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Welcome to the best thread for all of the deals on games, add-ons, and other stuff in the PlayStation Store both on and off of PSN.

If you enjoy the work that I put into this and the other threads I run on this site, feel free to vote for me in the Cheapy Awards' CAG Community Award category.

Index
Current Deals
Alternate Deals
Upcoming Deals (Post #2)
February 2012 PlayStation Plus Offerings (Post #2)
Persistent PlayStation Plus Deals (Post #2)
Frequently Asked Questions (Post #2)

Current Deals (Full Update Here)

Bundles


PS3
Assassin’s Creed: Brotherhood - $20.99 - Ends 3/13
Dungeon Hunter: Alliance - $8.99 - Ends 3/13
Fancy Pants Adventures - $4.99
God of War: Origins Collection - $27.99 - Ends 3/13
Hydrophobia: Prophecy - $2.99 - Temporary Sale
Infamous Festival of Blood - $6.99 - Ends 3/13
Jurassic Park: The Game - $19.99 - Permanent Price Drop
Just Cause 2 - $19.99 - Permanent Price Drop
Limbo - $10.49 - Ends 3/13
Resident Evil 4 - $13.99 - Ends 3/13
Resident Evil Code Veronica X - $9.99
Space Ace - $4.99
Street Fighter III: Third Strike Online Edition - $10.49 - Ends 3/13

PSP
Cabela’s African Safari - $9.99 - Permanent Price Drop
Cabela’s Dangerous Hunts Ultimate Challenge - $9.99 - Permanent Price Drop
Cabela’s North American Adventures - $9.99 - Permanent Price Drop
Crash Bandicoot: Mind Over Mutant - $9.99 - Permanent Price Drop
Crash Of The Titans - $9.99 - Permanent Price Drop
Crash Tag Team Racing - $9.99 - Permanent Price Drop
Dissidia 012 [duodecim] Final Fantasy - $20.99 - Ends 3/13
DJMax Portable 3 - $19.99
Gun: Showdown - $9.99 - Permanent Price Drop
Monster Jam: Path Of Destruction - $9.99 - Permanent Price Drop
Rapala Trophies - $9.99 - Permanent Price Drop
Super Monkey Ball Adventure - $9.99
Swat: Target Liberty - $9.99 - Permanent Price Drop

PS1 Classics
Chrono Trigger - $6.99 - Ends 3/13

Minis
Angry Birds - $2.79 - Ends 3/13

Vita
MLB 12: The Show - $34.99 - 2.8 GB
MotorStorm RC Presented By Scion - Free - 646 MB
Unit 13 - $35.99 - 1.2 GB

PlayStation Plus

Deals
Angry Birds - PSP/PS3 - $1.95 - Ends 3/13
Assassin’s Creed: Brotherhood - $14.69 - Ends 3/13
Chrono Trigger - PSP/PS3 - $4.89 - Ends 3/13
Dissidia 012 [duodecim] Final Fantasy - PSP - $14.69 - Ends 3/13
Dungeon Hunter: Alliance - $6.29 - Ends 3/13
God of War: Origins Collection - $19.59 - Ends 3/13
Infamous Festival of Blood - $4.89 - Ends 3/13
Killzone 3 Multiplayer - $7.50
Limbo - $7.34 - Ends 3/13
MotorStorm RC - $7.49 - Ends 3/13
Resident Evil 4 - $9.79 - Ends 3/13
Street Fighter III: Third Strike Online Edition - $7.34 - Ends 3/13
Touchdown Fever - PSP/PS3 - $2.39
Worms: Ultimate Mayhem - $11.99

Free Games (Don't Argue About This, Please)
Battle Fantasia
Bermuda Triangle - PSP/PS3
Fatal Inertia
Hamsterball
Inferno Pool
Mahjong Tales: Ancient Wisdom
Orbit - PSP/PS3
Sackboys' Prehistoric Moves
Sega Genesis Bundle - Includes the Six Games Below
Altered Beast
Comix Zone
Golden Axe
Sonic 1
Sonic 2
Sly Cooper and the Thievius Racoonus - 5.2 GB
Super Street Fighter II Turbo HD Remix
Streets of Rage 2
Supersonic Acrobatic Rocket Powered Battle Cars
Um Jammer Lammy - PSP/PS3

Qore
Qore Episode 46 - March 2012

Add-ons
Dungeon Defenders - PlayStation Plus Exclusive DLC - Free

Themes
Leap Year - Dynamic
The House of the Dead III - Dynamic
Start The Party 2 - Dynamic

