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Sony to announce European Video Store at GamesCom

Angela Madronero, European PlayStation Store Manager, has announced that Sony "will be making an official announcement regarding [the] forthcoming Video Store, next week, at GamesCom."

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saint_john_paul_ii5414d ago

well its about time for the EU owners.

Maddens Raiders5414d ago

give the people what they want.

Kleptic5414d ago

yeah it is a decent service given its just barely a year old...

It REALLY needs some sort of rental subscription though...it surprisingly gets almost every major movie release the day its in stores (every Tuesday morning in the US)...but 'new' rentals are usually 3.99 for SD and double that for HD (which is only 720p and still has ridiculously compressed 2ch. sound)...so don't expect to be downloading BD quality stuff from this...but its still great for nights where you don't feel like going out and buying/renting anything...SD is basically the same cost as renting a new release dvd at blockbuster...but HD is MORE expensive than the same movie on Blu Ray at blockbuster...making the HD rental part of the service 100% broken...

just be warned...90% of the new content is sub TV budget lionsgate crap...terrible terrible movies...but the previews are always fun to watch anyway...

zaza1265414d ago

of course its still ok to leave the canadian users in the dust...
but at least we already have psn cards here

Carl14125414d ago

Glad good old almighty-slayer (me :P) managed to get a half decent answer.

Hopefully it will go live the same day and we will get good content.

HHAHAHAHA

zoibie5414d ago

It's SCEE, don't bet on it. How long did it take them to realise an official PS Blog would be good for Europe too.

Carl14125414d ago

Yeah Zoibles, which is why i put the "hahah" in there.

Method to my madness ;)

Knightrid8085414d ago

One thing for sure: better late than never.

InfectedDK5414d ago

Finally!
I want video store and VidZone :D

WhittO5414d ago (Edited 5414d ago )

Lol we already have vidzone?

It's great we are getting this store, it has soo much content I would buy.
Lets just hope we get that same content over here!!

O, and wouldn't she get into trouble for leaking this announcement early?Lol

InfectedDK5413d ago

@Whitto, nope "we" don't.. It's only big countries in the EU that does.. Like UK, France and some other..

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jamesrocks31475414d ago

its been over a year for us...

swiftshot935414d ago (Edited 5414d ago )

Good thing I live in the U.S. :D

Edit: LOL @ Xiphos.

No but seriously it always seems as if European gamers get shafted by SCE. PSN cards, Video store, release dates for games. And now Activision increased MW2's price, that freaking sucks...

Megaton5414d ago

Good thing I torrent :D

=P

Kleptic5414d ago

Europeans have to understand how complex this is though...this isn't just Sony's fault...as region locking on US based film content is extremely complicated legally...not to mention the overhead of localizing all the content for viewing across Europe/UK...

obviously its not 'all' US based content...but A LOT of it is...given its a fee based service connected to a free online community...I am really surprised its coming to Europe this soon...

Lumbo5414d ago

And another problem is that most of the content that is handled by one US company in the US, has a different distributor in every european country. So rights had to be contracted with a load of distributors like ufa, constantine etc .. and every country here has its own rating board on top of all that.

Europe is complicated business :D regardless of the common market

unrealgamer585414d ago

good for europe, hopefully now there will be more demand for more anime. (DBZ on psn ftw!)

byeGollum5414d ago

like what? 10 years later? ..

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Movie Tie-In Games And How They Were All The Rage Back In The Day

Movie tie-in games were all the rage during the '90s and at their peak in the 2000s. Today, there are barely any around.

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It’s Time for Sony to Bring Back Killzone and Resistance

Sony is in the middle of an FPS crisis, but bringing back two much-loved PlayStation shooters could easily be the solution.

shinoff21832d ago

I'd rather them focus on a rpg. Shooters can wait

just_looken2d ago

We have alot of rpg's but only cod for a AAA first person shooter unless you toss in xdefient but that is still fixing 2yr old beta issues.

We need more AAA fps games then rpg's

shinoff21832d ago

Yea right. Theirs so many shooters on the market.

just_looken2d ago

@shin

Name 3 AAA fps games coming out this year

Cacabunga1d 14h ago

I want Killzone yea, but as a gaas no buy!

Cacabunga1d 7h ago

Yes we need some new FPS experiences.. COD is just not engaging enough. We want a Killzone back to the roots, not a Shadow Fall again..

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Crows902d ago

There's tons of RPG in the market too...what's your point exactly.

RaidenBlack1d 9h ago

No Killzone or Resistance or Factions for you ... only Concord & FairGame$

Ironmike2d ago

No more rpg for a while would love a new resistance though

DarXyde2d ago

Agree on preferring RPGs though at this exact moment, it would be great to see more horror games. Another reason why Japan Studio closing is just tragic. Loved Siren.

just_looken2d ago (Edited 2d ago )

Fuck jim ryan japan studio did so much and helped alot with ports/localization

If they were around bloodborn would be possible like how they helped with demon souls ps4 finial fantasy port.

