Resident Evil 6 Kick-Starts Sony's Day 1 Digital Initiative
Posted by Sammy Barker
New beginnings
The most attentive amongst you may have noticed that Sony’s started to get really aggressive with PS3 digital downloads. Titles like Borderlands 2 and Sorcery have all launched on the PlayStation Store alongside their retail counterparts – and that’s going to happen a lot more in the future.
Sony’s announced a new Day 1 Digital promotion in North America, which will see major PS3 releases available on the PlayStation Store at exactly the same time as retail. Some of the titles will include a 10% discount for PlayStation Plus subscribers.
Sadly, there’s no news on Europe’s pre-load feature making its way Stateside, which would make this initiative a whole lot more enticing. Pre-load essentially allows you to download a game in full before it launches, ensuring you’re ready to play the moment the release date rolls around.
We've included the full line-up of October releases in the space below:
Resident Evil 6
(Available for download on October 2nd – $59.99)
NBA 2K13
(Available for download on October 2nd – $59.99/$53.99 for PS Plus members, with pre-order)*
Dishonored
(Available for download on October 9th – $59.99/$53.99 for PS Plus members, with pre-order)*
DOOM 3: BFG Edition
(Available for download on October 16th – $39.99/$35.99 for PS Plus members, with pre-order)*
007: Legends
(Available for download on October 16th – $59.99/$53.99 for PS Plus members for first week on sale)
Medal Of Honor: Warfighter
(Available for download on October 23rd – $59.99)
Need For Speed: Most Wanted
(Available for download on October 30th – $59.99/$53.99 for PS Plus members, with pre-order)*
Assassin’s Creed III
(Available for download on October 30th – $59.99)*
[via blog.us.playstation.com]
#1
Splat said:
I was just talking with a friend about this, you are really starting to see more and more day 1 digital releases. I think it's great more options are always a good thing.
The only down side is that they will stay at the $60 price tag long after the retail versions drop in price.
#2
Aviator said:
I'm pretty sure that in the Aus store it says that you can download LBPK before it's released.
#3
Hokori said:
Weird, I would've thought they did day 1 digital retail releases before seeing NSMB2 was day 1 release