likely to make your PS3 overheat.

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       Youles 27/06/12, 16:39

       Hmm, it’s apparent that I might have over-used the work apparently.

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       Youles 27/06/12, 16:40

       *word not work. Oh bother.

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       colmshan1990 27/06/12, 17:16

       Good to know.
       I’m going to have to upgrade (again) soon.
       My 40gb became a 320gb a year or two ago, it’s going to have to grow again.
       PS+ is relentless.

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       Origami Killer 27/06/12, 17:38

       My 320GB is down to 60GB now, may upgrade soon but cba with all the copying of the files and games.

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       Forrest_01 27/06/12, 17:44

       …& that right there is the issue – I would need an external HDD to copy all (but not ALL) of the OS/files onto. I would then need to change over the internal HDD for a larger one, of course copying the OS/files back onto it from the external.

       Too much time effort & expense for the sake of not deleting a few utility save files.

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       OnlineAssassin77 27/06/12, 19:07

       Me thinks i need a new HDD also when i can afford it as my 320Gb is now at 15Gb and ive had to remove stuff just to get other stuff on it i was down into megabytes at one point.

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   Youles 27/06/12, 13:30

   Ahh – so much stuff!! Gravity Rush DLC, GT5 DLC, possibly the Resident Evil stuff, YouTube App. Didn’t even know some of that was coming out TSA!! :p

   Pretty pissed about The Walking Dead, this is “late June” and the last update of the month. Not to mention there was no “monthly” episode last month.

   Great to see Sony’s pricing of MGS HD….although I’m happy to have given ShopTo a further £2.85 to save memory card space, and the option to re-sell.

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     Mundham 27/06/12, 14:09

     Regarding Walking Dead, see my post in Spaarky’s thread (basically it comes out on Friday).

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       Youles 27/06/12, 14:22

       Thanks for the heads-up mate, I can calm down now ;)

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       colmshan1990 27/06/12, 15:25

       Sorry to break it to you, but that’s not happening in Europe:
       http://blog.eu.playstation.com/2012/06/27/heads-up-game-store-update-27th-june-2012/#comment-235919

       Time for you to get angry again!

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       Youles 27/06/12, 15:51

       Done. Now I’m really angry!

       ;)

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     RudeAwakening 27/06/12, 21:24

     You tube app whats this?

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   cam the man 27/06/12, 13:31

   Thought we might be seeing the Twin Ring Motegi in GT5 as it was in GT academy. Glad to see it as the road track is one of my favs.

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   TSBonyman 27/06/12, 13:42

   Youtube app and fl0w for my Vita for now and once payday comes i’ll grab the R&C trilogy too!

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    Crazy_Del 27/06/12, 13:47

    Surely this has to be the best update in years.
    Great (correct) prices for a full game. Youtube App, a few DLCs man I am running really low on my memory space *gulp*

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      Forrest_01 27/06/12, 14:01

      Depends if you are a Vita owner or not i suppose.

      Case in point: Absolutely feck all for me there! :)

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