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ShaneU

PlayStation store is ridiculously slow tonight

Blinked_Missed It

ShaneU wrote: »

PlayStation store is ridiculously slow tonight

I'd say they are being pulverized with downloads of Hitman and Cathrine. Whatever about saving huge money with Plus a little bit is being lost in ESB bills downloading everything. 2x PS3 with Hitman & Cathrine and 15gb for BF3 Premium in one night. Getting my monies worth from Sky but fibre can't come soon enough.

jaxdasher

Always try to download early morning of a psn+ release day. I'm not sure what earliest time it works
Sure is not at midnight I've tried. Earliest I got is around 10am.

Esterhase

I intended to turn the PS3 on this morning before I left the house so it could download Hitman while I was away, but forgot. It's going to take ages to get that one installed. Fortunately I have loads to do in the meantime!

For some reason I had the idea that Thomas Was Alone was only going to Vita. I'm delighted to be able to play it on PS.

CastorTroy

Esterhase wrote: »

I intended to turn the PS3 on this morning before I left the house so it could download Hitman while I was away, but forgot. It's going to take ages to get that one installed. Fortunately I have loads to do in the meantime!

For some reason I had the idea that Thomas Was Alone was only going to Vita. I'm delighted to be able to play it on PS.

Really? I don't think it was originally announced with the other 3 PS3 games. Was wondering why there were 4 games to be added to my download list, since that wasn't due on the Vita until later in the month.

LuckyFinigan

I've had my downloads running all last night and all today and hitman is just after hitting 80%. Its mental how big some of the games are. I don't think any other game on plus was even close to that size.

nocoverart

LuckyFinigan wrote: »

I've had my downloads running all last night and all today and hitman is just after hitting 80%. Its mental how big some of the games are. I don't think any other game on plus was even close to that size.

Ratchet and Clank All 4 One pushes it, but not sure what size exactly.

Josey Wales

nocoverart wrote: »

Ratchet and Clank All 4 One pushes it, but not sure what size exactly.

I downloaded that a while ago. It was 16GB.

RedXIV

Josey Wales wrote: »

I downloaded that a while ago. It was 16GB.

I downloaded MLB:2013 a while back, 23GB. Was horrible

eddhorse

1TB hard drive ordered today....that will sort this out, along with 50MB UPC, should be grand !
Ed

Irish Aris

Notorioux wrote: »

After 6 hours wait download of Hitman it's giving me error on install :mad:

Mine stopped downloading at 76% after 5 1/2. . . my broadband is exceptionally slow this evening, courtesy of eircom.

edit: actually it still downloads but at an extremely slow pace - in the last 45 minutes it went from 76% to 80%.

ShaneU

Malicious is disappointing. Its just 6 boss fights that you choose in a random order, was expecting a lot more. Controls and camera are bad too.

johnny_ultimate

Malicious is basically a tech demo, not nearly polished enough to be the intense, elegant combat system it wants to be. I played it at release after Retr0 kept saying it was the greatest thing since sliced bread, but I have to admit I found it a chore even when I realised the game's quirks. Dynasty Warriors meets Devil May Cry - unfortunately more the former than the latter.

CastorTroy

Unfinished Swan is 50% off for the weekend. Plus another 10% for Plus members. Not gone live let but think would work out at about €5.90 or so

Tipsy McSwagger

Current list as of 5/3/13: (One full year of the Instant Game Collection)

Complimentary PS+ games [by region] since the launch of the Instant Game
Collection in June 2012:

Both NA & EU Regions
Platform Type Rating Year Added Game
2013
PS3 Retail 84 2013 Vanquish
PS3 Retail 83 2013 Sleeping Dogs*[3]
PS3 Retail 82 2013 Darksiders
PS3 Vita PSN 79 2013 Knytt Undergroud*[4]
PS3 PSN 78 2013 Joe Danger 2: The Movie
PS3 PSN 76 2013 Guardians of Middle Earth
PS3 PSN 73 2013 The Cave
PS3 PSN 67 2013 Malicious
Vita PSN 79 2013 The Pinball Arcade

