Decker

Everyone, and I mean EVERYONE should buy Guacameelee at that price! It's my downloadable GOTY.

Still no word on whether you get a Pinball Arcade discount for owning the Season One tables on PS3 already, and no word on Cross-Buy or discount on the Vita version for previous owners of Terreria. Annoying, this late.

mattysemo247

I've passed up Guacameelee! before waiting for it to hit PS+, but that is pretty damn tempting. Really wish it worked with PS4 as well.

story

Probably going to switch out hard drives soon on my PS3. I have a PS3 Slim from 2011 and am wondering if I should switch out the 160GB that's nice and full with a SATA or SSD (if the price is comparable) and at 5400 or 7200 rpms. Any thoughts?

Decker

I bought this 750 GB HDD at 5400 rpms. It works beautifully and almost silently. It's a total deal at $50. My review is up there somewhere.

story

You wouldn't go 1TB for ~$25 more? Or is 1TB too much? I read somewhere the bigger drive can make for choppy game play - is that just nuts?

Noonan

I'd go with one of the hybrid drives for a PS3. It'll help with load times and is your best bang for your buck compared to a true SSD. Something like this:

http://www.amazon.com/Seagate-Moment..._syf_dtl_txt_7

Decker

I'd read something like that. Not sure if it's true. I will tell you that a 750 drive is HUGE, even for me, even keeping not only every PS Plus PS3 freebie, but a bunch of Vita stuff on there as well.
If there are lots of reviews that the 1 TB drives are working great in the PS3 Slims, go for it. But I can just confirm that $50 drive I bought works perfectly.

Decker

Okay at last we got our answer about what sort of a discount owners of PS3 Pinball Arcade get :

So half off + 10% Plus discount makes S1 tables $13.50. Good enough for me!

story

I found a 1TB hard drive for $61 on Amazon and put it in my cart, but didn't pull the trigger. A few hours later, it jumped up to $70. That price shifting nonsense is garbage.

mattysemo247

So what is the largest drive you can put in a PS3 and still have it operate OK? 1TB? 2TB? I'm almost full on my 320GB. The free PS+ games are taking up so much space!

story

New hard drive arrived today. However, every time I try to use the Backup Utility with either of my external hard drives (a 2TB Seagate and a 320GB Seagate, if that matters) it says "Connect storage media at the save destination." The 2TB is brand-new and the 320GB has plenty of space and I definitely know it's already FAT32 formatted. What am I dong wrong here?

story

I figured it out. Turns out it wasn't FAT32 formatted. Said it was but through another utility I found that it wasn't. Unfortunately, I downloaded some bloatware I'll have to hunt down and destroy on my system now before I found out Seagate has the Seagate DiscWizard to help do FAT32 formatting specifically for Seagate external drives.

Decker

Flash Sale!


Holiday Flash Sale Starts Now!

+ Posted by Pierre Gravereau // Director, Digital Distribution



See the full sale here

Happy Holidays, PlayStation Nation. I’m excited to announce that our Holiday Flash Sale starts right now. We’ve got a fantastic lineup of PS4, PS3 and PS Vita games on sale, with prices up to 50 percent off until 9 a.m. PT on Monday, December 23rd.

From LEGO Marvel Superheroes to Call Of Duty: Ghosts to Tearaway, PlayStation is bringing something fun for everyone this holiday. It’s been a little chilly outside, so grab some hot chocolate, curl up by the fire and get ready to stock up on some great games.

Check out the full lineup below:
Game Title Sale Price Original Price
Angry Birds Star Wars (PS4) 44.99 49.99
Batman Arkham Origins Blackgate (PS Vita) 19.99 39.99
Batman Arkham Origins (PS3) 29.99 59.99
Call of Duty: Ghosts (PS3) 44.99 59.99
Call of Duty: Ghosts Digital Hardened Edition (PS3) 99.99 119.99
Lego Marvel Superheroes (PS4) 39.99 59.99
Ratchet & Clank: Into the Nexus (PS3) 14.99 29.99
Soulcalibur II HD Online (PS3) 9.99 19.99
Tearaway (PS Vita) 17.99 35.99
The Amazing Spider-Man (PS Vita) 35.99 39.99
Trine 2: Complete Story (PS4) 14.99 19.99
WWE 2K14 (PS3) 39.99 59.99
XCOM: Enemy Within (PS3) 24.99 39.99
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Thank you Activision for some truly terrible deals. Saving 10% on the absurdly overprice Angry Birds SW for PS4 is bad enough, but asking $35.99 for The Amazing Spider-Man for the Vita???? That's a shoddy port of a bad movie that came out like 20 months ago. I got the 3DS version at Target for like $12 over a year ago, I think (for my son, not for me).

Decker

Got this email today. Really good deal -- it's not like we won't eventually spend $50 in out PSN Wallet, might as well get an extra $10 by funding it now with Paypal.



Details Here

Music

Just added $50 Thanks!

Decker

PlayStation Plus Weekly Update

Sonic & All-Stars Racing Transformed (PS Vita)

Free for PS Plus members
Sonic and the All-Stars cast line up on the starting grid once again to battle for supremacy in the ultimate race. It’s not just racing, it’s Racing Transformed! Bonus Edition also includes extra racer Metal Sonic, and bonus Outrun track!

PlayStation Plus: Discounts

PlayStation Plus Update 12-23-2013


Sale continues this week. Check out these deals:
Game Title PS Plus Price Regular Price
Castle of Illusion Starring Mickey Mouse $3.75 $14.99
DUCKTALES REMASTERED $7.19 $14.99
Disney Epic Mickey 2: The Power of Two $10.00 $39.99
Proteus $5.94 $13.99
Proteus Vita $5.94 $13.99
Dragon Fantasy Book I & II (bundle) $8.39 $19.99
Dragon Fantasy I $2.50 $9.99
Dragon Fantasy I Vita $2.50 $9.99
Dragon Fantasy II $7.34 $14.99
Dragaon Frantasy II Vita $7.34 $14.99
Hotline Miami $1.49 $9.99
Hotline Miami Vita $1.49 $9.99
DIABLO III $35.19 $59.99

Decker

Is Castle of Illusion worth $3.75? Anyone play the HD Update yet?

chase3001

Great prices for both Mickey games if you are a plus member.

XavierMike

Wonder if Epic Mickey includes the Vita version?

Decker

Wonder no more : It doesn't.

The only full retail games with Cross Buy are PSASBR and Sly Cooper Thieves in Time. And R&C FFA (which isn't really a full retail game, though it was sold on disc).

Brent L

People say that as horrible that Epic Mickey 2 is on the Wii U, it is even worse on the PS3 because of the controls. I have no clue if that's true but it makes sense to me.

EDIT:

How in the world did a Castle of Illusion HD remake get by me exactly? This if the first I've even heard of it. Consider it bought right this second.

EDIT:

When will these prices go live?

XavierMike

Thanks. Too bad though. I would have been willing to give it a spin at that price.

Decker

Tomorrow sometime, lately it's been late morning on the left coast, but it's oftentimes 3-5 PM PT before the store updates.

Decker

There's a Demo to check out, at least

story

So here's a question: if I'm playing a PSN mulitplayer game online like Grid 2 on my PS3, can I play it with a friend who has it from PSN but is playing on a PS4?

My guess is the answer is no but I think yes would be awesome.