This week, PS Plus members can download one of the most full-featured portable fighters in history: Soul Calibur: Broken Destiny. It’s also week 3 of Spring Fever, which means a new indie title — Thomas Was Alone (with a launch week discount for PS Plus members) and a Resident Evil franchise sale. Read on, and let us know what you think in the comments.
April 23rd PlayStation Plus Update
Soul Calibur: Broken Destiny (PSP, Supported on PS Vita)
PSN Price: $39.99, Free for PS Plus members
SPRING FEVER – Thomas Was Alone (PS3 and PS Vita – Cross Buy Enabled)
20% Discount for PS Plus members (PSN Price: $9.99; PS Plus Price: $7.99)
SPRING FEVER – Resident Evil Franchise Sale (PS3, PSP with PS Vita Support)
Up to 65% Discounts for PS Plus Members
Discounts
| Game | Normal Price | Sale Price | Plus Price |
| Resident Evil 4 (PS3) | $19.99 | $13.99 | $9.79 |
| Resident Evil Director’s Cut (PS one Classic) | $9.99 | $4.99 | $3.49 |
| Resident Evil 2 (PS one Classic) | $5.99 | $2.99 | $2.09 |
| Resident Evil 6 (PS3) | $29.99 | $20.99 | $14.69 |
| Resident Evil 3: Nemesis (PS one Classic) | $5.99 | $2.99 | $2.09 |
| Resident Evil 5 Gold Edition (PS3) | $29.99 | $20.99 | $14.69 |
| Resident Evil Code: Veronica X (PS3) | $19.99 | $13.99 | $9.79 |
| Resident Evil Operation Raccoon City (PS3) | $39.99 | $27.99 | $19.59 |
| RESIDENT EVIL THE DARKSIDE CHRONICLES (PS3) | $14.99 | $10.49 | $7.34 |
| RESIDENT EVIL THE UMBRELLA CHRONICLES (PS3) | $14.99 | $10.49 | $7.34 |
Last Chance (Leaving on 4/30)
Instant Game Collection
Disgaea 3: Absence of Detention (PS Vita)
Discounts
Resident Evil 4 (PS3)
Resident Evil Director’s Cut (PS one Classic)
Resident Evil 2 (PS one Classic)
Resident Evil 6 (PS3)
Resident Evil 3: Nemesis (PS one Classic)
Resident Evil 5 Gold Edition (PS3)
Resident Evil Code: Veronica X (PS3)
Resident Evil Operation Raccoon City (PS3)
RESIDENT EVIL THE DARKSIDE CHRONICLES (PS3)
RESIDENT EVIL THE UMBRELLA CHRONICLES (PS3)
You’ll find all the content detailed above with their Plus benefits active when PlayStation Store updates on April 23rd.
What are you most excited for this week? What do you think could be better? Leave your comments below, or, if you’re looking to engage with more of the PS community, head over to the PlayStation Community Forums to discuss this week’s news, find other topics to contribute your thoughts to, or start one for yourself. See you in the comments!
@Morgan
Gonna have to agree with the rest here, I didn’t spend $250 on a Vita to play PSP games, I bought it to play console quality (dual stick, trophy games). While I don’t mind the odd PSP game, lately it’s been more PSP then it has been Vita. Sony is relying on their catalog way too much when they should be pushing the envelope with bigger better brighter.
Part of the problem seems to be a lack of Vita catalog, maybe due to actual programming issues, not enough dev teams, etc. numerous possibilities to that end. But Sony could solve this problem simply by opening up the Vita to be able to run PSN games (PSN, NOT PS3!)….even if by emulation, this would resolve a lot as Vita users would have a huge library of console quality games with vibrant color schemes. TMNT:Turtles in Time Re-Shelled, Castle Crashers, Journey, etc, would be available to play (thanks to 2nd axis control, 6 axis tilt controls, and rear touch pad for button mapping). Sony would then be able to contine on its current trend with PS3, PSN, PSP & PSV games given out under plus and “extend the love” to PSP permanently then.
I pay $50 a year +3mo! I deserve a new PS3 game every week for the whole year. Make it happen Sony! Or else I’m defecting to Sony EU. :)
I don’t envy you guys on the other side.
