New thread for 2016 Other threads for discussion: PS4 General Discussion Thread | PS3 Games Discussion Thread | Vita General Discussion Thread | PS/Vita TV Thread | PS Import Game Thread | PS3 General Discussion Thread | PSN Goon Database (outside of SA) | PS3 Trophies Thread | PSN Game Sharing Thread Previous PlayStation Store thread Quick links: PS+ FAQ | PSN FAQ | Important lists Free stuff on PSN (thanks MisterAlex): http://psnstorefree.blogspot.com/ Games NOT on PSN (thanks univbee): http://physicalgames.wordpress.com/ Track games on sale: http://psprices.com This thread is now "casual" mode. Sorry, I cannot keep this fully updated anymore. Thanks for following. Any new frequently asked questions will appear here in quotes: quote:Target is going to continue its so-so Buy 1 Get 1 10% Off sale on gaming cards for the next week (December 27 to January 2). This includes PSN funding cards and PS+ cards, along with Xbox Live, Nintendo eShop, and Steam cards. quote:3rd party script to sort the download list in the webstore. Paste this in the address bar of your browser after logging in to the webstore Yechezkel fucked around with this message at 10:55 on Jan 4, 2016 |
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PlayStation Plus free games and services FAQ: Are these free games really free? Kind of. They are free to download and play as long as you are subscribed to PS+. If the subscription expires, the games will be locked and unplayable. If you re-subscribe after an expired sub, the games will work again. Any other catches? Every time you start or renew a PS+ sub, automatic renewal for PS+ is turned on, even if you turned it off before. If you don't want that, you'll have to turn it off by finding PlayStation Plus in the Services List, then click on "Cancel Automatic Renewal" Where to find Services List:
What about games that I bought with a PS+ discount? Do those games stop working if my PS+ subscription expires as well? Anything purchased with a PS+ discount is yours to keep, even after a PS+ subscription expires. I got a PS+ trial code but it won't let me use it without a credit card number. Is there any way around this? No. However, you can delete the card info and turn off automatic renewal immediately after redeeming the trial. I have a PS+ trial and put in a credit card, but it still can't be redeemed. Trials are only usable on PSN accounts that don't have and never have had PS+ before. Trials used to be redeemable for everyone, but that ended due to abuse of PS+ free trial giveaways. Do the free games download automatically to my PS device or do I have to download them manually? You will have to download them manually. You can start automatic download to those devices by claiming them on the webstore and adding them to the download queue. New on the PS4 store: You can now select "Add to Library" on the PS4 PS+ game listing and not have to start a download to claim it. How do I know I got the free games linked to my account? Make sure you complete the transaction for the free game: Select the free game for download. A prompt will warn you about the game only being free with an active PS+ subscription. Confirm the warnings. After that, the game is yours for as long as you have PS+. You'll know you've done this right when the game appears on the top of your download list. For most games, it will also be in the store with a shopping bag icon or Download button. What if I delete the free game from the system storage? Do I have to pay for the game if I want to get it from the store again? Any game that you've obtained for free can be downloaded again for free as long as you have an active PS+ membership, even if the game is no longer on the system storage and/or the game is no longer available for free in the PS+ section of the store. If your PS+ subscription expired and you don't want to subscribe again, you will have to pay for those games. What if I get the free game, but I didn't download it? Do I lose access to it after it has been removed from the free section? As long as you have completed the transaction for the game, it will still be available as a free download for you. Just look for the game with the shopping bag icon, "Purchased" text, and/or Download button in the store and download it from there. You can also dig through your download list to download it again. If your PS+ subscription expired and you don't want to subscribe again, the free games will disappear from the download list. If you subscribe again after an expired sub, the free games will reappear on the top of the download list. What if I want to buy the free game while still subscribed to PS+, so I can keep it after my PS+ subscription expires? This is not possible. If I let my PS+ subscription expire, will the PS+ free games still work? No. Then if I resubscribe, will my free games work again? Will I get access to the free games from the previous subscription? Yes, if you stopped, then resubscribed to PS+, you'll get the previous PS+ free games you got in the past back in the download list. PS+ free games already installed on your system will start working again, as long as you connect online to renew the PS+ license with them. How do I find out when the free games will stop working? The quickest way is through the main US PlayStation site: Click here and log in with your PSN account. On the next page, the expiration date on your PS+ subscription will be shown. This will work even if your PSN account is not registered in USA. Other ways:
