Sony extends PS3 Platinum range News

Already have Netal Gear but will buy the other 3. Are they out soon?

I wonder how this will affect the attach rate for PS3 - i'm guessing most PS3 owners already had these titles. I'll expect to see some of these games re-appear in the charts as people with PS3 slims start picking them up.

Good move.

They came out last Friday or at least Killzone 2 did.

Killzone 2 is cheaper than this to buy from sendit.com. Unfortunately Sony seems to be adopting a pretty crappy exchange rate for the €.

Killzone and Motorstorm for me then, will keep me going until Uncharted 2 comes along.

"Killzone 2 is cheaper than this to buy from sendit.com. Unfortunately Sony seems to be adopting a pretty crappy exchange rate for the €."

Well they do have a sale on and the RRP is listed @ £19.99. Thats just the way it is. Nothing to do with any exchange rates.

wut, didn't killzone 2 come out proper only six months ago?

lord, yeah something like that, I was a bit surprised too, especially considering LBP is getting platinum aswell... same time as it getting goty

@Lord - to join the platinum range needs a certain number of sales, not an amount of time. Killzone 2 is new but has already qualified for platinum.

Any word on the next batch of platinums (inFamous etc.)? There must be something on the rumour mill, as this story was around 3 weeks ago. Could you also confirm whether all games selling over 400,000 copies are going platinum, or is that the justification in this case only?

Edit: @tossetaz, LBP GOTY (catchy eh?) is only planned for release in North America, for the moment at least. Also, am I correct in thinking that platinums are decided on a per-region basis? So these are platinum in Europe only? Is this an indication we won't be seeing the GOTY edition over here? Many questions need asking please Rob :)

Did Folklore ever get a reisue at PLatinum prices? I think it did in the US.

Been meaning to get Resistance 2 for ages, glad I held off now! Never really been a fan of the Metal Gear series but I'm tempted to give MGS4 a go at that price.

@Lord - to join the platinum range needs a certain number of sales, not an amount of time.

No, I think to join the Platinum range it just needs Sony to decide if it's appropriate to start selling at a lower price, else MGS4 Platinum would have come out a year ago.

You do realise the Platinum range is a marketing exercise?

@patch oh I didn't know that!! I guess i'll buy the original used then.

anyone know if it's posible (in LBP) to play levels that use the dlc without owning the dlc?

@beastmaster

'Netal Gear'? Is this a pre-release version for the 360's hand-waving device?

wow. surprising to see Sony give platinum to a few of their best, yet fairly recent exclusives. this means that new slim adopters have an absolutely well priced means to experience PS3 at its best. I suppose this further enhances Sony's position in the run up to Xmas... as well as beyond.

on a side-note (posted seperately so you can mark down / up content seperately one from the other) - compare KZ2's platinum status to Mario Galaxy's lack of it. Not only has Ninty not reduced its price for the 'old-tech' console, it has not or has barely done so with its 'age-old' exclusives either.

/me's liking ninty less and less for its corporate practices... a shame joe public doesn't really see any of this...

gaah, I really want Resistance 2 but I hate buying those platinum/classics games because of the ugly boxes...I keep telling myself that the game is the same and it's just the box and cover art that's different. I know I'm a gaming snob... but that's just the way I am... I can never change :_(

@MeBrains

Why would Nintendo drop the price if the game is still selling well?

These kind of platinum/greatest hits ranges are purely to remarket games whose ongoing sales have dropped past a certain threshold.

lord: I do agree with you, yet I do also suppose that a title like KZ2 for example would continue to sell bucketloads - given the (or my) expected and sustained increase in sales of the platform. I can not imagine that Mario Galaxy still sells the numbers it once had, yet Nintendo refuses to mark down (I say this while knowing that - should it still be selling, this argument is void). My very personal look at it is: Ninty milks customers on the console, as well as on its own IP's, but I can not blame them getting away with it.

I guess Sony's primary goal with this is to give great games at a great price in order to boost sales of the console - not so much of the games. edit: in other words: it is part of positioning the console (which is "affordable" now) as well as some of its best games (which are "cheap" now), both in the run-up to Xmas.

@tossetaz if you know someone who has the dlc (say the Metal Gear pack for example) then yes as long as they own it and you are playing multiplayer you can play the game without buying the dlc yourself.

@mr_writer: Thanks for your answer, I hope there's plenty of wonderful levels that doesn't require any dlc at all!? :)

No need to buy LBP used, sites like http://www.play.com have been selling the game for 23,49 euro for ages!

Nintendo first party games rarely drop in price (also witnessed in the GC-era) and its Player's Choice line still hasn't been revived for the Wii; on the contrary Nintendo went a step beyond and started a new trend with its New Play Control! line :)

@Arwin: Yeah your right, just found it at a danish online-retailer for 17,34€

@lord

Perhaps in order to be considered for the platinum range, a game needs to make certain sales targets. That isn't necessarily to say that as soon as it makes said targets, it will automatically be entered into the range.

