The European PlayStation Store's big Spring sale finally draws to a close today, and of course, Sony has arranged a suitable replacement. The Big in Japan sale is the EU Store's equivalent of the North American Golden Week sale, discounting a wide range of Japanese titles, and it starts today. However, there are more sales getting going, as if you needed more excuses to spend all your pocket money.
First thing's first: the Big in Japan sale lowers price tags on all kinds of games, including some very recent ones. Resident Evil 2, Devil May Cry 5, Ace Combat 7: Skies Unknown, and Kingdom Hearts III are all reduced. There are plenty of titles from the last couple of years in here too, like Monster Hunter: World, Nioh, and Shadow of the Colossus. The PlayStation Blog has the full list, and it's pretty hefty, so be sure to take a look.
Meanwhile, 'Games Under €15' and 'Games Under €5' are both kicking off today as well. In the former, you're looking at titles such as Burnout Paradise Remastered, Axiom Verge, and Yooka-Laylee all for under a tenner each. The latter sale offers up the likes of Dishonored: Death of the Outsider, Mirror's Edge Catalyst, and Pyre for an absolute steal.
All these deals run until 15th May, giving you two weeks to splash some cash. Will you be nabbing anything? Let us know in the comments below.
[source blog.eu.playstation.com]
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The Vanishing of Ethan Carter is £2.44
That is an absolutely mammoth sale!
Weighing up KOF '97, Samurai Showdown V Special and Windjammers as they all come with Vita versions.
Bomberman R and Sonic Forces are probably worth a tenner each too...
I’m picking up Persona dancing endless night collection and Persona 5: Ultimate edition
Wow time to expand my jrpg collection. There are some Vita titles like Persona dancing in discount too.
May take a punt on the EDF Shmup now its finally on sale. My wild hope is that Yakuza Kiwami 2 maybe a PS plus game as thats not in the sale but other Yakuza games are. And havent purchased Kiwami 2 yet.
Japanese Sale?
Guaranteed no spend for me this month then!
Umbrella Corps Deluxe Edition for peanuts? I think I'll give it a try. It is with Chris, Wesker, Barry, Hunk etc. after all.
@belmont And anyone eyeing the Vita Persona 3/5 Dancing games.
There's a bundle for both games and a costume pack for £30!
https://store.playstation.com/en-gb/product/EP2475-PCSB01257_00-PDANMEGAVERSE000
Not sure if it’s the same sale, but I’ll pick up Pyre (save 75%) and the two LocoRoco remasters (save 59%).
Picked up the Onimusha remaster. Happy days! Looking forward to replaying it after all these years.
There's plenty in my wishlist on sale this time. Nioh is the most tempting one for me, but I'm also eyeing up the Persona Dancing things. Not sure yet whether I'll pick up anything, or whether I'll hold off until another sale and focus on my backlog for now.
@KALofKRYPTON Thanks for this, for some reason I couldn't find it. This version will be mine!!
@YozenFroghurt Try this link
https://store.playstation.com/en-gr/grid/STORE-MSF75508-PRICEDROPSCHI/1?platform=vita
@YozenFroghurt I've given up on the vita store to find deals. Its a mess. I check https://psprices.com/region-gb/index and filter for vita games instead
As for this sale, im tempted by DmC remastered and Tales of Berseria.
Sigh . . . and I bought the Nioh DLC full price a coupla weeks ago after finally getting the plat on the base game.
Disgaea 1 Complete for me! Crazy it launched at full AAA game price.
Bit disappointed to not see Monster Boy & the Cursed Kingdom on sale....had a discount on the Switch just recently....anyone that hadn't bought Wonderboy Dragons Trap really should though,great game!
@YozenFroghurt I have no idea how PS Store even works anymore (the browser version; Vita's own is even odder, to the point where I gave it up long ago after outright failing to track down pages for a few games factually on the store). Big in Japan, indeed, is one of the sales you can still expect to remember Vita's existence since Vita itself wasn't all that "small" at home, but this time? The sale section itself has but a few titles that, like you said, can't be filtered out - although at this point, it seems like the still filterable "All Deals" page has caught you with them all. But the real twist? There's some parallel kind of ghost Vita sale happening simultaneously, with a tad bit more Japanese titles included (and some like the first Demon Gaze discounted into borderline pocket change). All its related titles are on sale through May 29 instead (the deadline here is 2 AM on the 30th, but that's GMT+3), including Vita ports of quite a few PS4 items in BiJ pack.
No, BiJ doesn't list them at all... but okay, I mean, different deadlines and all... yeah, and All Deals page doesn't list them EITHER. I only caught wind by visiting my wishlist and seeing the price change on one such title myself. Currently, if you want to browse them all, you need to open the general Vita section on the store and... no, not the respective "deals" tab, it doesn't seem to function at all - the "view all games" tab. Funnier yet, if you try sorting by "ascending price", the list still sorts the discounted games by ORIGINAL price even though it's depicted as visibly crossed out at the moment. Happy browsing!😅
On the flipside, my first May payday is booked on the Switch front anyway, so I really appreciate having until the end of the month to make use of these - and, given the current prices on quite a few items of interest to me, make use of them I just might. But PS Store is really puzzling me with its inner workings lately - as in, even more than usual.
While we're at it, @Quintumply , maybe you guys could report on this "shadow sale", too? Unless, of course, nothing I've described above actually applies to UK store [yet].
@YozenFroghurt PS3 as well? And none of it showing even on "All Deals" list? Houston, we have a rather ironic tab title...
Also, get well soon!
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