I want to extend my PS+ active subscription. If I buy another subscription, will it erase my old subscription and replace it with the new time, or will it stack on the current subscription? It will stack. (ex.: You have 4 months left and you buy 1-year PS+. You'll now have 16 months of PS+) If I have PS+ for PS3, do I have to pay for another PS+ subscription for Vita and PS4 with the same PSN account? No. The PS+ subscription applies to all 3 PS platforms. There are no additional charges for accessing PS+ on another PS platform with the same PSN account. Do I have to own the PS platform to claim those free games? (ex.: Own a PS4 to claim PS4 games?) No. All games can be claimed through the webstore, even if you don't own a PS device for a particular game. Can I transfer the PS+ subscription to another PSN account? No, subscriptions cannot be transferred. Can I share PS+ accounts? Yes, an account with PS+ can be shared just like a normal account. The only part of PS+ that cannot be shared is the Automatic Update function. That can only be linked with one PS3, one Vita, and one PS4 system. Do I have to be signed in to PSN to play the free games? No. There is one exception: The only time you will need to sign in is if you let the PS+ subscription expire and then subscribe again before playing the game. The game will be updated with a new license and expiration date. Can other accounts on my PS4 or PS3 play the free games? Yes, as long as the PS4 or PS3 profile associated with the PSN account with the PS+ subscription is on the same system. Note: cloud storage cannot be shared across different profiles on the same PS4 or PS3 system. If I get PS+, does that mean I can get all the free stuff from other regions? No, the subscription is only tied to the region that the PSN account was registered in. If I get PS+ now, will I get all of the games that were free in the past? No. When do the free games leave the free section? When do the new free games show up? In both the NA and EU regions, they will be rotated in and out on the first Tuesday of every month. I saw a picture saying that there were over 64 games with PS+, but I only see 6. Was I lied to? No, you're not going to get 64+ games immediately when you first subscribe. That picture showed how many free games you could collect over a 1-year PS+ subscription. The rate of PS+ free games given out is around 6 unique games (2 PS4, 2 PS3, 2 for Vita) per month with no repeats. The longer you are subscribed, the more free games you will have. Don't count on any of these games coming back as repeats. If there are no repeats, is there an entire list of games that were already free with PS+? Yes, right here: NA region | EU region Do I really need PS+ for PS4 multiplayer? Yes, PS+ is required for online multiplayer for PS4. On the bright side, online multiplayer on PS3 and Vita will still remain free, PS4 free-to-play games don't require PS+, and one PS4 account with PS+ can give online multiplayer access to other accounts on the same PS4. Wait, I don't have to get PS+ for PS4 online multiplayer for everyone? How? On the PS4 profile with PS+, go to Settings -> PSN -> Activate as Your Primary PS4 -> Activate. As long as that account is registered on the PS4, all other profiles on PS4 can access online multiplayer. Yechezkel fucked around with this message at 10:37 on Nov 22, 2015 |
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This is the thread for tracking store updates of the PlayStation Store. The thread is also for recommendations, upcoming sales, help with store problems, some PSN game and release date announcements, and the occasional glitch that marked a priced item as free. This thread will primarily focus on two major regions: North America (NA): USA, Canada, and Mexico. Also includes Brazil, Chile, Argentina, Colombia, and Peru. Europe (EU): Most of Europe. Also includes Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, India, and the Middle East. I will be focused more on the PlayStation Stores in United States and United Kingdom. If anything appears outside of those two stores that haven’t been mentioned, feel free to share it here. The PlayStation Store can be accessed from these devices through an internet connection for the purchase of the listed content:
The PlayStation Store now puts up updates multiple times a day. Major updates are done:
Buying items in the PlayStation Store requires a PSN account and funds in the account wallet. You can create an account on any PS device or through this page. Funding the account wallet is done by
Here are all of the types of content you can find in the PlayStation Store:
FAQs: Accounts and funding: I forgot my password. The password can be reset through this webpage. I don’t want to use a credit card on the PlayStation Store. How do I buy things from the PlayStation Store without a credit card?