Horror games would be nice but the jim ryan axe job helped alot in killing playstation dev numbers/freedom and increased regulation with the new censorship crap.

1Victor1d 20h ago

If Sony is bringing back a old shooter I would prefer Warhawk or better yet Starhawk

Rynxie1d 19h ago

No thanks. Resistance and killzone were my all time favorite fps games. I completely dominated those games. I met good people, had a ton of fun and have a lot of fond memories. I don't want them to bring back these games, unless they tackle the cheating epidemic. I know I will absolutely hate these games, if I was to play them now, with all the effing cheating going on in fps games.

Psychonaut851d 18h ago

Bro the market is oversaturated with quality RPGs AND bloated shitty RPGs already.

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Inverno2d ago

I honestly don't think we'll be seeing these anytime soon, if ever. Insomniac is officially on Marvel duty since it seems that all they're working on based off the leaks, and Horizon is more of what the casuals want these days. And I now I'll get a bunch of disagrees, but keep in mind that Resistance last got a game on the PS3 (2011) and Killzone was a launch title for the PS4 (2013). 10 years is a long time to make a game, if had any interest they would've done it by now, add InFamous to that list.

just_looken2d ago (Edited 2d ago )

Your right except the dates killzone mercenary was on ps vita 2013 same with resistance burning skies back in 2012

Good-Smurf2d ago

Both of those games are either made by smaller B team or completely different developer.
Killzone Mercenary developed by Guerilla Cambridge which is now defunct.
Resistamce Burning Skies wasn't made by Insomniac but by Nihilistic Software also defunct after the failure of CoD Black Ops Declassified.

just_looken2d ago

@good i know i never said they were

I mentioned them as they were the last games under that ip well killzone was last on ps4 but still even though they are different devs they led to the lose of the ip.

I highly doubt they made up for there budget cost even killzone on ps4 had low sales for such a large ip at the time.

shinoff21832d ago

Infamous should atleast get remastered. I'd be cool with that

SPEAKxTHExTRUTH2d ago

Resistance 3 turned me off to the series but I’d love a reboot. KillZone I think can stay dead. Give me a new Resistance like 1or 2 and I’ll be happy.

JEECE2d ago

Except Resistance 1 and 3 were far more similar, 2 was the outlier. 3 was a great return to form after 2 changed so many things from the first game.

SPEAKxTHExTRUTH2d ago

I didn’t like 3 and I didn’t find it similar to the first game.

Moegooner2d ago

2 was the best resistance game.

Michiel19891d 18h ago

agreed, the co-op was my fav in 2

Michiel19891d 18h ago

I'll keep saying it, have Bungie make a new resistance game, a match made in heaven. Although I imagine Bungie would be too proud to take over an existing IP.

Huey_My_D_Long2d ago

I honestly never cared or liked killzone. Huge resistance fan though. I remember so many nights playing melee only on USS Lexington, and I like the alt history vibe.

InUrFoxHole1d 18h ago

Liked KZ more but both those games are better than MAG

Huey_My_D_Long1d 11h ago

Facts.
Since I'm down memory lane, I also wish for remaster of Warhawk.

P_Bomb2d ago

I’ve been barking up that tree for years. 😢

OtterX1d 21h ago

Keep barking, boy! Keep barking! Never give up hope. ;)

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Metal Gear Solid 5, Nearly After A Decade, Is Still A Timeless Classic

The Metal Gear series, led by Kojima, pioneered the stealth genre, creating a masterclass in storytelling and gameplay.

SimpleSlave2d ago (Edited 2d ago )

No. But MGS5: Ground Zeroes might actually be one of the greatest Game Demo ever, if not the best.

xHeavYx2d ago

I know a lot of people didn't, but I actually liked that story twist at the end. The game was fun and all, but I wouldn't call it a timeless classic.

Cacabunga1d 20h ago

Metal Gear legend stopped with number 4.
MGS5 needed a year or 2 more of development to be maybe among the classics.. it was clearly rushed, especially at the end. The story teaches us absolutely nothing new.

just_looken2d ago

A demo is free that was a $40 cry for help as later we would know konami did not want to fun hideo and his team anymore that is why we got the unfinished phantom pain.

-Foxtrot2d ago (Edited 2d ago )

Meh

Great stealth gameplay but the game was just average.

Bland open world that felt lifeless, the story felt shoehorned in, unfinished story etc. The whole thing was just average to me compared to the other main titled games.

I would have rather preferred it if they kept Ground Zeroes for the main game as the opening and the rest of the game turns into a Metal Gear 1 & 2 remake to bring things full circle.

just_looken2d ago

If you dig around they had old behind trhe scenes of phantom pain vids and books wrote around the time.

