First PSN Summer Sale 2012 info – 30% off for regular users, 50% off for Plus members

Take a look at the game selection for this year's PSN Summer Sale and information about other discounts starting next week.

[boogeyman999]

Infamous
Renegade Ops

Will buy

[Crazyglues]

Shadow of the Colossus....

A Must buy

[ABizzel1]

It says first PSN summer sale, but I could have sworn they did a summer sale before?

Anywho, pretty much every game on the list is a great buy especially at 30% or 50% off. If you missed out on the following games I recommend you buy them now, you won't be disappointed.

Pac Man DX CE, NBA Jam, House of the Dead 3 (if you like it), Crysis,
Closure, Shadow of the Colossus HD, Infamous: Festival of Blood, Killzone 3 multiplayer (the whole game should be cheap by now), Renegade Ops, Catherine ($20), and Trine 2 ($7.49)

Droplitz ($5),

Rock of Ages ($5), pretty much bowling meets Monkey Ball. You roll the boulder down a huge hill filled with obstacles and things to crush, while maintaing momentum to knock down gates to progress to the next level. It's more fun than it sounds, but not for everyone.

Magic Orbs

[IaMs12]

I think they meant it as the first sale for the summer, not the first sale ever...

[pixelsword]

Yeah, but if you have plus and get the 50% discount, will you still "own" the game if you stopped getting plus?

I'm serious here. I don't actually know.

[MerkinMax]

I was wondering the same thing.

[Soldierone]

Yes. If you BUY a game, even at discount, you keep it.

If it was FREE, then no.....

[ginsunuva]

Anything you pay for you keep. Anything that's 100% free from Plus is taken away. Except avatars and little stuff like that I think.

[ReservoirDog316]

Yeah if you pay anything for it, it's yours permanently. Even at a discount.

Anyone know what's gonna happen with all the stuff we buy on PSN/XBLA when the PS4/720 come out by the way?

Never thought of it before.

[doogiebear]

Yes the games u PAY for (even if on discount) you keep forever. I know because before I got the year subscription, I had the 3 month one, and when it expired, I got to keep the ones I paid money towards. The ones that were entirely "free" are the ones that stop working. U will know because it doesnt make u agree to the PS plus terms and conditions when u pay any amount of cash on the psn store. Only the free games ask u to agree with each download.

Also, when I check the expiration date of the free games, it shows when I need to renew membership. However when I check date of a game I PAID for (even of it was at a huge discount due to PS+), it shows NO expiration date nor a PS plus symbol when checking information/properties because once you pay even one penny for a game, u own it. It is just an awesome deal.

Also u can keep all PS minis and avatars and themes even if subscription expires. But ps3 and ps1 (and ps2 if they ever give those away) games will lock up and stop working.

[dantesparda]

i dont think you can keep the minis, cuz if i remember right, i couldnt play them when my sub ended.

[Trebius51]

they worked way too hard on the playstation network and home for it all not to transfer over to ps4.

i donno about xbox tho.

[dc1]

In short . If you pay one red cent for it, its yours for life (Whether on plus or not).

PSN Plus is great.

[Cosmo811]

Yes. Discounted games are yours to keep, freebies are the ones you don't get to keep if your subscription ends.

[MaxXAttaxX]

you keep it.

[pixelsword]

Ok, thanks everyone.

[doogiebear]

I wish north America could get Darkstalkers as a discount. Europe got it free last month and I wish we could have gotten it (even of at discount).

Also, does anyone know what the 3 "FREE" games of July will be yet?

[dantesparda]

Dont worry to much about it cuz it'll probably eventually come out in the US plus

[Kurt Russell]

Shadow of the Colossus...

I've never played the game, but people on here seem to go bat shit mental for it, so that will be the one I purchase!

[Neo Nugget]

If you don't have Shadow of the Colossus yet, I'm willing to forgive you if you buy it as part of this sale.

[TheFirstClassic]

I'm glad I'll have your forgiveness, I'll be getting crysis and shadow of the colossus for the price of one of them!

[koston3647]

will do, thanks for being so reasonable Nug...

[Mr_Kuwabara]

Had SotC day one, on PS2. Way ahead of ya buddy.

[GUYwhoPLAYSvideoGAME]

honestly, if you don't have shadow of the colossus OR a ps3, it would be more than worth it to go buy a ps2 and a copy of sotc which would all be around 60$ which is the price of a new game nowadays anyway, and after that you would have a ps2 that you could play jak, ratchet and clank, okami, re4, ico, sly, god of war, and other games for ridiculously low prices on anyways, so sounds like a great deal to me

[a08andan]

I bought the HD-collection but havent really got around to play it yet, so am I half-forgiven? :D I like to support games with an actual depth :P

[BabyTownFrolics]

with the discount how much will it cost? I am definitely picking that up.

[Theo1130]

Nice to see sony spread the love, I mostly play on pc, but it's nice to see this kind of thing on consoles.

[soundslike]

Yep, I'm loving this ongoing trend of them chasing after Steams model.

[Soldierone]

Is it actually 50 percent off? Last time it said 50 percent off, and some of the prices weren't....then again it probably said "up to"....

I might buy Festival of Blood, but other than that I either already scored the game due to an earlier sale, or dont want it.

[Rage_S90]

If you want a further discount you should PM Cgoodno(Admin), he can get you some codes.

