PSN Weekly Deals - 3/26: Huge Square Enix Game/DLC, THQ, PixelJunk, and Worms Sales!

FriskyTanuki · Mar 13, 2012

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Key: * - New This Week, * - Expires With Next Update, * - Permanent Price Drop, * - Cross Buy (Vita/PS3), * - Demo or Full Game Trial Available

Storewide Promo - For every $50 ($49.99 works) that you spend in any part of the PS Store that uses the PSN wallet for purchases from February 26 at 12:01 AM PST to March 31 at 11:59 PM PST, you'll get $10 back for every $50 spent around April 12, 2013 via your PSN inbox and your email. Meaning if you spend $100, you'll get $20 back and so on above that.

Bundles
BioShock Infinite & Season Pass Bundle - $79.99 **
Patapon Bundle - PSP/Vita - $14.99 -

Includes Patapon, Patapon 2, and Patapon 3

*
Sega Fight Pack - $9.99 -

Includes Fighting Vipers, Sonic the Fighters, and Virtua Fighter 2

*
Sega Vintage Collection: ToeJam & Earl - $6.99 -

Includes ToeJam & Earl and ToeJam & Earl in Panic on Funkotron

*
Tales of Graces f: Knight Edition - $54.99 -

Full Game + 13 DLC items

*

Pre-Orders
Defiance - $59.99 - Ends 4/2

PS3
Amy - $1.99 *
Costume Quest - $7.49 ***
Darksiders II - $34.99 **
de Blob 2 - $7.49 ***
Deus Ex: Human Revolution - $9.99 **
Foosball 2012 - $4.99 - Move Compatible ***
Game of Thrones - $24.99 *
Jeopardy! - $14.99 **
Just Cause 2 - $9.99 **
Kane & Lynch: Dead Men - $7.49 **
Kane & Lynch 2: Dog Days - $9.99 **
Lara Croft And The Guardian Of Light - $7.49 ***
MX vs. ATV: Alive - $14.99 ***
Page Chronica - $6.99 **
PixelJunk 4am - $4.99 - Move Required *
PixelJunk Eden - $4.99 **
PixelJunk Monsters - $4.99 **
PixelJunk Racers: 2nd Lap - $3.49 *
PixelJunk Shooter - $4.99 **
PixelJunk Shooter 2 - $4.99 **
PixelJunk SideScroller - $4.99 **
Red Faction: Armageddon - $9.99 ***
Red Faction: Battlegrounds - $4.99 ***
Red Faction: Guerrilla - $9.99 ***
Red Johnson's Chronicles - $3.99 ***
Sleeping Dogs - $24.99 -

Includes Retro Triad Pack, Red Envelope Pack, and Street Racer Pack

Includes Swimsuit DLC

- Ends 4/16
Earth Defense Force 2017 Portable - $29.99 *
escapeVektor - $4.99 *
Foosball 2012 - $4.99 ***
Persona 4 Golden - $29.99 *
Sonic & All-Stars Racing Transformed - $19.99 **
Super Monkey Ball Banana Splitz - $14.99 **
Virtua Tennis 4: World Tour Edition - $14.99 *

Free Vita Games
Cliff Diving - Free
Ecolibrium - Free
Fireworks - Free
Frobisher Says! - Free
Jetpack Joyride - Free
PlayStation Home Arcade - Free -

Includes Ice Breaker, Wipeout 2D, and Scribble Shooter Demo

Abstract Art - Dynamic
Assassin's Creed Revelations - Dynamic
Cuckoo - Dynamic
Daytona USA
Double Dragon Neon - Dynamic
Dragon - Dynamic
Hell Yeah! Wrath of the Dead Rabbit - Dynamic
The House of the Dead III - Dynamic
The House of the Dead 4 - Dynamic
I Am Alive - Dynamic
Infamous Festival of Blood - Dynamic
Jet Set Radio - Dynamic
Leap Year - Dynamic
Mesh - Dynamic
Mexican Skulls - Dynamic
PlayStation Plus - Dynamic
Robot - Dynamic
Samurai - Dynamic
Sonic the Hedgehog 4 Episode 1 - Dynamic
Star Wars: The Force Unleashed II - Dynamic
Stripe Shift Part 2 - Dynamic
Tales from Space: About a Blob
Virtua Fighter 5 Final Showdown - Dynamic

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I'll be filling this thread out a bit more as we go and I'll answer questions whenever I can. Feel free to provide feedback for ways to improve this thread. Thanks.

handsomepete · Jan 7, 2013

[quote name='Barry Burton']i think US PS+ is much better than EU, we get games that i otherwise wouldn't have played

they can have their 3 year old retail games for free like red dead redemption, with all the hype and acclaim it received who hasn't already played it? same thing with vanquish which can be found cheaper than many psn games

give me more under the radar and newer psn games like quantum conundrum and gotham city impostors, i don't want old retail games that can't be traded in (they would have no trade value anyways because they are old) and take up tons of hard drive space[/QUOTE]

True, virtually everything that's run through the IGC I wouldn't have gotten under my own volition (I hadn't even heard of Quantum Conundrum or the pedigree behind it). There's been some real nice surprises in the mix which I really appreciate. All of the EU full retail games I've already played through, but I realize that's certainly not the situation for everyone.