Avatars
Asura's Wrath Bundle - $0.99
The House of the Dead III (3)
Jak and Daxter Collection (2)
Monster Hunter Freedom Unite
Monster Hunter Freedom Unite Bundle 4 - $0.99
Monster Hunter Freedom Unite Bundle 3 - $0.99

Alternate Deals (Deals not available in the PS Store)

PlayStation Network Cards
$20 code - GameStop.com - $19.99
$20 code - BestBuy.com - $20.00
$50 code - GameStop.com - $49.99
$50 code - BestBuy.com - $50.00


PS3
Age of Booty - GameStop.com - $4.99
Digger HD - GameStop.com - $4.99
Fat Princess - BestBuy.com - $7.99
Superstars V8 Racing - GameStop.com - $7.49

Minis
Awesome Summer Minis Bundle (A Space Shooter for 2 Bucks, Young Thor, Zombie Tycoon, and Widget Odyssey 1 & 2) - GameStop.com - $4.99

PS1
Crash Bandicoot - GameStop.com - $2.99 - 50% off
Jet Moto - GameStop.com - $2.99 - 50% off

PSP
Aedis Eclipse: Generation of Chaos - GameStop.com - $5.99 - 25% off
Blade Dancer: Lineage of Light - GameStop.com - $5.99 - 25% off
CLADUN: This is an RPG! - GameStop.com - $9.99 - 50% off
Disgaea: Afternoon of Darkness - GameStop.com - $9.99 - 33% off
Disgaea 2: Dark Hero Days - GameStop.com - $14.99 - 25% off
Disgaea Infinite - GameStop.com - $7.99 - 47% off
Dragoneer's Aria - GameStop.com - $7.99 - 20% off
Mana Khemia: Student Alliance - GameStop.com - $7.99 - 20% off
Phantom Brave: The Hermuda Triangle - GameStop.com - $9.99 - 50% off
Prinny: Can I Really Be The Hero? - GameStop.com - $7.99 - 20% off
Prinny 2: Dawn of Operation Panties, Dood! - GameStop.com - $9.99 - 66% off
Z.H.P.: Unlosing Ranger vs. Darkdeath Evilman - GameStop.com - $19.99 - 33% off

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.
 
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[quote name='Barry Burton']any thoughts on funky lab rat?[/QUOTE]

Don't buy it. I bought it back a few months ago when it was $3 and it is HORRIBLE
 
[quote name='Barry Burton']any thoughts on funky lab rat?[/QUOTE]
It's a neat little puzzle platformer that works well with Move. Nothing amazing, but $3 is what I paid for it before.
 
[quote name='dgwillia006']
On a side note, sucks that the new activation rule did kick in for Uncharted 3 seasons pass :(, screwed a lot of groups over[/QUOTE]

what activation rule is that? and who does it screw over?
 
The 2 activations per item instead of 5.

And it screws over people who brought in on the season pass before it was announced through gamesharing on this site.
 
[quote name='dgwillia006']The 2 activations per item instead of 5.

And it screws over people who brought in on the season pass before it was announced through gamesharing on this site.[/QUOTE]

Eh, people shouldn't have gamed Sony's good-will in the first place. Makes legitimate users suffer.
 
[quote name='elessar123']Eh, people shouldn't have gamed Sony's good-will in the first place. Makes legitimate users suffer.[/QUOTE]

That makes no sense. Sony just wants more sales, plain and simple.
 
Damn I was just about to buy NBA JAM on fire edition when I saw this thread. Now it looks like it's not on sale anymore. Can anybody confirm this or is there something I'm doing wrong?
 
[quote name='finsfan0210']Don't buy it. I bought it back a few months ago when it was $3 and it is HORRIBLE[/QUOTE]

Do buy it. I bought it back a few months ago when it was $7 and it is AWESOME.

It had kind of weird controls (I think R1 was jump) but im pretty sure they patched it to have normal controls. Its a really fun, braid-lite puzzle game.
 
[quote name='mitch079']That makes no sense. Sony just wants more sales, plain and simple.[/QUOTE]

Yeah, I'm sure the plethora of game sharers had nothing to do with this.
 
[quote name='sticnap']Damn I was just about to buy NBA JAM on fire edition when I saw this thread. Now it looks like it's not on sale anymore. Can anybody confirm this or is there something I'm doing wrong?[/QUOTE]
It's not. Back to regular price.
 