2012
PS3 Retail 91 2012 Little Big Planet 2
PS3 Retail 88 2012 BioShock 2
PS3 Retail 84 2012 Resident Evil 5: Gold Edition
PS3 Retail 83 2012 Borderlands
PS3 Retail 83 2012 inFAMOUS 2
PS3 Retail 83 2012 Just Cause 2
PS3 Retail 82 2012 Saints Row 2
PS3 Retail 70 2012 Ratchet and Clank: All 4 One
PS3 Retail 70 2012 Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine
PS3 PSN (new) 73 2012 Double Dragon Neon
PS3 PSN 84 2012 Lara Croft and the Guardian of Light
PS3 PSN 82 2012 Virtua Fighter 5 Final Showdown
PS3 PSN 80 2012 Renegade Ops
PS3 PSN 79 2012 Quantum Conundrum
PS3 PSN 77 2012 Scott Pilgrim vs. The World
PS3 PSN 77 2012 Starhawk (single-player ONLY)
Vita Retail 83 2012 Gravity Rush
Vita Retail 80 2012 Uncharted: Golden Abyss
Vita Retail 79 2012 WipEout 2048
Vita PSN (new) 75 2012 Jet Set Radio
Vita PSN (new) 44 2012 Chronovolt
Vita PSN 86 2012 Tales from Space: Mutant Blobs Attack

NA Only
Platform Type Rating Year Added Game
2013
PS3 Retail 89 2013 Demon’s Souls
PS3 Retail 77 2013 Spec Ops: The Line
PS3 Vita PSN (new) - 2013 Zombie Tycoon 2: Brainhov's Revenge
PS3 Vita PSN - 2013 Foosball 2012
PS3 PSN 81 2013 Closure
PS3 PSN 78 2013 Mega Man 10
PS3 PSN 77 2013 Mega Man 9
PS3 PSN 68 2013 Labyrinth Legends
Vita Retail 83 2013 BlazBlue: Continuum Shift Extend
Vita Retail 78 2013 Disgaea 3: Absence of Detention
Vita Retail 72 2013 Ninja Gaiden Sigma Plus
Vita PSN 77 2013 Plants vs. Zombies

2012
PS3 Retail 92 (80) 2012 Super Street Fighter IV (Arcade Edition)
PS3 Retail 77 2012 King of Fighters XIII
PS3 Vita PSN 78 2012 Retro City Rampage
PS3 PSN 91 2012 Pac-Man Championship Edition DX
PS3 PSN 84 2012 The Walking Dead (Ep. 1 & 2)
PS3 PSN 80 2012 Dungeon Defenders
PS3 PSN 80 2012 NFL Blitz
PS3 PSN 79 2012 Rochard
PS3 PSN 78 2012 Anomaly: Warzone Earth
PS3 PSN 76 2012 Hard Corps: Uprising
PS3 PSN 72 2012 Gotham City Imposters
PS3 PSN 73 2012 Sideway: New York
PS3 PSN 71 2012 Choplifter HD
PS3 PSN 70 2012 PAYDAY: The Heist
PS3 PSN 69 2012 Bloodrayne Betrayal
PS3 PSN 67 2012 Zombie Apocalypse: Never Die Alone

Smaller Platforms Rating Year Added Game
2013
PSP 82 2013 Tekken 6
PSP 80 2013 SoulCalibur: Broken Destiny
PSP 79 2013 Mega Man Maverick Hunter X

2012
PSP 88 2012 Final Fantasy Tactics: The War of the Lions
PS One Classic - 2012 International Track and Field
PS One Classic - 2012 Hot Shots Golf 2
PS Mini - 2012 Ronnie O'Sullivan's Snooker
PS Mini - 2012 Farm Frenzy 2
PS Mini - 2012 Kaleidoscope
EU Only
Platform Type Rating Year Added Game

2013
PS3 Retail 93 2013 Mass Effect 3
PS3 Retail 90 2013 Okami HD
PS3 Retail 84 2013 Mortal Kombat*[2]
PS3 Retail 83 2013 Hitman Absolution
PS3 Retail 83 2013 Catherine
PS3 Retail 74 2013 Dead or Alive 5
PS3 Retail 63 2013 Lord of the Rings: War in the North
PS3 Retail 61 2013 F1 Race Stars
PS3 PSN 94 2013 God of War
Vita Retail 84 2013 Metal Gear Solid: HD Collection
Vita Retail 84 2013 Zero Escape: Virtue’s Last Reward (Vita)
Vita Retail 83 2013 Lumines Electronic Symphony
Vita PSN (new) - 2013 Thomas Was Alone
Vita PSN (new) - 2013 Velocity Ultra
Vita PSN 85 2013 Sine Mora
Vita PSN 77 2013 Puddle