For everyone that does complain, why did you sign up for a year of an unproven service? Either you redeemed before IGC existed (in which case you're surely getting more than you expected), you redeemed when the IGC was announced (in which case you were at least enticed by the initial IGC offering (which was pretty impressive at 6 retail releases and 6 psn releases)), or signed up after the IGC had already started in the US (the first two months were nothing but psn releases). Genuinely curious, what sucked you in other than the enticement of unnamed 'free games'?

In any event, Megaman 9/10? That's a nice treat, I'm terrible at MM games. But for the blue bomber's 25th I'll give these two an honest shot.

FriskyTanuki · Jan 7, 2013

Going off of a point that io made earlier, here are the top third-party publishers of PS+ free games (minus Minis since I don't want to do that much work):

Sega - 9 (

Altered Beast, Comix Zone, Golden Axe, Jet Set Radio Vita, Renegade Ops, Sonic the Hedgehog, Sonic the Hedgehog 2, Streets of Rage 2, Virtua Fighter 5 Final Showdown

)
Capcom - 8 (

Mega Man 9, Mega Man 10, Resident Evil Director’s Cut, Resident Evil 2, Resident 3, Resident Evil 5 Gold Edition, Super Street Fighter II Turbo HD Remix, Super Street Fighter IV Arcade Edition

)
Konami - 7 (

Castlevania Chronicles, Castlevania: Symphony of the Night, Frogger Returns, Hard Corps: Uprising, International Track and Field, Silent Hill, Zombie Apocalypse Never Die Alone

)
EA - 6 (

NBA Jam: On Fire Edition, NFL Blitz, Plants vs. Zombies, Shank 2, Shift 2 Unleashed, The Simpson Arcade Game

)
Square Enix - 6 (

Final Fantasy V, Final Fantasy Tactics: War of the Lions, Just Cause 2, Lara Croft and the Guardian of Light, Quantum Conundrum, Tomb Raider: Underworld

)
Telltale Games - 4 (

Back to the Future: The Game, Sam & Max: The Devil's Playhouse, The Walking Dead Episode 1, The Walking Dead Episode 2

)
THQ - 4 (

Costume Quest, Saints Row 2, Stacking, Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine

)
Atlus - 3 (

The King of Fighters XIII, Rock of Ages, Trine 2

)
Creat Studios - 3 (

Digger HD, Hamsterball, Mahjong Tales: Ancient Wisdom, Mushroom Wars

)
Ubisoft - 3 (

Far Cry 2, Outland, Scott Pilgrim vs. The World

)
2K Games - 2 (

BioShock 2, Borderlands

)
Dark Energy Digital - 2 (

Hydrophobia: Prophecy, Inferno Pool

)
Hudson Soft - 2 (

Bomberman Ultra, Elemental Monster

)
Majesco - 2 (

BloodRayne: Betrayal, Double Dragon Neon

)
Oddworld Inhabitants - 2 (

Oddworld: Abe’s Exoddus, Oddworld: Abe's Oddysee

)
Zen Studios - 2 (

Marvel Pinball, Zen Pinball

)
11 Bit Studios - 1 (

Anomaly Warzone Earth

)
Aksys Games - 1 (

Battle Fantasia

)
Disney - 1 (

Lilo & Stitch

)
doublesixgames - 1 (

Burn Zombie Burn

)
DrinkBox Studios - 1 (

Tales from Space: Mutant Blobs Attack

)
dtp Entertainment - 1 (

Awesomenauts

)
inXile Entertainment - 1 (

Choplifter HD

)
Koei - 1 (

Fatal Inertia

)
Namco Bandai - 1 (

Pac-Man Championship Edition DX

)
Paradox Interactive - 1 (

Lead & Gold: Gangs for the Wild West

)
Pelfast - 1 (

Comet Crash

)
Playerthree - 1 (

Chronovolt

)
PomPom Games - 1 (

Astro Tripper

)
Psyonix Studios - 1 (

Supersonic Acrobatic Rocket Powered Battle Cars

)
Reverb Communications - 1 (

Dungeon Defenders

)
Ronimo Games - 1 (

Sword & Soldiers HD

)
Sidhe Interactive - 1 (

Shatter

)
Vblank Entertainment - 1 (

Retro City Rampage

)
Warner Brothers - 1 (

Gotham City Impostors

)
Wizards of the Coast - 1 (

Magic: The Gathering: Duels of the Planeswalkers 2011

)

GT · Jan 7, 2013

Shatter was awesome when it was the + offer. I miss being delighted like that by +. Is that whining?

tylerh1701 · Jan 8, 2013

[quote name='FriskyTanuki']Going off of a point that io made earlier, here are the top third-party publishers of PS+ free games (minus Minis since I don't want to do that much work):[/QUOTE]

Great info, as usual. Really quite a nice spread there. Curious, did you count how many were first-party published games?

[quote name='GT']Shatter was awesome when it was the + offer. I miss being delighted like that by +. Is that whining?[/QUOTE]

Well you didn't phrase it as a whiner, but always remember people have such different tastes. I thought Shatter was pretty underwhelming, I don't really know what you see in it. I'm sure there's someone out there that is just as excited about MegaMan 9/10 as you were about Shatter.

I was extremely delighted about Quantum Conundrum a couple months ago, and Resident Evil 5 Gold right before that. I would have been fuck

ing stoked about Retro City Rampage if I hadn't been an impatient ass and traded for it on the trade threads for $10.