Some good stuff in the 12 for '12. Most of the stuff I would want I already own, but I did pick up Rocketbirds: Hardboiled Chicken and played a few chapters. A pretty weird but quite enjoyable action platformer. It takes a lot of inspiration from things like Flashback and Out of this World. Some pretty great music tracks and cool cut scenes as well. I saw there was a demo, so I'd say check that out if you're interested.

I feel like it got almost no coverage anywhere, the only reason I knew anything about it was because of this Giantbomb video: http://www.giantbomb.com/what-it-is-rocketbirds-hardboiled-chicken/17-4941/

Rochard comes highly recommended from me, what a great little physics-y puzzle platformer. Pixeljunk Sidescroller is pretty short (more of a score chasing game) but fun. I had a good time with Bloodrayne, even though the controls take a little getting used to; that game starts getting pretty damn tough in the second half, so be warned. Gorgeous game, though!
 
[quote name='anotherpoorgamer']Got PS+, so NeoGeo Station might be worth it. I haven't downloaded anything from SNK yet.[/QUOTE]

Got shock troopers myself so far. Well worth the $3.59.
 
[quote name='whitereflection']I enjoyed the Xbox version of Hydrophobia and this new revised version is pretty cheap. Can anyone who played both comment on this one?[/QUOTE]

i bought it for xbla and got it for free with psn plus

i played about a half hour of the psn version, all i can say is they changed the music and i didn't like that
 
Will anyone give me a PS plus month code? i really want to buy payday, but dont have enough for 30 percent off. thanks!
 
[quote name='whitereflection']I enjoyed the Xbox version of Hydrophobia and this new revised version is pretty cheap. Can anyone who played both comment on this one?[/QUOTE]

I bought Hydrophobia Pure and then played Prophecy when it was free on PS+. Prophecy is a lot more polished and playable, several new sections and gameplay alterations, and it has an actual end boss fight. The game's villain is a lot more "present," meaning her intentions are clearer in this version, and I think she has more dialogue.

The framerate is still not perfect, but I had a good time with the game.
 
[quote name='mtxbass1']Anyone own the SNK games? How close to the arcade originals are they?[/QUOTE]

I grew up playing most of those games in the arcade. I just bought Metal Slug 1 & 2 and I really can't tell the difference (if there is any), they are still pretty solid games, just like in the old days.
 
[quote name='heyheyhey11']If anyone missed it, there wil snk neogeo games on PSN will be sale.

http://www.platformnation.com/2012/01/17/snk-playmore-included-in-the-january-psn-sale/

I grew up living about 2-3 hrs a day in arcades back in the days and neogeo games were one of the most played cabinet for me. Although I do see the list of the games on sale and while mostly they are first gen francise for better part, there are some game worth checking out. Only better reason to get this version on ps3 is they have online multiplayer. Don't know how many ppl playing and how robust the communities are.

Ill buy

Art of fighting , kof95,96, metalslug1,2[/QUOTE]

Here in Peru, in the mid 90's, The King of Fighters franchise was way bigger and more popular than Street Fighter.
I still remember those KOF tournaments, they were a huge thing in my city, with groups of players from all the arcades participating... the arcades were a great place to spend time with your buddies.
I was more a Marvel player... X-Men COTA, Marvel Super Heroes (my all-time favorite fighting game), X-Men vs Street Fighter and the rest of the Vs series. It would be amazing if Capcom decide to make an "ARCADE Collection" of all this great games.
 
[quote name='PublikDefender']lol it just took 15 min to download 2 mb of the starhawk demo. sony is fucking terrible.[/QUOTE]
Nah. It's just likely that everybody n their uncle is attempting to download the demo/beta at the same time. You should likely give it at least a couple of days unless you wanna sit there for hours waiting for the whole demo to download.:)

Anyway, I just downloaded the Cheapy D character/homie for Saint's Row 3. I think maybe I'll pop the game in and see how helpful he is in the game.
 
[quote name='mitch079']That makes no sense. Sony just wants more sales, plain and simple.[/QUOTE]
I think they did it to prevent people from sharing PS+ benefits, COD Elite, UC Fortune Hunter memberships, plus potential future season passes on other games. Imagine 5 people sharing these memberhips @ $5-$10 per person. They would basically get everything PSN has to offer plus Free content for a year on there favorite games.

Either way gamesharing has its risks, especially right now where its possible for anyone who has access to the gameshared account to login via PC to deactivate all PS3s attached to the account rendering all games/dlc downloaded on the hard drive locked out the moment your PS3 goes online.
 
