Many of my Thursday afternoons over the past year and a half have been spent anticipating Sony’s Playstation Store updates in the hopes that there would be some measure of content that interested me. When I first joined the Sony PS3 party in February of 2008 there were already a laundry list of PSN titles that had recieved critical acclaim. In those early months as a PS3 owner, deciding on buying a game and what game to buy, was so much easier. I can honestly say I am satisified with the games I purchased in 2008 with the exception of Soul Calibur IV.
As a long term implulse buyer having a great selection of games to choose from put my mind at ease. That was until the drought came. Not a drought in the sense that there weren’t games available, but rather a lack of games that interested me. Looking at the creation dates of my PSN games, February 2009 was the last month that saw me reaching into my wallet on a weekly basis. Between the months of March 2009-July 2009 I made a total of 13 game purchases. 8 of those 13 were PSN titles and of those 8 I regret buying half of them. If not for games like Street Fighter IV, Resident Evil 5, Bionic Commando Rearmed, BlazBlue and Shatter I don’t know how many regretful purchases I might have made.
For months I felt like there wouldn’t be anything until the holiday season to get excited about. Week after week I just kept getting disappointed. It got so bad that I started buying games I really didn’t want just so I could have something new to play. As if by some indirect wish fulfillment, something unexpected happened — PSN saw the arrival of Battlefield 1943, Shatter and Fat Princess. With those 3 games and BlazBlue still as fresh as it is, I no longer have time to debate purchases. Hell I don’t even have enough time to play these great games as much as I would like.
No one can say for certain when and what games will find their place on Thursday’s weekly update, but if recent PSN releases are an accurate indication of what’s to come, really engrossing and captivating games are only a Thursday away. Although the inside of my wallet may find itself a little bare, here’s a nod to great games and the developers who create them.
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Go ahead and tell me what you really think. I’d love the opportunity to explain my choices in gaming to you.
Shattered is awesome. I am currently addicted to it as much as I was with Super StarDust HD. Are there any games on psn/xbla your looking foward to? Anyways awesome article sns.
I definitely play Shatter and Super Stardust HD a lot. Although, most of my gaming today involved BCR and BlazBlue.
To be honest I don’t really know what supposed to be coming out.
Right now I’d say the downloadable games I am looking forward to most are Trine and PixelJunk Shooter. My friend Angel calls me a PixelJunkie. I told Dylan Cuthbert about my nickname and he liked it. I’m a huge fan of the PixelJunk Series including Racers.
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You might try Savage Moon, if you have not already. Savage Moon is an easy to play tower defense game. I consider it a nice break from endless rounds of COD4/5.
13 purchases in that short time frame means you are serious about your PSN shopping. I have only purchased about half that many in a years time.
Fat Princess and Battlefield 1943 are my next two purchases. Both look like they will keep me busy for some time.
Savage Moon is a pretty good game. I still haven’t quite gotten around to finishing it. I’ll put it on my to-do-list.
I am pretty serious about my PSN games. I’ve had to learn to be patient and show some restraint. I think I am getting better at saving my monies for the games I truly want.
I already have 52 Playstation 3 games (non-PSN). I will get around to playing them all in time.
Looking to get into SOCOM though. Tried when it first came out last year, but it was horrible with all the connection problems and bugs. I hear that it has all been fixed and the game actually has more people online playing than Killzone 2.