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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.

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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='ohdaesu']picked up rochard and sideway NY. is payday: the heist worth the 10?[/QUOTE]

I too would like to know this about Payday.

Is it on par, better, or worse than the MP in the first Kane & Lynch game? I loved playing K&L MP with friends.

Any opinions on Rochard and Euphloria also?

I plan on picking up PJ SS, Sidway NY, SF3S OE, MKAK, Bloodrayne, and Hydrophobia.
 
[quote name='def PD']I too would like to know this about Payday.

Is it on par, better, or worse than the MP in the first Kane & Lynch game? I loved playing K&L MP with friends.

Any opinions on Rochard and Euphloria also?

I plan on picking up PJ SS, Sidway NY, SF3S OE, MKAK, Bloodrayne, and Hydrophobia.[/QUOTE]

Don't know about Payday, but Rochard is and excellent puzzle game with a little bit of combat thrown in. I'd say its better than Sideway or PJ SS.
 
So far I prefer sideway over rochard but that's because rochard seems like I'll play through it once and never touch it again. Sideway requires you to replay levels once your character unlocks all his moves to find secrets. That and I just like the concept of sideway overall.

Gonna pick up and try stranger's wraith tonight, or I may boot up payday as I never finished the last four levels. Couldn't play it anymore as everyone wants to play the first level over and over and over...
 
Does a store maintinence mean you cant sign in to your account either? O_O

Not sure if i want to leave my PS3 on while im at class tommorow morning
 
you can still sign on and play games. store and account maintenance is just down.
i didnt have enough space to dl oddworld so im trying to play through some psn stuff and delete it like v8 superstars, hydrophobia, re cv... gotta make some space...
(also messed up on deep breath medal on hydrophobia, great now i have to delete my saved game data and start over... fail)
 
Question for people with those 30 day PSN trials Sony e-mailed out a while ago, I've read that they require a credit card on file to be activated. Don't have a credit card, don't trust them with my debit info. If I got a hold of one could I just put in a bogus card number or do they actually validate it?
 
[quote name='Velo214']you can still sign on and play games. store and account maintenance is just down.
i didnt have enough space to dl oddworld so im trying to play through some psn stuff and delete it like v8 superstars, hydrophobia, re cv... gotta make some space...
(also messed up on deep breath medal on hydrophobia, great now i have to delete my saved game data and start over... fail)[/QUOTE]

I assume you're well aware of how to go into game data utility and delete large patches, game installs that you no longer need, etc?
 
[quote name='tylerh1701']I assume you're well aware of how to go into game data utility and delete large patches, game installs that you no longer need, etc?[/QUOTE]

I never tried this before but what would happen if I delete the installs and/or patches then start the game up again?
 
[quote name='garrett007']I never tried this before but what would happen if I delete the installs and/or patches then start the game up again?[/QUOTE]
It would just have you install them again like the first time you played. The save data would still be there though.
 
[quote name='Magicman103']FYI the PS store will be offline today from 8 am to 9 pm PST due to scheduled maintenance.

http://blog.us.playstation.com/2012/01/18/playstation-network-scheduled-maintenance-2/[/QUOTE]

Omg! I saw your post this morning, but figured you meant 8p-9p. Checked the link because of Netflix, which they don't list! Ah well, atleast there is an internet browser with crackle.com for free movies.

How often do they do these super-long, daily maintainances? They should stick to overnight. I haven't noticed the daily ones before.
 
[quote name='ChunLiBarbie']Omg! I saw your post this morning, but figured you meant 8p-9p. Checked the link because of Netflix, which they don't list! Ah well, atleast there is an internet browser with crackle.com for free movies.

How often do they do these super-long, daily maintainances? They should stick to overnight. I haven't noticed the daily ones before.[/QUOTE]

you can still get into netflix! If i recall correctly i think you have to keep trying to log in or something. I remember doing that to get onto netflix back in april when the the psn went down.
 
[quote name='Fatality']Baseball Stars 2
Baseball Stars Professional

Any good I have only played the first one on nes[/QUOTE]

Baseball Stars Pro was good for its time, but it definitely hasn't aged particularly well. It's average at best for an early 90s sports game.

Baseball Stars 2, on the other hand, is the best baseball game out there IMO. While it's not as over the top as NBA Jam or the first few Blitz games, it moves a lot quicker than your average baseball game does. Just do go in expecting deep mechanics or even the ability to play a full season. Neither games have anywhere near the team management features present in the original NES version. They're more focused on pick-up-and-play approach, these are arcade games after all. The characters are pretty colorful and are very well animated, however there aren't that many different character models. BS2 is one of the few sports games that I go back to from time to time outside of RBI Baseball, Baseball Simulator 1.000, or Tecmo Bowl. If you pick this one up there's really no reason to even give Baseball Stars Pro a second look.
 
