‘Heads-Up’ PlayStation Store Update (22nd December 2009)

Great update, can’t wait to get home and have a crack at the LBP stuff. Some nice asvings to be had too, I’d been holding off on buying Trine but I reckon I might have to take the plunge over Christmas.

Very nice indeed Mike,
just have time to wish you and all on the blog a very happy xmas!!

Yeah, Vagrant Story!

Never played it in my PSOne time and after finishing FFVII maybe on the train today a good way to “wast” my time while waiting for FFVIII, Crisis Core and Dissidia in Europe.

Nearly had bought my an older PSP just for the last two games^^

Merry Christmas to you all and thanks for this update

Oh, and to those asking about White Knight Chronicles, GAME.co.uk says it’s coming on 26th Feb, of course they’re not Sony but it seems about right considering the US release around the same time.

LittleBigPirates!

Happy happy, joy joy!!

Oh I just noticed Adhoc Party on there! Excellent

I Think its great the LBP releases new content just before christmas. Its giving me fond flashbacks to last year, desperatly trying to survive in the VR training on christmas eve. its also epic to see new avatars as well. Thank you for this Smashing update.
Merry Christmas and have a great holiday everyone! : )

Ah, Vagrant Story. Many dark hours have been consumed into that game in the past.

Hustle kings before Christmas! Talk about dramatic late entrance, this has made my day. And a bargain at £6.29 in my eyes. Even the special offers are reasonable this week. Shooting up a game of pool with my old man and blowing him up in worms should make the festive week fly by. Many thanks!

Thanks for the VidZone app. That was a real nice surprise! Now, i’m looking forward for VOD

Merry christmas, and a happy new year, to you all!

“3 on 3 NHL Arcade (was – £6.29/€3.19 now – £3.19/€3.99)”

I think I’ll wait till after January 7th

Thank you Sony so much this year! It has been fantastic. I wish every one a Merry Christmas and A Happy New Year!
I really look forward to 2010 with the PS3!
As always as a loyal customer I will continue to purchase Sony products. You guys simply rock!

MX vs. ATV Reflex sounds awesome! I am so gonna download the demo MIKE!
Bye 2009

Merry X-mas Mike, and happy new PS3 Year!, but will we get the new Buzz dino game in the Norwegian store soon?, Hope they did not forget us!, Little Big Planet update will be awesome, hopefully there will be more playable updates in the new year, can hardly wait for Modnations to come!, and I hope the new ddr game will not be too late either so I do not manage to get so fat, did a mistake and sell my ddr equipped ps2 too early you see!

new avatars (at a great price ) AdHoc Party, more sales and LBP WATER! awesome update! Enjoy your Chirstmas break SCEE and Mike, thanks for keeping up updated every week

And you said it was going to be a Small update!

there no disney Ps1 again this week what ever will we do with out it!

Hope you have a Grate Hollday and a happy new year!

o and Mike you going to be geting any of the new Avatars for your self ? i see you looking like sackboy i can see it in my minds eye very easy!

a Happy SackBoy! yes that is what i see you looking like !

New PSP Mini ‘Tiger Trouble’. Is that some kind of cheating, arrogant, golfing, muppet sim? (Avoiding moderation).

Merry Xmas All!

Thanks Mike

I think there is now a superb amount of content on psn. As a GO owner I was a bit unsure about some of the earlier psp updates, but they seem to be coming along fairly well each week now.

Is they any way in future of knowing about the psp releases in advance?

To you and all of your team, keep up the good work and merry xmas

“Premium Avatars!! Did i read that right?
Finally great update….”

Hahaha, that’s exactly what I thought!

I’m so buying the LBP Level Kit and I’m glad that the costumes can be bought separately… but then again, maybe I’ll just buy the Costume Kit

Merry Christmas!

The list keeps getting longer and longer, with some terrific special offers : sweet prices for Trine, Worms and Fat Princess, everyone should take advantage of these offers to give the games a well deserved go.
Seeing Vagrant Story on the Store is also wonderful news, as it is one of the finest PSone games.
Enjoy Christmas and holidays Mike, and keep up the good work next year ^^ (can’t wait for Castle Crashers, next thatgamecompany game, and PixelJunk Shooter Encore !).

Looks like I am going to have to add some money to my psn account

I believe this is my first comment on the blog!

I’ve been keeping my eyes out for Hustle Kings ever since the first details were released, so I’m absolutely delighted that it is finally here! Good price too!

