‘Heads-Up’ Game Store Update 9 May 2012

@Skookie: That avatar is from the asian deluxe version of FFXIII. I also have it but can’t use it since I have a european PSN account. (Also it’s expired now). I believe their flag is Hong Kong

the Pixeljunk series, Uncharted 2, and Legend of Dragoon.

what two things are common to all three.

1: they’re all published by sony computer entertainment.
and
2: they’re all available for sale, in a sale for all, or having their dlc free, in the us but not in europe on their official sony playstation store.

I love how in the US the PixelJunk games are $0.99 for EVERYONE but only for PS Plus users in Europe. Why does Sony constantly give it’s European users a worse service?

I can’t see me buying a console next gen if Sony keep this [DELETED] up, I’m going to stick to my PC.

So the store has been updated with all those PS1 & 2 games and none are even worth playing let alone paying for !! Where are all the good games ? There are literally hundreds of classics on these consoles, the very foundation of gaming exists on playstation’s back catalogue so let them loose dammit !

Also Binary Domain is now £11.96 at Amazon, not so much of a saving now huh ?
And lastly could we have a free demo/trial for Datura please. It does look very interesting !

Hey Jawad nice pixeljunk sale, but it seems we don’t have the bundle pack like the US.
Anyway I was wondering if u have any news about persona 3 release in europe?
Thanks

Any chance of WRC 4 or WRC:Rally evolved can make it part of the ps2 classics? Been disappointed with all the rally games on the PS3.

@Catkiller1, thank you. I appreciate that but my point is that Sony should have sorted this by now. Not Sega. Sony cocked up with the Play promo, firstly with Payday and then Renegade Ops but no one is willing to take responsibility or correct it other than Mike who shouldn’t need to get involved to resolve it. Its been an ongoing problem where codes aren’t sent within any reasonable time period or in some cases, like Renegade Ops, not sent even after about 5 months after release of the associated content. If Mike/Sega is sending out codes does this mean Sony have washed their hands of it?

like some other guys asked before.
Are there some News about the release Date for Pinball Arcade? Is it already in the process? or not. If you can´t answer it, a short statement would be nice. Thx.

Jawaad pardon my ignorance but I think I speak for most of the eu ps community when I say we are fed up of SCEA being heavily favoured over ourselves , we put way more money in Sony’s pockets than America do , yet we get continually screwed over in regards to Content , Sony do realise the PS3 will never do better than the 360 in America right? it honestly feels like Sony spends most of there time trying to convince Americans to ditch the 360 and come to PS3 but it hasn’t worked out so far has it and probably never will.

Another disappointing week for psvita i see. I seem to be confused are you wanting to sell the device or not?. What was is Sony said once, content is King.

Major releases outside launch line up in feb include MK,Motorstorm RC,Unit 13,Disgea 3 and Pure chess. Its like you not even trying 3 months after launch. What happened to regular fresh content. Still no word on Zen pinball 2 or pinball arcade, Sound shapes, Doctor who etc etc. Piece of advice get psvita into as many hands as possible, tour country’s with booths so joe public can see the devices potential etc and get regular new content on there for those launch day purchasers. If something doesn’t change i can say how much longer i’m gonna be a proud psvita owner for.

@ Bealinator

Just so you know the retail version of The Eternity Clock isn’t out this Friday. Looks like its been moved to the 25th.

Supremacy MMA – Unrestricted (PlayStation Vita)
by 505 Games

Releases this Friday 11th May so is this getting ignored?i ask week in week out about releases for vita do we have a schedule for release or is it doing a Ben 10 racing and be ignored for weeks.Also silent hill book of memory’s do these games even get recognised?

MR Jawad Ashraf its a simple question “Why the price difference on the PixelJunk stuff”

Answer 1: thats just how it is..

Answer 2: I’ll Look into it there may have been an issue with the price conversion.

If you have to ask a higher up …so be it..

Please think about adding Tetris Worlds to the PS2 section. I love that game!

Dont think we’ll get a fix on the PJ prices …

he ignored all questions sofar from page 1-2 about it.

We just have to pay a lot more or dont buy em at all.

EU is a very strong market for Sony, stronger than the USA. And what do we get for that? More expensive prices (PixelJunk pricing is a joke), no free DLC.

@166 no brainer then really for me. No sale if the developer tried and couldn’t because of something on the EU end then unfortunatly that’s the reason i’m not going to buy.

