The 12 Deals of Christmas!

@ me (comment 91)

oops, lemmings is skeleton, full of microtransactions.

my apologies guys.

I noticed that there are big discounts added today on Vita that aren’t mentioned anywhere.. for example Lumines and Rayman Origins are half-price… are these separate to the christmas deal? where can i find information about this promotion?

@StoneSkull

It’s part of the december plus content.
http://blog.eu.playstation.com/2012/11/28/playstation-plus-your-december-content/

The store’s been updated early today. All the other plus stuff’s live as well.

@Gowlar

I must have forgotten that post, I read all the comments that had been posted at the time about an hour or so before I made a comment myself.

It’s an honest mistake on my part, and if I could edit my post to rephrase the point that I was trying to make I would. Although I hope you aren’t implying that I was being ignorant for the sake of it just so I could complain about the sale, because that would be completely untrue and certainly not something I would do.

I have no doubt that Tokyo Jungle and The Unfinished Swan are good games (even though they don’t appeal to me personally) and I would rather see more deals like that, rather than having a sale on games that will still arguably be more expensive than they should be.

As I said in my previous comment the majority of people would probably prefer seeing PSN games or HD remakes. I’ve already seen plenty of comments asking for The Walking Dead, Okami etc which plenty of people would be willing to spend money on.

Downloading Limbo right now on Plus since Store is updated. Oh and about Retro City Rampage anyone wants to know still nowhere to be seen unfortunely but it will get there soon.

@Jawad (Hope you are reading this)
Why did we not get the store update news from you? Was bored so just had a look on the store and noticed Mass Effect is up. Would have been nice for a heads up.

Got one question and would appreciate anyone that can reply, is Mass Effect download only like the Killzone HD or can it be bought on disc on its own?

I think I’ll grab Tokyo Jungle at that price.

Oh and forgot to ask another question related to the previous. Can we import the save file from that ME into ME2 to continue the story like the xbox done or does only the comic from ME2 make the choices?

@Player42791

Thanks man, I guess i’ll wait for the next store update post.
It has really only just hit the store, so I guess there will be a post about it soon.
Interested in what other discounts there are.. but so far, even though I already own them, the half-price Lumines and Rayman are very good deals for others who don’t own them. Two of the best Vita games right there!

This game actually looks fun, but I am not sure it is my cup of tea. For those all wondering what it is about IGN has a good (video) review up!

http://www.ign.com/articles/2012/09/13/tokyo-jungle-review

@ TASHBOY Agreed, i’d much rather see the majority of games in sale being psn and hd remakes with maybe 1 or 2 retail games. The fiancé is getting me Hitman as part of my christmas present,simply because she didn’t know what else to get me. So you spot on.

@dark_angel69

Mass Effect can only be bought in disc form if you buy the Mass Effect Trilogy. The only way to buy it on it’s own is from the store, or if you can find someone on Ebay or somwehere selling the game by itself.

@TASHBOY

Ha, no problem at all. Don’t take my comment too serious, I was just surprised as we had an example of someone asking for FC3 on the very same site.

And generally I’m on your side anyway. I often get the impression that the Sony staff somehow doesn’t follow industry news. Otherwise I couldn’t imagine why their sales are mostly so … unmotivated … in comparison to Steam.

I mean that are mostly the very same developers and publishers on both platforms, who are so eager to offer so many sales on Steam and make a little fortune there. Why is it that have so few sales on the PSN stores and often enough with lacklustre discounts? Offers as Tokio Jungle are great, but generally it lacks quantity and quality.

But hey, CS:GO already had its first huge sale on Steam while the SCEE folks still wait for the release. So I really shouldn’t be too surprised.

@TASHBOY
Thanks for your reply. Such a shame it isn’t on disc alone. Not much of a digital fan unless it’s free games on plus. Might put it on hold for a while and see what happens. The hdd is already full and I can’t delete anything just yet.

@Alan2112

Yeah 1 or 2 retail games would be absolutely fine, especially if they were a decent price. But they should use these sales for trying to convince people to try unusual games like Tokyo Jungle or The Unfinished Swan. But I would be happy with just getting the sale on regular PSN games or HD remakes.

@Golwar

Apologies if my response came across as rude or hostile. I just don’t want people to think i’m ranting and disregarding comments that don’t share my opinion.

Steam really does put PSN sales to shame. Even if we could get cheaper deals on exclusive games I would be happy seeing as most of them are good. I’ve given up hope for CS:GO to be honest, I’m not even sure I would buy it if we do get it eventually.

@dark_angel69

No problem. I know how you feel, I really wanted to have a standalone disc just so I could have all the games in my collection. I’ve bought it off the store but prefer disks like yourself. You’re best bet would be on Ebay or similar sites but I would imagine people will be asking for stupid amounts just because they know the demand for the standalone game.

@chris

A little bit random of a request but could we get a deal/price drop on the DLC charaters for Blazblue: Continuum Shift? There’s long been a extended cut of the game available with the extra characters included and the limited edition of both that, and the original Continuum Shift are cheaper to buy new than the DLC!

Thanks in advance

argh should have waited, bought this as soon as it came out :/

Now Deal#3 is more like it. Looks like i wasnt the only one to notice the silhouettes. After a pathetic start things are looking up me thinks.

bought it. thanks

@Chris Howe

That’s fantastic news, thanks for the update!

Might be an idea to update the blog/forums with that, rather than page three of the comments section.

@Xephon1970
Great suggestion. One I’ve already asked for a few times but they don’t do it. But if you find the right information on this blog you supposedly get a trophy.

