[PS3] Official PSN discussion thread

[EmpireWF]

If Google Translator is to be believed, the new PS3 model supports PS2 backwards compatibility.

http://translate.google.com/transla...=ZY0&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&prmd=ivns

if true, the hell? Will they be able to sell an adapter or download or something so older PS3 models can play PS2 games?

 

[padman59]

if true, the hell? Will they be able to sell an adapter or download or something so older PS3 models can play PS2 games?

I remember reading about Sony filing a patent for a hardware add-on for PS2 backward compatibility a while ago (which I would gladly buy for the right price). However, Sony later went on to say that they felt HD remakes were more viable than pursuing backwards compatibility because it would give money back to the developers. :dunno:

 

[EmpireWF]

I remember reading about Sony filing a patent for a hardware add-on for PS2 backward compatibility a while ago (which I would gladly buy for the right price). However, Sony later went on to say that they felt HD remakes were more viable than pursuing backwards compatibility because it would give money back to the developers. :dunno:

So they'd rather make the game companies happier than their customers. Makes sense. :smug:

Already bought the games 5-6 years ago, why not give people the option. More would probably want the HD remakes but they're not making HD remakes for everything.

 

[Twigg4075]

If Google Translator is to be believed, the new PS3 model supports PS2 backwards compatibility.

http://translate.google.com/transla...=ZY0&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&prmd=ivns

LOL at some of those bullet points.

"Thoroughly!"
"Playstation 3 the best!"

 

[Twigg4075]

Did everyone sign up for the ID Theft coverage yet? I just realized I hadn't received my e-mail yet so I checked my spam folder and sure enough, it was there.

Just a reminder/heads up, you have to sign up by the 28th of this month.

 

[Misogi]

PlayStation Plus

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3 on 3 NHL Arcade (PlayStation Plus price $3.00, regular price $9.99)
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Featured Themes & Avatars

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Updates


Bionic Commando Rearmed 2 – Sale (PS3) (now $9.99, original price $14.99)
Bionic Commando: Rearmed – Sale (PS3) (now $4.99, original price $9.99)
Downloadable Games

Alien Zombie Mega Death ($7.99)
When death by Alien Zombie just isn’t enough. You need to stick some MEGA into the mix! Not that it’s only blasting you’ll be doing. Oh no! There’s bombs to defuse. Space babies to rescue. Jet packs for flying silliness. Spread out over 70 levels combining both one shot adventure levels and to the death survival modes. All dressed up in traditional PomPom silliness, so as to avoid traumatizing any small children.
ESRB Rated E10+
File size 256 MB
Game Demos (free)

Virtua Tennis 4 PS3 Move/3D Demo
The Virtua Tennis 4 development team are always trying to break new boundaries and for this version of the game two evolutionary new inclusions are the use of PlayStation Move motion controller and stunning stereoscopic 3D. Both have been implemented setting a new video gaming benchmark – try them for free now with the demo.
ESRB Rated E
File size 455 MB
Add-on Game Content

ModNation Racers Moon Colony Props Pack ($4.99)
Take your latest ModNation Racers track creations into orbit with the Moon Colony Parts Pack to create the ultimate space race!
File size: 100 KB

Killzone 3 From The Ashes Pack ($4.99)
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File size: 719 MB

Castlevania: Lords of Shadow – Ressurection ($9.99)
Follow up to Castlevania: Lords of Shadow “reverie”. Gabriel’s fate and that of the Belmont class is laid bare, find out his fate in Resurrection, the stunning finale to CV:LOS.
File size: 687 MB

Record of Agarest War Zero – Additional Costumes and Packs (free – $7.99) (x14)
This is Record of Agarest War Zero DLC. A battle across generations, with the fate of an entire planet at stake!
File size: 130 KB – 57 MB

Marvel Vs Capcom 3: Fate of Two Worlds – Shadow Battle 10 ($0.99)
The 10th installment of Shadow Battle allows you to fight special and unique AI opponents, and win new titles to boot! Do you have what it takes to take on these one-of-a-kind fighters in a match of MARVEL VS. CAPCOM 3!?
File size: 276 KB

Cars 2: Add-ons ($0.99 – $2.99) (x4)
Play as various characters in Cars 2: The Video Game!
File size: 4.98 MB – 82.04 MB

Mortal Kombat – Warrior Skarlet ($4.99)
Download and play as the Mortal Kombat Warrior Skarlet.
File size: 73 MB

