‘Heads-Up’ PlayStation Store Update (10th September 2009)

is the update live right now? cant seem to find these thing listed. thanks for this GREAT UPDATE the Yanks will be jealous.lol

Awesome update! Very pleased to see a dynamic theme for Wipeout! Thank you Studio Liverpool! (if you’re reading this!) Mucho appreciated

Nice Update! Thanks Mike and PlayStation Store Team!!

Free Theme, Videos, Wallpaper, Demo. THIS is the PS Store. I’m very happy today (and I’m going to pre-order Uncharted 2 and Assassin’s Creed II now ).

I hope you continue on this way for reach the quality of the PS Store US & JP.
Now missing only the PSOne Classics, it’s you next step SCEE

Interpol: The Trail of Dr. Chaos – was wondering about that for the oldest girl, she’s 11 and just started to learn english in school – would it work as a help to learn the language?

I’m thinking of the old PC game – Where in the world is Carmen Sandiego or is this nothing as that?

//WhiteWolf

hmmm, ok..mike, Im glad youre about, could you perhaps answer a couple of things?

Batman DLC… is it around today? also Invincible Tiger, do you have a date?

and one more thing… these updates are ok, but nothing stella, I think even you can understand this, even if people here are very happy with it, I think you understand what im saying.

what im trying to ask you is.. is there anything ‘worth our while’ coming in the next few months? I know about F3 DLC, i cant wait to get my hands on that, but is there anything in the same calibre as say BF1943 lurking in the background?

I have spent a fortune on PSN stuff, dont you think its time that Sony reward loyal customers? you know.. its not hard for Sony to find out who spends what on the PSN, I just think it would be a unique way of thanking loyal PS3 customers, and may win you some more.. even if it was HOME stuff or points towards something on the PSN… it would go a long way.

Anyway, if you could think about aswering any of that, would make me a happy bunny

Hi Mike, I’m really hoping you can help with the reason behind some missing content.
Why isn’t the Pain Sore Spots pack available? It has two fun-sounding new environments to explore and accompanying challenges/trophies, that I can’t enjoy, nor my stable of ready and willing launchees, because it’s currently not on the UK Store.

Great update for this week, though, especially because of the Katamari demo.

free WipEout theme…score!!!!nice 1 and George Takei in pain…cool:) oh wait…AND the fifa demo?! what an update!!!

Nice to see a bounty of goodies available this week!

Hope you had a good time of Mike. I have to admit you do a sterling job at answering a ton of peoples queries here. If I could give you Kudos I would.

I dont suppose you have a rough number as to how many PSP titles will be added when the PSP Go goes live do you? I’m just debating holding out on a few UMD version games and if the prices are decent I may just buy them online. No worries if you would be brutally butchered by Sony for telling me though !

Looks nice, hope that this keeps up in the future.

this is a hell of an update mike! thanks so much for all the sweet stuff. also, the news about trine is hella sweet. i should be able to get it just before i head off to uni, providing all goes to plan also, any news on incoming ps1 classics? any would be much appreciated.

glad to have you back,

Ben

I look forward to next weeks comments when there is only one demo and everyone starts ranting away again! lol. I suppose Mike can have a calm and relaxing week for now!

Good stuff!

Hi Mike,

Regarding the link Ross_K91 posted, it’s not working because there is a space between the “g” and “e” in “message”.

Something that occurred to me last week is that game updates are rarely documented anywhere. There have been a few times where I’ve only found out about an update weeks after it came out.

Would it be possible to include a round-up of any game updates that have gone live in the last week in the Store Update thread?

Nice amount of demos, DLC and theme. The price of themes is fairly reasonable, and a free theme.

Great update.

Although i would have liked some more avatars (purely just because I want to see some in the store) and trine. But possibly next week is good enough for now.

Ah!
There are new info regarding the fix-Firmware 3.01?
I haven’t update my PS3 to the 3.00 ’cause I’m waiting this.

@105

See response to comment#3

I already got the Katamari demo from the HK Store, it’s super, my pre-order is already firmly placed!

ROYAL RAINBOW!

Finally a decent update!

Thanks for the free dynamic theme

I can’t wait to try Fat Princess. I was looking forward to Castle Crashers, but apparently it will be released 2010 So, I might buy Fat Princess this year if I like it. I’ll buy Castle Crashers next year for sure.

I’ll also give FIFA 10 a go. I haven’t played football games in years. I find them even more boring than watching a match on TV.

Welcome back Mike this update is a better reflection of my expectations.. And reasonable prices for the themes 2 I will be checking those out.

Nice update. Finally my Little Big Planet Dynamic Theme xD

great update this week, will be looking forward to Fifa 10, any news on Tomb Raider 1+2 psone classics coming out on the EU store soon? The US already has both, PLEASE REPLY

Demos of Fifa 10, Fat Princess… Themes of Motorstorm and wipeout HD.

Couldn’t get a better deal for this week’s psn update.

Welcome back Mike, it’s nice to have some proper interaction with someone in the know again! It can’t be mentioned enough how much this community values your dedication to giving feedback to our replies (even if some of those replies aren’t very polite)! Not to mention the fine job you’ve done with the update this week – even the price of the Dynamic Themes seems reasonable.

