Holiday Essentials Sale – Week 2


PSN began it’s Holiday sale last week with titles like Catherine finally reaching the $20 price point digitally, Retro/Grade in it’s first sale dropping to $4.90, I Am Alive hitting $7.35 and may more discounts. Even for non-PSN Plus Members. The Essentials Sales continues for a second week with the following sales:

Update: Showing that Sony is capable of adapting the Playstation Blog lets us know that the store has been updated with a few features

It’s also worth noting that a couple things have been updated in the PS Store navigation. We’ve incorporated some of your feedback and you can now filter Add-ons by game title and the Weekly Deals section has been placed more prominently. We hope these changes will help you find what you’re looking for.

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  • Duke Nukem Forever (Sale: $13.99, PS Plus: $9.80, Regular: $19.99)
  • Galaga Legions DX (Sale: $6.99, PS Plus: $4.90, Regular: $9.99)
  • Hot Shots Golf: World Invitational Vita (Sale: $12.49, PS Plus: $8.74, Regular: $17.99)
  • Journey (Sale: $10.49, PS Plus: $7.35, Regular: $14.99)
  • Killzone 3 Multiplayer (Sale: $10.49, PS Plus: $7.35, Regular: $14.99)
  • Mafia II (Sale: $13.99, PS Plus: $9.80, Regular: $19.99)
  • Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater – HD Edition PS3 (Sale: $10.49, PS Plus: $7.35, Regular: $14.99)
  • Metal Gear Solid HD Collection PS Vita (Sale: $24.49, PS Plus: $17.14, Regular: $34.99)
  • Mortal Kombat (Sale: $20.99, PS Plus: $14.70, Regular: $29.99)
  • Papo & Yo (Sale: $10.49, PS Plus: $7.35, Regular: $14.99)
  • Ratchet & Clank Future: Quest for Booty (Sale: $10.49, PS Plus: $7.35, Regular: $14.99)
  • Retro City Rampage (Sale: $10.49, PS Plus: Free, Regular: $14.99)
  • Retro City Rampage PS Vita (Sale: $10.49, PS Plus: Free, Regular: $14.99)
  • Simpsons The Arcade Game (Sale: $6.99, PS Plus: $4.90, Regular: $9.99)
  • Starhawk (Sale: $27.99, PS Plus: $19.60, Regular: $39.99)
  • Unit 13 (Sale: $18.49, PS Plus: $12.94, Regular: $26.99)

Some decent titles. Long time members of PSN Plus will already have Simpsons The Arcade Game, showing what is in my opinion one of the more minor annoyances with the membership. We’ll lose the game after our subscription expires and there’s no way to participate in this sale if we’re really big fans of the arcade port (which is actually quite excellent if you haven’t tried it).

Journey is an interesting choice though I still recommend you save your money and buy the triple game collector’s edition that includes Fl0w and Flower. Pacman DX was a fantastic title that holds up even now. I haven’t heard similar praise for it’s brother in DX arms Galaga Legions. Still the demo was fun and it’s likely the only game I’ll be picking up this week. As I already own Duke Nukem ($2.50 in stores) and Metal Gear Solid Trilogy HD ($1.00 Door Buster). Quest for Booty is a great game and if I didn’t already have it on my UK account from the PSN Blackout I’d happily pick it up for $8. It’s short, it’s a touch linear, but it looks fantastic, controls great, and wasn’t over priced.

Are there any titles you plan to pick up or would like to suggest? How was Papa & Yo. The demo was interesting but not quite compelling enough to make me bite at $8 with my backlog. Care to try to convince me otherwise?

Source: Playstation Blog


Written by: wolfkin - News Contributor


  1. Avatar of hobbes

    #1 by hobbes on December 24th, 2012 [ 22511 Points ]

    pretty crummy sale IMO

  2. Avatar of mowmow

    #2 by mowmow on December 24th, 2012 [ 17028 Points ]

    hmmm maybe unit 13, mafia and simpsons arcade. 32gb just doesnt cut it atm mines already full

  3. Avatar of The_Nmac

    #3 by The_Nmac on December 24th, 2012 [ 17548 Points ]

    I don’t have journey yet so time to get it. Super glad I did not buy retro city rampage. Thought it might end up free.

  4. Avatar of wolfkin

    #4 by wolfkin on December 24th, 2012 [ 9943 Points ]

    32GB!?!?! which one is 32GB?

