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Playstation Store 11/05/09 – Military Madness: Nectaris (US) | Numblast (US)

S

Speevy

Banned
TheSeks said:
lol wut?

New PSX games were always $40.
New X-box/PS2/Gamecube games were always $50.
New 360/PS3 games are $60.

Why would the PSP be any different because it's 5 years old?
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Average price.


In the case of the PS2, most games sold after 2006 (even new ones) were less than $49.99.
 
N

noonche

Member
Erdrick said:
Wow... the demo for Nectaris/MM really turned me off for some reason. Odd, since I love it on the TG-16 and the PS1 remake as well. I just could not get into it for whatever reason. The screen seems so cluttered or something. By all rights, I should still love the game... but I don't.

I have the TG-16 version on the Wii VC, so I guess I'll just stick with that. Sad to say.
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Yeah, this version seems to be pretty bad.
* The music is terrible, the remixed music is awful, awful, awful. Furthermore they interrupt the music for a lame battle theme which means that you wind up hearing the first 10 seconds of each sides music over and over and over. :(
* Even set to fast movement and battles aren't as fast as they should be. Instant provides no feedback. The old battles where great. :(
* The interface stutters all over the place, moving guys, attacking guys, ending a turn. It's just for a moment but it's noticable and really annoying. :(
* The graphics in the game are overly busy and wind up being ugly because of it. :(

What a huge disappointment. :( :( :(
 
K

kassatsu

Banned
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► PS3
○ TV Show King Price Drop (now $6.99)
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► PSP
○ Mercury Bundle (now $9.99)

Qore

► Episode 18
○ ModNation Racers
○ Assassian's Creed II
○ ILM
○ Freebies: Themes

Demos

► Military Madness: Nectaris
○ $9.99

► MotorStorm Arctic Edge (PSP)
○ 48 MB

► Trine
○ 234 MB

PS3 Games

► Military Madness: Nectaris
○ $9.99

► Numblast
○ $4.99

Game Archives

► PSone
○ Gex ($5.99)

PSP Games

► Full Games
○ Ben 10: Alien Force - The Game ($19.99)
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○ Class of Heroes ($39.99)
○ Crimson Room: Reverse ($7.99)
○ Creature Defense ($7.99)
○ Dissidia Final Fantasy ($39.99)
○ Dungeon Maker: Hunting Ground ($14.99)
○ Ghostbusters The Video Game PSP ($29.99)
○ Numblast ($4.99)
○ Star Wars Battlefront: Elite Squadron PSP ($29.99)
○ Star Wars Clone Wars: Republic Heroes ($29.99)

Add-ons

► Brütal Legend
○ Hextadon Map Pack (free for 2 weeks)

► Dragon Age: Origins
○ Stone Prisoner ($14.99)
○ Warden’s Keep ($6.99)

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♪ Fake Friends by Joan Jett and the Blackhearts

► Rock Band Unplugged (PSP)
○ Singles ($1.99 each)
♪ Toxicity by System of a Down
♪ Waking The Demon by Bullet For My Valentine

► topatoi
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○ Weapons DLC

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► NIER
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○ PSP Trailer
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► Pulse
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○ DarkMatter Quadrilogy PSP Theme Pack ($4.49)
○ Roadkill – Animal PSP Theme ($1.49)
○ Roadkill – Human PSP Theme ($1.49)
 
M

mattiewheels

And then the LORD David Bowie saith to his Son, Jonny Depp: 'Go, and spread my image amongst the cosmos. For every living thing is in anguish and only the LIGHT shall give them reprieve.'
i'm glad to see class of heroes up there, but $40?! it should be $30, right?
 
K

kaching

"GAF's biggest wanker"
TheSeks said:
lol wut?
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Speevy already pointed it out - on average, later in the life cycle of a console, fewer games coming out at the premium price, more games coming out at lower prices. I'm not saying games absolutely stop coming out at the premium price.

Also, it's not as if the premium pricing for PSP games has done software sales much good. They've had five years to make PSP games appealing at $40, and it hasn't really taken.

'Course in this particular case, it's an FF game that spawned the discussion so maybe it's insulated from the normal sales issues PSP games have had.
 
Dice

Dice

Pokémon Parentage Conspiracy Theorist
I've decided it. I'm getting a PSP Go in 2 weeks. They better put Crisis Core on this thing before I get through the other games I plan on getting.
 
D

Darkpen

Banned
Wow, I don't know why, but Nier's trailer does not appeal to me as much as the Nier Gestalt one did. The Gestalt trailer totally played off of my senses, while the Nier trailer feels like an insult to western gamers.
 
