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[Rolf NB]

If any of the EU PSN peeps are reading this CAN YOU PLEASE STOP REGRESSING THE STORE EXPERIENCE.

You just took away the "Game => New Releases => *"-submenu, removing among other things the highly useful "New this week" filter from the PS3 storefront, in favour of yet another of those diorama things that you seem so proud of. Guess what, they are fluff and inefficient to navigate, and not useful to your customers.

And you're still lacking the "All deals" section the US PSN store has, listing all items currently on sale or recently price-dropped. So if they do a sale that lasts for a month, you can find them for a month. If you do a sale that last for a month, you can find those items in the first week easy. Starting with the second week however, there's no way to find those deals anymore. You want customers to be able to find your deals, right? That's something you should be adding, not more unfilterable, unsortable diorama fluff.

 

[Tsunamo]

I can't get enough of Borderlands 2 Vita, minus the framerate hickups here and there I'm having a ball with the game.

All the DLC and "in-app" purchases for Rainbow moon scares me...

That worried me at first aswell but the game is perfectly playable without them thankfully.

 

[Winter John]

If any of the EU PSN peeps are reading this CAN YOU PLEASE STOP REGRESSING THE STORE EXPERIENCE.

You just took away the "Game => New Releases => *"-submenu, removing among other things the highly useful "New this week" filter from the PS3 storefront, in favour of yet another of those diorama things that you seem so proud of. Guess what, they are fluff and inefficient to navigate, and not useful to your customers.

And you're still lacking the "All deals" section the US PSN store has, listing all items currently on sale or recently price-dropped. So if you do a sale that lasts for a month, next week there's no way to find those deals anymore. You want customers to be able to find your deals, right? That's something you should be adding, not more unfilterable, unsortable diorama fluff.

It constantly amazes me how a company as big as Sony cannot get something as simple as a store layout right. It's almost as if they go out of their way to make it such an irritating experience that it will drive off any potential customers. That being said, they have fixed the issue that was preventing me from even accessing the thing, and we can use PayPal now, so that's a positive.

 

[Jimnymebob]

Quantum conundrum's on sale for £3.99. That's the Portal-esque game with the amazing XMB music, right?

 

[Rolf NB]

It constantly amazes me how a company as big as Sony cannot get something as simple as a store layout right. It's almost as if they go out of their way to make it such an irritating experience that it will drive off any potential customers. That being said, they have fixed the issue that was preventing me from even accessing the thing, and we can use PayPal now, so that's a positive.

They're probably proud that they optimized the all important "clicks until caught in diorama" metric. Maybe ad space placement makes them biased towards that. Though there is space for ads in the plain lowest-level item listings as well.

I just want lists of content items. The menus and submenus are useful insofar they provides combined filter configurations that you just could not set up manually. That's cool. Dioramas OTOH are just road blocks to the underlying item lists, where you typically have to scroll all the way to the end to access the section properly.
(though in the case of this new "New releases" diorama, the full list is in the first box on the very left; as far as dioramas go, that's the right choice)

Quantum conundrum's on sale for £3.99. That's the Portal-esque game with the amazing XMB music, right?

I'd recommend trying the demo, if that's still up. Game has problems. Maybe you'll love what you see, great. I certainly didn't.

 

[Rixa]

Every EUVitagafer! Get P4G. Its on sale now!
Blog EU PS sale

Persona 4 Golden
Was €39.99/AU$54.95/£34.99, now €19.99/AU$24.95/£14.99
Additional 10% discount for PS Plus members

Buy it.

 

[peanutbutterlatte]

If any of the EU PSN peeps are reading this CAN YOU PLEASE STOP REGRESSING THE STORE EXPERIENCE.

You just took away the "Game => New Releases => *"-submenu, removing among other things the highly useful "New this week" filter from the PS3 storefront, in favour of yet another of those diorama things that you seem so proud of. Guess what, they are fluff and inefficient to navigate, and not useful to your customers.

And you're still lacking the "All deals" section the US PSN store has, listing all items currently on sale or recently price-dropped. So if they do a sale that lasts for a month, you can find them for a month. If you do a sale that last for a month, you can find those items in the first week easy. Starting with the second week however, there's no way to find those deals anymore. You want customers to be able to find your deals, right? That's something you should be adding, not more unfilterable, unsortable diorama fluff.

Wow. And I thought the EU store was terrible as it was. Not to even mention that it runs like absolute shit on Vita.

Every EUVitagafer! Get P4G. Its on sale now!
Blog EU PS sale



Buy it.

Eeeh. It screams PS+ fodder to me. Though saying that, the rest of that sale is absolute garbage. Seriously, is there any rhyme or reason to these sales? "Lego LotR... Need for Speed... and Retro City Rampage. Yeah that'll do"

 

[RalchAC]

Every EUVitagafer! Get P4G. Its on sale now!
Blog EU PS sale

Buy it.

I'm disapointed, since I already have P4Golden

Hope they add new deals. Last year E3 sale was quite good.