Maybe I would buy something if Sony would stop denying my perfectly fine credit card.

Does the new suscription to PS+ stack with old ones? I have still one month to go but i’m interested in buying the 90 days deal.
Will i get the 90 days on top of the month i already have or will the 90 days from the moment i activate them and delete my remaining time?

darn, bought Tokyo J for a full price ;> now im gonna cry and swear to anyone

and for real its a good game, buy it
also Unfinished swan is a deal for me

and FTL for Vita ;> and XCOM classic ;>

Hello Chris, Fred, Jawad.

I’m unable to make use of the plus memberships, whether it’s the 3 or 12 month version. My plus logo doesn’t show up in crossmedia bar either. Is this a technical issue?

@ Chris Howe

“Afraid not, you are exactly right in your assumption, its difficult to arrange discounts on VITA titles simply due to the lack of them as the range is still growing”

How is over 70 titles for PSVita a lack of titles again?

http://www.metacritic.com/browse/games/release-date/available/vita/metascore?view=condensed

I call bull on that ‘reason’ not to give any Christmas deals for PSVita, really. What a nonsense. It shouldn’t be difficult at all. You could start with deals on the games made by Sony studios, like Unit 13 (that studio has been axed anyways). But even 3rd party games wouldn’t be too hard with over 70 titles out.

Uhm, could someone please explain how I can actually download the Limbo trial????? I’m getting VERY frustrated with this new store. It’s hard to figure out where to download stuff.
No matter what I do, I just keep downloading the 6KB unlock file, with no option to download the actual game.
Someone PLEASE point me in the right direction. Thanks.

Well I was just about to buy Tokyo Jungle and it’s still £9.99 on the store for me. Sort it out Sony.

In the late evening hours of Wednesday 5th of December Tokyo Jungle was discounted by both Christmas deal and PS+.

Now it’s 01:02 GMT 6th of December and the game costs 9.99 GBP.

Is there a reason as to why this is happening? It would be nice if you sorted this out and gave us an extra day to buy the game.

I never regreted a few matches of Mortal Kombat so much, I thought to myself “I’ll buy Tokyo Jungle later, still got a full day of discount.”

We are looking for a way to give you our money and it looks like you are not cooperating

Do you have a ETA on the fix for the PS+ discount? I would like to purchase Tokyo Jungle at the discounted price. Otherwise I hope you extend the offers until it is fixed as I will not be paying full price then waiting weeks to be re-credited for all of the deals I am intersted in.

I’m trying to buy Tokyo Jungle and its trying to charge me $19.99AUD which is actully higher than the original price before the sale. It displays the correct price in the store but when I access the details its more than double.

Trying to buy tokyo jungle for discounted price like the user above, but its still showing $24.90 nz. Can you please fix this before the sale ends?

Link from store front page shows Tokyo Jungle as €5.84 but on the item page and in the cart it shows as €12.99, ignoring not only the Plus discount but the 12 Days offer too. At the accused sale price I’m interested, can this be fixed and the due date of sale’s end pushed back?

chris its the same for me too as above, Tokyo Jungle is back to original price of 24.90 when you click add to chart, please fix as topped up wallet to buy.

I’m also having problem with Tokyo Jungle.
In the “The 12 Deals of Christmas!” section i see the Plus member price as 57kr but when i add it to cart its 114kr (double the price) so i dont get the discount.

Went up early to get this one so a bit disappointing really…

On the up side there are 4 awesome games added on Plus. I’m extremely happy to be a Plus member really.

Trouble with Tokyo Jungle on uk playstation store.

No discount says its £9.99 please sort this out.

Thanks very much

I want to buy tokyo jungle but the price shows as £9.99 – sort it out!?! (the offer runs out soon!)

I have the same problem with Tokyo Jungle on polish store as well. Should be 21,60 PLN but when I try to buy the game it shows full pricing for 47 PLN. I called PS support phone but they dont know if it gonna be fixed on time. Maybe someone here can help. It is also good if everyone who have this problem to call sony support.

same problem here with Tokyo Jungle. It was showing the 6.49 euros up to this morning, just when I was going to buy and now it’s 12.99 euros.

Happen the same to me at the Halloween sale with Medievil. That time it was fixed on time, hope now also, pleeeeeease

Here the same problem,I want to buy it please sort it out.

And me. I tried to buy at £4ish last night but the store crashed and tried again this morning but doubled in price!!

Same here in german store. It displays the sale but when I show details it’s 12,99€ again. Please fix that soon!

Fixed Thanks Sony, downloading now!

Thanks for sorting the discount price problem out with Tokyo jungle.

I’ll be playing it later.

keep up the excellent work sony

I tried 5 times to buy Tokyo Jungle via my account but the Sony servers kept saying cannot establish connection and now the deals expired.

They didn’t have trouble to add funds from my CC to the wallet but when I tried purchasing the game, every time at checkout it failed. This is a good money making strategy. Good going!!

Yupp confirmed its fixed, downloading it now….Thanks!

Did the PS+ Discount on Tokyo Jungle get fixed before the deal expired? I checked yesterday and it was $19.99AU (no discount) and today it say’s that the deal expired. Would you consider exending the offer for those that got borked by the store?

Is there any chance at all that the posts on the blog could show the AU pricing as well as GBP and Euro?
You show the region eligibility but don’t show any extra currencies
Would be nice not to have to get onto the store to check prices

Can Canada become part of SCEE please? We are after all part of the Commonwealth!

(SCEA is giving us coal this year)