‘Heads-up’ PlayStation Store update, 16th January 2013

Any news on when Corpse Party: Book of Shadows will release in EU?

Will Resident Evil Retribution be available everywhere, or just the countries that have the video store? (We’re still waiting on that by the way in the NL…)

Plenty of Vita love this week. I’ve been playing RCR since the store updated, almost a couple of hors ago. Awesome game and worth waiting for.

Bu i have to complain about EDF price tag. 39.99€ for a handheld game is too much (don’t get em started on DS/3DS prices or i’ll be here all afternoon). And EU is getting shafted when it comes to prices. The physical bonus edition (included DLC codes) of Sonic All Stars Racing Transformed (great game BTW) sold for 29.99USD (that’s 22.57€), while the regular edition in the EU PSN was priced at 39.99€. That’s almost twice the price. I know Sony can’t force prices on developers, but c’mon…

I’m all for developers getting paid for their work, but EDF is a port of a budget game that came out almost 5 years ago. I simply can’t justify the price tag on that. Stranger’s Wrath HD did it right. Graphics updated and reasonable price.

4 Vita games in one week. That’s great. Oh wait I’m Australian. So 75% of the content is unavailable to me. What the?

seriously is that it wheres wrestlefest wheres any good games, king of fighters 13 is an addition is it, its a fiver in my local shop. ive had £50 pound voucher loaded since xmas looks like its going unused again god knows why i bought a vita

I’d be excited about River City Rampage FINALLY hitting PSN months after everywhere else.

But at this point it’s already been out AND discounted like crazy on steam, so who in their right mind would buy it now?

…Retro*

But my point still stands!

Is Sumioni not available in the Netherlands or is that an error?

Orgarhythm and Sumioni are both Xseed, and the Netherlands is the only difference in the availability list. Also Belgium and Luxembourg aren’t in there… we usually go hand in hand with them.

46# Lucky you guys.. atleast SCEE care about 1 country.

How long until Sony will fix that stupid submission process for games?

Sumioni not available in Poland is SLAP in the face, for crying out loud it’s been more than a year and every single update part of the Europe is treated like… eh…

I think it’s time to hit EAHC ~_~

PS Plus for PS3 has pretty much gone down the drain, that’s 2 months in a row where the content has been absolutely abysmal. I will most certainly not be renewing if this trend continues.

pointed this out in the sale post but PulzAR which is listed in the sale isn’t in the store (neither via ps3 or vita)

Virtue’s Last Reward is in the plus discount section but there is not discount.

I was really looking forward to EDF 2017 (EDF 3) and was begrudgingly going to pay the £31.99 but to then have Namco decide that the price should be £34.99 is a bit much. This time we can blame the publisher as they have no intention of publishing physical media of the game and yet charge so much for it. It’s cheaper to import the physical media from Japan and that is with customs.

At least Sumioni was released at a reasonable price which I will purchase as XSeed should be supported.

I’m not saying EDF should be £7.99 but a price of £25 would have been acceptable. If the vita is to succeed then overpricing software not to mention the price of propriety memory cards is excessive at best. Digital media should never be more expensive than importing physical media.

Not beeing funny but waited for vita love for 4 weeks over and over u say we working on it I no feb is the vitas bday but US had loads on sales already and u can bet they will in feb to so y do we have to keep waiting that vita sale there is a sham mixed with the EDF ripoff today to and price changes im blown away by the lack of anything for the EU u must realy think of us as true mugs.on the outher hand tho the borderland sale is good and worth a look at roll on next year carnt wate to be rid of u sony and I no alot of people here feel the same
SONY FIX UR RIP OFF PRICES OR GET F£$%ED NEXT YEAR woooo we will get some vita love feb lol after feb will we need to hold on till its next bday for anything again. EDF class game bum price sony may not set the prices but they let them put them up so sony it is u and only u any word on Counter-Strike Global Offensive please

No Sumioni: Demon Arts? No Orgarhythm? You gotta be kidding

jawad, is there something wrong with australia? surely retro city rampage would be allowed to be sold here? and what about those who bought the US version? is the cross buy thing a pal thing only?

tired of this store. i own well over 300 psn games alone and a lot lately ive been buying from the US because when PAL finally gets it, half the time AUSTRALIA misses out.

WTH!!! No Orgarhythm or Sumioni: Demon Arts for South Africa? What is the reason behind this? C’mon Sony!

Any news on if/when we will ever see Ragnarok Odyssey and Dokuro released here?

Hi Jawad, Is there going to be any news when “Wake Up Club” Is going to be released in the UK/Europe? As I believe the US got it yesterday in there store update

Any chance to get Sumioni: Demon Arts in germany?

Joy, another game that has a major push on the PSN Blog that doesn’t get released for Australia or New Zealand. Retro City Rampage, I’m talking to you.

4 Releases for the PS Vita, and only ONE is available for Australia and New Zealand.

2 mini releases, none of which is available in Australia or New Zealand

I don’t know why I bother looking forward to games coming out for my Vita any more, as almost all seem to skip Australia and New Zealand

Can Sony PLEASE do something to help Developers actually release games for us Australia and New Zealand paying customers?

