Originally Posted by JanusDS Ugh man, I'm so conflicted on that spend $100, get $20 credit deal for Oct on the PS Store. On the one hand, there is definitely $100 worth of games on the PS Store that I would like to get and haven't gotten yet because I don't think I'd play them immediately and keep hoping there will be a sale. Plus with Okami HD coming out at the end of Oct, it would be awesome to grab that since I've only played it with the ing horrible drawing control port to motion controls on the Wii but loved the game otherwise. And I've played the PS2 version on my friend's post-game save file so I know that the original controls are WAY better than the motion controls, which made the game so much more enjoyable without getting frustrated with it for interpreting the wrong drawing or no drawing at all. On the other hand, money is getting tighter and tighter, which I don't see changing anytime soon. So while I could easily afford to drop the $100 this month, that may put me $100 closer to be dead broke in 6 months or so if things don't change. Man I don't know what to do but knowing me, I'll probably spend the money anyway.

Unless you have a major purchase to make, like $50 to renew PS+, I don't think it's all that great of a deal. Anyone with a backlog (like me) would be well served to just wait for the games to be half off (or maybe even free), since this is basically just a 20% off deal. Because of my backlog, I never let myself buy anything for just 20% off unless I know it will play it right away.

Has anyone here used the data transfer utility and ethernet cable with two ps3s? It has taken me 12 hrs so far and the status bar shows 83%. That's messed up. I'm only transferring about 110 gb to a new 160 gb ps3.

I have to leave for class soon. Can I just leave everything running until I get home later this afternoon?

Originally Posted by PublikDefender Has anyone here used the data transfer utility and ethernet cable with two ps3s? It has taken me 12 hrs so far and the status bar shows 83%. That's messed up. I'm only transferring about 110 gb to a new 160 gb ps3. I have to leave for class soon. Can I just leave everything running until I get home later this afternoon?

It takes forever

Originally Posted by PublikDefender Has anyone here used the data transfer utility and ethernet cable with two ps3s? It has taken me 12 hrs so far and the status bar shows 83%. That's messed up. I'm only transferring about 110 gb to a new 160 gb ps3. I have to leave for class soon. Can I just leave everything running until I get home later this afternoon?

You should be safe if you just leave it running. The PS3 uses 5400 RPM hard drives which can be painfully slow. It might not only be transferring your software but also going through the process of installing it as well which would only add to the amount of time.

No way Im spending 39.99 on new little kings story. A PSN only release shouldnt be more than 14.99 or 19.99 at most.

Originally Posted by FlyingMonkey9 No way Im spending 39.99 on new little kings story. A PSN only release shouldnt be more than 14.99 or 19.99 at most.

I bought it to support the game since the Wii release sold so poorly, and to support this kind of game on Vita. However, I'm also inadvertently supporting horrendously high prices. Pretty ridiculous.

Pardon the noob question, but is NLKS a port of the Wii version, or a new game?

Sounds like it's a sequel.

http://blog.us.playstation.com/2012/...n-psn-tuesday/

Originally Posted by shadowkast It takes forever

thanks

Originally Posted by Thrinn You should be safe if you just leave it running. The PS3 uses 5400 RPM hard drives which can be painfully slow. It might not only be transferring your software but also going through the process of installing it as well which would only add to the amount of time.

thanks

Originally Posted by PublikDefender Has anyone here used the data transfer utility and ethernet cable with two ps3s? It has taken me 12 hrs so far and the status bar shows 83%. That's messed up. I'm only transferring about 110 gb to a new 160 gb ps3. I have to leave for class soon. Can I just leave everything running until I get home later this afternoon?

It definitely takes forever, the estimate is usually way off. When I transferred my stuff from my Phat over to my Slim I thought it was stuck since it stayed at 86% for a long time, but then it shot up to 92%.

The estimate to get 60ish GB transferred was supposedly 1hr 40m but it ended up taking like 3hrs. So yeah just leave it on for awhile.

I went ahead and reupped my PSN+ and preordered Dishonored. $6 off isn't bad and I like to support new IPs now and then.

Originally Posted by Soma_Cruz $6 off isn't bad.

I think you need a CAG intervention. ;-)

Originally Posted by tylerh1701 Unless you have a major purchase to make, like $50 to renew PS+, I don't think it's all that great of a deal. Anyone with a backlog (like me) would be well served to just wait for the games to be half off (or maybe even free), since this is basically just a 20% off deal. Because of my backlog, I never let myself buy anything for just 20% off unless I know it will play it right away.

Yeah, I mean normally I would think exactly the same thing, that 20% off just isn't worth it especially since I generally don't buy much any game for more than 75% off original MSRP unless it's already cheap, 40-70% off and probably not going to get any better. But most of the games I'm looking at are ones that have been up on the PS Store for years and I've never seen a sale on them. And admittedly I may have just missed a sale on a few of them since I tended not to check the PSN deals every single week until about 1.5 - 2 years ago. But I definitely haven't seen them on sale since then.