[sashimi]

I own quite a few of those and got some from psn plus for free but def will buy Catherine :)

[STICKzophrenic]

I've kinda been itching to buy Festival of Blood, so this is the best time for me to get it.

[ABizzel1]

It's actually pretty good, and it's the kind of DLC I like. It gives you more inFamous, but at the same time offers something very different.

You'll want vampire bat flight, to become part of inFamous 3, and Vampire vision is kind of cool, but the DLC is only 4 hours long. But in the end it's worth it.

[Campy da Camper]

Festival is worth it. Quite fun and a lot of new stuff but set in infamous world. Bat flying is the coolest thing I have ever seen in regards to fast travel.

[Siren30]

Always wanted renegade ops just never pulled the trigger. Half off I guess I won't have any excuses

[Frankfurt]

Buncha of games that barely sold 500k a piece. Whoop-dee-doo.

[Zechs34]

STFU Troll. Because its cool to hate on sales on great games like SotC, Infamous, Pacman, and Crysis?...

[HateFanboys]

@ Frankfurt

asshole!

You know what does sell alot? Justin Beiber, sales dont equal good

[pixelsword]

Good point.

[BLAKHOODe]

Being a PS Plus member, I'm honestly kinda hesitant to buy anything from the PSN now. With the promise of so many "free" games, I'd hate to buy something only for it to come up free a few weeks later.

[Donnywho]

They made it seem like they were gonna give away free games week after week after week. The things they are doing are pretty cool but they really made an effort to pretend it was going to be bigger.

[Soldierone]

I feel the same way. There was a LOT of hype behind it, and we got a few great games for free.....but it feels like it was all show for now.

[Wintersun616]

No, they did not. I fully understood the concept and you should have too. They never said anything like new free games every week. They said 12 free games a MONTH and 3 of them are switched to different ones each MONTH. You made up that weekly thing in your head. 12 + (3 * 11) = 45 free games a year, is that not big enough for you?

[Donnywho]

12 free games a month would be 144 games free a year. Your equation would also imply that Sony is giving away 3 free games every month for 11 months and adding 12 games at random times.

I know that you know what you're talking about but you're not that good at conveying it.

[Wintersun616]

Probably they won't give us 12 free games after next E3. I'll give you that. But that still leaves us with 36 free games per year if we don't count this initial month. Where else do you get such benefits for a 50€/$/£ yearly fee?

[Donnywho]

Agreed

[Robotronfiend]

They said the free game selections will change monthly.

[Silly gameAr]

Time to get Closure.

[Eske]

Closure is a great deal at 30-50% off. Some head-scratching puzzles, a neat mechanic, and a creepy art style. It's got a lot going for it.

[birdykilla]

As a ps plus member you get to keep games you spend money on. If you get something for free it's only a rental once your plus is up you either lose those games or pay up for more plus.

[TooTall19]

I'm hoping a lot of people will get the Killzone 3 multiplayer. That's a great value if you like online shooters.

I've been focusing on Starhawk lately, but I'm going to start rotating between Starhawk, Killzone 3, BF3, and MW3.

[-MD-]

Needs more Siren Blood Curse.

[doogiebear]

Hopefully siren is one of the free games this month...I really hope.

[ABizzel1]

I've been waiting years for it to get some PS+ love :D

[banjadude]

I would like that too... I still need to try that game.

[user7792788]

People need to pick Catherine up for 20$, you wont be disappointed!

[Jazz4108]

That's what my walmart sell catherine for brand new in a box. How's that a deal? My guess is the prices are jacked up and then when they put it on sale its what it should sell for to begin with. Way to go sony. People need to look at what you can buy these full retail games for localy now. This is no deal at all.

[AznGaara]

Right because Sony has any control over what retailers price their games after they buy them. Sony doesn't list the prices on PSN its the publishers that do. They need permission to do these sales from games by other publishers. If you read the article is says "Atlus will also be running a sale.." so it's Atlus who discounted Catherine not Sony.

[Moncole]

They should at least make some games 75% off.

[yeahokchief]

Bunch of crap. Except for Trine 2. Maybe i'll check that out. First one was overhyped. Not THAT great, but good.

[stage88]

Did you not read Infamous and Killzone?

[yeahokchief]

The games themselves are great and I bought them on release.

But DLC is rarely worth the money. Don't get me started on DLC this generation. Don't even go there girlfriend. The vast majority of DLC is pure exploitation to counter people buying used by getting more money out of people who already paid 50-60 legitimately on release. It's a waste of hard earned money. Gone are the days of buying a finished product.

I blame gamestop.

[WildArmed]

Infamous is more of a standalone release (for hallow's eve) IIRC.

You should give it a go, it was pretty good.

[searchbuzz]

is it a sale to celebrate the anniversary of their outage when they got mega hacked?

[stage88]

No, it's a Summer Sale. It actually says it in the title. You know, up there ^

[searchbuzz]

Wow, good to see everyone has a sense of humour today.

[lodossrage]

Not that it's a bad thing mind you.

It's just most of the games they have up their that are of interest to me I would even buy the physical Blu Ray disc versions of or I already have them.

[cfountain]

Shadow of The Colossus HD will be bought. Then Rainbow Moon the week after.

PSN has been treating me well this year. Then later Okami HD and Ratchet & Clank: Full Frontal Assault.

[Tdmd]

Damn...! Bought Trine 2 last week for full price... :/