PlayStation Store Update

QUOTE FROM MIKE

‘I’m actually quite shocked that I’ve read a few comments this week saying it’s a poor update – really, you believe that? If so, it really does prove that you can never please everyone. Oh well, I hope there’s something you will like in the coming weeks ’

I’d just like to clarify that I think this update is not that bad just it is not a strong as say next weeks one will be (BF 1943)

What annoyed me about your reply mike is that you read and completely ignored my questions.

Question 1: Can you guys please attach screen shots to games on the store. I at least want to know what type of game I would be getting before I pay for the privilege.

Question 2:I would also like to know why we get PSone games months after our American counterparts…

Question 3: Why do we pay more for the same content than our American counterparts.

If there are reasons you cant answer this then just say, its worse when you just gloss over it or ignore it all together when there is clearly a collective feeling on these topics.

If you read this please reply!

thank you for your quick response & im glad you be talking with konami-europe & capcom-europe on the games we want, so you know what‘s comming out next week can you enlighten us what‘s in store next week today & not sit on the infor till next thursday it will stop the speculation. :p

About 189 i know it’s not Mike that can directy answer my question about Disgaea 3, i’m simply asking you Mike if you can please get some info about it for us, as you’d probably get an answer about it from NIS/SQE

Howdy Sir Kebby

I don’t know about the others but a think most of the “this update is crap” is kinda disappointment for a lack of Fat Princess and Trine. the latter especially, as with a demo released on steam, people are really hanging out to get it on PSN.

@202 I second that motion…

Hey Mike,

Can you comment on the numerous PS1 games, such as Tekken 3, Ridge Racer, Colony Wars and Wip3out, plus more, that have been rated by PEGI for release on PSN but so far there has been no sign of a release for any of them.

Thanks.

…Love you <3

Hey Sir Kebby(hopefully this gets your attention :p), when do you think you’ll be able to find out the MGS release?

That’s pretty much all we care about .

You’re in the zone Mike you’re doing great. I feel with you. This is a great update and still people keep complaining. I’ve never seen this amount of communication between SCEE and the community and stil they keep complaining !

Man I have you can keep this up because it helps for sure. But I hope you won’t get a depression from some lame people :s some people just lack respect.

Oh and I like your new nickname Sir Kebby

PS: @everyone: please stop asking about MGS he said he was all over it. He is looking into it!!!

Good update Mike, but I liked the Playstation Home update the most it was like the best one, I even managed to get both of the free Killzone items & I found the avatar for the Ragdoll Rug….I know this topic is about the store update…but about sending the rug’s code when will I get it???

I have another question, if I plan to buy things from the UK store do I have to spend british pounds or can I use euros too?

Thanks in advance!!!

*Man I hope you can keep this up because it helps for sure.
sorry for the mistake

I don’t know if it is inteded but the classic isn’t in the nl and be store. just to let you know.

@ dangerouse85: You live in Germany that explains it all im affraid…you should move

Mike

Could you answer this query please

Is there any plans for a Pal version of Pulse and Qore.

Don’t know how you cope with all flak the children send you, definitely a case of should be seen and not heard.

Mike could you please answer my comment regarding the PS1 games that have been on PEGI’s website for some time?

@ glaw73, Pulse and Qore are SCEA initiatives so won’t come to the SCEE Store in that format.

However I do remember reading that Future Publishing (the company that runs the Qore digital mag) were planning on launching a Europe (or at least UK) version this year. It’s not Qore and won’t be called Qore (thank God) but will be a similar concept.

Sir Kebby do you have any comment on the SCEE/Future Publishing partnership and any ‘loose’ release dates?

P.S. I fully agree with Jerommeke, Sir Kebby deserves a raise

P.P.S. It may make you feel a bit better to know the SCEA store guys are getting it in the neck for not releasing Monster Hunter Freedom Unite on their store when SCEE have it!

P.P.P.S I think it’s really unreasonable to call an update rubbish just because one particular piece of content isn’t included, even if said content was never meant to release in July! There will always be new releases in the pipeline so there will always be something else to want, by this logic Sir Kebby will not get positive feedback from you until the final ever update of the PSN Store!!!!

yo, Mike

Nice so see a decent amount of feedback. It’s well appreciated.

Any word on the Bionic Commando Rearmed patch? This blog said that it was in QA on June 18th, and i thought that once a patch has been submitted to Sony for QA, it takes 2 weeks? Seems i was wrong.

