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The PSN Card heading to the U.S

PS3 owners in the U.S have been clamoring for PSN cards since shortly after the system's launch. Now, finally, those precious cards are on the way.

This is an article from the September 08 issue of The Official Playstation Magazine.

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Overr8ed5766d ago

finalfickingly. too bad its not coming by August.

Winter47th5766d ago

They sure took their sweet little time with this one.

gaffyh5766d ago

I thought these cards were already out in the US, I've been waiting for these for a while in the UK. I can see them being very useful as gifts to under 16 ps3 owners (so they don't need a debit/credit card to buy stuff from PSN).

Pr3-M3d_G4M3R5766d ago

They need to make them in appropriate increments though, if a game is $19.99 its over $20 with tax, so that person would be out of luck. Hey I wonder if the government will charge tax on buying these, because if you pay tax on the card then tax on the game you're really paying double the tax you should be...Hmmm

PimpHandHappy5766d ago

i have bought stuff using these cards already! So much better then using a credit card!

I get them at a gas station by me...Im outside of Chicago in a small town call Joliet

ofx3605766d ago (Edited 5766d ago )

I've bought games from GT:prologe to PJM and I don't believe i've ever payed taxes. By the way I live in the US so it could be different elsewhere.

Hockey115766d ago

only some states have you pay tax. NY is one of them.

mfwahwah5766d ago

I live in Wood Dale and I'm having no luck finding these suckers >.<

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Wildarmsjecht5766d ago

In some places they are here. If they mean in every major outlet and even some stores that sell phone cards and such, then cool.

Delive5766d ago

I saw them in a speedway gas station with the phone cards. This was like 2 months ago.

solidt125766d ago

This is very strange, man I tell you that I saw these cards in Target last week.

Faztkiller5766d ago

yeah last week i was in line at speedway i saw one and i was like WTF?
so i bought one and got pjm, pain, and hvb haven't seen them any other places and i have been looking

buckethead_X5766d ago

How almost everyone says they're not here, but about 15% of everyone says they are. If they are indeed coming to big retail stores and such, it will be a very good thing for the PSN and my birthdays ^-^

thor5766d ago

I don't think it's that weird. They seem to have produced them in a limited quantity and so only a few stores are going to stock them. In most places you won't be able to find any unless you look really hard.

buckethead_X5766d ago

I thought if they wanted to put some in U.S. stores, they would have a greater supply in the stores. Oh well, maybe it was some kind of marketing strategy...

juuken5766d ago

Come to Gamestop and I will be very happy. :)

JUSTICEFORALL5766d ago

gamestop, eb games, this is the first time i heard of this what is it?

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7 Deserving Games That Never Got Backward Compatibility

Backward compatibility works for many games on newer consoles, but titles such as The Simpsons: Hit and Run have been left out.

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20 Best Survival Games of All Time

From base building to swinging willies, here are the best survival games around, which include a couple of less than obvious picks.

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Vader821d 9h ago

No 7 days to die is criminal

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Microsoft once tried to nab LittleBigPlanet from Sony after a few drinks

It turns out that many moons ago, Microsoft once had its eye on the Sony published LittleBigPlanet series.

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XiNatsuDragnel4d ago

Microsoft had a good idea but fumbled it again.

Cacabunga2d ago (Edited 2d ago )

Project Spark idea was decent but they quickly gave up ..
LBP was wonderful

ApocalypseShadow3d ago

Microsoft in a nutshell. Always tried to poach Sony employees, games, 3rd party games and devices like the depth camera that was turned into Kinect but was running on PS2 before Xbox 360. Wouldn't be surprised they wanted LBP. Just like they worked behind the scenes pushing the MLB to bring Sony's baseball game to Xbox instead of making their own.
https://www.playstationlife...

They didn't spend years trying to develop their own baseball game. They wanted Sony's game.

They're scum.

Zachmo1822d ago

Microsoft didn't force MLB on Xbox. MLB gave Sony 2 options either go multiplat or risk losing the license.

Rynxie2d ago

And why do you think MLB said that? I believe Ms approached MLB.

ApocalypseShadow2d ago (Edited 2d ago )

Totally ridiculous comment.

