Comments on: Pata-post Friday Presents: Rumors are True! Patapon 2 is Going Digital!

By: electric_insect

electric_insect — Thu, 07 May 2009 01:55:02 +0000

Sony… you lied to me. You cheated me. I am oh so angry and disappointed.
You went all digital download on this one, without making it painfully clear. This wasn’t advertised clearly, and I hate you for it. I was expecting a physical disk. I got a piece of paper. Why did you even bother to put it in a plastic game case? Why did you choose this great game for your digital distribution? You owe us Sony. I want my Patapon 2 UMD disk. I paid for a Patapon 2 game disk. Sorry Sony, you screwed up. Fix it.

By: Courtney214

Courtney214 — Thu, 30 Apr 2009 19:33:29 +0000

Well I just got back from the store for my pre-order refund. This is stupid.

- I share my games with my boyfriend, so now we have to get 2 copies?
- So if my computer crashes and I lose my data I have to buy the game again?
- What if I’m done with the game and want to sell it?
- So all the thousands of people who pre-ordered the game will all be online downloading it May 5th. I doubt your server is prepared.

I don’t see an advantage. You tell us it’s a download without any sort of customer support or questions answered. If it’s that I don’t have to go to a store, well I can can something shipped to my door. In fact I think I will buy it off ebay right now.

SOOO STUPID.

By: Nisorin

Nisorin — Mon, 27 Apr 2009 02:11:38 +0000

This, is very much disappointing. I’ve been getting along with a 1 gig memory card, obviously haven’t bought anything from the online store, simply not enough room. I was banking on this being a UMD game. I just do not have the money to spend on buying the game ($20 pre-ordered from Game Stop), and a new memory card (apparently $30 for a 4 gig MSPD from Best Buy).

I was really looking forward to this game too, especially after playing the demo. Makes me sad. *frowns*

Also, regarding the demo, aren’t they supposed to be for advertising purposes? If so, what was the point of making the North American demo available only after pre-ordering the game? Seems to defeat the purpose, in my point of view.

Quite disappointing, Sony, for not covering all your bases and at least offering the DD and UMD, to accommodate all your customers. It makes me seriously wonder just what’s going on in there…

By: Green-Elf

Green-Elf — Fri, 24 Apr 2009 16:01:29 +0000

I had pre-paid for my copy but i canceled it.

I’ll be importing my copy, thanks. DD only for the US? I’ll just go somewhere else to get my UMD.

It’s just another example of Sony treating every user like a criminal.

By: Eriktron77

Eriktron77 — Wed, 22 Apr 2009 18:08:14 +0000

but in the end i still want patapon 2 so i am going to buy it but watch out one virus or curruption and i am NEVER buying psp games AGAIN!

By: Eriktron77

Eriktron77 — Wed, 22 Apr 2009 18:02:53 +0000

I agree buzzy42 i want a UMD i am just glad i never preoderd it and if i wanted it digital i woulld just buy it from UK right now.

By: Buzzy42

Buzzy42 — Wed, 22 Apr 2009 03:46:27 +0000

Count me in– or out, as the case may be– as a buyer as well. Digital downloads pretty much destroy the concept of ownership. For cheap (say <$5) games on a console it’s one thing and I kind of hold my nose and very occasionally buy from PSN, but for full on games– absolutely no way. There are too many things that can go wrong, there is no collectability/resale value (I don’t buy games just to collect, but I DO appreciate the fact the games I do buy are a physical object), and what happens if Sony decides to stop supporting the PSP DRM? I know, it SOUNDS unlikely, but ask people with large libraries of music from Walmart or Microsoft music how things are going.

A UMD will work as long as you take care of it and have a working PSP 1000/2000/3000 model.. ANY PSP. A digital download won’t keep working forever.

I’ll be importing this from the UK or just going Pon-less. And if the next PSP goes UMD-less, well, I guess my PSP game purchasing days are over.

By: BaronBrain

BaronBrain — Wed, 22 Apr 2009 03:01:30 +0000

I just wanted to mention that Sony’s Media Manager is NOT necessarily a viable alternative to internet access like several folks have mentioned earlier. The problem is that the Media Manager is a PC-only application — NO MAC SUPPORT WHATSOEVER. Mac users without internet access have no easy way of accessing the PSN Store and are completely S.O.L. Consumers are NOT going to want to spend an additional $200-$400 for PC emulation software just for the privilege of accessing the PSN store. (And please keep any anti-Mac discrimination to yourselves…)

Any just to reiterate what I mentioned in last week’s “Pata-post Friday”, I too have cancelled my pre-order for PATAPON 2. No UMD = No Sale. I want a physical medium that I can still play for the next 20+ years…

By: namakemono456

namakemono456 — Tue, 21 Apr 2009 17:40:39 +0000

You can redownload games from the PSN an unlimited amount of times, so whats the big fuss about?

And I for one pre ordered the game under the notion that I would be given a game, NOT specifically a UMD.

I hope that DDL becomes standard, the payoff from solid state media has far surpassed disk drives.

By: starburst121

starburst121 — Tue, 21 Apr 2009 04:50:21 +0000

This is great news for me, I think you guys should do it for all of the new games! Now you need to release some Ps2 classics for the systems, just tweak the controls so they would work well. I’d love some Jak and Daxter!