I'd love to purchase Siren as DLC, but it's impossible.
"Virtual" or electronic credit cards are no longer accepted by Sony for the PSN Store, and it's on sale EVERYWHERE but in Germany, due to the German store being a fucking joke, only offering games up to the 12+ rating because... I don't REALLY know why. MS' Live Store does offer stuff up to 18+ IIRC (or 16+ at least...). And due to there not really being a possibility (I know of) of purchasing stuff with fake accounts...
So there's no Siren for us, maybe we'll get it on Bluray when it hits the rest of Europe.
Hopefully that'll be AFTER my import-Bluray from somewhere in Asia has arrived. >_>
Seriously Sony... Everyone is laughing at this.

I bought Pain in the sale, as it was the only that I wanted to try that I didn't already own. It's pretty fun (and funny) from what little I've played of it so far, so I don't regret getting it. But yeah, I already own PJM, and Rocketman is shit. I'm on the fence about High Velocity Bowling, as it seems like it would be fun, but just doesn't have much content to bring you back (they should have gave it online multiplayer).

As for Siren, I could buy it if I wanted, but there's no way in hell I ever will as long as it stays download only. I'm just not a fan of downloading huge games like that (nearly 9 gigs), so unless it gets released on Blu-ray here (I don't see why it can't since Japan is getting a BD version) I won't be getting it. It's a shame too, because I absolutely loved the demo and was seriously thinking about getting it until I found that out.

And I also tried the PixelJunk Eden demo, and while I thought it sucked at first, after playing it a few more times (incuding once with my sister), I really got into it. Depending on how much it is when it comes out, I might pick it up.

I have a question regarding PS3's Blue Ray function.

In the midst of the announcement that Advent Children Complete will have a FF13 demo, I like to know if my US PS3 will be able to play both? Is it region locked with BR movies or does it depend on the BR disk?

Most blu-ray movies are Region free, but blu-ray movies could be region coded, they just don't use the same code as the DVD one and luckily Asia and North America are in the same region code. So any Asian blu-ray should work on a US PS3.

Sa even if they do region code FFVII:ACC, it should still play fine on the a US PS3

Games on the other hand could be lock. It's the decision of the developers to lock or not their games. So let's hope that they don't lock the FFXIII demo.

Just in case any one is curious, I've been reading that with the PSHome theme released today, if you DL it, then there is a chance that you can jump into the expanded PShome Beta.


Just thought I'd pass that lil bit of info on.

Just downloaded it. All I've jumped into was a PShome Beta wallpaper in the theme. :(

Supposedly when you downloaded the theme you submitted your application to be in the beta and now we play the waiting game
PlayStation.Blog » Want into the PlayStation Home Closed Beta test? Here’s How to Apply

Grabbed the theme. Here's to hoping all the shit I buy on the PS Store means something.

I'm thinking they're going to take people who have a lot of PSfriends, and then some who have few and see if PSHome manages to help increase the online gaming aspect.

Possibly seeing the land of highschool playing out with the jocks playing with the emo goths like one happy family </3

Seriously guys, I've been in the beta since day one and I played it like 3 maybe 4 times. There's just not enough stuff to do in home in the beta, mainly bcause there's almost no one log in...

And in the latest patch they remove almost half the furnitures and there's not enough items to fill up your apartment (at least not enough to make it look like a normal room)

Outside of that there's not much to do for now. The arcade has bowling and pool, which are not as entertaining as they look since you don't see your avatar play the game.

I was pretty much disappointed with it, but I'm always hoping that this is only the beta. There will probably be more to come and more importantly, when it will officially launch, a whole lot more people online...

But PS3 sales spiked around the MGS4 release. andi think the beta was closed WAY before that.

If anyone really gives a shit, one of the better looking reasons to take advantage of the region-free gaming on this console just went up as Play-Asia's weekly special. Bought so bad.

Buy Initial D Extreme Stage (w/ English manual) (PS3) - Order Now!

Damn, I really love Initial D, and I hear this is a good game. I just bought a shitload of games yesterday though (six of them being PS3 games), so I really don't need anymore, but I may have to splurge anyway. I'll definitely keep this in mind. Thanks, Skills.

You're welcome.

Although it should be noted that the Asian version of this game (the one on sale, not the Japanese one) lacks any online support whatsoever, so no getting absolutely fucking raped by those insane folks who set records in the arcade, if you do order it.

Question: Is there a store besides YesAsia which actually ships PS3 stuff to the European Union?
Just noticed that a REAL lot of good games on PlayAsia won't be shipped to us, so I was just wondering....

There's DVDboxoffice.com, but I'm guessing you're after jap stuff.

Yep. Japanese / Asian stuff. Isn't it usually the pan-asian versions that also feature english menus?
My Japanese copy of Siren - New Translation does not, while I read the Asian version (which YesAsia didn't sell) did supposedly have those.
I'm usually busy playing local releases, but if a similar act of stupidity would arise again from Sony, I'd like to know in advance where to place my order.

What about play-asia? They do sell Siren Asian version: Buy Siren: New Translation (PS3) - Order Now! but it is back ordered for now. I'm pretty sure they ship everywhere.

I just don't know why people does't buy it on the PSN, it's really cheaper there then to import the Asian version...

Lemme just quote myself there.
Play-Asia doesn't import most of the Sony games into the EU. :gonk:

Additional Spam:
Oh and guess what.
Bionic Commando: Rearmed also is unavailable on German PSN, cause it's a 16+ game.
Not that I care, I'll get it on XBL then, but still... This is such a fucked up joke... O_ô

Its not as loud as the XBOX 360 fan. However the PS3 fan does get abit louder when being used for like over 2 hours+.

Wow, someone took that thread title a bit too literally. If you looked you'll notice that the title is a pun, the thread is actually just general discussion about the PS3.

damn this is driving me crazy >.< I change credit card like a week ago and I decided to change my billing info in the PS store but it just wont accept it!

and even worse every time it fail by saying my credit card is not valid, I get charge 1$ on it, now I'm up to 15$ on my credit cards because of this.

it seem it just doesn't recognize my billing address or something, I must have tried any way possible and it just won't work...

This happened to me. The money will be back in 3-5 business dys.

Call your bank or credit company and ask them for the exact billing address: character by character. I kid you not, it wasn't authorizing for me because of a dash and because i was typing "rd" at the end of my street number.

Apparently there's no Warhawk thread, so I'll plonk this in here. New updates coming soon, including a free update that will add two new games modes and trophies.

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There's a video at the source link, and the jetpacks do look kinda cool.

It should be noted that "10 new battlefields" is not 10 maps in Warhawk jargon. A battlefield is a permutation of an existing map with different border definitions and sizes, and with different weapon loadouts.

While it's common knowledge, it would be unfortunate to have anyone think they'd be getting 10 full maps with all the size variants included and subsequently be disappointed.

Also, the trophy list still hasn't dropped, but there will be extras for each dlc pack, and you won't need those in order to get the platnum trophy. The rest will be either "community, game mode, vehicle or warhawk weapon" type trophies.

Wish I had a solid list to see how they'd be. With the stat tracking Warhawk does, I hope they have a significant amount of variety.