Not Eric · Jan 8, 2013

Thanks for taking the time to compile that list, Frisky (on top of all the other great work you do).

Noticeably absent from that list are games from Activision.

AkariK · Jan 8, 2013

Woo, 'All the Things' in Jetpack Joyride is mine! Now I just need a 4th to buy into the share of the 1 million coins pack on ps3 so I can get another 100%.

MrBeatdown · Jan 8, 2013

[quote name='tylerh1701']You're right, you're definitely not. You're part of a small group of childish assholes who descend on the PS Blog every Monday and Tuesday to troll Sony for basically providing the best deal in console gaming.

Sorry, normally I wouldn't continually respond to this stuff, but Notre Dame is getting slaughtered already and I'm irritable.[/QUOTE]

Being the "best deal in gaming" doesn't cut it when people put their $50 down knowing just a fraction of the content. A deal is only good if you get something that's of value to you. If they are going to take people's money based on expectations, they have to be willing to meet them when they are reasonable, and there's nothing unreasonable about most people's complaints. Europe's offerings should be proof of that. You act like people are expecting the world... but there's hundreds, if not thousands of games on PSN that Sony could try to offer to cater to different tastes.

I'm a Plus subscriber for the retail games. You know how many we've gotten since the initial batch?

Five.

Borderlands in September, King of Fighters XIII in October, Resident Evil 5 in November, and BioShock 2 and Street Fighter IV in December.

That's over seven months. Two of those games are fighters... one of the less popular genres. The other three are shooters that are each three years old and can easily be found for under $20.

Is that really the best Sony can do? Is that all people are allowed to expect?

People have a right to complain. Megaman is the fifth 2-D sidescroller out of the 22 games that have been offered since Sony started rotating new games into the initial batch. Let that sink in. They've offered as many freakin' side-scrollers are they have full-sized retail games. That's not catering to a wide audience, and in that case, you're bound to see people upset, especially for those who went in expecting a better balance between PSN and retail games.

AvidWriter · Jan 8, 2013

Hey I've got an idea. Let's stop the pointless argument about PS+.

It's all opinions, you like it or hate it and it doesn't matter.

Next deal please.

Nohbdy · Jan 8, 2013

[quote name='Not Eric']

Noticeably absent from that list are games from Activision.[/QUOTE]

What do you expect out of a company run by pretentious assholes?

gettinmoney662 · Jan 8, 2013

[quote name='MrBeatdown']Being the "best deal in gaming" doesn't cut it when people put their $50 down knowing just a fraction of the content. A deal is only good if you get something that's of value to you. If they are going to take people's money based on expectations, they have to be willing to meet them when they are reasonable, and there's nothing unreasonable about most people's complaints. Europe's offerings should be proof of that. You act like people are expecting the world... but there's hundreds, if not thousands of games on PSN that Sony could try to offer to cater to different tastes.

I'm a Plus subscriber for the retail games. You know how many we've gotten since the initial batch?

Five.

Borderlands in September, King of Fighters XIII in October, Resident Evil 5 in November, and BioShock 2 and Street Fighter IV in December.

That's over seven months. Two of those games are fighters... one of the less popular genres. The other three are shooters that are each three years old and can easily be found for under $20.

Is that really the best Sony can do? Is that all people are allowed to expect?

People have a right to complain. Megaman is the fifth 2-D sidescroller out of the 22 games that have been offered since Sony started rotating new games into the initial batch. Let that sink in. They've offered as many freakin' side-scrollers are they have full-sized retail games. That's not catering to a wide audience, and in that case, you're bound to see people upset, especially for those who went in expecting a better balance between PSN and retail games.[/QUOTE]

So you got five games for $10 each when you can normally only find them for under $20 (what does that mean? $10-20?) and that doesn't count all the PSN games you got. Furthermore, you have five months to go.

Poor you.

MrBeatdown · Jan 8, 2013

[quote name='gettinmoney662']So you got five games for $10 each when you can normally only find them for under $20 (what does that mean? $10-20?) and that doesn't count all the PSN games you got. Furthermore, you have five months to go.

Poor you.[/QUOTE]

Uh, you realize that not everyone likes everything, and that it's possible that people already have some of the games offered, right?

Hell, even Sony realizes that.

There's a reason Sony set the price at $50. You act like Plus is priced as if it is just to give you some mind-blowing deal. You completely ignore that it's priced as it is because Sony is compensating for all the content you're paying for, regardless of whether you already have it, want it, or like it. If the value a person sees in Plus was simply a matter of standard pricing in comparison to the subscription cost divided by the number of games, Sony could sell subscriptions for $100 or more and everyone and their mom would still be signing up, but that's not the case, is it?

That's what makes the whole service viable. If all of it was stuff everybody wanted and would pay for it at anywhere near normal price, or even half price, publishers wouldn't be letting Sony distribute it at what I'm sure earns the publisher just pennies per download. Fact is, publishers let Sony offer it because even if it earns the publisher less per person, it will be sold to far more people than those that would actually buy it.

Fact is, I wouldn't have paid $10 for any of those five games. Some because I already paid for them once years ago. Some because I wouldn't buy them at all.

You can try to justify how everyone not completely satisfied with Plus is wrong, but you're going to fail every time. Unfortunately, basic math doesn't account for gamers' tastes, what we've already played, and quality.