EU is overlooked once again. Let’s all move to America

Yep ….! put me down for a NO PURCHASE on the pixel junk, Shame but i’ll get over it.

Odd move by SCEE with the PixelJunk ‘sale’, they walked straight into bad PR & can’t be bothered to explain themselves.

The only thing I can think of is that SCEE are desperate to get people to sign up to PS+

Still not getting the Disgaea 4 DLCs? why? If it’s true that SCEE is demanding the text for storeentry in Norwegian, DO NOT DO THAT, WE CAN READ ENGLISH YOU BLOODY FOOLS.

Next point, when will the following PSP games be avavible on the Store? The ones whit (VITA) is not vita compatible.
Astonishia Story (Vita)
Disgaea: Afternoon of Darkness (Vita)
Final Fantasy Crisis Core
Ghost in the Shell: Stand alone Complex
Invizimals
Kingdom Hearts Birth by Sleap
PoPoLoCrois
Tales of Eternia
Tales of the World Radiant Mythology
Thrillville
Valkyria Chronicles 2 (Vita)
Valkyrie Profile Lenneth

Third:
Cross Region Gifting. WHEN?

Found another one, On the PS3, under Vita Games, the Hige sqaure that shows “ads” On the Top Sellers picture there is the game Disgaea 3, when I enter (X button) the picture, It do not show up in the screen whit the games, either let us buy it or remove it from that picture, it is false advertising and its actually illegal for you to show it as purchaseable and not have it for sale. (Yes, I am getting annoyed enough at SCEE idiocy to consider using things like legal ways to get back at SCEE however small and probably not much more than a blip on the lower managements screen).

SCEE has found another way to Shaft EU fanbase,

“It’s exclusive to those who redeem their Starhawk online pass only.”

it could be on PSN but not for free, here another cheap gimick at the cost of EU ppl that wants ps1 classics.

About the Pixceljunk price fiasco…. I think No-one has added how us PLUS subbers are supposed to feel about this.. obviously i and most of us aren’t happy it’s PLUS only… But i ain’t very pleased that this ‘offering’ will be considered by the store/plus team as a actual contribution towards Our monthly gains… ie IF it was the same price for all, like in the US, We would still get (maybe) different (and Better, imo.) content, But No, give them, (EU,PLUS) the US ‘leftovers’, Again… Am i the only one thats spotted this different side to this Bad move by scee… Whatever way you look at it it’s a shame and a Insult.. speaking of which, Why doesn’t ‘someone’ have the deceny to Reply to at least ONE of this blogs MAJOR topics.. WE Know Walking Dead is monthly etc… Stop Ignoring VALID comments, please.

@171, shadowdragon:

According to a small FAQ blurb at the end of last week’s PSN update post (after pertering about it for several weeks), apparently it was the publisher’s explicit decision to withhold all current NIS DLC (Disgaea 4, Hyperdimension Neptunia mk2, etc.) content from customers in Scandinavia and Poland.

As for the actual reasoning behind this decision, one can only guess. They don’t want our money, it seems.

Posted on 9 May, 2012 at 4:58 pm by Jawad Ashraf

Ross has a PS Plus blog post up going through this month’s content. He’ll have another one up for next month at the tail end of the month.

LOL

he said Plus Sub offers … not offers for monthly stuff.

As in ‘buy 1 year get 1 month free’ or something like that.

Jawad plz read questions before u reply … its not really professional.

And fix the PJ prices to the US standard too

probably just datura for me this week… wish there was a demo cause unsure about the perspective never been keen on games where you’re in the characters head lol. but looks very very interesting… also any news on the next ffxiii2 dlc? it was rumoured theres a snow and/or lightning dlc episode due out mid may so please tell me thats next week?! completed every little bit now apart from the coliseum and one more fragment…

The thing is, PixelJunk have a new experimental game coming out soon, but they just lost a huge chunk of their fanbase in a whole continent with one poor move, this is going to damage the company pretty badly, not to mention that despite the price being so much dearer of the ‘sale’ games, they’ll still earn less from those because so few will actually go out of their way to buy them (mostly those who weren’t aware of how cheap America got them). I suppose what I’m saying is, atleast we have some solace in that PJ are screwing themselves over too. Morale: Don’t try sales promises you can’t keep

Brilliant price for Binary Domain, really fantasic game. I’d get it myself if I hadn’t already paid full price with my pre-order and got an import copy too

Anyone into TPS games should check out BD, the robot dismemberment mechanic is great, there’s plenty of really good and varied enemies, lots of great boss fights, entertaining story and characters (like any game from the Yakuza studio) etc

On the PlayStation Store, the section on the right hand side of the main page advertising the newest content is wrong.
When it comes to the sale section it shows Street Fighter II, Worms & PixelJunk Monsters.
I believe that there isn’t a sale on anything Worms related at the moment but please correct me if i’m wrong.