[quote name='Magicman103']you can still get into netflix! If i recall correctly i think you have to keep trying to log in or something. I remember doing that to get onto netflix back in april when the the psn went down.[/QUOTE]

Thanks for the tip!

[quote name='FriskyTanuki']You can get on Netflix by just logging in and going to Netflix like normal. It doesn't seem like they're blocking logins for this maintenance.[/QUOTE]

After 2 or 3 tries, I stopped.
 
Snkp really dropped the ball by not adding trophy support to the games. There are tons of ways to get them for cheaper, in bundles, etc, and virtually no incentive (besides the laggy online) to buy them again. Such a shame, I would have grabbed a good number of them.
 
[quote name='KneeKnee']Snkp really dropped the ball by not adding trophy support to the games. There are tons of ways to get them for cheaper, in bundles, etc, and virtually no incentive (besides the laggy online) to buy them again. Such a shame, I would have grabbed a good number of them.[/QUOTE]The PS2/Wii bundles that SNK has previously released feature some really half-ass emulation. For instance, Metal Slug in the SNK Arcade Classic collection has some pretty bad input lag, almost to the point where it's impossible to play seriously. Yes, the PS3 versions are still expensive even when they're on sale, but it's also the best versions SNK has offered to date.
 
I wish SNK had triphy support as well. If they did I would be alll over some of them, in particular Baseball Stars. I loved that game back in the day.
 
If you've previously downloaded the demo for a game, and then buy the full version, do you have to redownload the level with the key, as it offers when you finalize your purchase... or can you just download the key and boot up the demo. I'm talking Rochard here...
 
[quote name='callmesteam']If you've previously downloaded the demo for a game, and then buy the full version, do you have to redownload the level with the key, as it offers when you finalize your purchase... or can you just download the key and boot up the demo. I'm talking Rochard here...[/QUOTE]

Just boot up the game after the unlock key is installed.
 
[quote name='callmesteam']If you've previously downloaded the demo for a game, and then buy the full version, do you have to redownload the level with the key, as it offers when you finalize your purchase... or can you just download the key and boot up the demo. I'm talking Rochard here...[/QUOTE]

Generally there's just a key you need to download. I'm almost positive with Rochard you just need the key. Just buy it through the game and it will take you right the buy page and let you download the key right after.
 
Not really a deal, but I find this sort of stuff interesting, so I'm sure there's others who do as well.

Top 20 PSN games sold for December:

1) Sonic CD
2) inFAMOUS 2 Festival of Blood
3) NBA JAM: On Fire Edition
4) PAYDAY: The Heist
5) Trine 2
6) Castle Crashers
7) Saints Row 2
8) Resident Evil 4
9) Mortal Kombat Arcade Kollection
10) Voltron: Defender of the Universe
11) Penny Arcade Adventures: OTRSPOD, Episodes 1 and 2
12) Scene It? Movie Night
13) Oddworld: Stranger’s Wrath HD
14) Dungeon Defenders
15) Battlefield 1943
16) Midnight Club Los Angeles Complete Edition
17) Resident Evil 5 Gold Edition
18) Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare
19) REAL STEEL
20) LIMBO

Nice to see Trine 2 at #5 and Oddworld Stranger's Wrath at #13, considering that one was only available for 4 days in December. Laughing my ass off that COD4 is on there.
 
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[quote name='tylerh1701']Not really a deal, but I find this sort of stuff interesting, so I'm sure there's others who do as well.

Top 20 PSN games sold for December:

1) Sonic CD
2) inFAMOUS 2 Festival of Blood
3) NBA JAM: On Fire Edition
4) PAYDAY: The Heist
5) Trine 2
6) Castle Crashers
7) Saints Row 2
8) Resident Evil 4
9) Mortal Kombat Arcade Kollection
10) Voltron: Defender of the Universe
11) Penny Arcade Adventures: OTRSPOD, Episodes 1 and 2
12) Scene It? Movie Night
13) Oddworld: Stranger’s Wrath HD
14) Dungeon Defenders
15) Battlefield 1943
16) Midnight Club Los Angeles Complete Edition
17) Resident Evil 5 Gold Edition
18) Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare
19) REAL STEEL
20) LIMBO

Nice to see Trine at #5 and Oddworld Stranger's Wrath at #13, considering that one was only available for 4 days in December. Laughing my ass off that COD4 is on there.[/QUOTE]
Trine really is an awesome little game. Great graphics and fun mechanics with levels that dont take forever so it is pretty good for a quick level or two and then you can replay them for all the experience. Cant beleive it took me nearly two years from when I first downloaded it to play it.