By your logic, Sony can offer 50 Minis, and so long as it's a better value than buying them seperately, people should be lapping it up.

integralsmatic · Jan 8, 2013

[quote name='AvidWriter']Hey I've got an idea. Let's stop the pointless argument about PS+.

It's all opinions, you like it or hate it and it doesn't matter.

Next deal please.[/QUOTE]

QFT everyone has different tastes...if you dont like it than dont re-up. Simple as that.

shadowkast · Jan 8, 2013

shut the

up already.
edit: iatcg, is that you?!

FerDK · Jan 8, 2013

[quote name='FriskyTanuki']Going off of a point that io made earlier, here are the top third-party publishers of PS+ free games (minus Minis since I don't want to do that much work)[/QUOTE]

Hey Frisky, it's great to see that you really care about the Ps3/PSN/PS+ community around here and I appreciate all the effort you display at this thread. Great work man! :applause:

WNYX585AM · Jan 8, 2013

[quote name='MrBeatdown']I'm a Plus subscriber for the retail games. You know how many we've gotten since the initial batch?

Five.

Borderlands in September, King of Fighters XIII in October, Resident Evil 5 in November, and BioShock 2 and Street Fighter IV in December.

[/QUOTE]

Why are you ignoring the "initial batch" of games? Games like Infamous2, LBP2, R&C:A41, Saints Row 2, Just Cause 2, and Warhammer 40k are also pretty nice. If you joined in June like I did, you should have about 10-15 retail games and another 10-15 PSN games. Even at the low end of 20 games, $50 per year is not bad. And this is not even including Vita games. This is also not including the fact that June subsribers have 6 months left on that one year subscription. At this rate, there could easily be 30 or 40 games at the end of that first year. Less than $2 per game seems like a good deal to me - even if I don't want some of them.

That being said, if the service quality wanes over time, the value proposition will get less and less, but it is much too early to be concerned by that.

GT · Jan 8, 2013

[quote name='FerDK']Hey Frisky, it's great to see that you really care about the Ps3/PSN/PS+ community around here and I appreciate all the efford you display at this thread. Great work man! :applause:

[/QUOTE]

Thumb up! "Then I flip a switch and Friski is everything...."

renique46 · Jan 8, 2013

[quote name='gettinmoney662']So you got five games for $10 each when you can normally only find them for under $20 (what does that mean? $10-20?) and that doesn't count all the PSN games you got. Furthermore, you have five months to go.

Poor you.[/QUOTE]

What did you expect, look at his user tag. Literally bought plus for free retail games as if that's mainly what the service was intended for :roll:

captaintek3304 · Jan 8, 2013

[quote name='renique46']What did you expect, look at his user tag. Literally bought plus for free retail games as if that's mainly what the service was intended for :roll:

[/QUOTE]

Well clearly there's a disclaimer with Plus that says users are going to get a minimum number of retail games per year. And anyone buying the service for anything other than retail games should just not bother.

Oh wait...the primary purpose of Plus isn't to get free retail games? And there's no promise or assumption anywhere that the majority of free games offered should be retail games? Weird...

crunchewy · Jan 8, 2013

I have 1 month membership and just need to decide when to cash it in. Main thing is I have yet to play the games we have on disc, so I'm not really in a hurry to get new games. But I don't want to miss out on good ones that might expire. I guess as soon as I see that some good stuff is going to go poof, then I'll start my subscription.

AoA · Jan 8, 2013

The recent PS+ free full retail games haven't been to my liking but the smaller PSN games have made up for it in my opinion. I think we got better games in the intial IGC offering, but its all still good to me.

I would still really like Sony to give me a sale on the Folklore DLC that no one else wants and everyone would complain about getting.

hostyl1 · Jan 8, 2013

[quote name='GT']Thumb up! "Then I flip a switch and Friski is everything...."[/QUOTE]

Do you know I've turned on my PS3 and gone to the QC splash screen *just* to listen to that song repeat. It might just be my 4th favorite gaming song after Still Alive, Zombies on Your Lawn, and The Mega Man 2 Intro.

[youtube]N8Ao63nmzuE[/youtube]

On Topic: I wonder how well I could play a Mega Man game today. Oh yeah, thanks to US+ I guess I can try out 9 & 10. Yay for me! [/snark]

Woocls · Jan 8, 2013

I've said it before, and I'll say it again. I don't mind if the games being offered aren't my type of game. I just want them to give us games a majority of people are actually interested in. No more 3-5 year old retail games. No more PSN games with a metacritic score below 50. No more sports games. (unless they're this years edition) I'm fine with MM because it was a game most people passed on but would play at the great price of free. I've already got enough value from the service but it's just frustrating to see them get deals on games noone wants them to.

Genocidal · Jan 8, 2013

I guess I'm the only one who isn't outraged at getting the arcade-style sports games that don't get yearly updates because they don't need them. I don't consider them sports games in the same way I consider Madden/The Show/NBA 2K sports games.

tylerh1701 · Jan 8, 2013

[quote name='MrBeatdown']People have a right to complain. Megaman is the fifth 2-D sidescroller out of the 22 games that have been offered since Sony started rotating new games into the initial batch. Let that sink in. They've offered as many freakin' side-scrollers are they have full-sized retail games. That's not catering to a wide audience, and in that case, you're bound to see people upset, especially for those who went in expecting a better balance between PSN and retail games.[/QUOTE]

The rest of the guys have pretty much said what I would have in a response so there's not much more for me to say on the subject of PS+.

