Sony's efforts to mark down its PlayStation Network offerings enters week two and the deals to be had are even better than they were last week.
Last week we brought you word of Sony’s PlayStation Network holiday sale. In sum, the company plans to serve up a huge selection of discounts on over 40 different games each week until the end of 2012, with new games (and thus new deals) appearing to replace the old ones every seven days. While those aforementioned deals are largely now defunct, the company has rolled out a new selection of discounts, all of which can be found listed on the official PlayStation.blog.
Or, assuming you’re too lazy to click through that link, you can find the full list below:
Instant Game Collection
- Retro City Rampage (both PS3 & PS Vita)
Discounts
- Ratchet & Clank Future: Quest for Booty (30%) – PS Plus Price $7.35
- Galaga Legions DX (30%) – PS Plus Price $4.90
- Mortal Kombat (30%) – PS Plus Price $14.70
- Duke Nukem Forever (30%) – PS Plus Price $9.80
- Simpsons The Arcade Game (30%) – PS Plus Price $4.90
- Hot Shots Golf: World Invitational Vita (30%) – PS Plus Price $8.74
- Mafia II (30%) – PS Plus Price $9.80
- Killzone 3 Multiplayer (30%) – PS Plus Price $7.35
- Unit 13 (30%) – PS Plus Price $17.49
- Journey (30%) – PS Plus Price $7.35
- Papo & Yo (30%) – PS Plus Price $7.35
- Metal Gear Solid HD Collection (30%) – PS Plus Price $17.14
- Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater HD (30%) – PS Plus Price $7.34
- Starhawk (30%) – PS Plus Price $19.60
Last Chance (Leaving on 12/31)
- PS Vita Instant Game Collection – Jet Set Radio
- PS3 Instant Game Collection – BioShock 2
- Instant Game Collection – Bloodrayne Betrayal
- Discount – Music Unlimited Premium 1 Year Subscription
- Discount – Ratchet & Clank Future: Quest for Booty
- Discount – Galaga Legions DX
- Discount – Mortal Kombat
- Discount – Duke Nukem Forever
- Discount – Simpsons The Arcade Game
- Discount – Hot Shots Golf: World Invitational Vita
- Discount – Mafia II
- Discount – Killzone 3 Multiplayer
- Discount – Unit 13
- Discount – Journey
- Discount – Papo & Yo
- Discount – Metal Gear Solid HD Collection PS3
- Discount – Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater HD
- Discount – Starhawk
You’ll notice that helpfully, while the discounts from last week are technically no longer in effect, a number of them have been re-discounted for this week’s sale. Those would be the titles listed under the “Last Chance” section. Further, if you’re wondering what that “Instant Game Collection” heading refers to, that would be games that have been newly added to the list of titles available for free to PlayStation Plus subscribers. We’re specifically highlighting this as this week’s offering of Retro City Rampage should appeal to any PlayStation 3 or Vita owners. The game is a phenomenal parody of both classic 8-bit games and Grand Theft Auto-style open world titles, slathered in a thick coating of pop culture references. One mission might have you piloting the time-traveling phone booth seen in Bill & Ted’s Excellent Adventure, while another might see your character being beaten to death by the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. Now that’s it’s free you’ve got no excuse to miss out on one of the best indie games in recent memory.
As for the rest of the games, there are few caveats here. Obviously you need to own whichever bit of console hardware they appear on, and must have a functional Internet connection with which to connect to the PlayStation Network, but otherwise the only thing you need remember is that a PlayStation Plus account will grant you better discounts than not having one. The subscription will only set you back $50 per year, so if there are enough titles here that catch your eye, the purchase might be entirely subsidized by the amount of cash you could save in discounts. We’re sure that’s part of Sony’s marketing scheme, but it’s a clever scheme so we’re not going to fault the company for this plan.
Source : digitaltrends[dot]com
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