[quote name='IAmTheCheapestGamer']Nah. It's just likely that everybody n their uncle is attempting to download the demo/beta at the same time. You should likely give it at least a couple of days unless you wanna sit there for hours waiting for the whole demo to download.:)

Anyway, I just downloaded the Cheapy D character/homie for Saint's Row 3. I think maybe I'll pop the game in and see how helpful he is in the game.[/QUOTE]
I usually don't sony-bash and i prefer the playstation platform over xbox but their network is always atrocious. In fact, most of their decisions baffle me. They've released numerous playstation-ish phones/tablets over the past two years (all of which are terrible). They launch a new unpocketable portable w/ the vita.

They should fix their network/store instead. Would it kill them to concentrate on making one great android phone (a la nexus one) w/ full psn support and reiterate each 1-2 years like the iphone? You know, have a great playstation network across a few great devices instead of releasing loads of garbage that no one will buy?
 
The 12 for '12 Sale has finally given me a reason to use the 1-yr PS+ card I picked up for $15 last year. Time to grab SideScroller.
 
Download speeds weren't too bad for me tonight, got Strangers Wrath (3GB) and Rocketbirds and PJ Sidescroller.

Only one I've played so far is PJ, its fun and I feel it's worth $4.89. However, any complaints you may hear about it lacking content are true. I should be able to beat casual mode in 45-60 mins, and then I'll probably go back and play through Normal, just to feel like I got my money's worth. I don't see myself attempting it on Hard/Brutal, I just have too many games in my backlog to justify playing any game through 4 times. I can definitely understand IGN's review that there's just not enough content to justify it's $10 price tag, and if I had bought it at $10 (or even $8) I would have been disappointed.

Also, the trophy layout does not do a good job of making me want to go back and play the game on harder difficulties. I can get all but 2 bronzes on the casual setting.
 
[quote name='shinn']Will anyone give me a PS plus month code? i really want to buy payday, but dont have enough for 30 percent off. thanks![/QUOTE]

check your pm
 
[quote name='PublikDefender']lol it just took 15 min to download 2 mb of the starhawk demo. sony is fucking terrible.[/QUOTE]

I just downloaded ~6GB off PSN in under two hours (was watching TV, just switched it back to PS3, and everything was done). I don't think it's PSN.
 
Dunno, my PSN always randomly takes forever too.

Took me about 20 minutes to get a 500 MB download earlier, i can easily do 1-2 gigs in the same amount of time on Xbox Live.

I dont think its my port settings or anything, since everything else works perfectly fine.
 
[quote name='dgwillia006']Dunno, my PSN always randomly takes forever too.

Took me about 20 minutes to get a 500 MB download earlier, i can easily do 1-2 gigs in the same amount of time on Xbox Live. [/quote]

Allot of it has to do with PSN... It is slower than XBL, Steam, or pretty much anyone else...

That said I did just download the new Uncharted 3 map pack in about 3 minutes time. (313 MB.)
 
I have no problem with PSN's download speed on day that isn't Tuesday.

I think on update day, people are just overloading their servers grabbing everything new that it bogs down quite a bit.

It's usually slowest when it goes up around 7PM EST and then gets better as the night rolls and then it's absolutely fine the day after.

Or so I've observed.
 
I picked up Payday: The Heist. I was very interested in this game before it was released, I just didn't have the $20 to drop on it at the time. Under $10 is great for me. I can't wait to play it on Friday night!
 
[quote name='captpluto9465']I bought Hydrophobia Pure and then played Prophecy when it was free on PS+. Prophecy is a lot more polished and playable, several new sections and gameplay alterations, and it has an actual end boss fight. The game's villain is a lot more "present," meaning her intentions are clearer in this version, and I think she has more dialogue.

The framerate is still not perfect, but I had a good time with the game.[/QUOTE]

Dammit, I was hoping not to spend any more money this week, but I guess I'll have to pick it up. Thanks for the feedback.
 
Baseball 1 and 2 on neogeo were way ahead of its time. We're talking early nineties here. First one I must say it feel more of a game even capable on snes. Not that good. But the second one aged really well. Huge character sprites, it's very fun to steal bases, pitching and hitting the baseball is nicely well recreated in a fun way for early nineties.

Can't forget to mention when it comes to baseball video game, hitting the baseball has to fun, and this game does that. I could remember old arcade game from konami called 'bottom of the ninth' and second ken Griffey jr snes game(first one was good), those game sucked because it's wasn't fun hitting the baseball. So get the second one. I will too, now, it maybe hard to find another player to play against online
 
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