I actually have no problem with people voicing their opinion or "complaining" about PS+, or pretty much anything else in the world. I think the reason we're all so testy about the PS+ complainers is that they do it in such a childish, immature, ungrateful fashion. They call the 20+ PSN games we're received since IGC started "crap" and "garbage", they threaten to storm off and not renew their subscription or to even change to a rival console, they curse and whine and (on the PS Blog) even suggest that the SCEA team should be fired. When the complainers say stuff like that, their arguments lose all validity. And since it happens almost ad nauseum across the internet, those of us here on CAG tire of it.

Here's a far better way of complaining:

"Since the PS+ Instant Game Collection was introduced in June, I've received over 40 games in 6 months for just $50. Games like Quantum Conundrum really took me by surprise, and I was super excited to get Resident Evil 5 Gold because I've been dying to to play RE5 with my Move controller.

That being said, I can't help but to see what SCEE is doing with their IGC, and I personally feel like their version is currently much better than ours. I would love to add games like Darksiders, Batman: Arkham City, and Deus Ex to my instant game collection over some of the smaller PSN games that we've received here in the U.S. In fact, the SCEE PS+ program has offered 19 full retail games since June, whereas the U.S. program has only offered 12. I personally enjoy full retail games more than PSN games, and would love to see a smaller discrepancy of full retail games between the 2 regions. Please bring more full retail games to PS+."

If someone was to post a well thought out "complaint" like the one above, I'd gladly respond to it in a civil manner and have a genuine discussion about it. I'm sure Morgan and the team at the PS Blog would be more responsive and appreciative of critical feedback like that as well.

[quote name='hostyl1']Do you know I've turned on my PS3 and gone to the QC splash screen *just* to listen to that song repeat. It might just be my 4th favorite gaming song after Still Alive, Zombies on Your Lawn, and The Mega Man 2 Intro.

On Topic: I wonder how well I could play a Mega Man game today. Oh yeah, thanks to US+ I guess I can try out 9 & 10. Yay for me! [/snark][/QUOTE]

Really? I couldn't stand that song. It made me cringe whenever I had to hover over the game icon on the XMB before I started it up.

Thanks for posting the MegaMan 2 music though. Can never get enough of that. As for 9 and 10, they're honestly almost exactly as difficult as the originals. The only difference is that a lot of people's gaming habits (including mine) have changed. We want to race through the level, blast the boss, and move on. Well that doesn't happen in MegaMan, and you'll be punished for playing like that. But after playing the levels for the 3rd or 4th time, you start memorizing exactly what to do, and after that it's not hard to make it through a lot of levels without a scratch.

Woocls · Jan 8, 2013

[quote name='tylerh1701']The rest of the guys have pretty much said what I would have in a response so there's not much more for me to say on the subject of PS+.

I actually have no problem with people voicing their opinion or "complaining" about PS+, or pretty much anything else in the world. I think the reason we're all so testy about the PS+ complainers is that they do it in such a childish, immature, ungrateful fashion. They call the 20+ PSN games we're received since IGC started "crap" and "garbage", they threaten to storm off and not renew their subscription or to even change to a rival console, they curse and whine and (on the PS Blog) even suggest that the SCEA team should be fired. When the complainers say stuff like that, their arguments lose all validity. And since it happens almost ad nauseum across the internet, those of us here on CAG tire of it.

Here's a far better way of complaining:

"Since the PS+ Instant Game Collection was introduced in June, I've received over 40 games in 6 months for just $50. Games like Quantum Conundrum really took me by surprise, and I was super excited to get Resident Evil 5 Gold because I've been dying to to play RE5 with my Move controller.

That being said, I can't help but to see what SCEE is doing with their IGC, and I personally feel like their version is currently much better than ours. I would love to add games like Darksiders, Batman: Arkham City, and Deus Ex to my instant game collection over some of the smaller PSN games that we've received here in the U.S. In fact, the SCEE PS+ program has offered 19 full retail games since June, whereas the U.S. program has only offered 12. I personally enjoy full retail games more than PSN games, and would love to see a smaller discrepancy of full retail games between the 2 regions. Please bring more full retail games to PS+."

If someone was to post a well thought out "complaint" like the one above, I'd gladly respond to it in a civil manner and have a genuine discussion about it. I'm sure Morgan and the team at the PS Blog would be more responsive and appreciative of critical feedback like that as well.

Really? I couldn't stand that song. It made me cringe whenever I had to hover over the game icon on the XMB before I started it up.

Thanks for posting the MegaMan 2 music though. Can never get enough of that. As for 9 and 10, they're honestly almost exactly as difficult as the originals. The only difference is that a lot of people's gaming habits (including mine) have changed. We want to race through the level, blast the boss, and move on. Well that doesn't happen in MegaMan, and you'll be punished for playing like that. But after playing the levels for the 3rd or 4th time, you start memorizing exactly what to do, and after that it's not hard to make it through a lot of levels without a scratch.[/QUOTE] Dang, I was going to skip this but if it's on par with the difficulty of MM2 I'm in. I loved that game. (Probably will rage quit 10 mins in... but I have to know just how bad my gaming skills have fallen.) EDIT: Looked it up. Turns out the one I played a ton of was MM3. The one where we meet his dog.

