US PlayStation Store Update 10/16/12

[Gorvi]

Originally Posted by Spigot

Video isn't working

Apparently I fail at copy/paste.

Fixed.

[Panthera]

I could swear I used a PC store to install games on my old PSP.

[Gorvi]

Originally Posted by Panthera

I could swear I used a PC store to install games on my old PSP.

I think there was something with the Go? Media Go or something? I'm pretty sure you could store games that way, but could you buy them?

Either way, it's asinine that they don't have an online outlet for buying games these days. They're way behind the times with that.

[Spigot]

Hmm... Interesting. I was worried at the start of the video that it was going the 360 route and just having clutter everywhere. It seems like a nice happy medium between the sparseness of the early PSN store and the incomprehensible mess of XBL's Marketplace.

[OldJadedGamer]

Originally Posted by Gorvi

People should give the All Stars beta a shot, it's a lot more fun than I thought it would be.

I hate Super Smash Brothers so not sure I'll care about this one. Will download it to see the work yhey've done on it though.

[Gorvi]

Originally Posted by OldJadedGamer

I hate Super Smash Brothers so not sure I'll care about this one. Will download it to see the work yhey've done on it though.

I didn't like Smash either, but the scoring system here is different and the fighting feels better. It's just hard to get a feel for the characters in the beta when the only option you have is online play against people who have more than likely been playing more than you.

[Panthera]

Originally Posted by Gorvi

I think there was something with the Go? Media Go or something? I'm pretty sure you could store games that way, but could you buy them?

Either way, it's asinine that they don't have an online outlet for buying games these days. They're way behind the times with that.

They had an actual store, but you had to download an app of some kind in order to download the game. I also used that to get the free games from the PSN hack apology.

[Abyssion]

I think I'll grab Odin Sphere... I never got around to really playing it. And then I'll grab Okami HD at the end of the month.

[Spigot]

I'm a little ticked at the lack of a PC store interface because Odin Sphere is on sale 50% off for this week only. Grr. I'd buy it if they'd let me!

[Sl1pstream]

Originally Posted by Gorvi

Of course, those 15 include the Crash and Spyro games, they need to fix that ASAP.

Weird. The Crash games do work on my Vita. It's the PAL version, but still.

[Widgetcraft]

http://www.ask.com/answers/129415921...using-media-go
http://www.gamefaqs.com/boards/620272-/61992869

Apparently you can buy games from Media Go, and then transfer them to your Vita using the content manager?

[Gorvi]

Originally Posted by Sl1pstream

Weird. The Crash games do work on my Vita. It's the PAL version, but still.

Yeah, compatibility varies depending on region, especially with older games when there was still actually difference between NTSC and PAL.

[MagGnome]

Originally Posted by Gorvi

Here's how the store will look as of next week:



I'm not sure what to think, the bigger pictures look nice and all but it's not showing as much info on each screen.

It reminds me of Xbox Live. Eww...

Edit - Okay, maybe not so much. It looks that way at first, but later on they show more in depth and it looks pretty good.

Still, from what I've heard the store had some issues, so it's good they are trying to update it.

I wish I had the time and money for a PS3. It's the only one of the current gen consoles that has a substantial library of exclusives that I'd like to play. The Wii has a few, but the PS3 has several.

[MagGnome]

Originally Posted by Spigot

I'm a little ticked at the lack of a PC store interface because Odin Sphere is on sale 50% off for this week only. Grr. I'd buy it if they'd let me!

Is there not a gifting option available? Have someone else buy it for you and gift it?

[Gorvi]

Originally Posted by MagGnome

Is there not a gifting option available? Have someone else buy it for you and gift it?

Nope, no gifting. What do you think this is, Steam?

Nah, Spig's only real option would be to ask someone with a PS3 to log in with his ID and buy it, but personally I wouldn't trust anyone to do that to save $5.

[MagGnome]

Originally Posted by Gorvi

Nope, no gifting. What do you think this is, Steam?

Nah, Spig's only real option would be to ask someone with a PS3 to log in with his ID and buy it, but personally I wouldn't trust anyone to do that to save $5.

I know, crazy me expecting basic features like gifting on the consoles. What was I thinking? Pfft.

[Spigot]

Originally Posted by MagGnome

It reminds me of Xbox Live. Eww...

Edit - Okay, maybe not so much. It looks that way at first, but later on they show more in depth and it looks pretty good.

Still, from what I've heard the store had some issues, so it's good they are trying to update it.

I wish I had the time and money for a PS3. It's the only one of the current gen consoles that has a substantial library of exclusives that I'd like to play. The Wii has a few, but the PS3 has several.

Yeah. Say what you will about all of the gaffes over this generation, but at least Sony (and more to the point, PSN) pushes out a lot of neat titles that you can't find anywhere else. I mean, the 360 has basically turned into a Steam demo unit with a lot of its XBLA games, but if something is a PSN exclusive, it rarely makes its way anywhere else.

And I'd rather take the PSN store as it is right now than XBL Marketplace anyday. Ug. Hell, just the dashboard alone on Live is enough to make me queasy...

Originally Posted by MagGnome

I know, crazy me expecting basic features like gifting on the consoles. What was I thinking? Pfft.

I think you can do that with the 360... I could be horribly mistaken though.

[MagGnome]

Heck, Journey and Flower alone make me want a PS3. If only the darn things were $100. Maybe in two more years...

[OldJadedGamer]

Originally Posted by Spigot

Yeah. Say what you will about all of the gaffes over this generation, but at least Sony (and more to the point, PSN) pushes out a lot of neat titles that you can't find anywhere else. I mean, the 360 has basically turned into a Steam demo unit with a lot of its XBLA games, but if something is a PSN exclusive, it rarely makes its way anywhere else.

And I'd rather take the PSN store as it is right now than XBL Marketplace anyday. Ug. Hell, just the dashboard alone on Live is enough to make me queasy...

That is very bad for developers as they lose out on money. Look at the Starcraft developers, laying off a bunch of staff and switching to iOS games. David Jaffee the same way.

The best thing for developers, publishers, and gamers this gen has been to do XBLA first, then Steam, then PSN. That way they get the most money from many ports and all gamers get to play the game regardless of what system they own. Who takes pleasure in wanting to keep games out of gamers hands?

The way it works now on PSN is only good for Sony but hurts developers and gamers which is why devs like Hello Games jumped ship on them doing an exclusive game.

[menage]

Originally Posted by Gorvi

Here's how the store will look as of next week:



I'm not sure what to think, the bigger pictures look nice and all but it's not showing as much info on each screen.

I like it. We had the update here yesterday and it's so much clearer than the old style of navigating.

Meh, it goes both ways imo. What hurts devs is MS's bullshit exclusivity clause and it's download limits in the first couple of years. They forced devs to go XBLA exclusive or same time release or they could forget it.