During account registration, it’s asking for credit card information. I don’t want to enter a credit card. Can I skip this? Yes, it can be skipped. Will I get banned for using a fake address or an address that I don’t live at? No. I want to use a credit card, but the store won’t accept it. How do I get the store to accept my card?
I want to buy something from a PlayStation Store outside of my region. Is there any way to do this? Yes. Create an account of a region where you want to buy the item from, using a fake address. Then, add funds with PSN cards from the same region and buy the item with those funds. PSN cards are sold by region and only redeemable in the same region. (ex.: American PSN card can only be redeemed on American PSN) Find an online shop that sells PSN cards of a region that you want items from. I don’t have a recommendation on whom to go to for this. I want to buy something under $5 with my credit card, but the store wants to charge me $5. Why? $5 is the minimum amount that can be spent with a credit card in the store if there is not enough money in the PSN wallet to cover the purchase. It’s probably done to offset merchant fees applied to every credit card transaction. The rest of the money stays to the account wallet. How do I check how much I have in my account wallet? I don’t see it on the front page of the store.
I lost money in my account wallet without spending it!
Do any stores have sales on PSN or PS+ cards? Sales on cards have happened before, but they are very rare. Past sales had the cards discounted at 5% to 10% off. PlayStation Store and purchases: Many of these games and add-ons are expensive!
I can’t get a fast, stable connection with the PlayStation Store.
I bought and downloaded a game or add-on, but I don’t have anything saved on my PS device. Where did the download go?
There is no video store. If you are accessing a store outside of your region, you will not see the video/TV sub-sections. Those sections are region-locked by regional origin of IP addresses. You may see video/TV listings on the front page of the store, but selecting those will result in an error. Also, some regions may not have a video store at all. I bought something from the PlayStation Store in the past. Now, it’s no longer available in the store. Is there any way to download that item again? Most of the time, yes. Almost all content taken down in the store will still exist in your download list. Check the download list and keep scrolling down until you find what you were looking for. There is no way to sort the download list, so it may take a bit of time to find what you need. Is it possible to “gift” a purchase for someone else? No, it's not possible through the PlayStation Store or any PlayStation website. In the US, there is an alternative way to send digital items as gifts. gamestop.com, bestbuy.com, and amazon.com sell voucher codes for digital content in the PlayStation Store. The codes can be given out to others. As of now, none of the listed vendors has everything in the PlayStation Store, but gamestop.com has more digital items available for sale than the others. PSN items on gamestop.com PSN items on bestbuy.com PSN items on amazon.com I bought a physical copy of a game on release day and it came with a PSN code. Entering the code resulted in an error. Did I get a bad code?
When I try to log in to the PlayStation Store, it asks to update my system software. I don’t want to do this. Is there any other way I can access the PlayStation Store with outdated system software? No, and let’s not talk about ways around this. I have a Vita and I saw this PSP game on someone else’s Vita. When I go to the PlayStation Store through Vita, the PSP game cannot be found. How do I get this PSP game on my Vita? Access your account though a PS3. Find the PSP game in the PS3 PlayStation Store and download it to the PS3. After that, connect your Vita to the PS3 and start the Content Manager app on the Vita. Use Content Manager to transfer the game, found under "Applications Downloaded on the PS3 System" This may not always work. A few PSP games cannot be copied to a Vita no matter what. I want to buy a game on PlayStation Store, but it’s one of those games that use online passes. Do I need to buy an online pass along with the game? No. The online pass is included with the game. I bought a game with "cross-buy" which means I was suppose to get multiple versions of it. I don't see the other versions in my download list. Did I get the other versions or not?