Also, i think it’s great that your looking at the icons on the EU PS Store, that has been bugging me for a looong time. What’s equally bad though, it that a PS Store item only has a “name field”, and doesn’t specify what game it is for. “Summer add-on pack” doesn’t say anything. Sometimes you have to either read several sentences into the description to find out what game it is for. Sometimes it is even worse, i have to look at the frikkin icon-pic to find out game it is. The pic doesn’t always include the name of the game either, so i have to look at the pic and go like… “hmm, yeah that character kinda looks like it belongs in Ninja Gaiden, that’s probably it”

Is it so difficult to add a “type of item” and “game/platform” field that is easily viewed in the store?

It certainly was a better update than the american one, I would really appreciate it if you could pester bethesda on the fallout dlc as alot of my friends keep nagging me when its coming out!

Have a good weekend Mike (looks like its raining for the most part saddly)

hmm, there’s no edit function here?

Anyways, one example of a bad store item as i mentioned above is “Tiki Polynesian Ball Pack (Game Pack)”
okay, so the item type is included at the end of the “name/title” field but there’s no mention of the game until the end of the description.
There is a High Velocity bowling splash in the corner of the thumbnail, but it should be easier to read. (IE normal text somewhere accessible, while browsing through updates. Preferrably somewhere near the “title” and “price” rows in the list view)

sorry for spamming comments, but i just saw that the us store named the aforementioned store item:
“High Velocity Bowling: Tiki Polynesian Ball Pack (Add-On Content)” which is a much better naming scheme.
the EU Store should name them the same, or make some improvment like i mentioned earlier.

Hi Mike

Great update which puts the last 2 weeks into perspective

Bought The Punisher but was shocked at the lack of game launching support from Home :O

Please could you pass on to the relevant people the need for this in future releases
Games on the hard drive are better as there’s no changing discs
This also would help more people go into Home

- Mouse

@Mike its absolutely not a poor update its a wonderful update. Just wonder why it takes so long for us to get several stuff like Suikoden and MGS1.

http://fc07.deviantart.com/fs48/f/2009/184/7/6/Sir_Kebby_by_Serendipid dy.jpg

was fun, ty for the inspiration!

Hey, Mike. Here’s something you should pass onto the Store team: on the Irish store, Final Fantasy VII isn’t listed in the PS1 Classics section on the store. It was put into the Latest section when it was released, but not archived. It’s still there when you use the search feature, but it’s not in the PS1 Classics section. Just in case someone not as feature-savvy as ourselves wants to buy it, and can’t find it!

I love this blog. Such an great way to give you guys feedback. I sure you know exactly what we’d like to see in the future, eh Mike?

hello.
good update overall… about the delay of pal version of games is it because they have to work on the multi language? is it why they are more expensive? most of europeans speak english and for games is only what we need… dont delay it because of multi language!

Hey Mike

Does the Rock Band Unplugged DLC still have a problem with it? It seemed to overwrite other Rock Band DLC.

Thanks for the update!

Sir Kebby…

Any word on whether Rock Band will be released for download on PSP? The full game? I thought every game has a simulataneous release with the online version now?

I was planning t buy it on download when it was released but i still haven’t seen it?

Sir Mike,

First of all, I think you should recieve a medal for the abuse you get on here by some people. I know there are limitations on what information you can give and what information you have but some people just need to use their brains.

Thanks for the good update, as soon as I get paid there will be a few purchases from me.

Keep fighting!

hi mike , im the guy who swore at you i m really sorry thanks for looking into mgs1 , the opm the review for mgs1 in is a uk 1

Not a bad update but no demo’s/trials for Numblast or topatoi means a lot of people won’t be buying these, including me. Thank you for finally releasing the Blast Factor patch, any idea on when we’ll see The Last Guy patch?

Thanks.

Any news about MGS?

ever one need to leave mike alone about this whole mgs thing, take it into your own hands like me, i contacted them after listening to mikes advice last week and contacted them my self, like you can, all i got was “We are sorry to inform you that we are not in a position to reveal further
details about MGS1.”
so basically it wont be anytime soon

Thanks Mike Kebby for getting us info on MGS and RE PS1 titles! I know you’ll let us know as soon as possible. That;s why these blogs are so awesome.

