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European first wave of Summer Sale discounts hit PS Store today

As is customary, we can’t not have a Summer Sale, so here it is! Over the course of the next four weeks you will find a ton of discounts to take advantage of. We’ll be rolling out these discounts in batches (it’s a lot of work to push out nearly 200 items) so you must certainly check back each Wednesday to see what gets swapped in.
Today we will begin with a selection of PS4 titles courtesy of EA, from hugely popular FIFA 14 to Need for Speed Rivals, including DLC. Alongside this we also have part one of our PlayStation 3 and PS Vita discounts going live for two weeks before being swapped for part two.
Next week we’ll be back with even more PS4 games on offer (over 25!).

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Kivespussi3572d ago

Horrible. Absolutely disgusting. Hopefully next lineup will be better but this is basically mocking loyal customers.

Few titles that interest me but that's about it.

Prime1573572d ago

It does say, "wave."

And horrible to you doesn't mean someone else doesn't like it <shrug>

XB1_PS43572d ago (Edited 3572d ago )

It's not GREAT. It's pretty good. I would go out on a limb and say it's not horrible, mocking loyal customers, or absolutely disgusting.

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randomass1713572d ago

How dare Sony put sales prices on games that don't interest me? Don't they know the world revolves around me me me? >:(

DeadRabbits3572d ago

You sound like my Grandmother at the Primark Sales!

S2Killinit3572d ago

the first comment always has to be someone who thinks their opinion is fact. god grow up kid.

Kivespussi3572d ago (Edited 3572d ago )

So you're saying over 35€ for months old titles is a great deal? It's not thinking my opinion is a fact, it's having some kind of expectations.

S2Killinit3572d ago

No. saying that this is "mocking loyal customers" is stating as fact, something you don't know about. Unless you can read minds?

insomnium23571d ago (Edited 3571d ago )

@baggy

Online pricing is BS across the board with consoles. Now with lowered prices they somehow mock us? That is just the spoilt brat in you that is talking out of your ass. Just shut up. If the prices/games don't interest you just walk away.

3-4-53572d ago

First Wave = Not so great, but SOME deals are better than NO deals.

insomnium23571d ago (Edited 3571d ago )

Mocking loyal customers? WTF is wrong with you baggy? Stop being an entitled little prick? They don't HAVE TO have ANY offers. Would THAT not be mocking the userbase?

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Nathan1703572d ago (Edited 3572d ago )

At least next week there will be over 25 ps4 games on offer.

Baccra173572d ago

Would it kill people to put europe or EU in the title?

Zenith4k3572d ago

Europe and the eu or the same, did you mean us

BiggCMan3572d ago

He meant that he's annoyed to see there are no prices in US, meaning this sale is for Europe and other places at the moment apparently. The headline did not notify us of this.

Zenith4k3571d ago

Bigg sound got that in my second read.

Baba19063571d ago

Since when is EU and Europe the same =D one is the continent the other is an Union.

Nathan1703572d ago (Edited 3572d ago )

Next time.

marloc_x3572d ago

"European first wave..." Was pretty clear to me.

Volkama3572d ago

Just look at the amount of Battlefield 4 add-ons available. I wish they were tangible items, so that I could throw them back at EA.

ScottyHoss3572d ago

It's almost in response to EAs exclusive Microsoft deal. Why pay 30 a year for that when the deals are almost the same for free

hardeepmeghera3572d ago

I like you volkama. I like you a lot. Well said.

SaveFerris3572d ago

C'mon Sony. I'd like to see a discount on PS+ memberships now and then.

Utalkin2me3572d ago

Last two times i have purchased plus i have gotten it for 30 bucks.

SaveFerris3571d ago

@BoriboyShoGun and @Utalkin2me

Wish I could, but live in UK and don't have a US PSN account.

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What Will The PlayStation 6 Look Like?

While we haven't even begun to tap into the full potential of the PS5, fans are already beginning to talk about what Sony's next console, the PlayStation 6, will look like and what features it will have.

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Jin_Sakai2d ago (Edited 2d ago )

“While we haven't even begun to tap into the full potential of the PS5“

We always here this statement yet we have plenty of games that struggle to run at solid frame rates or decent resolutions.