N

naib

Member
I loved Military Madness on the TG16. Bought it on WiiWare but never really played it.

What's the verdict on Nectaris?
 
K

kassatsu

Banned
October Top 10 from Pulse
  1. FF7
  2. Zombie Apocalypse
  3. TMNT Turtles in Time Reshelled
  4. .deTuned
  5. Uno
  6. Gran Turismo PSP
  7. Marvel vs Capcom 2
  8. Ratchet & Clank Future: Quest For Booty
  9. Critter Crunch
  10. God of War Chains of Olympus

Go Critter Crunch!
 
B

Blablurn

Member
kassatsu said:
October Top 10 from Pulse
  1. FF7
  2. Zombie Apocalypse
  3. TMNT Turtles in Time Reshelled
  4. .deTuned
  5. Uno
  6. Gran Turismo PSP
  7. Marvel vs Capcom 2
  8. Ratchet & Clank Future: Quest For Booty
  9. Critter Crunch
  10. God of War Chains of Olympus

Go Critter Crunch!
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FF VII has some nice legs.
 
J

jvm

Gamasutra.
TheSeks said:
lol wut?

New PSX games were always $40.
New X-box/PS2/Gamecube games were always $50.
New 360/PS3 games are $60.

Why would the PSP be any different because it's 5 years old?
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No, that was not always the case. Early on there were $60, $50, and $40 PS1 games. While N64 games skewed higher in price than PS1 games, it is simply not true that they were always $40 or even below $50.

If I have to get out my old magazines and scan in the advertisements, I will.
 
W

Winterblink

Member
Hmmm, Elite Squadron.. *ponders* Anyone getting this? Never owned a portable battlefront yet, I heard this one might be worth it.
 
S

squall211

Member
Callibretto said:
as long as ff vii keep showing up in top 10 list, I don't think we'll ever see ff viii on us psn store =(
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Has there been any mention of how many times FFVII has been downloaded since it's release on PSN?
 
S

SolidSnakex

Member
squall211 said:
Has there been any mention of how many times FFVII has been downloaded since it's release on PSN?
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Two weeks after its release it had already sold over 100k. That's the only numbers that have been given tough. And that's just the US sales, not the Japanese sales where it sat at #1 for quite a while.
 
yankee666

yankee666

Member
Callibretto said:
as long as ff vii keep showing up in top 10 list, I don't think we'll ever see ff viii on us psn store =(
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Nah, FF VII was Nº 1 in japan PSN and they released FF VIII, wich by the way is Nº 1 now :lol .
I dont see why they woulndt release it, easy money imo.
 
L

levious

That throwing stick stunt of yours has boomeranged on us.
Speevy said:
Average price.


In the case of the PS2, most games sold after 2006 (even new ones) were less than $49.99.
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yup, plus many first party PS2 games were launched at $40
 
S

squall211

Member
yankee666 said:
Nah, FF VII was Nº 1 in japan PSN and they released FF VIII, wich by the way is Nº 1 now :lol .
I dont see why they woulndt release it, easy money imo.
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Let's hope they release it sooner rather than later. Then they can get to the real gem of the PS1 era, FFIX. :)
 
D

DigitalDevil

Member
I'll be getting Numblast (my wife and I love puzzle games) as well as Gex. Even though the 3DO version was by far the best, this game is still a great one!
 
G

Gamecocks625

Member
How is FFVII? Are there loading times, have the graphics held up over the years, i sit RPG-newbie friendly, etc.? I'm not much of a RPG fan (I did enjoy Chrono Trigger, though), but I'm kind of tempted to pull the trigger on this one.
 
P

Ponn

Banned
Callibretto said:
as long as ff vii keep showing up in top 10 list, I don't think we'll ever see ff viii on us psn store =(
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Right, because having number 1 AND number 2 doesn't make them any money.

I think we should be use to those in charge of PSN making non-sensical decisons by now though. Still frustrating to put up with the BS though. The handling of PSN is what single handedly scares me to death of an all Digital future.
 
A

Aru

Member
Gamecocks625 said:
How is FFVII? Are there loading times, have the graphics held up over the years, i sit RPG-newbie friendly, etc.? I'm not much of a RPG fan (I did enjoy Chrono Trigger, though), but I'm kind of tempted to pull the trigger on this one.
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Not sure you'll like the graphics if you didn't play it back at the time.
The pre-rendered backgrounds still look good, but the rest has aged a lot.

The loading times are pretty much non-existant.
 