And yeah, there's also the fact that while I might play a few of the games that I want fairly soon or immediately, I probably wouldn't play most of them for awhile due to my insane backlog. But just from my observations, I don't tend to see many sales over 50% off or permanent price drops for digital only content on the PS Store except on already cheap games and/or games I couldn't give a crap less about. As far as digital downloads for games that are available on disc, screw that sh*. I'm already on the verge of needing a new HDD for my PS3 and I've never seen a disc game that's available for download where it's cheaper on the PS Store. There's always a sale or just regular price on disc games that's cheaper than a sale or regular price on the PS Store at any given time.

So like I said, normally I would absolutely agree with you; but for the games I'm looking at it's a little different. I definitely will be waiting throughout Oct to see if there are any weekly deals on the games I'm thinking about and otherwise not buy anything until the PS Store is updated on Oct 30. But I'm still not sure if I'll do it given my increasing monetary restrictions and also the "only 20% off" thinking that keeps grinding on my mind.

Originally Posted by JanusDS Yeah, I mean normally I would think exactly the same thing, that 20% off just isn't worth it especially since I generally don't buy much any game for more than 75% off original MSRP unless it's already cheap, 40-70% off and probably not going to get any better. But most of the games I'm looking at are ones that have been up on the PS Store for years and I've never seen a sale on them. And admittedly I may have just missed a sale on a few of them since I tended not to check the PSN deals every single week until about 1.5 - 2 years ago. But I definitely haven't seen them on sale since then. And yeah, there's also the fact that while I might play a few of the games that I want fairly soon or immediately, I probably wouldn't play most of them for awhile due to my insane backlog. But just from my observations, I don't tend to see many sales over 50% off or permanent price drops for digital only content on the PS Store except on already cheap games and/or games I couldn't give a crap less about. As far as digital downloads for games that are available on disc, screw that sh*. I'm already on the verge of needing a new HDD for my PS3 and I've never seen a disc game that's available for download where it's cheaper on the PS Store. There's always a sale or just regular price on disc games that's cheaper than a sale or regular price on the PS Store at any given time. So like I said, normally I would absolutely agree with you; but for the games I'm looking at it's a little different. I definitely will be waiting throughout Oct to see if there are any weekly deals on the games I'm thinking about and otherwise not buy anything until the PS Store is updated on Oct 30. But I'm still not sure if I'll do it given my increasing monetary restrictions and also the "only 20% off" thinking that keeps grinding on my mind.

What games are you looking at buying?

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Originally Posted by GT I think you need a CAG intervention. ;-)

I didn't say good, either. :P I'm letting it replace my RE6 purchase because after the demo I decided to wait and let that drop to 20 before buying it.

BTW this is my first preorder, will it download automatically with plus the same as patches/updates do?

i think u have to download it

Originally Posted by Soma_Cruz I didn't say good, either. :P I'm letting it replace my RE6 purchase because after the demo I decided to wait and let that drop to 20 before buying it. BTW this is my first preorder, will it download automatically with plus the same as patches/updates do?

If it's like preordering PSN Play titles in 2011, it's somewhat complex. Simply put, the store will update normally, but you will see the game listed as "Free". Simply buy the "Free" game and you can download it normally. Since they're doing messages now, they might just message you the download code, but I've never seen something just appear in my download list.

Originally Posted by PublikDefender Has anyone here used the data transfer utility and ethernet cable with two ps3s? It has taken me 12 hrs so far and the status bar shows 83%. That's messed up. I'm only transferring about 110 gb to a new 160 gb ps3. I have to leave for class soon. Can I just leave everything running until I get home later this afternoon?

Did you delete installs first? If not, that causes the process to take a lot longer than you'd expect.

Originally Posted by admiralvic If it's like preordering PSN Play titles in 2011, it's somewhat complex. Simply put, the store will update normally, but you will see the game listed as "Free". Simply buy the "Free" game and you can download it normally. Since they're doing messages now, they might just message you the download code, but I've never seen something just appear in my download list.

If that's the case then their big Day 1 PR is a poor stunt since the store doesn't normally update until well into the afternoon. And it will be a big download so I likely won't get to play until Wednesday, oh well.

Did anyone here preorder NBA 2K13, who can say how it went?

I might be one of the few people who still uses the Comic Book section of PSN. I'm also guessing everyone already knows that it will be shutdown before the end of October.


Might try to spend $20-$100 on comics since the comic book section of PSN is shutting down after October 30.

Media Go doesn't seem to be working right for me. Keeps asking me to download an update every time I try to download a purchase.

Edit: Any PSN comic book recommendations? Currently, trying to get all the free comics onto my download history. I won't have time to read/preview any of the freebies until it is too late.

I'm guessing there will be other venues of accessing the big named comic book companies like Archie, DC, Marvel, etc.

I'm trying to find/get all the comics that won't be easily available.