Did the offer also available to US PSN or just like every time exclusive to EU account?

just got sumioni and am really enjoing it. There's no excuse not to pick it up at that price (unless you dont like sidescrollers).

and wtf @ sumioni not being available in germany... we got it in switzerland (only in english though) and i always thought the swiss and the german store were the same, and as far as i can remember it was announced on the german ps blog...

I really want demon gaze to come out here

Some new God Eater 2 details:
A new character (Kazuki Nana) and new weapon (Boost Hammer), Apparently she has cat ears.

A new God Machine, details unknown if it's an enemy or ally ?

Pleasing, but Famitsu hand out high scores like nobody's business.  Interested to see how much they both sell, though.

Gonna download Jet Set Radio now :p

Yeah, I can see your point too.  I find it a really interesting subject actually.  Sony get lambasted for bringing home console franchises to handhelds, but it completely depends on the franchise and how it was adapted for handhelds to how successful it actually is.

To illustrate with examples - I think Metal Gear Solid: Portable Ops and Grand Theft Auto: Vice City Stories are two perfect examples of how to translate a big home console franchise onto a handheld.  Still really nice production values, same gameplay we're used to, interesting plot - everything you'd expect from the console versions.  But the games are divided into more bite-sized missions and you always feel like you're contributing towards the games even when you only play for a few minutes.  So for example, in GTA you can just drive around for 5 minutes at a time and manage your empire, or do a mission or two.  Just works perfectly on the go.

Sony's problem is that they try to bring home console experiences fully on the go.  For certain franchises it just works - LittleBigPlanet is a perfect portable games.  But others need tweaking in the process - Uncharted GA seems great, but it just looks like another Uncharted game that just-so-happens to be on Vita.  God of War PSP titles suffered from this as well.  There needs to be some tweaking in the design process along the way, imo.

Still, onwards and upwards.  I have a feeling/I am hopeful that they're going to get things right with Killzone Mercenary.  If they make the "Mercenary" part of it like the mission design in Unit 13, then they could be onto something good.

Retro City Rampage is out today! Tempted to nab but at the same time... it was going to by my US Flight game 'til it failed to emerge lol.

Earth Defense Force £34.99? LOOOOOOOOL need to knock about £20 off that price for me. I only remember the PS2 releases being £19.99 titles on release in PAL land.

It's not available in Poland, right?

The problem with EDF's pricing is that that whole series started as part of the "Simple" series in Japan, of lower-budget games that were priced a lot lower (for example, the Simple 2000 series, which Global Defence Force was part of afaik, retailed for ¥2000, which is like $20 ish).

I actually don't have a problem with them charging what they're charging to swindle early adopters. Every company does it. I would also be tempted to pay it for a retail copy. But for digital only... nuh-uh. EDF 2017 is a fantastic game, but I don't spend more than £30 on anything game-related these days, and £35 is out of the question.