Before funding was puled the main idea was to keep peace walker coop it was in the games early builds and that end game were your building your base that was suppose to be metal gear one.

You as the fake big boss was going to make your own metal gear one map aka your base (outer heaven) then me as sold snake use the mode that is in the game invade/defeat the base even fight your current version of metal gear that was in the game but not finished.

So your idea was on the table bit got canned.

CrimsonWing692d ago (Edited 2d ago )

Like hell it is. That was the first time I became aware of being sold an unfinished game and was blown away about blind fanboys saying it was some perfect game.

Yea, the first few chapters were great until they do that thing halfway and make you replay all the missions again. Then little things like capturing animals but only seeing a JPEG unlike 3 where everything was modeled out. Areas were massive, desolate, and boring to look at.

Game was a massive let down for me and the potential was so high for it. Honestly, this was one of the most disappointing games I ever played. What’s worse is it starts off brilliant. You literally play through until you get to the point where you could tell they just stopped developing and then quickly used glue and construction paper to “finish” it and then sold it. Quite frankly, that’s insulting to consumers and fans.

Inverno2d ago

People have selective memory. This game had huge drama attached to it, what Konami did to Kojima and this game was horrible. Now they praise Konami cause they revived Silent Hill, even though SH looks half arsed too.

CrimsonWing692d ago

I dunno if they’re getting much praise after the Silent Hill 2 debacle. Makes me scared sh*tless for the MGS 3 Remake…

Michiel19891d 15h ago

I don't wanna defend konami, but Kojima had 7 years to make the game, it's not that weird for a publisher to expect a game to be finished in that amount of time.

Also no one is praising konami from what I've seen, they're just excited that a Silent Hill game is releasing

CrimsonWing6923h ago(Edited 23h ago)

@Michiel1989

You’re absolutely correct. Look, the dude is a visionary and has brought us some incredible games, but he constantly would go over budget and could never stick to a deadline. I don’t know if people remember the MGS 4 trailers but it became a joke when you’d see a release date and then they crossed it out in the next trailer to give another.

What a lot of people don’t know is there’s a certain amount of money given for development and marketing. When you go over the budget and add additional marketing over the deadline it isn’t cheap. MGS GZ and V were laughable to me for the amount of time he had to develop them and he spent even more time on the engine that wasn’t anything revolutionary to me. I mean, GZ was nothing more than a demo and they released that art like $40 I think, probably to further help fund V. He then spent money for Kiefer Sutherland who did nothing for the character, which I think Kojima just wanted because he’s a fan.

Konami just had enough and said this is the deadline and you’re done after this. It’s business, but fans took it personal. I mean look at this Overdose game he’s been doing.,, like when is that ever coming out?

Michiel198918h ago

I kind of forgot about overdose but yeah exactly my thoughts. He has made some of the best games out there and definitely deserves time to create his new masterpiece, but it's not a bottomless well.

This is pure speculation but I imagine he got around 4 years to make the game excluding pre-production. If after those 4 years the game is nowhere near being done, the relationship will be strained between them one way or another.

about the konami being praised thing, if let's say blizzard announces world of warcraft 2 today I'll be excited as hell for the game, but that doesn't mean my opinion of blizzard changes only a tiny bit cause they're still trash.

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Yui_Suzumiya1d 3h ago

Yeah, it was the only MGS I didn't play and this is coming from someone who got back into gaming after skipping a generation due to MGS4 back in 2008. It just seems to be the complete opposite of the MGS I always knew and loved (1-4).

JEECE2d ago

Yes and no. In many ways in was a great game; there's a very strong argument that it has the best gameplay of any MGS game, and that it is one of the more interesting open world "playgrounds" we have gotten, in terms of how the world operates. But as an MGS narrative, it is pretty far down the list, for many reasons.

Storm232d ago

I don't think there is any argument. The gameplay was incredible. But yeah...disappointed in the rest. Could have been incredible but...well...we all know what happened...

JEECE15h ago

I don't think there is much of one either but apparently some people found the world very boring compared to the more linear structures of other entries so I didn't make a definitive statement in order to acknowledge the outliers.

DarXyde1d 18h ago

The thing about Metal Gear Solid is that the narrative is what determines which is your favorite because the gameplay had ALWAYS improved with every mainline entry. It's amazing.

If it was gameplay, we'd all say The Phantom Pain, but the story is what truly sets them apart.

For me, that's Snake Eater, which is also my favorite game of all time.

JEECE15h ago

That's my favorite too, particularly if we are talking about the subsistence version with camera control.

Fishy Fingers2d ago

For me, best gameplay, worst, everything else.

Storm232d ago

Yeah...gameplay was so damn good.

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