PlayStation Network Thread (Vita/PS3/PS4) | July 2014

So... It looks like Ratchet and Clank for Vita was pushed back a week. Instead of competing with Le Tour De France and Oddworld New 'N' Tasty it will be going head to head with The Last of Us Remastered and Rogue Legacy. Should result in excellent numbers.

Sony: We Care About Our Vita Games (tm)

It had, this week. It's now listed for next week on the PSBlog Drop.

TOTP: Save money for next week's Phantom Breaker Battle Grounds (Vita)!

Oh my God: this looks so cute! :3

What is this game? A sidescrolling brawler?
 
Oh, well, I am talking about the official ones released on the PSN. As far as I am aware, they're all just direct ports. One of the most egregious example of this is the Final Fantasy Tactics: War of the Lions.

That's not true. Unless it was ripped improperly (like the Grand Theft Auto Stories games) PSN versions of PSP titles should offer better performance than their UMD counterparts. Your example with WoTL isn't loading but slowdown. That's nothing to do with a disc and everything to do with the way the game was coded. That's why the PSone SNES ports are still janky.
 
That's not true. Unless it was ripped improperly (like the Grand Theft Auto Stories games) PSN versions of PSP titles should offer better performance than their UMD counterparts. Your example with WoTL isn't loading but slowdown. That's nothing to do with a disc but everything to do with the way the game was coded. It's that reason why the PSone SNES ports are still janky.

Oh hmmmmm.

Well, maybe I was mistaken.

Well, my point is if that game has a 7 seconds loading in their original PSP/PS1 version it will have 7 seconds loading when played in Vita. At least, that's my impression of playing all PSP/PS1 games in my Vita; nary an improvement whatsoever in the loading department.
 
*ANY* PSP or PS1 games with a 7 seconds loading time in their original game will have 7 seconds loading time in the Vita, since they're all *direct* port of the old versions, only made playable in the Vita.

Not always. Darkstalkers Chaos Tower took 20-25 seconds to load a fight on my PSP. Vita version took about 6 seconds.
 
What the hell happened with R&C? Disappointed if they announce it for this week and renege.

Edit: And they did. Like they go out of their way with Vita misinformation.
 
That's not true. Unless it was ripped improperly (like the Grand Theft Auto Stories games) PSN versions of PSP titles should offer better performance than their UMD counterparts. Your example with WoTL isn't loading but slowdown. That's nothing to do with a disc and everything to do with the way the game was coded. That's why the PSone SNES ports are still janky.
Just curious, what makes the GTA games improperly ripped? Like what problems does that cause for the games?
 
Wow, so they gave a date for R&C Collection for tomorrow....and then they decide to delay it (like it wasn't taking long enough to come to NA) to next week....when Last of Us Remastered comes out :l.

Nice job Sony X(....

Well, at least Oddworld is still coming :). The original was a classic, so seeing it reborn again in HD visuals and with trophy support is really great :D. The fact it is cross-buy with PS3 and Vita is also a really cool touch :).

Edit: Regarding the Collections....I think Sony is trying to pull what they did with the PS3 Game Bundles a while back; have all the remasters release in the same day as a 'celebration' or something else :l. I just find it stupid that they are doing this though; if the game is digital only....why bother with the delay? I mean, its not like the game has taken long enough to come here and they don't plan on a retail version, so why not just throw the game up on PSN tomorrow when it has a decent chance of selling some copies rather then next week when the PSN will be flooded with people downloading Last of Us PS4.....
 
Wow, so they gave a date for R&C Collection for tomorrow....and then they decide to delay it (like it wasn't taking long enough to come to NA) to next week....when Last of Us Remastered comes out :l.

Nice job Sony X(....

Well, at least Oddworld is still coming :). The original was a classic, so seeing it reborn again in HD visuals and with trophy support is really great :D. The fact it is cross-buy with PS3 and Vita is also a really cool touch :).

it would be a nicer touch if separate trophy lists were confirmed. :)
 
Wow, so they gave a date for R&C Collection for tomorrow....and then they decide to delay it (like it wasn't taking long enough to come to NA) to next week....when Last of Us Remastered comes out :l.

Nice job Sony X(....

Well, at least Oddworld is still coming :). The original was a classic, so seeing it reborn again in HD visuals and with trophy support is really great :D. The fact it is cross-buy with PS3 and Vita is also a really cool touch :).

I'm beyond hyped for New 'N' Tasty. Just realized the game unlocks in 45 minutes. So happy we've got preloading now.
 
Quick question on PSN free games, when something is made free is it always available if you have the sub? What I mean is I sold my PS3 and there have been some games that became free since. Can I still get them or you need to grab it during the free period?
 
Quick question on PSN free games, when something is made free is it always available if you have the sub? What I mean is I sold my PS3 and there have been some games that became free since. Can I still get them or you need to grab it during the free period?

You need to grab them while they're free. If the games rotated and you didn't get them, you can't get them now.
 
Quick question on PSN free games, when something is made free is it always available if you have the sub? What I mean is I sold my PS3 and there have been some games that became free since. Can I still get them or you need to grab it during the free period?

If you are logged in under your PS+ PSN account and the game is listed as Free with Yellow font, then your good to go :D. All you gotta do is go on the PS Store via Web Browser and get your games that way. It is MUCH better to use then the PS3 store :).
 
Quick question on PSN free games, when something is made free is it always available if you have the sub? What I mean is I sold my PS3 and there have been some games that became free since. Can I still get them or you need to grab it during the free period?