TheLongshot · Jan 8, 2013

[quote name='integralsmatic']QFT everyone has different tastes...if you dont like it than dont re-up. Simple as that.[/QUOTE]

Basically this. I guess people can get upset about Europe getting more of the games they want and the selection that they offer here, but no one forces you to buy a subscription.

As for me, I dipped a toe in the water by buying a 3 month subscription (extended to 4 via promo), reupped for a year to get Jurassic Park and just recently reupped again. There are a lot of games I've played, and a lot of games I haven't had the time to get to. There have been some I never would have thought of getting, and others that were on my list. Some did duplicate stuff I bought before, but there are so many games that have been offered I don't lack for any.

While some of the games Europe gets would have been nice, none of them are gamechangers for me.

sherlock2g · Jan 8, 2013

WOW!!! I just read over 6 pages of BS to find out that Megaman 9 and 10 are free on PS+. Nice!

kouleefoh · Jan 8, 2013

[quote name='sherlock2g']WOW!!! I just read over 6 pages of BS to find out that Megaman 9 and 10 are free on PS+. Nice![/QUOTE]
Nice job, sherlock

Luxuria · Jan 8, 2013

Corpse Party: Book of Shadows is being released next week!

http://blog.us.playstation.com/2013...k-of-shadows-is-coming-and-it-knows-no-mercy/

Price: $19.99

handsomepete · Jan 8, 2013

I made this thread a little while ago. If people want to use it to bitch/praise/argue to their heart's content about PS+ regional differences, please feel free.

PS+ Regional Comparison Thread

Whoever mentioned buying some jetpack joyride dlc as a 'tip', good idea. I picked up the counterfeit machine too with that in mind - the game has been a very fun diversion this past week and I'm all for supporting companies that bring more games to the vita.

Zonic505 · Jan 8, 2013

[quote name='Luxuria']Corpse Party: Book of Shadows is being released next week!

http://blog.us.playstation.com/2013...k-of-shadows-is-coming-and-it-knows-no-mercy/

Price: $19.99[/QUOTE]This reminds me I haven't played the first game since I got it on sale back in late Oct. Might get this, but probably once it's on sale.

tylerh1701 · Jan 8, 2013

[quote name='Woocls']Dang, I was going to skip this but if it's on par with the difficulty of MM2 I'm in. I loved that game. (Probably will rage quit 10 mins in... but I have to know just how bad my gaming skills have fallen.) EDIT: Looked it up. Turns out the one I played a ton of was MM3. The one where we meet his dog.[/QUOTE]

Like most people, 2 & 3 are my absolute favorites from the 8-bit era. If you haven't played a ton of 2, you should check it out. 9 & 10 are solid games, but they're not quite on the level of 2 & 3 (although nostalgia may play a part in my feeling on that).

[quote name='kouleefoh']Nice job, sherlock[/QUOTE]

I laughed.

[quote name='handsomepete']I made this thread a little while ago. If people want to use it to bitch/praise/argue to their heart's content about PS+ regional differences, please feel free.

PS+ Regional Comparison Thread[/QUOTE]

Nice, in the future I'll try to remember to link to that thread if/when the US/EU debate starts up here again.

Woocls · Jan 8, 2013

[quote name='sherlock2g']WOW!!! I just read over 6 pages of BS to find out that Megaman 9 and 10 are free on PS+. Nice![/QUOTE]

When I see the thread moving really quickly like it has been. I always just go to the playstation blog site to get my info. (But whatever you do avoid reading the comments section!)

sherlock2g · Jan 8, 2013

[quote name='kouleefoh']Nice job, sherlock[/QUOTE]

Thanks I do my best. :lol:

kitsunisan · Jan 8, 2013

I'm not seeing mega man free, it shows $15 for the combo pack or $9.99 each. Sale isn't over already, is it? Or does it drop tonight? Sorry, last 5 pages of arguments over + made me skip sections of it, might have missed something.

Zonic505 · Jan 8, 2013

It'll be available later today for PS+ when the store updates. People will post when the price has been changed.

kitsunisan · Jan 8, 2013

[quote name='Zonic505']It'll be available later today for PS+ when the store updates. People will post when the price has been changed.[/QUOTE]

Thanks. Saw a couple of people posting about achievements, thought I might have missed it.

breakfuss · Jan 8, 2013

I wasn't going to say anything (because I'm clearly outnumbered), but fuck

it.

The first two people to mention anything about PS+ were @FIF and @gettinmoneymoney662.

YET, when @roundhouse shares his view on it, all hell breaks loose? That's one person who offered a dissenting (and completely reasonable) opinion. ONE. Against 10 or so others who see it another way. So ironically, you are the ones, who by your own arbitrary standards, derailed this thread.

He (and any other person) has the right to share his views and, NO, it shouldn't be relegated to another thread simply because some of you don't like it. Stop bullying people. If we're going to make a thread just for PS+ complaints, then also make one for the other "irrelevant" posts. Unless it's explicitly stated by a mod, or out of respect, @frisky, I'll continue posting whatever the hell I want here. Don't like it, don't read it. I'd advise everyone else to do the same.

BWOzar · Jan 8, 2013

Just want to chime in with one brief thought on the PS Plus complaints. It's $4.17 per month (on a 1 year basis). I live in Manhattan so that's literally less than the cost of a single beer.

I understand that everyone has certain games they'd like to see on the service, but let's be realistic in our expectations of what $4.17 should buy. This is arguably the greatest value deal in the history of video games. I downloaded Chronovolt last week and tried it out for 15 minutes and didn't care for it at all. Oh well, I have something I can play someday if I'm desperate.

