Playstation Network - General Discussion Thread

[ince]

is there any way to buy from the HK store using a uk card?

[kernow]

Have they ever actually stated why the EU store is so neglected, I mean officially?

Because in europe they have to localize it for 21 different languages

http://www.ps3fanboy.com/2007/09/14/bad-eu-psn-updates-scee-knows-and-is-working-on-it/

[Number45]

is there any way to buy from the HK store using a uk card?

I think certain cards work, but there's no official answer to that I'm afraid. I'm sure I heard that PSN cards are available for the HK store now.

[Spatial]

As I found out yesterday the Mastercard trick no longer works on the US Store.

They must have plugged it at some point and I'd assume that they've done the same for the other stores.

[VR46]

Ratchet & Clank demo has been confirmed for October 4th on USA PSN

[Shoju]

Is Fatal Fury special due to come out on PSN and are any other Neo Geo games coming out that will reach Europe?

I really wanna see some traditional scrolling beat em ups but SNK don't seem to be interested in bring out Burning Fight or Mutation Nation.

[JP]

Is Fatal Fury special due to come out on PSN and are any other Neo Geo games coming out that will reach Europe?

There are quite a few games like that on the PSN but they are the PS1 versions rather than Neo Geo versions.

I've not played the Neo Geo versions but I believe they were better than the PS1 games?

[kernow]

yeah, some of the ps1 ports were pretty poor, but good if you want to play at least.

[JP]

yeah, some of the ps1 ports were pretty poor, but good if you want to play at least.

Surely worth a couple of quid though?

I have a few and they are fine for me, I'm not a big 2D fighter fan but do quite enjoy a quick game.

EDIT:
They may not be good enough for the fans though.

[Morph]

Is there any other to buy US content or is this only temporary?

As I found out yesterday the Mastercard trick no longer works on the US Store.

They must have plugged it at some point and I'd assume that they've done the same for the other stores.

[Number45]

If you can get onto Wirecard (www.wirecard.com) then you can use that. It was a doddle signing up when we first found out about the service, but it seems it's a lot more complex/problem strewn now.

Might be worth trying. Otherwise it's a case of waiting (STILL WAITING!) for the US version of the PSN cards.

[Yoshimax]

I can't tell you how annoyed I am about the Tekken online patch - At this rate VF5 360 will be out first and if that happens I probably won't even bother with it and just wait for Tekken6 / Soul Calibur 4.

Cheers Sony - more revenue potentially lost - still, you got that £2.99 out of me for some DLC that won't work on your region free games.......

[eastyy]

downloaded super stardust downloading tekken as we speak and a few demos

but as far as games and demos goes.....it looks a bit barren to me compared to xbox live (yeah i know its been out longer)

[C']

Agreed on the Tekken 5 situation. Ridiculous that an online patch could not be made available cross-region at the same time. I will download it as soon as it becomes available simply because I can’t wait to get online with Tekken but why is the gap so big?

[Number45]

http://www.us.playstation.com/PS3/Games/LocoRoco_Cocoreccho?DCMP=ILC-RSS-Games

US site has a date of September for LocoRoco. Given that it's confirmed as this week for EU and JP I assume we can expect to see this tonight on the US store. The screens on that page are in 1080 resolution, so PS3 wallpaper ready.