Skuletor19h ago

The developers should know the limits of these consoles, especially this far into the gen. I'd blame them and possibly the publishers, pushing to make games as visually appealing as possible at the cost of resolution and frame rate, which is nothing new in the industry.

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Diablo IV is Available on PlayStation Cloud Gaming - Beats Xbox to the Punch

Diablo IV is now available to play via PlayStation Cloud Gaming! Still not available to Play on Xbox Cloud Gaming.

We ran our script again and found 15 other PS5 games (a lot of popular ones!) that got PS5 Cloud Gaming support within the last month as well.

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Hugodastrevas4d ago

Not for me, I'm 100% physical media all of the time.

jwillj2k43d ago

I hate that I have to keep calling this out, but your physical disks mean nothing if the game code attempts to connect to a server prior to playing.

Hugodastrevas3d ago

And that happens when? I'm playing completely offline here, stellar Blade to be more precise.
I'm sorry but I've never run into that imaginary problem you're talking about, I'm not saying it doesn't happen, but it has never happened to me.

jwillj2k43d ago

You not running into the problem yet has no bearing on my argument. You’re acting like the medium is the shield for you being able to always play your games when it effectively is not. The game code itself can try to connect to a server or the console you’re playing on may receive an update that requires that game to connect to a server. Just because you haven’t ran into it doesn’t mean anything lol you don’t own your games no matter how you try.

Hugodastrevas3d ago

So I have never run into the problem you're talking about and your answer is an hypothetical? Look I can play any game of my library offline right now without issue.
That issue is in your mouth and alone.

Crows903d ago

Actually...there's an easy way...don't connect. If it doesn't require a connection and you don't connect...the code can't update...obviously....confused why you don't get what he's saying.

outsider16243d ago

Hold on..lets say i dnt have an online connection, can i atleast play the game offline though. Was thinking of getting this

jwillj2k43d ago

None of you use your brains.

OK, let’s explore this playing offline. not talking about Diablo specifically just gaming in general.

Are you going to buy two PlayStations? One offline one online? If not, moment you want to play something that requires a connection you’re cooked.

Does game experience you love so much stay the same offline?

Is the game even playable offline?

The whole point of my argument is that we don’t hold the keys anymore. The gatekeepers are the developers and console makers regardless of whether it’s digital or physical. You altering your play style for a lesser experience is not a workaround, it doesn’t solve the overall problem.

None of this matters since the move to the cloud is inevitable.

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spicelicka3d ago

So you have to buy the game and can only stream to the PS5 devices using PS plus premium? What is the point of that. Much more useful when you can stream to other devices.

MrNinosan3d ago

Works great on my Portal while at work 👍

spicelicka3d ago

That's streaming off your PS5, not from the cloud. This is specifically referring to cloud gaming.

CrimsonWing693d ago

Can’t you, uh, do this on your phone?

Tacoboto3d ago

Sony doesn't yet have a web or app-based solution to stream games off their cloud service, the closest you may be able to get would be Remote Play if they allow cloud streaming during a Remote session.

And yes this applies to the Portal too.

Einhander19723d ago (Edited 3d ago )

Tacoboto

Please stop talking about PlayStation Streaming, you don't know what you're talking about.

I just explained this to you the other day where you were telling people that remote play was their only cloud solution, because apparently you didn't understand how PlayStation Premium works even though PS Now was a thing since shortly after the launch PS4..

You can stream to PC and Mac, and they had mobile clients for it in the past but probably for the same reason Microsoft is fighting Apple and Google PS Now wasn't allowed on App stores. Which is why it's not on iPhone and Android still.

And to be honest, I am glad they are trying to keep it on the console, all their moves away from the console seem like a step in the wrong direction, which isn't working so great for Microsoft...

anast3d ago

Blizzard is shoving this game everywhere. Diablo 4 is going to take an even bigger hit soon. Path of exile 2 is coming out and it looks insane.

Crows903d ago

Well they're about to release the next season...I think that might be way they're pushing the game again.

anast2d ago

I mean I get what you are saying, but D4 isn't doing that well either.