I think this is 4 straight bad weeks. I signed up for a year membership when spec ops and vanquish were available for free and they had that special deal going on ($50 for 15 months and $10 credit back). After that, I feel like ps+ duped me and put out low quality “free” psn games and bad deals. I guess they got my money so why even try to entice new customers…… Another Resident Evil sale special? I feel like there was already a Resident Evil sale special just a couple months ago. Cmon MAN!
i’m a little underwhelmed honestly, the discount on RE6 is nice, but overall it’s a bit lacking compared to the games that euro psn is giving out.
I’m sure Sony would love to add Vita games every week folks. We still have Zombie Tycoon II free next week. For Vita and PS3….on the day of release. That’s pretty sick. :D There just aren’t enough vita titles to be putting something into the IGC every week. There are so many awesome psp titles out there as well that I welcome the additions. We got Disgaea 3 last month! That’s an amazing title for the Vita with insane replay!
I think I will pick up Resident Evil 6. Only for Leon campaign, Chris’s campaign was terrible, Ada was a mix, and the other one was ok. I never played Resident Evil Operation Raccoon City I have only heard terrible things about it. To anyone who has played it is it worth pick up for $20 or should I still just pass on it as well?
Hey if you can’t give us ANY good game,at least give us some good discounts on new/older releases.I’m fed with all those crappy games that you keep releasing every month.Look at PS+ EU ,they get at least 1 good(new) game every month.What do we get?Demon’s Souls and some 3 years old PSP games.I don’t even own a PSP or a Vita and I don’t intend to buy one.
In response to Morgan’s request for feedback on PSP as part of PS Plus: KEEP DOING IT.
However, I agree: Too many fighters. The thing with fighters is that it takes being good at them to understand just what makes any of them stand out against each other, gimmicks aside. And to be good at them more often than not requires being good at button combos, which I’m decidedly poor at.
PSP games I’d love to see in the IGC include:
– Assassin’s Creed; Bloodlines
– Bonk’s Adventure
– Castlevania: The Dracula X Chronicles (you already offered SotN from PS1C)
– Crash games
– Dead Head Fred (dark, noir comedy? count me in!)
– Death Jr. games (see above, I suppose)
– echoshift
– Final Fantasy III (since FFIV Complete has done well enough)
– Half-Minute Hero (may as well, considering the superior PC version)
– Harvest Moon games
– LocoRoco games
– Neutopia
– Wild Arms XF
– Work Time Fun
– Akysys games
– NIS America games besides Disgaea
– XSEED games besides Ys
What I’d like to not see:
– Anything with a more complete PS3 (or Vita) version
– BlazBlue or Guilty Gear (at least for now)
– Capcom compilations
– SNK Playmore ports
Though I understand not all of these have Vita compatibility (“yet,” right?)
I theoretically like that we have psp games occasionally. EXCEPT that so far it seems like we are getting psp games I couldn’t care less about. There are plenty of psp games I would be interested in, maybe give us some more rpgs.
If we get one more fighting game in the next year then I am really going to be annoyed.
@Morgan You asked in one of your comments what we think about PSP vs Vita games. There are some PSP games that are great, so I don’t mind getting PSP games in theory. Games like God of War, Ratchet & Clank, Final Fantasy, and even some of the more obscure RPGs. Things like Corpse Party. There are some real gems in the PSP library. But giving away old fighting games is like giving away Madden ’09.
What’s up with you guys? Seriously ungreatful.
RE6 for 10 bucks. Demon’s Souls. Spec Ops: The Line. A bunch of Smaller Indie-style games.
Not to mention Cloud and Automatic Update features, Which is what I bought it for, not the games.
I have a hugee list of free games thanks to PS+ I saved well over 50$ In a year.
My thoughts?
Instead of picking PSP games out of a hat and assuming that will make Vita users happy, give Vita users what they want. Forget that EU PS+, month after month, has gotten stellar titles like the MGS Collection and VLR – Vita users should be getting Vita games, the same way PS3 users are getting PS3 games! It’s not that hard a concept, is it? Not to mention a lot of us have likely already played these games, which are MANY years old now. Meanwhile, other regions get new games to entice new and old buyers alike.
On that note? For the love of cripe, give us the Crash and Spyro games on Vita already. At least give us a statement as to why we can’t have them when every other region does if you can’t give us the games. We’d appreciate that, seriously.
The big problem here is that would be a lot cheaper to buy a brand new PSP and those games offered than to buy a Vita and subscribe to Plus.
I’m not a Plus subscriber, but I was thinking about joining just because of the Vita offerings, expecting to see more “retail” games like Uncharted Golden Abyss. I don’t have the intention to buy a lot of Vita games, so would be nice to have 1 new Vita game every month. Even though Tekken and Soul Calibur seem to be very good, they are not enough to convince me to subscribe to Plus.