Hi. Is the recently released PS1 classic Um Jammer Lammy going to be fixed? It works fine on PS3, but your character doesn’t make any sound when the game is played on a PSP or PS Vita. That’s a pretty big problem for a music rhythm game, and the American store’s version doesn’t have this problem. I really hope this problem will be adressed, because it’s one of my favourite games of all time, and having a properly working portable version (which is what I bought it for) would be a dream come true.

again wery disappointed to see two vita games not avail in Norway (and lots of other contries) cant understand why as we would be perfectly happy to get the uk version on our store, but somebody definetly does not want our money it looks) It actually makes me so sad preventing me from buying other games avail.. also on the vita store I would like you to specify better in the images for the title or atleast the name if its a mini or psp title, almost bought the 2 alware bundles today as I thought it was a Real vita game, luckely I read the description a bit more carefully before I checked the blog here.. I do not like this new direction where more and more games get excluded from many contries, not to mention psmobile or even videostore wich was promised years back, you say always you work hard, but I am sorry to say its not hard enough. work harder

That Jet Set Radio (Vita) link is wrong. It links to the PS3 version. The correct link is this one: https://store.sonyentertainmentnetwork.com/#!/pt-pt/jet-set-radio/cid=EP0177-PCSB00136_00-JETSETRADIODEMO0

What an appauling store update.. And still no youtube app? What a joke you are.. Typical eu crap!

Loving the fact that any question regarding Australia/New Zealand and Retro City Rampage or the Lack of Vita Content is being ignored…

great update. one thing that would be great can we get more PS+PSNgamecards? the standard have loads to choose PS+ ones are only a few?

So far i am very happy with PsPlus for ps3. some nice discounts and great games on IGC. I gave bioshock 2 a chance and i really enjoyed it! Looking forward to february games.
AT this point i do not think i ll drop my subscription anytime soojn. on the contraray i renewd it on christmass for another 6 months. All 2013 is mine!

I will keep asking about the Assassin’s Creed 3 Avatars on each blog post until someone replies.

When will we be getting the PS All-Stars costumes? The US got them in December!

Why is the Xbox version of RCR 10 euro’s and the ps version 11 euro’s. Didnt the PS3 users already have salt in their wounds for the long wait ?

@ PiccoroDaimaoh

I downloaded Jet Set Radio directly from the Vita store and it will not let you play a game or even start the tutorial!!

A reply from Chris Howe (as PS+ is his area) would be greatly appreciated!

Hell, a response from any SCEE employee on this matter would be nice….

Yeah!!! New Games for my Vita! Oh, wait they are Not available in my region (( The only exceprion is an overpriced remake. Ohh happy day!!!

Thanks for the hyperlinks – great to check out new content and then just click on hyperlink and purchase

Will be even better when auto download added so I don’t need to go to my purchased items on PS3 to download

Hi Jawad, interesting idea of offering early access to a movie for PS+ subscribers. Any indication of the price for this? Thanks.

This is a Joke yes?
retro city rampage was meant to be released on the Vita here in Australia and now you guys say it is not, when it clearly states on the dev website it will be released here…
Please respond, i am sick of waiting for games to come the Vita, that game looked good, now we get the shaft!!

SCEE is balls, and way to go with deleting my comment, can’t even answer what’s the hold up with “Wake Up Club”. Maybe sort your garbage out and we will stop bashing you?

since im a ps plus member, meaning that im PAYING you to keep up your end of the bargain, it astounds me how you DONT want money. are you allergice to Australian currency or something? 1 out of 4 vita games, retro city rampage finally makes it and yet DOESNT come out in australia.

im getting REALLY f’ing tired of this crap. since im paying for a service that clearly doesnt mean squat. maybe we should start bringing up these issues to the fair trading departments to find out exactly when countries like australia, new zealand and other countries are being constantly ignored like we’re some third rate git.

Retro City Rampage has no classification in Australia or New Zealand thus cannot be released.

@de3bso

Really??

You think that kind of talk is OK?!?

Also not to mention, according to Tweets by PlayStation Europe, they confirmed it was meant to be release for Australia for Vita (not PS3). Why do you like to screw us aussies around?

@89 – Mobile games are EXEMPT from classification, hence they were releasing it solely on the Vita. Go check the Devs website and our laws about mobile games before posting!

Any reason why Australia STILL doesn’t get Retro City Rampage.. or much else? And by much else I mean, World of Mana (PSX) Suikoden (PSX) Legend of Dragoon (PSX) Castle Crashers DLC or Mortal Kombat 9?
Sorry to sound annoyed. I just got all worked up for RCR. I know it’s not your fault dude

http://retrocityrampage.com/platforms.php

Look for AUS / NZ release! Thank you very much!

Sumioni: Demon Arts is not available for the Netherlands? Why not? First it doesn’t get a release date for Europe, and then when it does, it’s not available for my country? How is this possible? I’ve been waiting for this game…

Glad to see Retro City Rampage is finally there, thogh. And as a cross-buy title, it’s a great price! Also happy with Jet Set Radio on Vita being free to Plus members. Wasn’t keen on buying it twice…

How come that RCR on PSN Europe is the more expensive version from all around the world (STEAM, XBOXLIVE, PSN US) ?
Is this a crossbuy side effect ?

Look for AUS / NZ release -
retrocityrampage.com/platforms.php

Thank you very much!

Wow, quite a small update.

I’ll probably pick up Sumioni, but EDF (which I was really looking forward to) is stupidly overpriced.

@ Jawad:

Hoping it’s not too late to type this, have you seen my two comments in the last page? Thanks in advance.

@92 – That is the loophole the creator was using to release it on the Vita in Aus, But SCEE is following the guidelines of digital releases.

Microsoft has ZERO issues getting games released in all regions. for some reason, YOU people do. maybe you should ring up Microsoft and ask them what the trick is. its [DELETED] 2013 and THIS [DELETED] still goes on.