I bought a physical version of a game for cheap, but it was from another region. (NA player buying EU game or vice versa) I downloaded an add-on for the game, but it won’t show up in the game. Why won’t the add-on work? Almost all games are region-free and can be played on any PS device. However, add-ons from the PlayStation Store of a certain region will only work with games released in that same region. (ex.: UK game will only work with add-ons from UK PlayStation Store) This PS3 PSN game is forcing me to be logged in to PSN before playing it! A handful of games have strict DRM that requires the account owner to either be logged in to PSN or have the account password saved on the PS3 for others to access. It also places a 24-hour lock on the game found on any other devices with the same account. List of games with this strict DRM: Final Fight: Double Impact Bionic Commando: Rearmed 2 Warhawk Gran Turismo 5: Prologue (not in store anymore) Other things related to PlayStation Store: I bought a PS3 game and tried to install it. The system says I don't have enough hard drive space, yet my hard drive is not full. How much hard drive space do I need for installations? For PS3 game installations, the system requires free hard drive space of at least double the size of the installation file. (ex.: 2 GB installation file needs 4 GB of free hard drive space) Vita and PS4 games do not need extra space for installations. On my PS4, why can't I download all of my old PSN games? I thought PSN games are playable on all PS systems. PSN games are only playable on the platform they were made for. Some games may have multiple versions released at no additional cost through cross-buy offers. I got a PlayStation TV and some of my downloaded Vita games won't work. Shouldn't all Vita games work with this? Unfortunately, no. Due to either licensing, lack of testing by the game developer, or extensive use of the front and rear touchscreens, some Vita games are blocked from being playable on PS TV. The NA store does provide a section devoted to PSTV-compatible games found here. On PlayStation Now, I see some PS3 games that I own the download versions of, but it's asking me to pay to play them. Don't I get free access to streaming games if I own the download version? No. Even though PS Now acknowledges that you own those games, there is no free streaming option if you own the game. It is still possible to share an account with others? Yes, but limits on sharing had changed a long time ago. Starting on November 18, 2011, purchases made in the PlayStation Store can only be on a maximum of 2 activated PS3s and 3 activated portable systems. PSPs and Vitas share portable activations, and it was raised to 3 from 2 due to the release of PlayStation TV. PS4 games bought from PlayStation Store can only be on 1 activated PS4, but they can be played on another PS4 system as long as you are logged in to PSN, sort of like a roaming profile. For purchases made before November 18, 2011, they can still exist on a maximum of 5 PS3s and 5 portable systems. If you try to manually activate a PSN account on a 3rd or higher PS3 through Account Management, an error message will appear about the 2 device limit. A roundabout way to activate a 3rd or higher PS3 is to just download anything bought before November 18, 2011 though the Download List to that PS3. The PS3 will be activated before the download starts. This will only work on anything bought before November 18, 2011. Any attempts to download anything after November 18, 2011 on a 3rd or higher PS3, even after activating it from the method above, will stop and give you the error message about the 2 device limit. Here is the thread for sharing PSN accounts. Is it possible to redeem a PSN code without a PS device? For most codes, yes. Log in through this link to go straight to the code redemption link and enter in the PSN code. If the code is for something to download, the item will go to the top of your download list. After that, go to the download list through the PS device and select the item to download it. One exception to this are codes for PlayStation Plus. They can only be redeemed on PS systems. I don’t have internet access on my PS4 or PS3. Can I buy something on someone else’s system, then copy it onto an external drive and transfer it to my system? No, this is not possible. I got inFamous as one of the free Welcome Back games back in 2011, but the listing for it locks me out and I don't want to search through the download list to find it. Go to this secret listing in the webstore and add this to the PS3 download queue. The PS3 will download it the next time you turn it on. The main listing blocks everyone that claimed the free Welcome Back version, and the Welcome Back listing is hidden away except through the link above. Links: PlayStation Blogs, where most of the information for store updates come from. Most of the blog posts are for promoting PlayStation products, but some interesting news and updates show up from time to time. US PlayStation Blog All store update posts on US Blog EU PlayStation Blog All store update posts on EU Blog Online manuals for accessing PlayStation Store on PS devices: Online manual for PS4 PSN Settings Online manual for PS3 PlayStation Store Online manual for PSP PlayStation Store Online manual for Vita PlayStation Store Software: Content Manager Assistant for Vita MediaGo for PSP (Note: PSP store is no longer accessible through MediaGo) Sony Entertainment Network / PlayStation Store: Frontpage of webstore, automatically switches to the region you are connecting from online. - If you want to access a store of a specific region: USA store UK store Australia store Japan store (no English) Hong Kong store These links will not work on Internet Explorer or Safari. Make a new PSN account online Log in to PSN account management Reset password for PSN account amazon.com PSN codes: $10 PSN code $9.99 $20 PSN code $19.99 $50 PSN code $49.99 3-month PlayStation Plus code $17.99 12-month PlayStation Plus code $49.99 PSN DLC codes on amazon.com gamestop.com PSN codes: (note: Codes are not instant! Expect to wait at least a few hours to receive your code) $10 PSN code $10.00 $20 PSN code $20.00 $50 PSN code $50.00 3-month PlayStation Plus code $17.99 12-month PlayStation Plus code $49.99 PSN DLC codes on gamestop.com, click on PS4, PS3, Vita, or PSP options on left side. bestbuy.com PSN codes: PSN DLC codes on bestbuy.com Yechezkel fucked around with this message at 06:00 on Jan 4, 2016 |
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Lists! Most for NA region unless otherwise noted List of PS games not on PSN (thanks Univbee!) History of all free games given out with PlayStation Plus: - NA region - EU region Free stuff in PlayStation Store (thanks MisterAlex!) PSP games and minis playable on Vita Some games need to be transferred from a PS3 to Vita. PSone Classics playable on Vita Some games need to be transferred from a PS3 to Vita. Yechezkel fucked around with this message at 06:20 on Jan 4, 2016 |
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A little thing on me, since it seems like all I do is track PSN stuff every day, which I don’t. I don’t work for Sony, any video game publisher, or developer. I don’t write or contribute to any video game publications. I only post on forums and my little blog. I was chosen as a PlayStation MVP on the official PS forums. They are people that contribute to something involving PlayStation and offer opinions on various things involving it. I was probably chosen for these threads. It is a volunteer service and there are no payments for being in it. In other words, I’m not a paid shill. I just care too much. Apparently, I cared so much, I'm one of the few Support MVPs mentioned here. If some poo poo happens to many people involving PS Store in NA region (that isn't a hack/DDoS ), I can let PS Support know if they didn't already catch it. Small warning: Fixes aren't usually instant, and I can only submit problem reports. I have no magical control panel to change things. Anyway, one change from how I did things in years past: I'm not going to track game releases on PSN way into the future anymore. Publishers and developers have changed or delayed release dates so much that tracking them became pointless. I'll only mention what gets released from info pulled from Official PS Blogcast and The Drop posts on PS Blog, done a week in advance. Priority will be on sales and PS+ offers, but I will still cover new releases. Overall, sales on PSN were alright last year. Unfortunately, sales or offers on PS+ never happened. ========== News things announced in the last few days: PlayStation Now will officially roll out next week, January 13 in USA and Canada. On top of that, new subscription options were announced $19.99 for 1 month or $44.99 for 3 months. A 7-day trial will also be available with the release. Some games will only be available as individual rentals and not under the subscription model. List of games available for rental and for streaming. There will a chance to win 1 year of PS Now. To enter you have to download a PS Now PS4 theme coming out next week. Hopefully, they won't require owning a PS4 for this. There will be no PS+ discount for the subscription options. They did say the standard "we are always listening to feedback" line, which they also said when requests for subscriptions were given. Just like right now, PS3 games on PS Now that you own the download version of will NOT be available as free rentals. ========== Powers, the hyped-up episodic TV series that will only be on PlayStation Store and free for