UnbreakableAlex3d ago (Edited 3d ago )

I completed it on gamepass. Thanks God I dint pay it full price. It plays like a lazy mobile game. I am not a pro diablo gamer (Diablo 1 was the only one I completed) but D4 has no atmosphere, no creepy feeling and soundtrack like the first one and its so easy, I managed to not buy any weapon and had 4 Million Credits on level 55. I always used the same 4 attacks from the beginning and died maybe 10-15 times. It's so easy, wtf. I remember D1 to be pretty hard.
WTF happened? Is Diablo 3 also that bad?

jwillj2k43d ago

Diablo 3 was my first Diablo game. I had to use the mailbox cheats to keep it interesting.

Crows903d ago (Edited 3d ago )

Diablo 3 was really hard at launch....then they made it easy.

They love scaling difficulty though.

anast2d ago

D2 is the pinnacle. I still fire it up from time to time.

GrmpyolGamer 3d ago

Considering that the PS cloud steaming is garbage compared to XCloud and is limited to certain devices this isn't something to brag about. Wake me up when Diablo is on PS plus

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PlayStation Doesn't Need a Dedicated PC Store Launcher

With all the PlayStation games that are now coming to PC, is it time for Sony to release a dedicated PC launcher?

thorstein19d ago

No, and they already solved any need with the overlay that's coming.

Vits19d ago

Unless they are trying to kill their recently created PC business, I would advise against opening a dedicated PC store. It's an extremely hard endeavor, and people, in general, are very comfortable with Steam. Even Epic, with their billions of dollars invested, is still struggling to find a foothold, and they have Fortnite.

just_looken18d ago (Edited 18d ago )

Money is one thing security is another but again millions have 0 knowledge past 2020.

Epic store for years struggled with a shopping cart/account theft/credit card theft

Rockstar launcher/store to this day over 5 years later still has horrific user interface security flaws lost account's and stolen CC

Then you got that activision need phone number oh we lost it launcher

The crown jewel is the ea launcher/store ea app 3 yrs old still has hundreds of threads were people lost games/accounts/game access or just straight up crashes.

Edit" Oh ubi launcher were you buy a game that may or may not be there again or work and the launcher 5yrs old still has no 4K support if you launch it on a 4k screen there is a high chance it will just crash.

ocelot0719d ago

Can tell who ever put this together is not all that clued up on pc gaming.

It's just a known fact. The PC gaming community prefer Steam and Steam alone. They don't like different launchers. I personally don't mind them. But majority just stick with steam. Hence why EA and Ubisoft went back to on releasing on steam and why Microsoft release games on steam as people hated buying from the windows store.

The only other launchers that I imagine are doing ok is GOG due to being drm free and epic games due to the free games every week. Sony shouldn't release any sort of pc launcher n

Nitrowolf219d ago (Edited 19d ago )

It literally says in the OP that PC gamers don't like multiple launchers lol. It even mentions Steam being the go to for gamers

Tacoboto18d ago

Title: "PlayStation Doesn't Need a Dedicated PC Store Launcher"

N4G: "Can tell who ever put this together is not all that clued up on pc gaming"

When you don't even read the headline...

ocelot0718d ago

I read it and had a brain fart. As read the title then this "With all the PlayStation games that are now coming to PC, is it time for Sony to release a dedicated PC launcher?"

So I hold my hands up on that mistake. Rest of my comment still stands.

Giblet_Head18d ago (Edited 18d ago )

Steam and GOG are highly preferred because of the rich feature set. Ubisoft, Rockstar, EA, Epic etc have all set a precedent over the years for customers to instinctively expect individual publisher launchers to be so extremely half-assed that the majority simply don't want to bother dealing with what is almost an inevitable disappointment by comparison to Steam or GOG. Those publishers and their inaction or general disinterest to improve have effectively ruined any future adoption to be taken seriously.

Einhander197219d ago (Edited 19d ago )

This is just another ridiculous double standard article.

It's like how Microsoft can spend 20 years of making nothing but gaas and live service style games to sell microtransactions, dlc and subscriptions and get praise for doing it, but if Sony wants to make a single game like that every website under the sun is writing articles saying how Sony is anti-consumer or whatever.

derek18d ago

Yep, huge double standard look at the tortured reaction to the ps5pro, websites hyperventilating like Sony is forcing people to buy it.

just_looken18d ago

Wait my xbox from 2004 has avengers gaas on it? wow your so smart

m$ Gaas started with the other companies like sony

Gamepass yes they are deep into that but its still a huge money saver sense you do not own your games then get a service like that.

Now there pc xbox launcher that is trash for years now

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