PlayStation Store Update

I’m going to straighten out several things right here and right now:

#1 I did not expect a good update at all this week. The BIGGEST PS3 game of the year is indeed Ratchet & Clank Future: ToD, so releasing all the big games during the biggest game release isn’t the brightest idea. When a certain game came to that other console at the end of September, its updates were extremely weak. Eye of Judgment came out this week also and there’s been several games coming out. If you’re bored with your PS3 right now, it’s probably because you feel like being cheap not buying a new game.

#2 As for the PS1 game situation, due to licensing, don’t suddenly expect third party PS1 games on the PS Store. Many third parties would rather charge more for their games because they want profit. However, there’s quite a bit of third parties who just don’t believe in digital downloads, like Square Enix. Square Enix will NEVER release a downloadable PS1 game on PSN and you all should give up asking for it. They said themselves that they don’t release digital downloads because their fanbase doesn’t all have internet connection to access them, and because people cannot use direct cash to buy downloads (kind of requires a credit card which not everyone owns). Square Enix would rather release PS1 games on PSP themselves, making some enhancements, and charging FULL price. You think they are about to release FFT, Valkyrie Profile, etc. on PSN when they are selling the PSP version for $30-$40?? I don’t think so. Mostly, just expect SCEA/989 stuff up. Atlus is a small publisher and the revenue made from downloads is too small for them. Vic Ireland said himself his games (which are Working Designs) aren’t going on PSN.

#3 The demos situation, we have been getting most demos on target whether you like it or not. SCEA’s approval process for demos isn’t much longer the competition. Oh course they have to test the demo to make sure it doesn’t brick our consoles, magically remove all datasaves (some of you may remember the Viewtiful Joe 2 incident), and so on. Also, SCEA (not SCEE) has asked third parties to release demos on PSN, which is why the U.S. PS Store gets them. We don’t get GHIII demo because there is no guitar controller on PS3 yet (unlike PS2 and that other console). NFS Pro Street is just EA holding back the PS3 version like always, because if you didn’t know, EA submitted the skate demo ONE month or so later to SCEA, and that’s why it went up late. And with the way EA treats PS3, go scream at them over the demo and call them lazy. The ONLY SCEA published demo we can expect to see the rest of the year is Uncharted, but that’s November. Forget Lair, because a demo probably isn’t happening (due to performing very badly and it’s just not worth the time). Games slated for 08, expect a demo in 08. As for WWE, only THQ knows, but since they are late with most of their PS3 demos, it doesn’t surprise me it doesn’t come. The PES 2008 demo is all SCEE and Konami, with SCEA having zero influence on it (It won’t appear until it comes to NA as Winning Eleven).

4# As for why the PS Stores are separate, it’s because SCEI, SCEA, and SCEE are all separate from one another. They all have their own management who handles each of their respective markets, just like it has always been. When a game is published by SCEA first, SCEE and SCEI get the first dibs on whether it comes to their respective region. All SCEI has to do is translate their games to Japanese, while SCEE has to translate their games into multiple languages manually. Why does that other console allow for more worldwide stuff?? Because everything is handled in the U.S. basically for all regions and they DON’T translate to multiple languages.

5# As for PS Store updates on Thursday, what I can say is that updating the PS Store isn’t like that other console. It has to be accessed on a webpage due to lack of available memory to run it on the XMB. On that other console, all they have to do is insert the content and everything is already sorted and in. However, with PS3, it’s just like updating a real web page. All icons have to be sorted manually and certain icons have to be manually removed from the main list (also, PS Store has to be in SD AND HD format design). And after all that work is done, they have to send the webpage to update. Updates will stay once or twice a week, and if you don’t like it, don’t bother owning a PS3 anymore.

I’m just getting tired of all the complainers and those who really don’t understand the situation, which is why I made this post.

Anyway, I’m glad Spyro came finally, but that’s all I’ll get. All I want is Wipeout HD and Uncharted demo the rest of the year, but I’m not expecting them until November.