L.A. Noire: “Nicholson Electroplating” Arson Case (Free with purchase of L.A. Noire Rockstar Pass) ($3.99)
At 9:45 in the morning, a thunderous explosion rocks Los Angeles. City blocks are flattened and smoke and ash fill the air. Detectives Phelps and Biggs race to the site of the former Nicholson Electroplating plant to find a pile of unanswered questions.
File size: 685 MB

YOU DON’T KNOW JACK: Jack Pack 4 ($4.99)
Still here?! Three bonus packs of TRIVIA INSANITY ain’t enough?! Fine. Get a load of these 10 SPANKIN’-NEW EPISODES of the world’s favorite quiz show party game and hunker down with tons more trivia and verbal abuse. Your host Cookie has reached deep into his darkest trivia orifices to retrieve fresh questions and fresher prizes, along with some not-so-fresh unmentionables. It’s more YOU DON’T KNOW JACK!
File size: 287 MB

F.E.A.R. 3 – F.E.A.R. Pass ($9.99)
Activate F.E.A.R. Pass today to access two additional multiplayer modes: F**king Run and Soul Survivor!
File size: 117 MB

Yoostar 2: various scenes ($1.99 – $6.99) (x13)
Various scenes from movies.
File size: 64 MB – 595 MB

Rock Band 3
Build your Rock Band library by purchasing these song game tracks. For song credits, visit www.RockBand.com.

“Blurry” – Puddle of Mudd ($1.99)
“Control” – Puddle of Mudd ($1.99)
“She Hates Me” – Puddle of Mudd ($1.99)
“Misery” – Maroon 5 ($1.99)
“This Love” – Maroon 5 ($1.99)
“Won’t Go Home Without You” – Maroon 5 ($1.99)
Maroon 5 Pack 2 ($5.49) – Build your Rock Band library by purchasing this song game album: Maroon 5 Pack 02. This pack includes “This Love”, “Misery” and “Won’t Go Home Without You”. By Maroon 5.
Puddle of Mudd Pack 1 ($5.49) – Build your Rock Band library by purchasing this song game album: Puddle of Mudd Pack 01. This pack includes “Blurry”, “Control” and “She Hates Me”. By Puddle of Mudd.
File size:19 MB – 79 MB

Rock Band Network V2.0

“Chameleon Carneval” – Andromeda ($1.99)
“Deception – Concealing Fate Part Two” – TesseracT ($1.99)
“Half Crazy” – Jukebox the Ghost ($1.99)
“Veil Of Illumination (Part 1)” – Andromeda ($1.99)
“Veil Of Illumination (Part 2)” – Andromeda ($1.99)
File size: 20 MB – 50 MB

Bundles

Killzone 3 Map Pack Bundle ($9.99)
File size: 1.38 GB

Buy Marvel Pinball – Get ZEN PINBALL FREE ($9.99)
File size: 591 MB

Cars 2: The Video Game – Undercover Character Bundle ($2.99)
File size: 82.04 MB

Sonic’s 20th Birthday Bundle Sale ($19.99)
File Size: 1.95 GB
Avatars

Prinny 2: Phantom Thief Avatar ($0.49)
File size: 100 KB
Game Videos (free)

Top Spin 4 – Playstyles Trailer #4: All Around
File size: 54 MB (HD)

Call Of Duty: Black Ops Escalation Multiplayer Preview Trailer
File size: 147 MB (HD)

Fallout: New Vegas – Honest Hearts DLC Trailer
File size: 60 MB (HD)

Harry Potter And The Deathly Hallows Part 2: Heroes’ Trailer
File size: 45 MB (HD)

Call Of Juarez The Cartel Gameplay Trailer
File size: 90 MB (HD)

Storm – Winter Trailer
File size: 52 MB (HD)

Operation Flashpoint: Red River Trailer
File size: 154 MB (HD)
PS3 Themes

Armageddon Riders Dynamic Theme ($2.99)
File size: 6.48 MB

PlayStation Move Ape Escape Dynamic Theme ($2.99)
File size: 3.23 MB

American Pride Dynamic Theme ($2.99)
File size: 11 MB
PS3 Wallpapers (free)

Armageddon Riders: Wallpaper 2
File size: 900 KB (HD)
PlayStation Store for PSP
PSP minis (also available from PS3 Storefront)

Brick Breaker ($3.99)
ESRB Rated: E
File size: 12 MB

Labyrinth ($3.99)
ESRB Rated: E
File size: 13 MB

Solitaire ($3.99)
ESRB Rated: E
File size: 14 MB

 

[Twigg4075]

I downloaded the MK bundle and the Nicholson Electroplating case for L.A. Noire.

 

[JayDizzle]

This week is awful unless you're going for DLC or maybe the Bionic Commando: Rearmed game.

