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By: mikko

mikko — Tue, 29 Jul 2008 18:00:22 +0000

when.. when!!!! when can i be able to download Symphony of The Night from the Swedish store….. im not writing eu shop cos there aint no such thing… and while im on the subject… it’s a fucking disgrace that when i buy addons for Buzz from the store theyre all in fucking swedish and i cant access them when my systemlanguage is english. Online play suddenly became Neighbourhood play… that’s so funny in fact i stopped playing buzz ps3… i will not accept this shit treatment (thats what it is!) any longer.. fuck borders, fuck language barriers.. if i want to play in english, no matter where i am, i should be able to.. THAT’S HD, THAT IS NEXT GEN!. what i am going through now is the death of my videogame interest.. the death of my sonysupport.. (i’m not waiting ’til next-next-gen.)

By: Mr. Monkey

Mr. Monkey — Tue, 29 Jul 2008 10:48:10 +0000

….also you can’t seem to choose episodes on the BR
they are greyed-out

& if you turn captions off, it will still show Japanese dialogue with subs (bonus)

By: Mr. Monkey

Mr. Monkey — Tue, 29 Jul 2008 10:26:21 +0000

My Siren import has arrived, 5 gig mandatory install (installing now)
The manual and back of the box is in Chinese, but there is a fold-out sheet with the controls in English

I also got the soundtrack going to listen to it tonight
£27 well spent…

By: Mike

Mike — Tue, 29 Jul 2008 04:16:11 +0000

Sony - put the price on the small games back to £4.99.

For a fiver, I don’t care if it’s not my cup of tea, but £6.99 for echocrome? Really?

Come on………

STOP FUCKING US OVER SCEE

By: fanpages

fanpages — Mon, 28 Jul 2008 12:36:15 +0000

@44 [Demibeard]:

I did backup my hard drive prior to installing Firmware release 2.41 (given the issues with the earlier 2.40 version). I haven’t tried to restore the contents, so I’m not sure if this would be the case or not, but do you know if you can selectively restore one title, or one (saved game) file, or do you have to restore the entire image?

@45 [mobiletone]:

I’m sure “SCEE” have a game-plan with regards revenue & the local market forces; it just seems to not be clear & consistent with the other territories.

I’m certainly in agreement with you regarding the pricing policy. If they wish to alienate owners in Europe/the UK so that they feel the need to go to the US, or Japan, or any other region, then they are certainly achieving their goals.

That said, however, there are pros & cons to having one large worldwide distribution model/global PlayStation Store. The obvious benefit is that we all have the same content available (regardless of suitability/relevance… I’m not that keen on seeing American Football & Baseball titles, for instance), but we would all have issues with connectively if the global servers had failed.

Equally, the US would get narked that they had to wait for legal clearance in all regions with regards sanctioning content for distribution & waiting for video games ratings agencies to approve releases, but (demo versions of) titles developed in one particular region (e.g. “Siren: New Translation”, or “Gran Turismo”) would then be available globally far quicker than we are currently seeing.

As for card payment commissions, some retailers are charged up to 8 or 9%, but yes, there is still a long way between £4.99 & £6.99.

That said, I wouldn’t buy “echoChrome” or “PixelJunk Eden” even if they were £2.99.

“Elefunk” was probably priced just about right.

“PixelJunk Monsters” & “Pain” were very cheap for the hours of enjoyment I have gained.

“Tekken 5 Dark Resurrection” started off at an introductory offer price for a pre-defined period. Perhaps this pricing model should be adopted more frequently?

BFN,

fp.

By: thefamouskevin

thefamouskevin — Sun, 27 Jul 2008 16:39:03 +0000

After some thinking about it, I downloaded the full Siren game. Haven’t played it yet, but I’m looking forward to it later. Also got the Eden demo from the US store and really liked it. However, SCEE should know I’m not interested in this game at £7, I’m not going to pay more for anything than I think it is worth. That’s the reason I went from being keen on Echochrome to not getting it. I know I’m just one man, but I’d rather read a book and not feel robbed than pay £7 for a short game.

By: reakt

reakt — Sat, 26 Jul 2008 15:31:49 +0000

Further to my previous post - re:awesomeness of Eden demo - I wrote a very brief review here: http://www.crookedconsole.com/2008/07/eden-demo-impression.html

By: cr8ck3r5

cr8ck3r5 — Sat, 26 Jul 2008 11:08:01 +0000

I’m finding Siren a lot of fun. Definitely recommend getting all the chapters in one bundle for £20, you can download the episodes in 12 parts and delete/redownload completed episodes; so if you’re limited on disk space/bandwidth it’s not a problem. Although I don’t find it particularly scary (so far that is. I’ve just finished episode 3), it is gripping and fun to play.