Now I cant wait for Trine 2 to go on sale so I can buy that too.
 
[quote name='wrencrest']Trine really is an awesome little game. Great graphics and fun mechanics with levels that dont take forever so it is pretty good for a quick level or two and then you can replay them for all the experience. Cant beleive it took me nearly two years from when I first downloaded it to play it.

Now I cant wait for Trine 2 to go on sale so I can buy that too.[/QUOTE]

Trine 1 is awesome, probably one of my 5 favorite PSN games.
 
Anyone get Cubixx? How is it?

After playing the Eufloria demo, the controls feel kinda rough, like it was 100% built for PC. They just don't transition well to contoller inputs, I think I'm going to pass on it. It should have Move support, but I don't think it does.
 
[quote name='tylerh1701']Not really a deal, but I find this sort of stuff interesting, so I'm sure there's others who do as well.

Top 20 PSN games sold for December:

1) Sonic CD
2) inFAMOUS 2 Festival of Blood
3) NBA JAM: On Fire Edition
4) PAYDAY: The Heist
5) Trine 2
6) Castle Crashers
7) Saints Row 2
8) Resident Evil 4
9) Mortal Kombat Arcade Kollection
10) Voltron: Defender of the Universe
11) Penny Arcade Adventures: OTRSPOD, Episodes 1 and 2
12) Scene It? Movie Night
13) Oddworld: Stranger’s Wrath HD
14) Dungeon Defenders
15) Battlefield 1943
16) Midnight Club Los Angeles Complete Edition
17) Resident Evil 5 Gold Edition
18) Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare
19) REAL STEEL
20) LIMBO

Nice to see Trine 2 at #5 and Oddworld Stranger's Wrath at #13, considering that one was only available for 4 days in December. Laughing my ass off that COD4 is on there.[/QUOTE]
Was debating Payday, not sure if it was popular online, but seeing it at #4 I think I'll get it.
 
[quote name='ChunLiBarbie']Is it just me or is the store down, AGAIN????!!!!!!![/QUOTE]


I'm not sure what's going on. My basement PS3 connects to the PSN store fine. But my PS3 that's upstairs 20 feet from my router hasn't been able to connect for the last 4 days.
 
Don't know if anyone mentioned it. Disgaea games are cheaper at Gamestop than the PSN currently(unless I'm overlooking something).

Disgaea Afternoon of Darkness - 9.99 (PSN is 14.99)
http://www.ebgames.com/psp/games/disgaea-afternoon-of-darkness-dlc/98424

Disgaea 2 Dark Hero Days - 14.99 (PSN is 19.99)
http://www.ebgames.com/psp/games/disgaea-2-dark-hero-days-dlc/98425

Disgaea Infinite - 7.99 (PSN is 14.99)
http://www.ebgames.com/psp/games/disgaea-infinite-dlc/98426

Edit:
Actually, it looks like all NIS psp games are cheaper at Gamestop than the PSN except for Cladun 2. I think NIS had a sale recently and GS tried to match it, maybe?

Blade Dance - 5.99 (PSN is 7.99)
http://www.ebgames.com/psp/games/blade-dancer-lineage-of-light-dlc/98422

Aedis Eclipse - 5.99 (PSN is 7.99)
http://www.ebgames.com/psp/games/aedis-eclipse-generation-of-chaos-dlc/98421

Dragoneer's Aria - 7.99 (PSN is 9.99)
http://www.ebgames.com/psp/games/dragoneers-aria-dlc/98427

Mana Khemia - 7.99 (PSN is 9.99)
http://www.ebgames.com/psp/games/mana-khemia-student-alliance-dlc/98338

Prinny - 7.99 (PSN is 9.99)
http://www.ebgames.com/psp/games/prinny-can-i-really-be-the-hero-dlc/98340

Cladun - 9.99 (PSN is 19.99_
http://www.ebgames.com/psp/games/cladun-this-is-an-rpg-dlc/98423

Prinny 2 - 9.99 (PSN is 19.99)
http://www.ebgames.com/psp/games/prinny-2-dawn-of-operation-panties-dood-dlc/98341

Phantom Brave - 9.99 (PSN is 19.99)
http://www.ebgames.com/psp/games/prinny-2-dawn-of-operation-panties-dood-dlc/98341

ZHP - 19.99 (PSN is 29.99)
http://www.ebgames.com/psp/games/zhp-dlc/98342
 
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It shouldn't be any surprise that retail PSP games are being sold for cheaper than the PSN versions. PSN is no Steam, they aren't exactly aggressive with their pricing.
 
