Do you know what goodies Sony gave the NA PSN today?! NOTHING!
Not a mini, a demo, a UMD Legacy, nothing. All we have is an episode of Pulse, a wallpaper, and some stinking themes! That's it.
They did release 3 PSone Classics, but one (Pocket Fighter) is a PS3 only Classic. The other two don't appeal to me.
Why, Sony? Why?
I hope they treat you guys better in Europe tomorrow.
JeremyR
Member
They've had a weird pattern in the US lately, it's like every other week they release a bunch of Minis, but in between nothing.
Anyway, next week Tactics Ogre comes out (albeit not on PSN), then the month after that comes Trails in the Sky and that's enough gaming until the NGP comes out.
sp3c
Member
we got a demo (Naruto? didn't care, don't remember), a psone classic and some pricecuts I think
fairly useless stuff, zombie tycoon is cheaper now but I don't want to buy it again
real smart from sony with 3DS inching closer to it's release
I'd hate to go back to big N again but Sony had better give me a reason not to join the other team ... I am on public transportation 2,5 hours a day and I like to spend it playing videogames instead of reading news I allready read on the internet or staring outside like a retard
HiddenAway
Member
What's useless to one person is good to another.
I personally don't mind slow weeks. I have enough games to get on with without being tempted by another game (plus I haven't got much more space on my memory stick :P).
What genre of games are you into generally? Is there absolutely nothing on the store you want to get? Something you didn't have the funds for at the time?
Barring that, use the 99p (or 1.19 Euro) sale in Europe to grab a few minis at the lowest price they can probably go to. Look in the sale, then look at the reviews here and if it appeals to you, go for it. As an example, November was a huge month for a JRPG fan. Everyone else? Probably not so much.
ChaosRandom
Member
I dont mind slow weeks either, but it would be nice to think Sony was doing something for us. I havent even had my PSP for that long, but I love it. I want Sony to at least try to keep me happy. And isnt it Sonys fault for not adding new content to PSN? Isnt it Sonys fault for not putting certain UMD titles on PSN? What about the people that only have a GO? I'm still loyal to my PSP though.
Carson
Member
And isnt it Sonys fault for not adding new content to PSN?
Of course I could be wrong, I suppose the possibility that [Sony hired someone looking for a position of great power, with an unseen sense of humor in the business world, who simply decided this week that: "it would be absolutely hilarious if we released no games on the psn this week for our loyal psp fanbase, so I dont care how much money we wont be earning, cancel all the games scheduled for release this week"] exists, but I believe it to be up there with me growing wings, or successfully getting a girlfriend, in a category of things that are indicators that satan needs blankets. :)
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Carson's right (about Sony not being solely, fully responsible for PSN update content, I mean, not the other thing). If Sony can't get enough publishers to put their stuff on the PS Store every week, then we end up with dead space every now and then (dead space, not Dead Space). Of course, this still leaves the question of why Sony's own stuff sometimes doesn't appear (I can't figure out what's holding up Legend of Dragoon), but it explains a lot of other absences. Blame Square Enix for not putting more of their content in the PS Store; for some reason, they just plain don't support the Store, despite having FFVII be a top seller all the time. Is it some strange belief that Store content leads to more piracy than UMD-only releases? I have no idea. It'd be nice if Square Enix would explain their reluctance.
It's also too bad they stopped putting weekly PS1 games on sale for $3.
Well, you know, you can only celebrate your 15th birthday for so long before people start looking at you funny. :)
The way Sony explained the process of getting PSone Classics up on the Store, you'll have to check the Europe blog to find that post, is that they take the physical disc, rip it and then make sure it runs properly using the PSone emulator. Which can be a tricky process, because the PAL version, may not run properly on the emulator, while the NA version does. Then you have licensing issues that come up, for instance a brand (Coca Cola for example) or song, may have only have had a contract that only allowed the material to be used for the life of the game, meaning the lifespan of the PSone. So you end up with months and months of prep time and legal issues and sometimes a game still never gets released, or only see release in certain territories.
I would imagine PSP titles work in a similar fashion, which is fine, I can understand that, but at least tell me that. Tell me something. I get Sony cant put a gun to every publisher's head and make them give them permission to release their games on PSN.
What I don't get is why not just tell me that. Is it so hard to have one of your interns post on your blog saying, "Hey, this isn't our fault, and here's why."? I would say, "You know what, it sucks that I'm not getting games as often as I would like, but at least I know why. At least Sony is trying and keeping me informed.". But I don't feel like Sony is trying all that hard and I don't know why.
HiddenAway
Member
I know Crisis Core has a song that stops it from going on the store. Disney obviously didn't want to give the rights to put BBS on the store. I imagine Square-Enix just feels that the purchases from the PSN store just aren't viable to make them day and date releases. Or, they have more legal issues than anyone can think of...
sp3c
Member
I do think Sony is to blame, they are running the whole thing and they've completely ignored PSP the last couple of tradeshows and (even before that) when they do mention it it's rarely anything interesting or even something we don't know allready
they have their own developers, why are they building cellphone games and not PSP games, even mini's?
if Sony pretends the thing doesn't exist anymore then why would publishers or developers think otherwise?
they should've put Bend Studios to work on an Uncharted game for PSP if you ask me
No offence (actually every offence), but the people in charge of the PSP at Sony are ‘ASS CLOWNS’ (my personal phrase of the month).
There is NO justification for the treatment (or lack there of) the PSP gets from Sony… It’s almost as if Nintendo have infiltrated the company and are sabotaging the PSP at every turn… but of course that’s not true, Sony can F it up all by themselves.
guys the psp 3000 is doing good. The psp go was a fail (just ignore this sentence if you don't agree).
It appears Tactics Ogre will appear on PSN after all. Kudos, Sony, kudos.
Hopefully we get some good stuff tomorrow guys! I've lately been buying quite a few things off the video side of PSN.
Wow, CC-FFVII- blocked by song rights? I miiight be willing to let go of "Why?" if it means downloadability. After all, "The Price of Freedom" and "Living Legacy" are the real musical stars of its ending. Read somewhere that there'll be a download-only "INTERNATIONAL" (or similar) release for Japan, but only the one time, IIRC. If that happens, oh I hope it'll come here (States), since that blurb also stated it would have a cutscene playback feature, which would be super-convenient if I didn't want to wear out my thumbs.
Also: w00t, for-keepsies The Flying Hamster for PS+! I'm still a bit giddy over it.
JeremyR
Member
Well, those are completely different games. Tactics Ogre is an upgraded remake of the greatest Tactical RPG ever, 3rd Birthday is not.
I have TO ordered from Amazon, who hasn't shipped it yet. Grrrrrrrr. They suck on video games unless you pay for the expensive shipping.
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