You're talking about PlayStation Plus, correct? If so the games need to be redeemed during the free period. If you don't have your PS3 you can redeem the free games through the Web Store (this is assuming you have access to a web browser).
 
Just curious, what makes the GTA games improperly ripped? Like what problems does that cause for the games?

I'm not an expert, but I believe they feature slowdown not found on the UMDs due to the compression applied to the ISOs. IIRC the Silent Hill PSP games also suffered from this, but good guy Konami had them redo it. I have GTA: VCS on UMD and PSN, the latter is definitely chugging a lot more than it did originally on PSP.
 
NY VitaGAF, I'm going to your beautiful town once again in september, now as a family man!

Another GAF meetup could be nice, heckmanimation and Saj, and maybe meet other gaffers like corrosivefrost and Jon Bones!
 
http://blog.us.playstation.com/2014/07/20/the-drop-new-playstation-games-for-7222014/

Yeah... Forgot to include this link...

And as far as I know, still no cross-buy announced in the US right. :-/

So let me get understand this; this is digital only, has taken almost a month extra to come to NA, got pushed back another week for some unknown reason (maybe getting retail copies ready?), AND it isn't cross-buy?

That is just priceless :D! If it truly isn't cross-buy, I will get much latter on used or something :l. Between having tons of games to play and being just really irked by Sony's bull-head moves....I can wait on this :).

I do hope that next week is the REAL release date for this game though; many NA Vita owners would love to have Ratchet 3 on the go :D.
 
Hi guys, i was thinking of buying a ps4, but the earliest i can buy one is in 3-4 months, so i was wondering if it was worth to get a 3 month sub of ps+ and get the free games ( i guess i can from my pc, right?) so when i buy the ps4 i have some backlog to play while getting some retail games, is it a good idea?.

sorry if its a wrong topic for this question.
 
Hi guys, i was thinking of buying a ps4, but the earliest i can buy one is in 3-4 months, so i was wondering if it was worth to get a 3 month sub of ps+ and get the free games ( i guess i can from my pc, right?) so when i buy the ps4 i have some backlog to play while getting some retail games, is it a good idea?.

sorry if its a wrong topic for this question.

Yes, you can redeem the free Plus games on your PC. If the line up of free games appeals to you, I don't see why you shouldn't go for it.
 
Yeah, came out on XBLA last year, not bad but got repetetive real quick.

Oh.... how much will it cost on the PSN?

Hi guys, i was thinking of buying a ps4, but the earliest i can buy one is in 3-4 months, so i was wondering if it was worth to get a 3 month sub of ps+ and get the free games ( i guess i can from my pc, right?) so when i buy the ps4 i have some backlog to play while getting some retail games, is it a good idea?.

sorry if its a wrong topic for this question.

I don't even have a PS4 and I always clicked purchase on the free PS+ games available so that they'll be waiting there when I get one.

But you should know that you can't play the games you get from PS+ if your sub expire, because the way you worded your question suggested to me that you didn't know this.
 
I guess i'll go for it, thanks to both of you, when does the new games get announced?

And i alredy knew that, thanks anyway for reminding me Banana.
 
I guess i'll go for it, thanks to both of you, when does the new games get announced?

And i alredy knew that, thanks anyway for reminding me Banana.

Typically around the end of the current month. So August's games will probably be announced next week.
 
The R&C Collection is a decent port but the decision to map strafing to the rear touchpad in the manner that they did so was absolutely moronic to put it lightly. It's essentially unusable as it is, for me anyway.

For Up Your Arsenal, you have to swipe from the bottom to the top, then halfway down again, and keep your fingers pressed right in the middle of the rear touchpad, which makes it extremely awkward to control movement at the same time.

Other than that, it's pretty good. Sound cuts a bit here and there and the colours don't seem as vivid as they did on the original collection but that could just be my memory playing tricks on me.
 
Guys, if I buy Borderlands 2 second hand, I won't be able to play the DLCs provided the person that sells me the game has used them. Is this correct or not?
 
The R&C Collection is a decent port but the decision to map strafing to the rear touchpad in the manner that they did so was absolutely moronic to put it lightly. It's essentially unusable as it is, for me anyway.

For Up Your Arsenal, you have to swipe from the bottom to the top, then halfway down again, and keep your fingers pressed right in the middle of the rear touchpad, which makes it extremely awkward to control movement at the same time.


Other than that, it's pretty good. Sound cuts a bit here and there and the colours don't seem as vivid as they did on the original collection but that could just be my memory playing tricks on me.

You just have to press the upper right quarter of the touchpad. Which is exactly where R2 was. It's not as comfortably, but it's also not that bad
 
http://www.siliconera.com/2014/07/2...ails-four-classes-including-new-buster-class/

Has this been mentioned yet? Phantasy Star Nova Japanese demo in August and Famitsu info on the games classes translated by siliconera. Can't wait to try it, i'm itching for my Phantasy Star fix.

Edit: i'm blind and 2+2=5 posted it not far above me
TOTP: Save money for next week's Phantom Breaker Battle Grounds (Vita)!
No need to tell me, i've had money set aside for it since the start of the month. Can't wait!
My wallet weeps ;_;
Hmm.

I can't even buy the DLCs individually from PSN? Actually, are they available for sale individually from PSN? Can't check right now.
I'm not sure about the US PSN but i'm prettysure on the PAL one the extra content isn't available for sale without getting the game, which is odd considering there's always going to be pre-owned copys out in the wild.
 
Woooo hooooooooo! It finally arrived!

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This afternoon, I will mostly be transfarrrring.
 
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