E

Edeuinu

Member
Oh hey Cromulent_Word, buddy of mine came over last night to watch Fringe and then I threw him a controller and loaded up Critter Crunch, he never played it before, it's a BLAST local co-op. Seriously one of the best times I've had in a local co-op game. Good work.
 
C

Cromulent_Word

Member
Edeuinu said:
Oh hey Cromulent_Word, buddy of mine came over last night to watch Fringe and then I threw him a controller and loaded up Critter Crunch, he never played it before, it's a BLAST local co-op. Seriously one of the best times I've had in a local co-op game. Good work.
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Thanks! We really wanted to do co-op from the start, but we were never sure if it would turn out... since most puzzle games don't have co-op we were afraid it was for a reason. In the end we're really happy with how it turned out, and it's great to hear people are enjoying it.
 
L

levious

That throwing stick stunt of yours has boomeranged on us.
Cromulent_Word said:
Thanks! We really wanted to do co-op from the start, but we were never sure if it would turn out... since most puzzle games don't have co-op we were afraid it was for a reason. In the end we're really happy with how it turned out, and it's great to hear people are enjoying it.
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Wiiware Tetris has a cool co op mode
 
G

Gamecocks625

Member
Winterblink said:
Hmmm, Elite Squadron.. *ponders* Anyone getting this? Never owned a portable battlefront yet, I heard this one might be worth it.
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Yeah I'm interested in hearing about this one as well.

EDIT: ah screw it, I just bought it. The Star Wars nerd deep down in me couldn't resist.
 
J

jvm

Gamasutra.
PTCoakley said:
Just picked up a Go so I'm hoping we get Dracula X Chronicles in the next update since Japan just got it.
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I checked the official SCEA schedule and it's listed as the week after Lumines 1 & 2 hit the PSP store!
 
S

SiegfriedFM

Member
Gamecocks625 said:
Yeah I'm interested in hearing about this one as well.

EDIT: ah screw it, I just bought it. The Star Wars nerd deep down in me couldn't resist.
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Poor soul. It's decently fun in ship battles but EXTREMELY similar all the way through. Ground battles - rush for ion cannon - take out shields on cruiser - rush to ship - fly off planet - enter cruiser - button mash core to bits. Or you can just grind enemies with target lock until you get enough points.

Also, the textures are barely PSone quality and the framerate is hovering at around 10 fps at all times. Poor camera and control. Great music (duh). At least I can sell my copy.
 
D

DMeisterJ

Banned
PSone in 2009 update:

► PSone Classics NA 2009 - 40

○Blood Omen
○Bloody Roar
○Bowling
○CoolBoarders 2
○CoolBoarders 3
○Final Fantasy VII
○Final Fantasy Tactics
○Ford Racing
○Gex
○Gex 3: Deep Cover Gecko
○Jumpins Flash 2
○King of Fighters 99
○Medal of Honor
○Medal of Honor: Underground
○Metal Gear Solid
○Mobile Light Force
○Nuclear Strike
○Oddworld: Abe’s Oddysee
○Oddworld: Abe’s Exodus
○Pandemonium!
○Resident Evil
○R Type Delta
○Silent Hill
○Sim City 2000
○Spec Ops: Airborne Commando
○Spec Ops: Covert Assault
○Spec Ops: Ranger Elite
○Spec Ops: Stealth Patrol
○Spyro 2: Ripto's Rage
○Spyro: Year of the Dragon
○Street Fighter Alpha 2
○Syphon Filter 2
○Ten Pin Alley
○Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six
○Tomb Raider
○Tomb Raider 2
○Tomb Raider 3
○Tomb Raider: The Last Revelation
○Um Jammer Lammy
○Wild Arms 2
○XS Junior Soccer League

► PSone Classics EU 2009 - 12

○A Bug's Life
○Championship Bass
○Creatures 3: Raised in Space
○Disney's Hercules: Action Game
○Final Fantasy VII
○Future Cop: L.A.P.D.
○Hi-Octane
○James Pond 2: Codename Robocod
○Magic Carpet
○Party Time with Winnie the Pooh
○Street Sk8er 2
○The Little Mermaid 2