Had my PS3 since September 2007 and it’s been great to see it’s progression in terms of features and quality of games. This years highlight has definately been the creation of this blog. Before, we used to have to rely on third party rumours, so it is great to get an official word and some communication between the entire community – So thanks Mike and all involved.

Have a good christmas everybody!

Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year to EVERYONE at Sony!
Now please take the time off, refuel, and enjoy your holiday! You deserve it!
What an amazing great final update for the year as well!

And speaking of the year, it has been a rampant one for the PlayStation family, reflected in both quality AND sales (two things you don’t often see correlate) and I’ve never been happier supporting the PlayStation brand!

Keep doing what you are doing Sony, your philosophy is perfect and once again, Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!

Nice last update for this year

Good to see that the premium avatars are finally being released, not too expensive either. Im hoping for some Dutch versions in the future, maybe a cow being milked with some good looking redlight district girls hehe.

Ive recently bought a psp and missed the last special offer of the Red Alert PSOne games, any info that there will be a pricedrop for those soon? Or a combopackage price reduction?

tnx merry christmas and a happy new year to you all

i thought you said this was going to be a small update

Merry xmas and a happy new year mike and the ps blog.

WOW!!!!!!!! thats some list guys/girls and you say your going to be SANTA to some of the lucky children of PSN Land .Well Done and in the words of the BIG JOLLY MAN in the red suit “MERRRRY CHRISSTMASSSS HO HO HO”

Great last update

Merry Christmas to all the SCEE team.

is trine £7.99 from 24th till the 7th or is it permantly that price now

How cruel of you Mike, towards us Go owners, to say we can use Dissidia with ad-hoc party. Although MHFU would make for some true epicness. Just wish my PS3 was wired xD

Also, Vagrant Story + Sackboys of the Caribbean = instant win. Not a bad update at all =)

Merry Christmas, new year’s eve and all that Mike et al.at EUPSN store!

AWESOME UPDATE!!!

^_^

Two good weeks in a row, what a way to wrap up the christmas period – and fleace me of my last few pounds!!

Merry Christmas and thank you to the hardworking Sony beavers ^_^

Well even with all the hype behind it I was never convinced about Fat princess. With a little price drop I may just give it a go. Same kinda goes for Burn Zombie Burn. And I finally get to a taste of Dantes Inferno. I have friends that have been playing it and loving it, So I finally get to catch up.

Great update. Thanx to all at playstation bolg. It has been a great source of information to me. Can’t wait to pre-order my coppies of Heavy Rain and God of War special editions. And I know this will be the place to find out how much and where and when I can buy them.

See you all in the new year.

In 10 days

Vagrant Story!!!!!! Thank you Mike! Merry christmas to the entire PSN Team, hope to see you in the new year with all your limbs fully intact

“Monster Hunter Freedom Unite (PSP) (was – £23.99/€29.99 now – £16.99/€20.99) (reduced until the 21st of January)”

Correction: It was at 39.99€ (at least in the Spanish store), so it’s even a better sale.

I wasn’t expecting premium avatars, maybe I’ll buy one. I’m also interested in Vagrant Story and the new LBP level pack.

You had me worried then! Not a single mentionof the LBP water add-on in your initial spiel. Damn you, you big tease! Thankfully we’ll get to splash around over xmas, yay! Seems weird to be playing in the warm waters of the Caribbean though when I’m snowed in…

sweet update going to grab hustle kings along witha few more here nice one guys

Strange, I can’t comment using my PS3′s browser.. I wonder if the problem’s in my PS3 or the site. Any ideas?

Anyways, thanks for yet another great update! Vagrant Story and Premium Avatars sound like a good way to bring some extra light into my Christmas, haha! Great to see Adhoc coming our way too. Now all we’d need is FFVIII, but I suppose we can wait for that while we enjoy the other great PSOne title.:-)

I had a question, though: do you suppose the free add-ons for inFamous and Tekken 6 are coming here at some point? I’d love to have the in-game items I missed when I was late for preorders.

Merry Christmas to all of the playstation europe staff and blog readers! my copy of demons’ souls arrived last week, so if i invade your world, then so be it! and i am SO buying warhawk at that price. although it is kind of silly that the dlc bundle now costs more than the game itself. oh well! have a fantastic holiday everyone, and look forward to commenting more in the new year (you can add me on psn if you see fit )

Och aye, me hearties! New little big planet levels have arrived along with some nice special offers. Merry Christmas!

Question about minis on PS3 – are they achieved through recompiling with a PS3 version of the minis SDK? Or are they run in a PSP emulator for PS3 engine, like how PSOne games are run? And if the latter, then could it be possible one day to see PSP games running directly on PS3 through emulation? Like Resistance Retribution running on PS3 for example?