PS+ members , will most likely have the first episode come out February 10. It was originally scheduled to start last month, but that didn't happen. ========== As an apology gift for the downtime during Christmas-time: * Everyone with an active PS+ subscription or trial will be credited 5 days of PS+ stacked on top of their current subscription/trial. * Everyone will receive a one-time use discount code for 10% off the total cart/basket purchase from PSN. As of now January 6, these have not been give out yet. ========== For the few of you that have PS+ on a Japanese account, you'll get these games starting tomorrow: quote:Resident Evil Revelations (PS3) ========== Store update for NA region will happen in around 8 hours. PS+ games should show up between 11am to 1pm Pacific. As always, don't claim the PS+ games until they say Free before checkout! You'll also know when they're up when a bunch of posts by other people confirm it. As for new game releases, all we know is that Whoa Dave Vita version and Duke Nukem 3D Megaton Edition PS3/Vita versions are coming out. Anything else . PS Blog didn't bother putting up The Drop store preview last weekend. Yechezkel fucked around with this message at 10:28 on Jan 7, 2015 |
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What's a welterweight
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I always greatly appreciate the work you put into running these threads, Yechezkel. I can't even imagine how much time it must take you.
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ANIME MONSTROSITY posted:What's a welterweight Heavier than lightweight but lighter than middleweight.
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kirbysuperstar posted:I always greatly appreciate the work you put into running these threads, Yechezkel. I can't even imagine how much time it must take you. Agreed with this 100%. You are a god amongst men. Quick question while Fez is on sale: is it worth ~$3?
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Fraction posted:Agreed with this 100%. You are a god amongst men. Fez is a slow game which is kind of a puzzle platformer. I got it for $10 a couple years back and enjoyed it and I say $3 is more than fine, as long as you know what you're getting into.
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Haquer posted:Fez is a slow game which is kind of a puzzle platformer. I got it for $10 a couple years back and enjoyed it and I say $3 is more than fine, as long as you know what you're getting into. I'll watch a couple of youtube videos with gameplay, I guess. The only puzzle (?) games I've played really are Portal/Battleblock Theatre which tend to be pretty fast-paced.
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Keep in mind a few of the puzzles are literally impossible to solve on your own, it was designed to be beaten as a community. That's late post-game stuff, though. It's more like Myst than Portal or Battleblock. You need to take notes to get the most out of it.
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Might be worth adding this link to the japanese PSN blog, which has a subsection specifically for PS+: http://commu.jp.playstation.com/blog/?c=6&t=0&s=0&p=0 http://commu.jp.playstation.com/blog/?c=22&t=0&s=0&p=0
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Akuma posted:Keep in mind a few of the puzzles are literally impossible to solve on your own, it was designed to be beaten as a community. That's late post-game stuff, though. Oh, I wasn't a fan of Myst at all. I should probably skip it in that case
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I think you could easily get 3$ of enjoyment out of Fez before reaching the more bullshit puzzles. The art and the music alone are worth that much. There are a lot of fun puzzles, a couple that made me feel like a genius when I solved them. And I also bow to Yechezkel.
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Akuma posted:Keep in mind a few of the puzzles are literally impossible to solve on your own, it was designed to be beaten as a community. That's late post-game stuff, though. One "puzzle" (really just one bonus room) was only solved by brute force; everything else can be solved on your own
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Fez is totally worth 3 bucks, and while you do have to take notes to get the absolute most out of it you can easily beat it even if you don't and still pick up on a good part of its cleverness. You can collect all the stuff you need to see the ending with jumping and light perspective puzzles alone. Whenever you come across something where you think "this is bullshit" it's probably post-game content, which has a second ending, but you can still watch that on youtube if it's too much bullshit. (First ending is better anyway.)
