2010-09-22, 10:10 PM
There are some firsts is the US PSN store today.
There are actually two Japanese imports on sell (billed as being "completely unaltered" as if that was a feature) ...I actually already purchased both of these (Cho Aniki and Gaia Seed -- both shmups) from the J store... I'm guessing only fairly straightforward games will be released this way, but it's a first. Gaia Seed actually plays in Engrish by default I think. It made me realize I'm not so crazy about the PSOne classic pricing. 6$ seems way too much for a PSOne game. The Japanese prices only seem good to me because it's cheaper/easier than importing.
Also Sonic Adventure from the Dreamcast is on sell for 10$. I hope this will pave the way for more Sega console titles. Dreamcast games tend to be a lot more work to gain access to than most... and a lot of the games are quality / better than the sum of their ports. Don't see Sonic on sale in the Japan store. I wonder if Wii's Virtual Console is sporting Sega games... seems like that would be an odd fit given the old rivalry.
I would find me a Wii if only for the Virtual Console because the little ****ers play full burn at about 1/20th the electricity the PS3 (and 360) requires to download an update. But the Wii is region locked!? So ****it. Speaking of which the fact that the PS3 ever wants to download shit in the foreground (considering the power/heat it uses/generates) really makes me angry
PS: SOTN and Castlevania Chronicles (not on the J store lineup BTW) were finally dropped from the sale bin. In their place is some low rated track and field game... seriously, WTF PSN US (or NA, or whatever) ?!
There are actually two Japanese imports on sell (billed as being "completely unaltered" as if that was a feature) ...I actually already purchased both of these (Cho Aniki and Gaia Seed -- both shmups) from the J store... I'm guessing only fairly straightforward games will be released this way, but it's a first. Gaia Seed actually plays in Engrish by default I think. It made me realize I'm not so crazy about the PSOne classic pricing. 6$ seems way too much for a PSOne game. The Japanese prices only seem good to me because it's cheaper/easier than importing.
Also Sonic Adventure from the Dreamcast is on sell for 10$. I hope this will pave the way for more Sega console titles. Dreamcast games tend to be a lot more work to gain access to than most... and a lot of the games are quality / better than the sum of their ports. Don't see Sonic on sale in the Japan store. I wonder if Wii's Virtual Console is sporting Sega games... seems like that would be an odd fit given the old rivalry.
I would find me a Wii if only for the Virtual Console because the little ****ers play full burn at about 1/20th the electricity the PS3 (and 360) requires to download an update. But the Wii is region locked!? So ****it. Speaking of which the fact that the PS3 ever wants to download shit in the foreground (considering the power/heat it uses/generates) really makes me angry
PS: SOTN and Castlevania Chronicles (not on the J store lineup BTW) were finally dropped from the sale bin. In their place is some low rated track and field game... seriously, WTF PSN US (or NA, or whatever) ?!