And you seem to be even better than the great Jeff Rubenstein!

Appreciate it. Thanx.

Mike, can you please answer my question @ post 190? Thanks in advance!

wow i gotta say that the honourable sir kebby is worthy of a pay rise and maidens a plenty. much better than proffesor playstation (jeff rubenstein)

“but the full game has been submitted for a PSN release and should be available at some point in the coming months.”

Months,it’s already out though.shouldn’t it only be weeks.

Also it’s disappointing to read a the developer say this.

” The simple answer is that we don’t know. It’s beyond our control now, and we are hoping for the best.

There will be a PSN demo (at least that’s the plan) but it will be released after the game has been released on PSN, unfortunately.”

I feel another SF2HD coming.

Hey mike I just thought id leave a few words and say I kind agree with a few people here! When they say that this update was not that good, reason being the bulk of the content was psp and Tiger Woods PGA Tour 10.

now im not saying im ungrateful for your efforts, but we do need demos not having demos just makes the gamer feel they are forced to buy the game just to play it and then find out they don’t like it.

I know the name of the game is to make more sales/money but giving demos just gives us variety, not just that but I think more psn games for the ps3/psp are needed to, dl content is good but not so good if you’re not interested in a certain game or haven’t bought it hence why many people many think this could be a poor update.

so I have a question I would like to ask! Is there any possible reason why there is only a update every Thursday and say not twice a week? and if not then why?

2 things 1st great update , 2nd whats all this leave mike alone stuff the point of the blog is to ask questions , look the guys at sony have always left eu in the dark , always will FACT japan got mgs1 re 1 2 & 3 years ago us got hem wks ago they wont even say within 8 wks or so face it the blog s great , but they will never anwer till its up END OF

We finally get an awesome update and people are still complaining -.-
I think this one makes up for the previous 2 weeks

I really wanted to get Monster Hunter, but sadly my PSP only has a 512mb memory card
I guess i’ll have to wait until i get a PSP-go

also cant believe someone said get a psn card n buy on u.s store AGAINST THE RULES

Another great update, thanks guys ..

Would be nice if the store had a ‘Demo’ tab, you know to keep things simple & answer the millionth time someone has asked ..
Place a new tab ‘We Recommend’ under the main logo, next to ‘Store Top’ & replace it with ‘Demo/Trials’ .. simple ..

Please thank those responsible for the ‘SuperStardustHD’ anniversary price drop .. anymore price drops planned? We still think things are a little over-priced & in Home too .. It’s the consensus, sorry ..

keep on keepin on ..

PS: No Trial = No Buy

Sir Kebby of Awesomton…

Whatever happened to OPM HD? There was a website where you get notified about it’s release, and possibly win a free copy of Kilzone 2.

And what about Spyro. I know you must get sick of me asking but it’s the game that got me started on PS1, would be great to have it with me on my PSP. I used to kick names and take ass with that game

OK, I’ll stop with the obscure Unforgotten Realms quotes :/

Sir Kebby! ;P

Just a minor bug I have with the PSN Store, every time I try to open up the Killzone 2 section to pick up the map packs, I have a broken image icon and there is nothing in that section.

Not sure whats causing this, but I dont seem to be able to fix it, and I dont know if its effected any other users. It’s the Swedish store is that helps?

Thx!

Please SCEE we want more PSOne Classics.

Still no Metal Gear Solid…

I’d like to say that I’m surprised….. but I’m really not.

Every update that does not have MGS is a disappointing one.

A map that shows how I feel:
http://i36.tinypic.com/2nu3eb4.jpg

and still no PSN for Iceland!

BLAST FACTOR TROPHIES!!!!

I want to award precious gold to whoever got that up.

Yeah, at last the Blast Factor trophies appear!!!!

I’d love to know what caused the 7 month delay…..????

But I’d rather know that the patches for….

The Last Guy ( I think Mike has said its coming at some point?)
Dark Mist (Don’t think Mike has answered this one, just passed the Q onwards)

are coming to the EU???

Otherwise a decent update, a demo should be standard as on the 360.
Nothing for me this week though.

Isn’t James Bond: Quantum of Solace supposed to be here?

Mike,

Any date for The Last Guy trophy patch and also the DLC? I believe America and Japan have had them for at least two or three weeks now, so I’m kind of hoping SCEE won’t be far behind.

Thanks.