PlayStation®Store Games

[cwbypete]

Thanks for the response, may I...

1) 5 licenses. The game can be on 5 PS3's at any time. The disc cannot.

Is this 5 licenses, or 5 downloads? If it's downloads, then I'm still the only legal user of the lisence, which becomes worthless if I have to use them all for whatever (REALLY unlucky) reason.

2) The convenience of being able to take the game anywhere in the world by downloading it again instead of packing it.

The convenience of downloading 3GB onto a console that's not mine isn't as convenient as packing one blue ray.

3) It is yours permanently and does not get damaged.

Well you got me there, though I've yet to damage a physical disc (tip: keep out of reach of children)

4) if like me you have no working blu ray drive, it doesn't matter! The game will work!

That's am optimists victory, sir. But if the Blue ray drive goes, I'll replace it because I use the PS3 as a blue ray player.

5) You only have to wait as long as your internet connection allows you to and you have a retail game! No need to trek out to the shops

That's just lazy. And I'll happily take 20 minutes out of my day to save £11. If time=money, that would have me on £33 per hour. And even then, I'd STILL want tosave the £11!

Now I know it's overpriced. But you also have to remember the cost is down to some things:

1) Developers and Sony wanting to make money off it.

Of course, but this is fleecing.

2) Server costs.

If the infastructure of serving up a copy of this to one customer is £11, they're doing it wrong.

3) The RRP before either 1 or 2.7

Not sure what you mean here.

Where the competitor is the high street, you'd think they'd price accordingly. After all, less box's manuals and CD's to print mean less distribution costs and less plastics going into landfill, and you ease the problems inherant in the pre owned market.

[ArsenalMark]

Is this 5 licenses, or 5 downloads? If it's downloads, then I'm still the only legal user of the lisence, which becomes worthless if I have to use them all for whatever (REALLY unlucky) reason.

Unlimited downloads. But only on 5 PS3's at any time.

[ytevo79]

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thecabbage wrote:

It is a bit insulting when you think

1. As soon as you buy it it has a value of ZERO.

2. You can't lend it or gift it to anyone.

3. You can't sell it

4. You can't trade it in

5. You can't use it as a coaster once you've finished.

6. You can't admire the cover art

7. If your PS3 bricks it you've lost one of your 5.

8. if you decide to play it on future consoles (i.e ps4) you can't.

Considering the fact that digital code is precisely that and has no material worth or production costs, the prices on PSN are ludicrous.

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You missed the most important one out!!!

You cant sniff the manual!!!

It is scandalous especially when you think a lot of dev/pubs want a download only future. I don't think it will ever happen, people want something in their hands, not a file on a HDD!

And it could of been even worse! It could of been Mass Effect 2 for £48!!!

[EdwCarnby]

Yeah Mass Effect 2's pricing on the store is just criminal. I'll wait a year. Who knows if we're lucky they'll drop it down to 47.99?

[Mikal_Drey]

hey hey

my son bougha  game for a tenner :'(   i only found out because it emailed me to confirm the purchase. since then I have always required a password at checkout. PROBLEM SOLVED

I think there is some confusion about the 5 Activations.

The activations are there incase you replace or upgrade your console and do not deactivate them or for some weird and insane reason you own 5 ps3's  IT IS NOT for you and 4 others as that is game sharing and against the T&C. 

You may download an unlimited number of times as the game will permanently be in your download list. THIS IS YOUR download list.  Taking it round to a friends and activating his console to play the game is ok. as long as you remove your details and remove the game.

a disc can be played, traded, shared, passed round at work and eventually resold and noone will even flutter an eyelid. Game sharing will however; get you banned.

@OP it could be worse

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-kent-12393233

[ytevo79]

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Mikal_Drey wrote:

hey hey

my son bougha  game for a tenner :'(   i only found out because it emailed me to confirm the purchase. since then I have always required a password at checkout. PROBLEM SOLVED

I think there is some confusion about the 5 Activations.

The activations are there incase you replace or upgrade your console and do not deactivate them or for some weird and insane reason you own 5 ps3's  IT IS NOT for you and 4 others as that is game sharing and against the T&C. 

You may download an unlimited number of times as the game will permanently be in your download list. THIS IS YOUR download list.  Taking it round to a friends and activating his console to play the game is ok. as long as you remove your details and remove the game.

a disc can be played, traded, shared, passed round at work and eventually resold and noone will even flutter an eyelid. Game sharing will however; get you banned.

@OP it could be worse

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-kent-12393233

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Its more the latter. Like MB has 3 PS3's (I'm positive he has). One at home home, one at home (where he works) and one at work if you get what I mean as he works in London but isn't from there so travels.

[QuietlyWrong]

On the subject of overpriced games, there are a few reasons, but these are the most salient:

0. Publishers want to make as big a profit as possible.

1. If publishers offer the game much cheaper on the online store than in shops then the major retailers (Game) will remove the game from their shelves. Until online sales come anywhere near high street sales, Game and other retail chains will hold this over the publishers.

2. There's no competition - you have to get the game from Sony's store or not at all. This is a huge downer. Look at Steam - you'd think they'd have all those amazing sale prices if there were no competition in the PC arena?

3. People, and I mean loads of people, though perhaps not represented on the forums, are prepared to pay stupid prices for online games. Don't believe me? When Mass Effect 2 was released on the Playstation Store (in North America) it shot into the top ten purchased games for that month. Go figure. Now also consider point 0 again...