The PS4 section is especially awful lol.

 

[Jimnymebob]

I'd recommend trying the demo, if that's still up. Game has problems. Maybe you'll love what you see, great. I certainly didn't.

Right. Yeah, I tried the demo when it come out and enjoyed it, but never got round to buying it. Was just making sure it was the right game.
I might give the demo another shot first.

 

[Rixa]

I'm disapointed, since I already have P4Golden

Hope they add new deals. Last year E3 sale was quite good.

The PS4 section is especially awful lol.

I bought mine from Christmassale. PS4 offers are absolute crap.

 

[peanutbutterlatte]

I bought mine from Christmassale. PS4 offers are absolute crap.

I think the offers in general are, compared to some of the monthly sales we've had recently. Not exactly a "big Summer blowout"

 

[Jamix012]

Hey guys, I'm currently in England, my native land! Though I usually live in the US. As a result, I'm curious about any Vita games released on physical copies here, but not in the US.
I already know of
- Football Manager Classic
- New Little King's Story
- Vita Pets
- Epic Mickey 2

But that's it. Are there any others I'm missing? Thanks in advance!

 

[Vashetti]

Absolutely shameful pricing on some of those PS4 games.

I can get a physical copy for less than that.

 

[zakujanai]

Absolutely shameful pricing on some of those PS4 games.

I can get a physical copy for less than that.

ACIV for £44.99 is my favourite. I bought the PS3 version in the Christmas PSN sale for £17.99 and the upgrade for £10. That was 6 months ago and £17 less

 

[Takao]

You know what? I really think we can be a little optimistic for the Vita's e3 and Scea in general, is already known that at e3 there will be at least Diva f2, Reel Fishing(lol), Persona 4 Dance, Danganronpa 2 and Natural Doctrine, they are all little and niche games and i'm only interested on the last two, but they are neither late ports nor indies, add that there will be for sure other already announced games(Oreshika? Freedom Wars?) some indies and maybe one or two new Scea's late port and we can almost safely say that Vita will have more a little more show this year, imo it's a sign that the new Scea's boss cares more about Vita

Unless you're attending E3 2014, I don't know why any of that excites you. Vita has never had a particularly empty show floor presence. It's the complete lack of noteworthy announcements that bum people out.

 

[Rixa]

Hey guys, I'm currently in England, my native land! Though I usually live in the US. As a result, I'm curious about any Vita games released on physical copies here, but not in the US.
I already know of
- Football Manager Classic
- New Little King's Story
- Vita Pets
- Epic Mickey 2

But that's it. Are there any others I'm missing? Thanks in advance!

Not sure about: Jonah Lomu Rugby Challenge
Dunno if released in US (physical).

 

[Vashetti]

ACIV for £44.99 is my favourite. I bought the PS3 version in the Christmas PSN sale for £17.99 and the upgrade for £10. That was 6 months ago and £17 less

AC4 is the one I'm interested in too. I traded that in back in March to get inFamous for £15 and now I miss AC4 and want it back.

Not for that price I don't.

 

[Bishop89]

Every EUVitagafer! Get P4G. Its on sale now!
Blog EU PS sale



Buy it.

awful sale.

Give me another Massive Month sale sony.

 

[Tizoc]

Unless it is a typo, DS2 is discounted by 5 freakin' Pounds this week on EU PSN.

 

[Jamix012]

Not sure about: Jonah Lomu Rugby Challenge
Dunno if released in US (physical).

Ooh, Thanks! Might check it out.

 

[Number45]

Quite tempted by Octodad. Would love to watch my daughters play it.

 

[michaelius]

Absolutely shameful pricing on some of those PS4 games.

I can get a physical copy for less than that.

Starting price is so shitty on PS4 games on PSN that even 75% off would make them barely atractive.

 

[Vashetti]

Quite tempted by Octodad. Would love to watch my daughters play it.

I'm holding off. I think it's going to be a Plus game.

They're giving us two for PS4 every month now and the library is still really small.

 

[darkjedi187]

How is the Kingdoms of Amalur DLC? I loved the game and always wanted to play the DLC but never got around to it.

 

[derwalde]

Octodad will be mine!

 

[GAMEPROFF]

Do we have any informations yet, how much Pixeljunk Shooter will cost in Europe?

 

[Takao]

Hey guys, I'm currently in England, my native land! Though I usually live in the US. As a result, I'm curious about any Vita games released on physical copies here, but not in the US.
I already know of
- Football Manager Classic
- New Little King's Story
- Vita Pets
- Epic Mickey 2

But that's it. Are there any others I'm missing? Thanks in advance!

- Dragon Ball Z: Battle of Z
- MUD: FIM Motorcross World Championship
- WRC 3 FIA World Rally Championship
- History: Legends of War: Patton's Campaign
- Putty Squad

There's also a small handful of PAL exclusive titles on cart, like the other Milestone racers (MotoGP 13 + 14, WRC 4, MXGP) and the rugby game(s).