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Fez is absolutely great to put on your vita for when you visit relatives with little kids. It's a simple enough exploration jump'n run with zero murder and even zero death if you discount the "jump off the map" stuff.
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I hate to be the one to point out the blemish on the great OPs but today is Tuesday and it's the 6th not the 7th
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kirbysuperstar posted:I always greatly appreciate the work you put into running these threads, Yechezkel. I can't even imagine how much time it must take you. same
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For that "5 free PS+ days" promo, have they announced if you have to be a current subscriber, or just had to be one when the downtime happened? My sub ran out on Sunday and with Christmas bleeding me dry I won't have any free funds to resub until the 15th. Speaking of which, do American PS+ cards work in Canada? I know digital download codes do (I've used them before) but money cards don't. I have some US Amazon credit though so I could resub with that. [edit] Re: Fez, Phil Fish aside it's definitely worth $3 but I wouldn't pay more than that. I was lucky to get it free through PS+ but it has some pretty big design flaws and really isn't that long, even if you do all of the endgame puzzles (most of which are pretty loving bullshit) robodex fucked around with this message at 17:06 on Jan 6, 2015 |
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Yechezkel, thanks as always. I didn't know you were a double Sony MVP either... that's cool, I hope they throw free Gold Headsets or something your way eventually!
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Dr Suntory posted:One "puzzle" (really just one bonus room) was only solved by brute force; everything else can be solved on your own
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robodex posted:For that "5 free PS+ days" promo, have they announced if you have to be a current subscriber, or just had to be one when the downtime happened? My sub ran out on Sunday and with Christmas bleeding me dry I won't have any free funds to resub until the 15th. I believe the blogpost said that accounts that had PS+ active at the 25th of December would have their subscription lengthened by five days. Regarding the card, I think the codes work on a regional basis, so if USA shares the PSN store with Canada (I've grown accustomed to calling it NA store, but I'm not actually sure) it should work. Otherwise, if the Canadian account is on a different PSN, it'll most likely not work - there was a huge derail in some thread because someone bought a PSN card in Czech Republic and the code didn't work on a different region's store.
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Akuma posted:So you looked at the pulsing stars and figured out it was binary and decoded the input sequence? Really? One star is on the left, the other on the right -> LB/RB . I read about the whole binary -> hexadecimal-> whatever chain afterwards. I would really like to know where that came from.
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Akuma posted:So you looked at the pulsing stars and figured out it was binary and decoded the input sequence? Really? I really loved Fez, I loved exploring the world and solving the puzzles. I got pretty far into the endgame before I had to look anything up. I didn't get the binary, and I actually couldn't get the language down either. I wasn't observant enough to see the quick brown fox jumping over a lazy dog so I couldn't find the key to the Rosetta stone. I know there were some other harder things I missed, but solving what you can feels very satisfying. Just don't expect to 100% (200%?) the game without a guide unless you're a savant of some kind.
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Fez totally hooked me when I got it for free from PS+ and it's a great Vita game, a pretty chill headscratcher. I even 100% (200%) it but used guides like a motherfucker towards the end for some of the puzzles. The QR codes are kind of annoying too since any device you use to read them usually has difficulty seeing the things off the Vita screen.
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# ? Jan 6, 2015 19:04 |
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Szurumbur posted:I believe the blogpost said that accounts that had PS+ active at the 25th of December would have their subscription lengthened by five days. Regarding the card, I think the codes work on a regional basis, so if USA shares the PSN store with Canada (I've grown accustomed to calling it NA store, but I'm not actually sure) it should work. Otherwise, if the Canadian account is on a different PSN, it'll most likely not work - there was a huge derail in some thread because someone bought a PSN card in Czech Republic and the code didn't work on a different region's store. The issue is the US/Canada PSN stores are sort of weird--they're technically separate, but some things work in both while others don't. So while digital download codes work fine, PSN money cards don't (learned that the hard way when I bought a friend a $20 card with my Amazon credit and it didn't work...) I guess worst case I can just try it and see what happens, I would assume it'd still work since PS+ is probably treated the same way download codes are but I obviously have no way of knowing until I try.