2012
PS3 Retail 96 2012 Batman: Arkham City
PS3 Retail 95 2012 Red Dead Redemption
PS3 Retail 89 2012 Deus Ex: Human Revolution
PS3 Retail 89 2012 Dead Space 2
PS3 Retail 85 2012 Crysis 2
PS3 Retail 83 2012 Bulletstorm
PS3 Retail 77 2012 Motorstorm Apocalypse
PS3 Vita PSN (new) 72 2012 Big Sky Infinity
PS3 PSN (new) 78 2012 Machinarium
PS3 PSN (new) 77 2012 Retro/Grade
PS3 PSN (new) 71 2012 Hell Yeah! Wrath of Dead Rabbit
PS3 PSN 90 2012 Limbo
PS3 PSN 82 2012 Oddworld: Stranger's Wrath HD
PS3 PSN 78 2012 Chime Super Deluxe
PS3 PSN 70 2012 Cubixx HD
PS3 PSN 68 2012 Rock of Ages*[1]
Vita Retail 84 2012 Mortal Kombat*[2]

Smaller Platforms Rating Year Added Game
2012
PSP 69 2012 Super Stardust Portable

Ratings based on Metacritic score when added. If a game was added to both regions in different years, only the year it was added in North America is recorded.
*[1] - North America received Rock of Ages the day of release in May 2012.
*[2] - Germany & Australia received Gotham City Imposters (PS3) and Lego Batman (PSP) in place of Mortal Kombat for PS3 & Vita.
*[3] - Germany alone did not get Sleeping Dogs via EU PS+. Instead they received Binary Domain.
*[4] - Europe received Knytt underground the day of release in December 2012.
(new) - the game was given out when it was released.

CastorTroy

So a couple quid saved then? :P

I'll start playing them annnny minute now.
Think Limbo is the only one of those that I've played so far, not counting ones I'd already owned before being given away

DjFlin

As someone who just got a PS3 with PS+, I really didn't need to see that list.
It does encourage me to hang on to the sub however.

RangeR

DjFlin wrote: »

As someone who just got a PS3 with PS+, I really didn't need to see that list.
It does encourage me to hang on to the sub however.

That's not the full list. That is just the list since Sony called it the Instant Games Collection. If you include EVERYTHING we got, you could probably double the count [although very few platinum/retail games]

sin0city

I'd have paid the sub for Sleeping Dogs alone.

DjFlin

RangeR wrote: »

That's not the full list. That is just the list since Sony called it the Instant Games Collection. If you include EVERYTHING we got, you could probably double the count [although very few platinum/retail games]

Again. REALLY dont need to hear that

Taltos

All I can say is the collection of vita games I downloaded when I didn't have a vita is the reason I ended up buying one. OK so there might have been a bottle of wine involved as well but the intent was there.

PS+ really is an excellent service, and if you only download one or two games a year it pays for itself. If you download more then you just need to figure out how to play them all...

RangeR

Taltos wrote: »

you just need to figure out how to play them all...

Ultimately, you don't. Unless you just don't go out or don't have a job. Could think of worse ways to while away a few months on the scratch.

Richard Dower

Put Hitman on my que....not fired up the PS3 in weeks, i'm done buying retail or second hand PS3 games. No point since i'm waiting for the PS4.

Finding it hard to save up though!....only 150 quid saved, should have double that by now!

kensutz

I kept putting off buying Plus for 8 weeks or more. While discussing with a few lads on here I decided to take the plunge last week so I could benefit having 2 months worth of games in the space of a few days. It's probably the best €50 I have spent on gaming in quite a long time and will keep me busy when I get bored of the likes of Battlefield etc.

Cienciano

Do you get a notification when your subscription is almost ended? And if i buy a years subscription now, does that just extend my current one by a year

F1ngers

Cienciano wrote: »

Do you get a notification when your subscription is almost ended? And if i buy a years subscription now, does that just extend my current one by a year

I think it's set up to automatic renewal.
The subscription stacks, so buy a year and it is added onto your current sub.

Cienciano

F1ngers wrote: »

I think it's set up to automatic renewal.
The subscription stacks, so buy a year and it is added onto your current sub.

Think your right, it's more than a year since I first joined

tok9

I was always interested in picking up Catherine so I was delighted to hear it'd be coming to IGC.

Now I'm away from the PS3 for the weekend at least and I'm aching to get playing it again. It's a brilliant game. Playing it on normal and it's a serious challenge although I will say I've no fear of losing as I've a ridiculous amount of retries.

Still highly recommend it.

Forest Demon

What way does it work? Do you get to keep the games after you download them as long as you keep up the subscription or do they stop working after a certain date.

Cheers

The Sparrow

Forest Demon wrote: »

What way does it work? Do you get to keep the games after you download them as long as you keep up the subscription or do they stop working after a certain date.

Cheers

Yeah you get to play them until your subscription expires.