Tiger Trouble (£1.99/€2.99) Rating: PEGI 3

Isn’t minis ment to priced at £2.49? Thats a good price if that price is correct!

Hey Mike
Happy Christmas & have a Happy New Year
Few Questions / Problems
1) will Kato-San actually be released today ? , it was listed on thursday but nothing came
2) Flavor Flav (PAIN DLC) has disappeared on the store , was hopeing to get it tommorow when i put some credit on the store

looking forward to playing the LBP dlc , the water will be fun i hope
and fat princess is a bargain , do you plan to have temporary price cuts throughout 2010 , like you have done recently , and obvisously this seasonal offers

Do you play singstar ?
because that is by far the most fun game to play with family and friends at christmas time & on new years eve

what is this code giveaway for ?

and i hope i helped pointing out that flavor flav is not in the store , and that u listed kato-san on thursday , but it didnt come

Vagrant story!!! too bad its been clouded a little with america getting ff8 (my favourite game of all time) but o well will finally get a chance to play it. and mike you listed the pirates of the carribean costume wrongly you state

Pirates of the Caribbean Sack Sparrow Costume (£1.59/€1.99)

however its either Pirates of the Caribbean Captain Sack Sparrow Costume (£1.59/€1.99) or

Pirates of the Caribbean Captain Jack Sparrow Costume (£1.59/€1.99)

lol hiw could you not call him captain!

Woo hoo! Vagrant’s Story!!! That’ll keep me entertained over Christmas.

Second update in a row that has something that I’ve been desperate for.

All I’m waiting for now is FFVIII (still due in Jan?), Ninja Gaiden table for Zen Pinball (any news?)and the completely unannounced (take note Playstation Lifestyle) FF Tactics which I’m pretty sure will never grace our fair shores.

Thanks for the update and a Merry Christmas to you and your team.

Christmas has come early, albeit only three days early…

Mike, thank you so much for the heads up. They have been so helpful over the last few months, and I just want you to know how much I appreciate them!

I’m really looking forward to seeing the premium avatars. At just 20p, they’re perfect for mopping up those few extra pennies that remain after buying some other content. Perfect!

Must ask though… could you suggest any of the “minis”? I’ve been looking at them for a few weeks now, and am thinking of buying one or two, but cannot decide which ones look best. Have you got any favourites Mike?

To all at SCEE, and all the EU PSN users, a very MERRY CHRISTMAS!
^^

Thanks Mike, LBP Water, Trine reduced, Dante’s Inferno Demo = great way to end the year!

This year has been the best year for gaming ever. And next year will hopefully be even better. I can’t wait to play Uncharted 2 or ModNation Racers. (When that comes out)

Season’s Greetings to you all!

Hi Mike,
Dont no if you saw my comment last week? Is there any point in having movie trailers on the psn store anymore wouldnt it make more sense to have them on the new movie store? Then you could concentrate on the game side and the movie store team on anything movie related!!!!

Nice update Mike!

Hopefully there’ll be plenty more on its way in 2010!

Happy Xmas and new year

Just noticed the Dante’s Inferno demo. Guess it’s gonna be one Hell of a Christmas! Badum Tch!….

… Ok I’m going now.

Wow… where to start… XD I knew this was going to be Xmas before Xmas but you still managed to surprise me… =P

First off, adhocParty! =^__^= I know many will be eager to jump in on that service and, if there’s any monster hunters looking to meet and hunt with other Scandinavian hunters, look on the forums later today. ;3 With the Special Offer on Monster Hunter Freedom Unite and the awesome demo already out, I hope we get to meet many more hunters ahead~

Then there’s the awesome Pirates of the Caribbean DLC! I’m going to make my littlebigbrothers and friends walk the plank more than once this holiday. XD

Still, the release of the Premium Avatars did surprise me and I’m very curious to see how they look. As well as Vagrant Story that is SO landing on my PS3′s HDD today! How can’t you love an RPG where you can get pursued by mimic chests in love with you because you healed them when the enemy happened to hurt them with their attacks? XD And the overall Special Offers will lead to an additional bunch of titles also landing on my PS3′s HDD today but *cough* we’ll say I got those on Thursday evening. ;D

Thanks for an awesome last update of the year and Merry Xmas to you all from snowy Stockholm~

@tias123 exactly my thought about Dissida.

Well, we’ve got to wait and oooone day all the GO-owner will crash the PSN store server while trying to download Dissidia

Merry Christmas once more