The only exclusivity Sony had was to their own creation of The Show. Microsoft could have paid the MLB for the license just like Sony did and made their own baseball game.

Microsoft instead, groomed MLB for years in trying to poach Sony's game and bring it to Xbox. They're worth 3 TRILLION dollars. You think that's not enough money to make their own baseball game? Don't be delusional.

Microsoft spun it like they always do and told the media that they had to trust Sony with their hardware. After they put Sony in that position of not having a choice. Either go multiplatform or stop making one of their successful games. That's a no win scenario.

And what did Microsoft do? They didn't try to sell the game to the Xbox community. They put it on game pass to hurt Sony. Pushing the idea of why buy games that are $70 when you can play them in their cheap service for $10. It was a dirty tactic.

You fell for the Kool aid drink Microsoft served you instead of spitting it out. Hope it tasted good because you were fooled by Phil and the gang.

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Hereandthere2d ago

Xbox executive Sara Bond has told Axios that Microsoft spent a number of years trying to get MLB The Show onto Xbox consoles. And when it finally succeeded in breaking off PlayStation’s long-held exclusivity, the company had to “trust” Sony with pre-release Xbox Series X/S consoles.

Bond revealed that MLB The Show “always came up” in conversations between Microsoft and the Major League Baseball organization. “We always said, ‘We love this game. It would be a huge opportunity to bring it to Xbox.'” she recalled. However, when Microsoft’s efforts materialized, it put the company in an awkward situation where it had to send in pre-release consoles to a rival company.

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Notellin2d ago

"Microsoft instead, groomed MLB for years in trying to poach Sony's game and bring it to Xbox."

Take a nap, conspiracies are rotting your brain.

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Hereandthere2d ago

Xbox executive Sara Bond has told Axios that Microsoft spent a number of years trying to get MLB The Show onto Xbox consoles. And when it finally succeeded in breaking off PlayStation’s long-held exclusivity, the company had to “trust” Sony with pre-release Xbox Series X/S consoles.

ApocalypseShadow1d 13h ago

Lying to yourself is unbecoming.

Article link tells you all you need to know in Sarah Bond's own words.

Hereandthere2d ago

They were too cheap/inept/lazy to develop their own mlb game, so they port begged for years and bribed the mlb to make the show multiplatform. Like i said many times, xbox brought nothing to the table their 24 years, ZERO.

ApocalypseShadow1d 13h ago

At least you and others get it. Note drank the Kool aid and asked for seconds thinking it was refreshing.

Most don't even know how it all played out but it's there in black and white for all to see. Microsoft brought it up for years until the MLB forced Sony's hand. It was a win win for Microsoft. Kill one reason to buy a PlayStation or kill the game by dropping it in a cheap service to kill Sony's sales numbers on PlayStation.

OtterX3d ago

"However, Healey said Media Molecule wouldn't have felt right doing that, adding it would have been "morally corrupt"."

Major kudos to Media Molecule for being an upright studio with principles.

Cockney1d 8h ago

They chose well, Sony gave them the backing to pursue their dreams with no restrictions even tho their games especially dreams have very niche appeal. Media molecule and Sony deserve respect for this in an age of risk averse publishing.

RNTody3d ago (Edited 3d ago )

Great, more stories like this please. Show the last of the zombies holding the line what we've been saying for years: Microsoft is anti competition, anti industry and has no interest in making games at all.

But hey, at least there's an Xbox Games Showcase to look forward to, right?

Inverno3d ago

Well considering SONY just killed the series, LBP would've been dead by now either way. Though MM probably wouldn't exist by now either, so I'm glad they stayed with SONY, hopefully they don't get shut down any time soon or ever honestly.

Inverno2d ago

They shut down the servers, that's millions of user created levels gone. That and dead are pretty much the same, it's also been years since 3 and they cancelled HUB soooo.

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fsfsxii2d ago

They shutdown the servers because no one was playing, no one in the community cared about the user created levels so why keep them up? Wtf you guys would never succeed in running a business.

Inverno2d ago

Yea dood no one was playing so they shut off the servers. Cause people with enough common sense can't just Google why they were actually shut of, right?

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