Also should have known F.E.A.R. 3 would have to be new for you to get all the MP modes out of the box...

And if that's not the case, FUCK Monolith for only have half of the MP modes available for the community they'd try to build with this game.

 

[wingsfan77]

I looked real quick the other day and didn't see it, but is Final Fantasy: Tactics on the PSN store? I'd definitely but it if it's there.

 

[KNUBB]

I looked real quick the other day and didn't see it, but is Final Fantasy: Tactics on the PSN store? I'd definitely but it if it's there.

I'm pretty sure it is

 

[padman59]

I looked real quick the other day and didn't see it, but is Final Fantasy: Tactics on the PSN store? I'd definitely but it if it's there.

It is. One of the first games I bought from the Store.

I'm waiting for Parasite Eve 2 to hit the PSOne Classics section. I think it got an ESRB rating just before PSN went down. So it's only a matter of time now.

 

[Misogi]

Beyond Good and Evil HD to be released next week on PSN.

 

[wingsfan77]

It is. One of the first games I bought from the Store.

I'm waiting for Parasite Eve 2 to hit the PSOne Classics section. I think it got an ESRB rating just before PSN went down. So it's only a matter of time now.

I'll have to take a closer look...I have an urge to play a strategy type game and I haven't played that one in a while.

 

[padman59]

Here you go Goblin:

Sony will announce a PlayStation 3 price drop during Gamescom in August, according to a report.

Trade insiders are expecting a cut that could see the PS3 be priced at 199.99 GBP ($319) in the United Kingdom, according to MCV. That's obviously more than the PS3 currently retails for in the United States, and it's unclear if the price drop would only be for Europe or if the price would be slashed worldwide.

The most recent PS3 price cut came alongside the announcement of the PlayStation 3 Slim in August 2009. The cheapest new PS3 is the 160GB model that retails for $299.99 in the U.S. (A limited time Call of Duty: Black Ops bundle is now available for the same price and includes the game and a free map pack.)

If the price cut is made for the U.K., MCV says retailers could take it even further and offer the system for 179.99 GBP ($287). It also rightly speculates that Sony dropping the price of the PS3 could lead to Microsoft doing the same with the Xbox 360, a move that many expected to be made at E3. (The cheapest new 360 presently costs $199.99.) Nintendo dropped the Wii's price by $50 last month to $149.99.

Both Sony and Microsoft declined to address the possibility of an impending price cut. That comes as no surprise, though don't take it as a guarantee that a cut isn't coming -- Sony said it had "no plans" for a price drop several months prior to the 2009 announcement.

Gamescom is set to take place August 17 through August 21 in Cologne, Germany.

http://www.1up.com/news/ps3-price-drop-announced-august

 

[Twigg4075]

I'm actually surprised that Sony and MS didn't announce price drops at E3.

 

[Twigg4075]

Also should have known F.E.A.R. 3 would have to be new for you to get all the MP modes out of the box...

And if that's not the case, FUCK Monolith for only have half of the MP modes available for the community they'd try to build with this game.

You can't really blame them for having their own version of an online pass or "Operation $10". But considering that FEAR isn't the draw that Halo or CoD is I can see how it could segregate the community with used purchases.

 

[Buzzman]

The thing is Halo and COD dont need an online pass because they already make tons of money that used sales wont make or break them. A smaller game like FEAR 3 will be effected by used sales, so an online pass might help them out.

 

[Twigg4075]

***Reminder***

***Reminder***

Just a reminder for you guys looking to sign up for your free ID Theft protection from All Clear. I don't remember if I posted this before or not but the offer expires JUNE 28TH which is only two days from today for all you clowns without a fucking calendar.

I know I received the verification e-mail in my SPAM folder and almost missed out.

For those that don't know, once you responded to that e-mail that Sony sent out about a month ago, you would receive another email within 72 hours with a confirmation code. You then use the link in that e-mail and complete some basic information, along with the code, to get signed up for the service. The first e-mail arrived in my inbox but for some reason the one with the code was in my spam box, so be wary of that.

 

[Swarley]

So I just activated my free month PS+ membership this morning. I like these free 60 minute trials you can get for certain games. Downloading the trials for God of War 1 and 2. Never played them before, figured I might as well see what all the fuss is about lol.

 

[ThomasTomasz]

So I just activated my free month PS+ membership this morning. I like these free 60 minute trials you can get for certain games. Downloading the trials for God of War 1 and 2. Never played them before, figured I might as well see what all the fuss is about lol.

Absolutely fantastic games. Great graphics, a whole lot of violence, good story and just a lot of fun I have throughly enjoyed each of the games that I've played, including the PSP ones.