And of course its a sales exercise. What aspect of selling games isn't?

@Wizlon

Now Resistance 2 is in the platinum range you'll easily be able to find the non-platinum release on sale at the same price in just about any games shop on the high street.

Is this active now? I want to go trade in fifa09 before the 10 demo comes out on Thursday as I'm guessing prices will tail off dramatically after that.

killzone2 is well worth £20,and although resistence2 is only average imo its not bad value either. it is surprising these titles are being added this soon after release. motorstorm pacific rift is also great the best arcade racer on ps3 imo, and lets not forget rrp is only a recommended price, all these games will still be heavily discounted. the rapid drop in prices so soon puts me off buying full price releases these days, with only certain WII games and the COD franchise keeping their value

You could pick all 4 of those games up for around 20quid online anyway, I think I might grab the old box style killzone & resistance 2 before they disapear altogether.. hate the look of the silver box design :(

I thought Killzone 2 sold well? Wasn't it something like 4th fastest selling Sony game, and shifted a million copies in 1 1/2 months? AFAIK LBP had over a million by end of 2008. Guess that could be called poor sales though(?).

Sony should've kept this quiet and then done it just before Christmas. They can't keep anything quiet though.

donnie080208 IGN did an articule on PSN servers for old games vs Live and it found all the games where all the servers where bare on LIVE were still doing well on PSN. As with players paying for online they will follow trends.

I agree about LBP and KILLZONE2 sales cant have been anyway near what sony thought they would be dropping the prices so soon

Of course the sales must have been bad. It's utterly unthinkable that both these games sold more than enough to cover their development budgets and are now sold at a lower price to shift a bigger number of copies.

You should stop assuming Donnie, since your assumptions are usually full of fail.

Just got a slim, so this is nice timing!

Metal Gear Solid 4 was already part of the platinum range- I bought it in April and have the platinum release.

@ Wizlon
I`m not even a gaming snob and I hate the platinum release cases and avoid at all cost. I`d rather pick it up second hand as the PS3 discs seem to be pretty impervious to scratches!

@MR WRITER I tend to agree with your views on psn having more players of old games. thats the only bad mark against LIVE is that gamers tend to stick to gears2 ,halo3,cod4 etc with most new multiplayer games being empty in a matter of weeks. unreal tournament3 is a good example of this, as i bought it a few mths after release and couldnt get any full games,the new release SECTION8 is another worthy MP that will not last. dont agree that paying for live has anything to do with it though,just that the 360 has the best online games

@JAH B if you think killzone2 was a sales sucess and sony were happy if they recouped their budget it is you who are deluded and making assumptions. the game didnt even reach the 1 mil mark in the U.S.(and its a fps) it just wasnt the hit many expected,although it looked great and had above average gameplay imo(not 50m and 5 years worth though)

I think this is great news. I just picked up Uncharted: Drakes Fortune for under £15 on Amazon and am loving it. I if I can get Killzone 2 and Motorstorm 2 for the same then they are definite purchases for me as well. I actually feel like the price of my (phat) PS3 is finally justified. Seems the PS3 game library is starting to mature into something a little more credible (at least if you are a tight-arse like me)!

I hate buying platinums for one reason: the case is tacky. I could have got Oblivion GoY for 8 quid new plat but the higher resell value of a non-plat made me buy it for a tenner non plat

@Mnia786

Yeah. It's not very subtle is it? BIG SILVER CASE!

@Donnie, stop worrying about Sony and be happy that some great (KZ2, LBP) and other games have been released as Platinum... ok you might be able to pick some of these games up alittle cheaper elsewhere but isnt it a GOOD thing that they have been repackaged and are cheaper? Is this not good for PS3 owners?

Seriously you are depressing...lol.

As for Sales of LBP and KZ2, they were not massive as they probably hoped, but they werent bad sales. LBP did over a million, your telling me thats a bad number? It isnt trust me, especially for the size of team Media Molecule is. As for KZ2, you think its just about the game right? Its also about creating a Current/Next generation game engine... you cant do that on the cheap. This wont be the only game they use it on, and i would suspect KZ3 will be alot cheaper to make because of it.

"Metal Gear Solid 4 was already part of the platinum range- I bought it in April and have the platinum release."

Only in Europe.

Might pick up Killzone 2 now. Been putting it off for a while but now I've no excuse.

Resistance 2 a 9/10 game...dont make me laugh. Anyway this platinum range is a bit un-necessary, what with most shops already selling the game for that price either new or pre-owned, and sites like ebay shifting copies for around £15 tops.

Resistance 2 was okay, just a little linear. some nice set pieces, and a modest Multiplayer that I never got into.
MGS4 and Motor Storm are definitely worth your cash.
I like the idea of platinum, as there are games that score 7/8 out of 10 that I would not buy full price.

I picked up Bioshock and Deadspace for £15 each off Play.com and will be looking forward to picking up Infamous/Prototype and Red Faction when they are similar price. (did notice Red faction is £23 on Amazon though)