This doesn't even mention that I've certainly saved more than $4.17 per month JUST on the basis of the PS Plus sales.

For $4.17 per month, you can't even play games online on an Xbox 360 (which is actually my system of choice). Everyone should stop whining - I would love to see all the whining about PS Plus (especially those complaints about EU PS Plus, please learn a little bit about how international licensing works and the compilation of EU sales figures before you complain) deleted from this thread every week so we can focus the conversation on the actual games/deals released.

gettinmoney662 · Jan 8, 2013

[quote name='Woocls']I've said it before, and I'll say it again. I don't mind if the games being offered aren't my type of game. I just want them to give us games a majority of people are actually interested in. No more 3-5 year old retail games. No more PSN games with a metacritic score below 50. No more sports games. (unless they're this years edition) I'm fine with MM because it was a game most people passed on but would play at the great price of free. I've already got enough value from the service but it's just frustrating to see them get deals on games noone wants them to.[/QUOTE]

How do you know the majority of Plus users don't want these games? Because of the handful of people on the PS Blog? There are probably hundreds of thousands, if not millions, of Plus subscribers.

[quote name='breakfuss']I wasn't going to say anything (because I'm clearly outnumbered), but fuck

it.

The first two people to mention anything about PS+ were @FIF and @gettinmoneymoney662.

YET, when @roundhouse shares his view on it, all hell breaks loose? That's one person who offered a dissenting (and completely reasonable) opinion. ONE. Against 10 or so others who see it another way. So ironically, you are the ones, who by your own arbitrary standards, derailed this thread.

He (and any other person) has the right to share his views and, NO, it shouldn't be relegated to another thread simply because some of you don't like it. Stop bullying people. If we're going to make a thread just for PS+ complaints, then also make one for the other "irrelevant" posts. Unless it's explicitly stated by a mod, or out of respect, @frisky, I'll continue posting whatever the hell I want here. Don't like it, don't read it. I'd advise everyone else to do the same.[/QUOTE]

Who the fuck

is bullying you? handsomepete offered another thread that you could use to complain, he didn't demand that you use it. This thread is my favorite on CAG because it constantly goes off topic of strictly talking about PSN deals and talks about PSN in general.

Lei · Jan 8, 2013

[quote name='Luxuria']Corpse Party: Book of Shadows is being released next week!

http://blog.us.playstation.com/2013...k-of-shadows-is-coming-and-it-knows-no-mercy/

Price: $19.99[/QUOTE]

disappointed there is no physical release, but i'll definitely grab this sometime soon

breakfuss · Jan 8, 2013

[quote name='BWOzar']Just want to chime in with one brief thought on the PS Plus complaints. [/QUOTE]

Look, everything you said is completely fair. In fact, I agree: for all its shortcomings, PS+ is the best offering from any of the competing platforms. No one's denying that. What I'd like to know, is who you're trying to convince? This thread is overwhelmingly filled with people who enjoy PS+, so why all the fuss when there's one or two people who feel differently? Why do some feel inclined to preemptively make remarks about others who may not like this week's update? Or worse, why do people conflate the comments from the PS blog with what goes on here?! You guys are creating your own drama.

[quote name='gettinmoney662']Who the fuck

is bullying you? handsomepete offered another thread that you could use to complain, he didn't demand that you use it. This thread is my favorite on CAG because it constantly goes off topic of strictly talking about PSN deals and talks about PSN in general.[/QUOTE]

Didn't say you were bullying me, but, dude, c'mon. You know you're a jerk. You take pride in it. And, frankly, I can appreciate that you've been here longer, but the hostility is unneeded. I'm not denying that most of the stuff you say is funny, but sometimes it makes it hard to contribute. Like picking on someone because they don't speak English properly? When you KNOW it isn't their first language? Or piling on someone who doesn't like PS+? Or saying someone sucks because they thought a game was difficult? Or calling people idiots because they forgot to turn off their PS+ auto-subscribe (which, might I add, inconspicuously turns BACK ON when you stack months). Just live and let live. Everybody wins that way.

Woocls · Jan 8, 2013

[quote name='gettinmoney662']How do you know the majority of Plus users don't want these games? Because of the handful of people on the PS Blog? There are probably hundreds of thousands, if not millions, of Plus subscribers.[/QUOTE]
Because, the retail games that are 3-5 years old could be had for ~$5. So pretty much anyone with even a passing interest has already picked them up. If the metacritic score is less that 50 then most people who had an interest in it were let down. So, I doubt a majority of people would suddenly care about it. Same for sports games. They're only really popular at release. Then they become bargin bin fodder.

tylerh1701 · Jan 8, 2013

[quote name='breakfuss']I wasn't going to say anything (because I'm clearly outnumbered), but fuck

it.

The first two people to mention anything about PS+ were @FIF and @gettinmoneymoney662.

YET, when @roundhouse shares his view on it, all hell breaks loose? That's one person who offered a dissenting (and completely reasonable) opinion. ONE. Against 10 or so others who see it another way. So ironically, you are the ones, who by your own arbitrary standards, derailed this thread.