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# ? Jan 6, 2015 19:05 |
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Just a heads up, the new Playstation + games are now showing up as free on the webstore for me.
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# ? Jan 6, 2015 20:05 |
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fount of knowledge posted:Just a heads up, the new Playstation + games are now showing up as free on the webstore for me. They're up on my PS3 now too. Getting ready to bounce on some poo poo with a rich duck.
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# ? Jan 6, 2015 20:20 |
fount of knowledge posted:Just a heads up, the new Playstation + games are now showing up as free on the webstore for me. Yup. inFamous First Light 9.3 GB (standalone game, does not require inFamous Second Son to play) The Swapper (all cross-buy PS4|PS3|Vita, claiming one version will give you all 3 versions) - PS4 version 411 MB - PS3 version 283 MB - Vita version 219 MB DuckTales: Remastered 643 MB Prototype 2 7.6 GB Duke Nukem 3D: Megaton Edition (cross-buy PS3|Vita, claiming one will give you both versions) - PS3 version 750 MB - Vita version 446 MB Whoa Dave! 38 MB (includes free access to future PS4 version, which is not out yet) As of now, only 14 new things are in the store: Duke 3D, Whoa Dave, 9 songs/packs for Rocksmith 2014, and 2 add-ons for Hatsune Miku Project Diva f 2nd. Store doesn't finish updating until around 2pm and the sales section hasn't been fully updated yet. One sale found: The Pinball Arcade: Season 1 is $14.99 once again for all 3 versions. Reminder: cross-buy offer is only between PS3 and Vita versions. precision posted:I hate to be the one to point out the blemish on the great OPs but today is Tuesday and it's the 6th not the 7th I don't see it.
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# ? Jan 6, 2015 20:33 |
Ariza posted:They're up on my PS3 now too. Getting ready to bounce on some poo poo with a rich duck. Do not skip on installing the game update! The game's controls are broken without it.
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# ? Jan 6, 2015 20:35 |
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Are people able to sign in to the web store? I keep getting booted out with "Sign in failed" like people were getting when they were getting DDOS'd...
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# ? Jan 6, 2015 20:42 |
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I know trophy poo poo is practically verboten on here, but is this the first PS+ month the Vita hasn't shipped with a platinum trophy game? Typically each system has one platinum game, one non-plat. Neither Duke 3D or Woah Dave has a platinum trophy. It's a stupid thing to even care about, I was just wondering if this was the first time it happened.
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# ? Jan 6, 2015 20:52 |
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I patched, but Duck Tales only wants to accept input from my left joystick. Every other button is verboten. I tried to see if my fight stick works, but it's the same deal there.
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# ? Jan 6, 2015 20:54 |
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Popular Human posted:I know trophy poo poo is practically verboten on here, but is this the first PS+ month the Vita hasn't shipped with a platinum trophy game? Typically each system has one platinum game, one non-plat. Neither Duke 3D or Woah Dave has a platinum trophy. who knows why dont you tell us if you care http://www.reddit.com/r/PlayStationPlus/wiki/list/fullna
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# ? Jan 6, 2015 21:10 |
Pinball Arcade Season 2 is also $15, but only for PS3 and Vita versions. Once again, PS4 versions are not included.Lockback posted:Are people able to sign in to the web store? I keep getting booted out with "Sign in failed" like people were getting when they were getting DDOS'd... I was able to log in without problems here. It could be related to the store updating right now.
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# ? Jan 6, 2015 21:23 |
Here is the free PS Now PS4 theme, used to determine the winner of a 1-year subscription of PS Now. You got until the end of this month to claim it to enter.
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# ? Jan 6, 2015 21:45 |
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# ? Jun 5, 2024 04:20 |
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They have added the ability to skip cutscenes in Ducktales making the game infinitely better than it was on Steam at release.
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# ? Jan 6, 2015 22:06 |