[quote name='Vegan']It shouldn't be any surprise that retail PSP games are being sold for cheaper than the PSN versions. PSN is no Steam, they aren't exactly aggressive with their pricing.[/QUOTE]

You know hes not talking about retail games. Hes talking about digital versions being sold by GameStop. His links don't work for me So I checked for myself and they have some pretty good prices on there
 
[quote name='Thrinn']The PS2/Wii bundles that SNK has previously released feature some really half-ass emulation. For instance, Metal Slug in the SNK Arcade Classic collection has some pretty bad input lag, almost to the point where it's impossible to play seriously. Yes, the PS3 versions are still expensive even when they're on sale, but it's also the best versions SNK has offered to date.[/QUOTE]


I agree that they weren't emulated that well. I have a Neo AES and a Neo Cd and have those games already. Trophy support would have given me incentive to pick them up on the PS3.
 
Added the NIS games to the OP. Thanks for pointing that out.

If you're interested in PSP games, there will be two dual pack bundles on PSN next week with Loco Roco/Patapon (currently $38.98 if bought together) and MotorStorm: Arctic Edge/Twisted Metal: Head On (currently $29.98 if bought together) for $14.99 each.
 
Played Payday tonight for the first time. I thought it was excellent. Not the most polished shooter, but definitely a ton of fun, and a pretty solid shooter. Definitely worth the $10...glad I got it!
 
[quote name='*Deathblade2']seems that way, i cant redeem points[/QUOTE]

Yeah. They must have went back offline to fix the cards issue. I thought my $10 psn card from Best Buy was rung up incorrectly or something and they said to call Sony/playstation.

[quote name='darrenaero']I'm not sure what's going on. My basement PS3 connects to the PSN store fine. But my PS3 that's upstairs 20 feet from my router hasn't been able to connect for the last 4 days.[/QUOTE]

Don't bother calling their customer service. I got some useless filth on the phone who tried to take me through 'the steps of re-whatevering' after she said psn was up, then hung up when I said "let me check the ps blog, I can't be the only 1 with this problem". Purely useless.:hot:

You will be better off doing a search or risk ending up with a drone with stock recovery nonsense.
 
[quote name='FriskyTanuki']Added the NIS games to the OP. Thanks for pointing that out.

If you're interested in PSP games, there will be two dual pack bundles on PSN next week with Loco Roco/Patapon (currently $38.98 if bought together) and MotorStorm: Arctic Edge/Twisted Metal: Head On (currently $29.98 if bought together) for $14.99 each.[/QUOTE]

Thanks for the heads up Frisky...I've wanted digital version of Loco Roco and Patapon for some time but can't bring myself to pay full price.
 
[quote name='ChunLiBarbie']Yeah. They must have went back offline to fix the cards issue. I thought my $10 psn card from Best Buy was rung up incorrectly or something and they said to call Sony/playstation.



Don't bother calling their customer service. I got some useless filth on the phone who tried to take me through 'the steps of re-whatevering' after she said psn was up, then hung up when I said "let me check the ps blog, I can't be the only 1 with this problem". Purely useless.:hot:

You will be better off doing a search or risk ending up with a drone with stock recovery nonsense.[/QUOTE]

Too late. Already wasted 50 minutes on my plan. Much easier to understand than Xbox support, but just as unable to help. Time to google.
 
I went to preview the Capcom Super Pack on PSN, which is on sale next week. However, when I select that (as well as the Capcom Combo Pack), I keep getting the message "This content cannot be accessed on your account."

Does anyone have an idea of why I keep getting this error? Please note that I did buy Super Puzzle Fighter II Turbo HD Remix about a year ago when it was on sale.
 
Bought cubixx, didn't realize you had to complete levels in 5 level blocks. I died on 15, so have to play 11-15 again. Kind of lame. Also, the trophies are just awful.

Ill play some more, but definitely a little disappointed with it so far.
 
[quote name='tylerh1701']Bought cubixx, didn't realize you had to complete levels in 5 level blocks. I died on 15, so have to play 11-15 again. Kind of lame. Also, the trophies are just awful.

Ill play some more, but definitely a little disappointed with it so far.[/QUOTE]

Damn, I was just about to get it, but now it sounds like a pain.
 
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