He (and any other person) has the right to share his views and, NO, it shouldn't be relegated to another thread simply because some of you don't like it. Stop bullying people. If we're going to make a thread just for PS+ complaints, then also make one for the other "irrelevant" posts. Unless it's explicitly stated by a mod, or out of respect, @frisky, I'll continue posting whatever the hell I want here. Don't like it, don't read it. I'd advise everyone else to do the same.[/QUOTE]

I'll agree with a couple things you say, one that there is a little bit of danger of groupthink between a lot of the major contributors to this thread.

However, Roundhouse was not being reasonable. He was operating under the fallacy of "I want these games, therefore everyone must want these games". He was calling games like Quantum Conundrum, NFL Blitz, NBA Jam, and countless others "crap", and his logic behind wanting Arkham City but not even liking Arkham Asylum made little sense. He was using that taboo phrase "EU PS+ games are better" without quantifying how or why those games were "better".

To me, he was being bullied because he was being a firestarter. Like I said before, I will gladly discuss anything about PS+ with anyone who is being rational and reasonable. But I'm not going to civilly discuss PS+ with anyone who thinks getting close to 50 games a year for $50 is "crap".

And you're right, Roundhouse is not much more to blame for the thread getting derailed than the rest of us. But I don't really care too much about thread derailing in this thread because Frisky does such a good job with the OP.

[quote name='BWOzar']Just want to chime in with one brief thought on the PS Plus complaints. It's $4.17 per month (on a 1 year basis). I live in Manhattan so that's literally less than the cost of a single beer.

I understand that everyone has certain games they'd like to see on the service, but let's be realistic in our expectations of what $4.17 should buy. This is arguably the greatest value deal in the history of video games. I downloaded Chronovolt last week and tried it out for 15 minutes and didn't care for it at all. Oh well, I have something I can play someday if I'm desperate.

This doesn't even mention that I've certainly saved more than $4.17 per month JUST on the basis of the PS Plus sales..[/QUOTE]

Well said.

gettinmoney662 · Jan 8, 2013

[quote name='breakfuss']Didn't say you were bullying me, but, dude, c'mon. You know you're a jerk. You take pride in it. And, frankly, I can appreciate that you've been here longer, but the hostility is unneeded. I'm not denying that most of the stuff you say is funny, but sometimes it makes it hard to contribute. Like picking on someone because they don't speak English properly? When you KNOW it isn't their first language? Or piling on someone who doesn't like PS+? Or saying someone sucks because they thought a game was difficult? Or calling people idiots because they forgot to turn off their PS+ auto-subscribe (which, might I add, inconspicuously turns BACK ON when you stack months). Just live and let live. Everybody wins that way.[/QUOTE]

I was speaking on my behalf, I'm asking who you think is bullying you. No one on here is bullying anyone. For some reason, people think they should be allowed to say whatever they want, no matter how stupid, with no backlash. Tyler broke it down perfectly. If you complain in a constructive manner, then I don't think many people are going to have a problem with it. I don't attack everyone who doesn't like Plus solely because they don't like Plus. I don't attack people out of the blue. There's always a reason.

And when did I pick on someone for not speaking English properly? R3ality? I've gone off on him for constantly whining about minor problems and for consistently delivering false information, not because his grammar sucks.

biledriver · Jan 8, 2013

[quote name='breakfuss']I wasn't going to say anything (because I'm clearly outnumbered), but fuck

it.

The first two people to mention anything about PS+ were @FIF and @gettinmoneymoney662.

YET, when @roundhouse shares his view on it, all hell breaks loose? That's one person who offered a dissenting (and completely reasonable) opinion. ONE. Against 10 or so others who see it another way. So ironically, you are the ones, who by your own arbitrary standards, derailed this thread.

He (and any other person) has the right to share his views and, NO, it shouldn't be relegated to another thread simply because some of you don't like it. Stop bullying people. If we're going to make a thread just for PS+ complaints, then also make one for the other "irrelevant" posts. Unless it's explicitly stated by a mod, or out of respect, @frisky, I'll continue posting whatever the hell I want here. Don't like it, don't read it. I'd advise everyone else to do the same.[/QUOTE]

^^^
Just want to say that was well said and I agree with you.

"This message is hidden because gettinmoney662 is on your ignore list."

^^^
Best three clicks of my time on CAG. The mods here tend to allow people to do what they want unless they really get abusive. But gettinmoney hardly ever says ANYTHING that isn't at least a bit rude, arrogant and confrontational. So just hide his trolling and I believe we'll all enjoy the thread more.

kouleefoh · Jan 8, 2013

What is everyone's favorite megaman game?

AkariK · Jan 8, 2013

To anyone that bought DLC in Jetpack Joyride, was it an unlock key? I'm looking for a little confirmation that the DLC can be shared before opening a gameshare group for it.

handsomepete · Jan 8, 2013

[quote name='tylerh1701']But I don't really care too much about thread derailing in this thread because Frisky does such a good job with the OP.
[/QUOTE]

There's a pile of truth right there. Even when things get way out of whack, this thread is fairly self-regulating and the information is never lost (like it might be in the steam or target clearance threads) because Frisky's OP is the sweetest jig there is. And it's a fun read, people sure do get worked up about PS+.

This past year Sony announced PSN had its two highest revenue quarters since the opening of the Playstation Network six years ago. They must be doing something right.

ShinSolidus · Jan 8, 2013

[quote name='kouleefoh']What is everyone's favorite megaman game?[/QUOTE]

The one where I can get past the first level. So, Megaman X.

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