 

[2+2=5]

Unless you're attending E3 2014, I don't know why any of that excites you. Vita has never had a particularly empty show floor presence. It's the complete lack of noteworthy announcements that bum people out.

I forgot about the show floor... :\

Honestly i don't think the lack of good announcements was what made Vita shows awful, but the almost lack of the Vita shows themselves

Anyway i'm still a little optimistic

 

[Jamix012]

I thiiink this is everything!

Games that got a physical release in the US, but not Europe:

- The Walking Dead
- Muramasa Rebirth
- MLB 13 The Show
- MLB 12 The Show
- Ragnarok Odyssey
- DJMAX Technika Tune
- Supremacy MMA
- Madden NFL 13
- Angry Birds Star Wars (upcoming)

Games that got a physical release in Europe, but not the US:

- Epic Mickey 2
- New Little King's Story
- Moto GP 13
- History: Legends of War
- MUD FIM Motocross World Championship
- Jonah Lomu Rugby Challenge / Wallabies Rugby Challenge (Australian version) / All Blacks Rugby Challenge (New Zealand version)
- WRC 3 - FIA World Rally Championship
- WRC 4 (upcoming)
- Dragon Ball Z: Battle of Z (upcoming)

I found an old post from last year about my question. Anyone wanna update it?

- Dragon Ball Z: Battle of Z
- MUD: FIM Motorcross World Championship
- WRC 3 FIA World Rally Championship
- History: Legends of War: Patton's Campaign
- Putty Squad

There's also a small handful of PAL exclusive titles on cart, like the other Milestone racers (MotoGP 13 + 14, WRC 4, MXGP) and the rugby game(s).

Child of Light will get a physical version in Europe in July.

Oh thanks guys!

 

[Number45]

I'm holding off. I think it's going to be a Plus game.

They're giving us two for PS4 every month now and the library is still really small.

Probably, but I don't mind so much for indie or niche titles.

 

[Zhao_Yun]

I found an old post from last year about my question. Anyone wanna update it?

Child of Light will get a physical version in Europe in July.

 

[Jamix012]

In other news, it looks like Amazon UK is taking preorders on Physical Minecraft Vita for 12.85? (fulfilled by Amazon?)

 

[GAMEPROFF]

Child of Light will get a physical version in Europe in July.

Are you sure it is not only a Blu-Ray case with a download code like the other, yet released, versions of the game?

 

[FlashFlooder]

Agree with others, sony's PSN stores are an absolute mess (web and PS3/4).

 

[Vashetti]

Are you sure it is not only a Blu-Ray case with a download code like the other, yet released, versions of the game?

Creative Director of the game confirmed on Twitter the physical Vita version includes a cart.

 

[Jimmyfenix]

Ps plus stuff up in EU yet ?

 

[Number45]

Ps plus stuff up in EU yet ?

Nope, been checking periodically both on Vita and web store (UK for both). Nothing yet. :'(

Want to get my hugely disproportioned ladies fix at lunch.

 

[Takao]

PS Vita Pupps is going to get better reviews than Borderlands 2 Vita, ahaha.

 

[michaelius]

So many new players on Dragon Crown Vita - yay value of my platinium trophy on true trophies will skyrocket

PS Vita Pupps is going to get better reviews than Borderlands 2 Vita, ahaha.

Of course - it doesn't have PS3 version to compare it to.

 

[MMaRsu]

Omg when the hell do the ps+ games go up for europe :<

 

[Number45]

Omg when the hell do the ps+ games go up for europe :<

Usually I don't care and they're up in the morning. Today I'm waiting and... :'(

 

[Aktion]

We are confirmin Z-Run coming to PS Vita 18 June to Europe and 24 June to US PlayStation Stores.
www.beatshapers.com/zrun

 

[ATXAlchemy]

PS Vita Pupps is going to get better reviews than Borderlands 2 Vita, ahaha.

They're confusing Wash Dogs with Watch Dogs. Only reason.

 

[Jimmyfenix]

This is what EU gaf get for making fun of NA gaf during PSN update times.

 

[Benedict]

What an awful awful sale...

Oh and fuck all avatars and dynamic backgrounds.

 

[Alpende]

When does the EU PSN store get updated for PS+?

 

[Number45]

When does the EU PSN store get updated for PS+?

At some point today. Best not to trouble yourself with when, it's already several hours after most recent weeks.

 

[Tsunamo]

Every EUVitagafer! Get P4G. Its on sale now!
Blog EU PS sale

Odd, the blog says Retro City Rampage on Vita isn't available in Australia but I bought it awhile back and downloaded it with no problems.

 

[MMaRsu]

This is what EU gaf get for making fun of NA gaf during PSN update times.

I sent a tweet to @PlayStationEU and got a response from David Arquette that the games will go up 6pm. I hope that doesn't mean 7pm Dutch time .

 

[Gamerloid]

So many new players on Dragon Crown Vita - yay value of my platinium trophy on true trophies will skyrocket

Lol so it's not just about trophies or the fun challenge of getting them, but the value?