Speaking of prices, you appear to be applying SCEE’s new (and IMO too high) Euro to GBP exrate of 0.8 to bundle packs, but the individual items are (quite rightly) maintaining their established exrate to price them at 99p (inline with similar content from other sources and your competitors). This means that, even though the € price of the bundle is cheaper than the individual cost, the £ price is more expensive! And before you get any ideas – you should decrease the price of the bundles, not increase the price of the individual items!!!

Last week for example the Talking Heads Bundle was priced at £5.25, the 5 tracks were the usual 99p – so the bundle actually cost 30p more (but €0.86 less in Euros!).

Please fix this! Bundles should use the same exrate conversion of the individual items they contain!!!

yip ee yip ee yip ee yip ee yip ee yip ee yip ee yip ee yip ee yip ee yip ee yip ee yip ee !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! cheers for the good news mike÷)

o’no!! if fallout dlc is out next week im goin to be one poor fishy. lol

So, we have an ETA for Trine….

What about Bomberman Mike?

Any news?

Great update! Demos, themes and another Dissidia theme! But still no Last Guardian E3 trailer!

when the update will be up? cant wait for the fifa demo…

It’s good to see you back Mike! I love this update, especially the new themes! I really want the LBP theme but I don’t have a creditcard. Maby a silly question but where can I get PSN Cards?

Mike mate, when today is this update live?

Utterly ridiculous pricing again on the store.

can i just say…..
Great update guys!
i thought after the last few weeks we were done for,
thanks you for the free dynamic theme, alot of people will be happy about that after buying the BZB premium theme last week and feeling completly ripped off. fortunatly, i acually read the information b4 buying. also nice to see people manning the boards again this week, i wouldnt have wanted to do it last week either, u picked the right week to have off lol
i am however gonna have a little moan lol please get rid of the :buy me” section of the whats new, it tells me to buy games i already own and play…alot. totally pointless. i dont really mind the other store icons, just them as i do use the whats new bit and it looks really cluttered, how about letting me create shortcuts to me psn games in them store/random boxes. like everyone else, i check the store on a thursday, i buy what i want, then check again the following week.
again, thanks for a decent update…keep em coming

Hi Mike,

I would just like to say we have all missed you while you were away. Think you did a good one by staying away last week, with all the lovely comments going SCEE way lol

Nice to have you back and with a fantastic update this week. I will be downloading the free dynamic theme, thank you Sony.

@129 are you an idiot?

He has stated more than twice that it will be updated later this afternoon/evening and that he can’t give exact times!

@133, probably we wont read all these 130+x comments?

Hey mike, awesome update as usual.
I was wondering if you could help me with something, I bought the complete DLC pack for disgaea 3 a couple of days ago, it says in the description for it that it comes with a special custom theme, but when I go into my theme settings there isn’t anything to do with disgaea 3 in there. Is there something I need to do in the game to get it or is this a bug of some sort, I wasn’t sure if it was meant to be in there straight after downloading the pack, as some of the DLC not being available until after beating the main story of the game. I f you could help or point me in the right direction of someone who can it would be much appreciated. Thanks in advance, and sorry about the super long post

Great update! Definitely pick up the Themes and FIFA 10 demo, just wish the LBP demo was released earlier so I wouldn’t have wasted 40 quid on it

Anyway, 2 questions:

1) Has Guitar Hero World Tour DLC officially stopped?
2) Any news on the Fallout 3 DLC? (I hope it’s just a few weeks away)

Thanks in advance, Mike. Hope you had a good holiday and Sony didn’t pester you to work!

is gran turismo still £20 on the store because in many shops you can pick it up for £15. will the price be lowered?

Thanks for the grate update Mike and the SCEE team, i can’t wait to get my hands on the fifa 10 demo, the animated themes and the trail of Dr chaos game. Great news about trine too!

@133
Dude, why would I read 130+ comments instead of just asking? Lol..

Out of curiosity, why can we not know what time the store update is due, or planned, do you not know, or are you not permitted to say it on the blog? Surely it is a case of the update already being done and just specifying what time it will be made “Live”, which is someone pressing a button on a computer?

rp2000

still no bomberman, but let’s go with the positives for once.
can’t wait to see how katamari plays on ps3.
and is pain becoming the simpsons of the gaming world or what? all these celebrity guests.

Nice update overall, keep ‘em coming guys!!

i’ve got a question that isn’t answered on that store cards faq, when are they being released?

Finally the LBP theme has arrived.

I am twitching around waiting for the update so I can get going on the FIFA demo and Katamari too.

It would be quite helpful if there was some way to preview dynamic themes decently somehow. Maybe the people who make them could capture them and upload a small clip on Youtube or one of your own media sites as long as a preview isn’t implemented on PSN itself.

Far, far, far superior update. Also, very pleased you managed to have a good week off too. Thank you (as always) for your hard work. It’s very much appreciated, Meester Keeby.

Obviously I meant to say “Meester Kebby” *smashes keyboard against wall* Not my fault, honest.

When GOD OF WAR III Demo and GT5 demo???

I might put off d/ling the free theme , and some other pay for themes until such things as the TV icon and news ticker starts to work for me .

Few questions Mike…

Does Interpol: The Trail Of Dr. Chaos have trophies?

Any news on Blue Toad Murder Files & NBA Unrivaled?

Cheers