Personally, I would rather see Hot Shots Golf, Touch My Katamari, Little Deviants, Reality Fighters, Gravity Rush, Uncharted Golden Abyss, Ridge Racer, Resistance Burning Skies (and others early full retail games) than PSP or small budget games, like Sine Mora and Retro City Rampage.
@210: Well said. If we have to have PSP games, they could at least be solid ones that are loved and wanted by everyone – or most, at least.
On that note, I’ve never played a GTA game and I’m interested. While the previous sale is still good, which PSP one should I grab? Or is the PS3 one worth it to a newcomer who vastly prefers handheld gaming?
@213: I believe Gravity Rush and Uncharted are part of the Instant Game Collection still, and once you become a PS+ subscriber, you can start amassing PS+ goodies even if you don’t own the console for them – so if you’d had a subscription, even though you didn’t have a Vita, you could have picked up titles like Retro City Rampage, Nonja Gaiden, Wipeout, and more while you waited for the right time to purchase the actual console. PS+ is pretty awesome like that.
@215:I have GTA Liberty City Stories on my Vita and I dislike it. I liked Vice City Stories way better, imo. Try looking for reviews on YouTube to see gameplay and other opinions.
Also, I brought GTA The Ultimate Edition for PS3, and I like it so far.
I’ve been very happy with US PS+ Instant Game collection. We got Spec Ops and Demon Souls.(Two games I never played before) The Vita IGC is very awesome too but i always need to delete games with my 4GB memory card. I was playing Uncharted Golden ,Jets Set Radio and Gravity Rush. I cant really complain about that.
People whining about Europe’s IGC should notice that Hitman is $19.99 at some retail stores already, I could get it for $14.99 if i tried to..So maybe what you guys think is good for Other countries, may not be so cool over here..Looking at you Mass Effect 3, I bet a lot of us played this already. Cant wait to see whats up next week for the month of May and to play Zombie Tycoon 2 on my vita.
What’s with you guys with the hate on the PSP? I use mine mostly everyday since I can’t afford a Vita at this time. So more PSP games, the merrier. I’ll look forward to grabbing Soul Calibur despite me owning the UMD already.
Also, can’t wait to get the PS1 classics of the Resident Evil titles. Those are the best PS+ prices I seen for those games.
@30 I definitely agree.
@Morgan’s response to 30:
I believe it is a general consensus that we do not want PSP games. I bought a Vita to play Vita games. And fighters are fun for a little while, but I’m really tired of them. But don’t take anything stated above to mean I am displeased with PS+. I am happy with it, but honestly, I’d rather no game at all over taunting us with a PSP game that could have been a Vita game.
To edit my earlier comment about lack of good PS3 games lately, Spec Ops, Demon Souls, and Vanquish were all good-great games at there time and in fairness have come out recently. At best though they are all second tier games compared to some of the games that EU PS plus members get like Sleeping Dogs and Red Dead Redemption. Demon Souls was a surprise hit but is nearly 4 years old now. Spec Ops was interesting but surely not a top tier game. Vanquish was a nice surprise but still limited.
For each of these releases there have been numerous levels of PSN, VIta or PSP games released. There does not seem to be a good balance anymore.
@Morgan’s Reply to comment 24:
Did you honestly just claim that Spec Ops the Line and Demon’s Souls were actually big titles for the US PS+?! Spec Ops the Line is the worst selling shooter in recent history, it couldn’t even sell a million units cross platform. Second, Demon’s Souls was a fantastic game when it was released four years ago, now you can find it in any bargain bin for 2 dollars because it too sold horribly.
I know you guys jump through hoops for us to give us the best content anyone will offer to the US, and I truly appreciate that, but don’t act like those games were mega hit titles that were lucky to have in our IGC. If I were in charge of the US PS+ I’d suggest you guys just give up, it’s clear that every developer/publisher you approach for IGC titles are just out to snub the US, they hate us and it shows clear as day through your service. If you add everything up between the various PS+ services US would be so far down the line of value, it’s truly a disheartening how little we get compared to all of the other PS+ regions.
Also, thank you very much for Soul Calibur, I completely skipped over the PSP generation so it’s a nice title I’m excited to get my hands on.
Yep; will definitely stand by Spec Ops and Demon’s Souls being fantastic titles for PS Plus.