These PSN PS4 sale highlights are even cheaper than retail

Dealspwn: The latest PSN sale offers some seriously high percentage discounts, but seeing as many prices start off absurdly high, they're often not particularly great deals. That said, there are a few that we feel are worth highlighting, as they're cheaper than their physical counterparts.

You'll need a PS Plus subscription to get these hot discounts, but if your subscription lapses in the future, you'll still get to keep these games.

[Blues Cowboy]

Awesome, always a pain to trawl through the blog post without reviews etc.

[bggriffiths]

I know lack of resale value with digital is a pain, but some of these are very tempting. Good to see prices lower than retail for a change. Infamous: First Light is a bargain there too.

[ikkokucrisis]

Great, now if they just had these deals in the North American store

[bnoyes]

Pretty mind-boggling that it's still a surprise to see digital prices lower that retail. But if you've waited this long, no real reason not to wait for an even better sale on physical.

[WizzroSupreme]

They sure are. Wish I had the money to burn.

[Toiletsteak]

Not if you get them pre-owned.

[Eidolon]

I don't think they meant pre-owned too when they said retail.

[Morgue]

I bought all these day one. Money well spent.

[bggriffiths]

Yep, we were comparing to the best new prices for physical.

[Takwin]

ALL digital prices should be 10% lower than retail at release. They should actively monitor retail outlets after release to come close most of the time to the prices.

This is what scares me the most about all-digital future that is all-but confirmed for next gen for all consoles - that console digital prices are horrendous and nothing at all compared to Steam discounts via sales and over-time reductions.

[_-EDMIX-_]

Not really. The price for games is based on what it cost to produce the actual game, the need to seek a return as games are not cheap to make.

Not putting in a box, disk etc won't just get automatically passed down to the gamer as it doesn't really make much business sense.

Its $60 due to the production of the title, not due to being in a box lol, it very much cost money to make that game and I see no reason for them to make even LESS due to a boxed version.

"This is what scares me the most about all-digital future that is all-but confirmed for next gen for all consoles"

....yet

http://www.sony.net/SonyInf...

Not sure where you heard anything was "all-but confirmed" for anyone. Mind you...did you forget this?

http://f742a291acf7f6ce2375...

You need to get that when you state something like "is what scares me" your VOICING CONCERN, YOU MATTER, what you think...matters, what you buy, matters. XONE's original concept didn't see the light of day based on gamers like you and me, who worry about that and buy physical often.

With games going up and space and not down, with Sony working on a new media format, with games becoming more complex, bandwidth not only staying at a slow speed, but not becoming widely WORLD WIDE available, its just not going to happen.

We will have 300GB per disk and they are planning upgrades to 500gb and 1TB meaning, next gen we will have likely up to those sizes in space for games.

.....or they can seek to kill themselves trying to lock down 1 distribution method as if it makes any sense. MS tried it and failed. Consider NO MEDIUM HAS 1 DISTRIBUTION METHOD, ZERO!

Mind you, music doesn't go up in space or complexity ever year like games do, yet still has physical as an option. Why? Because I bought Mastodon's Once Round The Sun ON CD, bought Black Sabbath 13...ON CD! Because YOU AND I SAY SO, thats why! lol, no worries, so long as gamers like us exist, its likely never going to happen.

[Takwin]

I bet next gen is all digital for MS and Sony and discs will only ship for those who can't download whole games (but I don't know how those people would download patches which frequently hit multiple GB with ease.

I stand by the 10% reduction because if they want us to go digital and relinquish the ability to sell used (which gets you half or more - $60 new games resell on eBay for $40 easy, and $20-$30 older games resell for $15-$20.) - then they need to give us incentive.

1. 10% off for digital
2. 1-3 day headstart for digital
3. Something non-gameplay like a dynamic theme or purely cosmetic item
4. 10% off future DLC and/or season pass for people who buy digital first

That would swing the tide in favor of digital for a lot of people. I'm sticking with discs for consoles and Steam for PC. For now.

I did give up pirating music once Spotify became so easy and affordable. Netflix has done the same for video for many people as well.

[_-EDMIX-_]

@Takwin- "I bet next gen is all digital for MS and Sony and discs will only ship for those who can't download whole games"

....I don't know what you mean, so like how it is right now? Those that are no able to download just do that now anyway.

"I stand by the 10% reduction" If you feel just, I just don't think it makes sense for publishers to agree to make less. Business wise its a tough sell.

" then they need to give us incentive. "

I'm sorry but 10% isn't a good one, mind you, who is to say that price will even lower later on? I mean...you do get that they could keep at that price for years and years right?

Gamers control the market, they will ultimately control if that is going to happen as low sales won't keep publishers using this format. At that point, it would likely make many resent the set up, seek to pirate etc.

Consider when its even announced, it will be confirmed pretty quickly just how many are against it and lastly, having 1 distribution method doesn't' really make any sense. More methods will always make much more sense and money. You can have your 10% digital...along with physical, along with streaming etc. We have this method now and to only take away a way to pay only hurts,doesn't help.

Gamers have more control over this then they think.

[IamTylerDurden1]

Too bad it's Europe.

BUY Metro Redux you get two spectacular full games with all DLC included. It's incredible the job 4A did in reworking and cleaning these games up. Metro 2033 is the gem in the Redux bundle imo.

Metro Redux, brilliant sp FPS. Two terrific games. First Light is a steal if you don't own it, it has a platinum and Metro Redux has 2 platinums.