► PSone Classics JP 2009 - 64

○1 on 1
○Advanced V.G.
○Angel Alliance
○Arubarea No Otome
○Assault Suits Valken 2
○Carnage Hearts EZ
○Chaos Break Episode from "Chaos Heat"
○Cho Aniki: Kyukyoku Muteki Ginga Saikyo Otoko
○Chocobo Racing
○Deception III: Dark Delusion
○Dream Generation: Koi Ka? Shigoto Ka!?
○Epica Stella
○Farland Saga: Toki no Michishirube
○Farland Story: Yottsu no Fuuin
○Final Fantasy I
○Final Fantasy II
○Final Fantasy Tactics
○Final Fantasy VII International Version
○Final Fantasy VIII
○Fire Pro Wrestling G
○Fish Eyes 2
○Front Mission 3
○G Police
○Gaia Seed
○Gakkou wo Tsukuro!! 2
○Gakkou wo Tsukuro!! Let's Make a School
○Grandia
○Guardian's Crusade
○Himitsu Sentai Metamor V DX
○Japan Pro Mahjong: Shin - Tetsuman
○Kula World
○Langrisser 1 & 2
○Lucifer Ring
○Lunar Wing
○Lunatic Dawn Odyssey
○Mahoutsukai ni Naru Houhou
○Megaman
○Megaman 2
○Mikagura Shoujo Tanteidan
○Monster Rancher Hop-A-Bout
○Neo Atlas 2
○Nihon Pro Maajan Renmei Kounin Doujou Yaburi
○Outlaws of the Lost Dynasty
○Pandora Max Series Vol 5 – Gochachiru
○PMS Vol 3. Rubbish Blazon
○PMS Vol 4 - Catch! Kimochi Sensation
○Pop'n Pop
○Populous: The Beginning
○Rapid Racer
○Saikyou Toudai Shogi
○Side Pocket 3
○Tall Twins Tower
○Tantei Jinguuji Saburou: Mikan no Rupo
○Tantei Jinguuji Saburou: Kagaribi ga Kienu Mani
○Tecmo Stackers
○Theme Hospital
○Theme Park
○Theme park Aquarium
○TILK - Aoi Umi kara Kita Shoujo
○Urawaza Mahjong: Korette Tenwatte Yatsukai
○Vagrant Story
○Yamasa Digi Guide Umekagetsu
○Zeus Carnage Heart Second
○Zeus II Carnage Heart

New titles in bold.

SCEA - Gex :lol

SCEE - Winnie the motherfucking Pooh :lol :lol :lol F U kebbs

SCEJ - Nada

Give me FFVIII Grace Chen!
 
K

kassatsu

Banned
DMeisterJ said:
PSone in 2009 update:

SCEA - Gex :lol

SCEE - Winnie the motherfucking Pooh :lol :lol :lol F U kebbs

SCEJ - Nada

Give me FFVIII Grace Chen!
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Remember not too long ago this was the picture

psone.png


mrhicks.jpg
 
Erdrick

Erdrick

Member
naib said:
I loved Military Madness on the TG16. Bought it on WiiWare but never really played it.

What's the verdict on Nectaris?
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Check my earlier post above in this thread, along with alske's post. We are both (I assume) longtime fans of the series and this remake just... did not click for me. Stick with the TG-16 version or the PS1 version. (I really liked that more than this one. It was more faithful to the original, esp since you could turn off the animations and the extra maps were killer. Also the music was not rendered useless like this newer version's is.)

I dunno, it just feels wrong to me, and what was a must buy for me after the demo was a must-avoid now.

(I really wish I never sold my PS1 copy of Nectaris now.)
 
D

DMeisterJ

Banned
kassatsu said:
Remember not too long ago this was the picture

http://trollingis.srsfkn.biz/psnstore/psone.png[IMG]

[IMG]http://trollingis.srsfkn.biz/psnstore/mrhicks.jpg[IMG][/QUOTE]

Oh yeah, SCEA has come a long way, but let's be clear, all of SCE is being very generous with the term 'classics'... In my mind, they've released 40 PSone games, and about 10 classics... And SCEE has released one classic...

It is mind bottling how SCEA and SCEE have switched positions and went from high out put to no output (SCEE) and from no output to really high output (SCEA)... Let's hope they learn the meaning of the word 'classic' though... x_x
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G

Gamecocks625

Member
jvm said:
I checked the official SCEA schedule and it's listed as the week after Lumines 1 & 2 hit the PSP store!
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I almost jumped out of my chair. Holy crap don't do that again :lol

SiegfriedFM said:
Poor soul. It's decently fun in ship battles but EXTREMELY similar all the way through. Ground battles - rush for ion cannon - take out shields on cruiser - rush to ship - fly off planet - enter cruiser - button mash core to bits. Or you can just grind enemies with target lock until you get enough points.

Also, the textures are barely PSone quality and the framerate is hovering at around 10 fps at all times. Poor camera and control. Great music (duh). At least I can sell my copy.
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ah crap. Oh well, I assume it was the best out of the 3 battlefront options on PSN. I loved the first Battlefront.
 
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