I quote myself:

“Where is “Velocity”?

a) It’s UK exclusive and we misinformed you. Sorry. Will happen again.
b) It’s coming __.__.____ . We misinformed you. Sorry. Will happen again.
c) We are ignoring you again. Trololololololo-lol-lo-lol-lo-loo!”

And C it is!

I’ll probably end up getting Hercules for PS1 just for the memories! Any word on Legend of Dragoon? Please keep pushing them for it! WE’RE DESPERATE!

Is this update live now?

i am also hoping for the Uncharted 2 DLC to come free of charge for us EU PSN users. Cheers!

Yesterday, when I saw the USA update I want to buy ALL the PixelJunk games and maybe the new game next week. Now, with the “european” price (4 euros per game) I am not goind to buy ANYTHING. ZERO. Even the new game. I am very angry… >:(

*sigh* Nothing but more complaints as well due to Sony’s ignorance with expensive pricing for PixelJunk games when they are 3.19 while in US they are $1.

Well, looks like the Vita is getting crap content then ever now and is slowly turning into A PSPGO. I’ve already giving it a year.

I call bulls**t from jawad. If scee really wanted to offer the same they would have. they had no interest in a fair deal and more interest in Europeans subsiding americans. the comments from the pixeljunk guy confirm this.

OMG why the hell are we not getting velocity!!! I demand another free mini!!

Are you guys serious about these PixelJunk prices?
Instead of paying $2 in the US, I have to pay $11, and because of your stupid pricing I have to pay $20 for the credit for my account.

So instead of getting $2 or even more from, say, the US bundles, PixelJunk is getting $0. And further discounts for PS Plus users in Europe, but not in the US? Give me a break.

It’s like how we pay double for everything. $120AUD for $60USD games. $11AUD for $2USD games. And sometimes, I just get sick of it.

Jawad, PS are releasing poor PS2 titles that nobody wants!

If you release games like GTA3, Vice City, and San Andreas, then you’ll see sales!

Same as Silent Hill 4 and the other more popular classics.

why US store has everything you want in low-priced than EU store?
also there are alot of stuff in US store than we have(games,themes,avatars etc…)seriously SONY at least we want some justice here.

Can I suggest putting 007 Nightfire PS2 classic on the store, that would make my day.

When will you make Killzone: Liberation [PSP] compatible with VITA?

* Is there any option to make PSPGo ambassador games (Everybody’s Golf and Resistante: Retribution) compatible with VITA? Paid version are.
Thank You. Greetings.

Great to see the Pixeljunk series available nice and cheap.

Also a parliamentary enquiry has been signed off on here in Australia to investigate the disproportionately high prices of software down under. I’m sending through some details of the PSN price comparison where the AU prices do not reflect the active exchange rate.

The EU store is a shame. Give me Persona 3 already. Let’s not even talk about this version of the sale.

I Going To Sound Like a Fan Boy Here But

My Main Next Gen Console Wont Be Playstation Due To The Fact That scee vs scea is a totally Unfair, you are just making People like me a has been loyal customer very upset with the way we get shafted week in week out, BTW

MR JAWAD, DO YOU HAVE A COURT INJUNCTION REGARDING THE PIXELJUNK PRICES … 8)

Was going to buy pixel junk games but will not to protest against all those unfair practices that are going on European store.

Also I just checked out of curiosity whats the relationship between USD and AUD… good thing Australian chaps has such a weak currency… oh wait what? its almost 1:1 and they have to pay 100% more? is this for real?

i don’t think he’s bothering to read these anymore. but juuust in case…. final fantasy 13-2 next dlc news pleeeeeease. rumoured snow and/or lightning dlc mid may??

Oh and I forgot to mention the slap in the face Polish gamers are getting.

Oh wow there is a Disgaea 4 content there… oh sorry it’s just an icon. Same with VITA section, a big ad to the left is showing Disgaea 3 game but nope… it’s not there.

If you cut some content from particular stores at least do it properly…. this is just trolling…

Everyone should bombard every blog post on the EU blog until the pixeljunk pricing fiasco is at least explained.