  5. Avatar of Pai do mercado

    #5 by Pai do mercado on December 24th, 2012 [ 2196 Points ]

    Well Well, SCEA not give to us a good sales off for xsmas…all old games…too bad
    So i took Far Cry 3 in Euro per 50%off… SO AWESOME GAME…with a lot animals, remember me RDR, with secondary missions like bouty and animal exotic hunt. If u loves RDRand FPS game FAR CRY 3 its 4 u people.
    And took Hitman, but i not play yet…FAR CRY take my time LOL

  6. Avatar of mowmow

    #6 by mowmow on December 24th, 2012 [ 17028 Points ]

    no no im just saying my 32 gb mem card is already full. Its ok now though since unit 13 isn’t 12.94, it was a price error

  7. Avatar of Oly

    #7 by Oly on December 25th, 2012 [ 130196 Points ]

    Some great deals, but I have all I want already :)

  8. Avatar of mowmow

    #8 by mowmow on December 25th, 2012 [ 17028 Points ]

    ok so i bought unit 13, playstation blog crossed out the 12.94 and replaced it with a higher price, but when i checked it on my vita last night the price adjusted to 12.94. So i picked it up and finally bought journey

  9. Avatar of Kane112

    #9 by Kane112 on December 25th, 2012 [ 30555 Points ]

    meh nothing for me sale wise but cant complain with retro city rampage for free glad i didnt buy it when it first came out

  10. Avatar of Ceidz

    #10 by Ceidz on December 26th, 2012 [ 14404 Points ]

    Retro City Rampage for free is great. R&C Quest for booty is still too expensive @$7.35 for 3 hours of gameplay of a 4 years old game…

  11. Avatar of EdEN

    #11 by EdEN on December 26th, 2012 [ 103759 Points ]

    RCR is aaaaaweeesoooome! Really enjoy playing the game.

  12. Avatar of The_Nmac

    #12 by The_Nmac on December 27th, 2012 [ 17548 Points ]

    Finally bought Journey. Looking forward to playing it.

  13. Avatar of EdEN

    #13 by EdEN on December 27th, 2012 [ 103759 Points ]

    I’ll be skipping the sales. Have enough games as is as well as a brand new system.

  14. Avatar of kennygk

    #14 by kennygk on December 27th, 2012 [ 13035 Points ]

    Still can’t believe that Killzone 3 multiplayer is originally $14.99, thats an amazing deal already

  15. Avatar of Oly

    #15 by Oly on December 27th, 2012 [ 130196 Points ]

    Journey is great!

  16. Avatar of Kane112

    #16 by Kane112 on December 28th, 2012 [ 30555 Points ]

    Journey was unique dont know if i wouldnt consider it great

  17. Avatar of Kicks

    #17 by Kicks on December 28th, 2012 [ 1054 Points ]

    I re-purchased HSG and Unit 13
    I’m glad I waited to re-buy HSG

  18. Avatar of wolfkin

    #18 by wolfkin on December 29th, 2012 [ 9943 Points ]

    @Ceidz I’m not sure I’d agree. Quest for Booty looks great even for it’s age. It’s a bit linear sure and it’s not long but $7.35 isn’t too over priced. Especially if you’ve played the other R&C games and want to complete the set without buying. I’d say that it should be priced at 10-12 dollars so $8 is a nice little cut.

  19. Avatar of chronorayven

    #19 by chronorayven on December 29th, 2012 [ 14599 Points ]

    I just bought Hot Shots Golf for Vita though I wished I didn’t forget about the sale for Rayman Origins from the other week though. Other than that no major items I want to buy.

  20. Avatar of EdEN

    #20 by EdEN on December 30th, 2012 [ 103759 Points ]

    @wolfkin: At the discount price, Quest for Booty has enough content. Plus if you love R&C games, it is a must buy.

  21. Avatar of hobbes

    #21 by hobbes on December 31st, 2012 [ 22511 Points ]

    not buying any vita games ever until sony fixes memory card mess

  22. Avatar of Darklurkr23

    #22 by Darklurkr23 on December 31st, 2012 [ 12150 Points ]

    I reallyh wish they would’ve given us ONE big gift and had like a 90% off game that no one ever bought:

  23. Avatar of The_Nmac

    #23 by The_Nmac on December 31st, 2012 [ 17548 Points ]

    What game would you have in mind?

  24. Avatar of hobbes

    #24 by hobbes on January 2nd, 2013 [ 22511 Points ]

    most recent sale has some decent ones. two worlds II is 50% off as well


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