Sony frequently acts like a headless chicken, and this is just another example of miscommunication making the company look like it hasn't got a clue. The firm announced its 10 per cent PlayStation Network discount earlier in the week, revealing that it would not be compatible with PlayStation Plus subscriptions, Music Unlimited memberships, or video rentals. Pre-orders, apparently, would be game.
Except, the manufacturer's now changed its mind on that matter. An update on the PlayStation Blog explains that pre-orders will not be eligible, meaning that if you'd hoped to get some money off Bloodborne or The Order: 1886, you may have to reconsider. To be honest, this wouldn't be so bad if it had made things clear in the first place, but instead, it now looks like it doesn't know how its own promotion works. Quelle surprise.
[source blog.us.playstation.com]
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Well, this continues my theory that this isn't so much an apology offer as much as trying to get people to spend as much money as possible on the PSN.
@Jonny Was never an apology, it's always been a cheap way of saving face while saying "sod you" to customers. Ever since the E3 where they trolled Microsoft (2013) every tiny thing they've done has been another shot in the foot. It's like they don't know what to do when winning, like they need to be the underdog.
I am going to use my 10% on REmake
@rastamadeus Oh I know that now but at the start they seemed to at least pretend it was, now not so much.
I'll use mine of REmake because I was planning on buying it anyway to support more classic RE games but if I wasn't planning on buying it I wouldn't use this out of principle.
It doesn't affect me, but that stinks. This really has been a poorly run "apology" offer. Miscommunication, only a weekend, and it should be 20% off, not 10%. They're cheap in addition everthing else.
I always prefer no compensation to a lousy one; I feel these things are disrespectful in a way. It reminds me a lot of the early Gold days with the Xbox... PS owners were getting the coolest games for free and someone at MS said: well, now we have to give some freebies as well, and they started giving away games that launched alongside the 360. And everyone was saying: "they don't have to do this, don't be so ungrateful", but I honestly feel that if you can't or won't do it right, don't do it at all.
This is an insult to the intellect of gamers and I dont need them to throw me a meatless bone, I want them to provide a better service.
Super hype overdrive
I think Nintendo and Sony are run by the same people.
Between the two, I can't stop beating my head against the wall.
Its a store wide 10% off weekend Flash sale, nothing more. And 10% off is kinda meh.
This 10% discount just keeps getting worse the closer we get to the weekend where we could actually use it. Will it be reduced from 10% to 5% before Friday? Maybe they could exclude all PSOne and PS2 classics too.
While I agree 10% isn't a huge discount, I still can't believe that people are actually complaining about this. The network was down for 5 days, due to a hack which was not Sony's fault. They have reimbursed users who pay for PS+ by giving them the 5 days back that they lost from their sub, and financially nobody else was any better or worse off. Yeah, 10% isn't much, but it's better than nothing, especially when they've already squared things with those of us who were down financially due to + subs. The ingratitude from some people is bewildering to me, people actually complaining that they would rather have nothing at all than get 10% off is ridiculous, it's like watching a small child throw a tantrum because they expected more than they were given, even though it's something for nothing.
I'm sure we'd all love 50% off the entire store or whatever, but 10% off pretty much everything is still very much better than nothing. Learn to be grateful people.
@SteveButler2210 The thing is, it was down at the most inopportune time. The network was also down long after the DDOS attack ended, so Sony was at fault for having a slow recovery.
Maybe I am very wrong, but I thought they originally said it was good on pre-orders, they didn't leave it up in the air - they said it was.
Link: http://a.disquscdn.com/uploads/mediaembed/images/1650/7586/original.jpg
That's okay, I've got a ton of games to play that I haven't gotten to. I was going to pick up some pre-orders, but now I'll just wait until the games have all been patched, fixed up and more then likely are on sale during the summer. Between Dragon Age Origins, Far Cry 4 and all the games I got for my new X-Box I guess I can wait. Thanks Sony.
@Jonny It's more of a token discount that only gets people to spend more money than they would have normally. I won't be using the code.
I'd have used the code if it was for pre-orders. Really wanted to get Dying light on the discount xD
I don't preorder digital games so this doesn't affect me.
Breaking news from Sony.......
The 10% discount can no longer be used on any product you can purchase in the PSN store.
Carry on.
https://twitter.com/envisager_/status/558555590931542016
Spoiler: No one knows anything.
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