Update (19th January): They're not quite under 20p, but it's also worth pointing out that Reus is £0.54 and Real Farm is £0.24.
Original Article: There are bargains, and then there are the two deals we've just come across on the EU PlayStation Store. Right now, you can add two PlayStation 4 games to your library for a combined price of 33p. Yes, you did read that correctly.
Head on over to the PSN Store right now and you'll find SHINY - A Robotic Adventure listed for just 14p while Defunct can be snapped up for 19p, both representing an incredible 98% saving following original prices of £12.99 and £11.99 respectively. Head on through the two links if you're interested in picking them up at a steal of an asking price. According to Metacritic, Defunct isn't a particularly good game but Shiny - A Robotic Adventure actually managed to garner a 5/10 and a 6/10. Worth checking out? For 14p, why not.
Has a PS4 game ever been sold this cheaply on Sony's digital storefront? We're struggling to think of any examples, that's for sure. It's a strategy which some developers on Nintendo Switch have adopted where a game is so aggressively discounted that players almost feel obliged to at least check out what the title is. And it seems to have worked -- they have certainly caught our attention.
Do you think you'll pick up either of these games at the current asking price? Count the pennies in the comments below.
[source store.playstation.com, via store.playstation.com]
Comments 27
I think putting so low prices on the games just devalues them and make me think why even bother.
I've just tried to buy them but it doesn't accept the payment. Does the store have a minimum spend perhaps?
Hardly a Yakuza game though, isn't it?
@liamcroft that yakuza thumbnail clickbaited me into clicking, cheeky bastard!
No but seriously, I’m not used to pushsquare clickbaiting, atleast not on a level that is noticable for me. Pushsquare is a great website, hope they’ll keep it at a minumum, just enough to pay the bills. 😓
Just bought them both for 33P lol
@Dange Nope. It let me buy them.
I value my time more than my money, so I'd rather pay 200 times as much for a good game
@GoodGame ah okay. I'm using the app so maybe it's just tripping up. Will have another try when I'm home. Cheers.
A part of me sees why they do it but another part of me thinks it is sad because people will buy and just never ever play,
@Rudy_Manchego True, just shovel tyem on to the ever expanding backlog. At least they cost pennies however.
@TribalRivals It would be great to get trophies for buying games in sales.
Any idea how easy it is to Platinum these games ?
DeFunct looks decent to be fair. Especially for that price. Looks like a casual game for when you want to relax and just play without overthinking too much.
@neilh20man It's impossible to do Shiny, some of the trophies have been borked since day one and never fixed.
@Rudy_Manchego but if they're trying to gather funding for another project in the future, having X thousand buys looks better than X hundred.
Or there's been a mistake and they should be priced a bit higher
Also Real Farm... 24p for PS+ subscribers reduced from £34.99 lol
REUS is also 54p
Definitetly buy Reus, quirky, fun little game.
PSN store says they're both 79p both for me...
@RainbowGazelle
Thoose superlow prices are with PS+
I also brought Adam's adventure for £1.14 or something so spent around £2.50 for the lot. some of these games seem to have some easy trophy lists for the trophy hunters out there.
I just popped over and got them.
33p!!
I don't think the price devalues anything at all. The gross majority of PS4 games are still priced high and may overly so.
It is nice to see bargains like this on offer. It served (for me as one) to only engage me in the PS store whilst I am there, so it works as a marketing ploy in any case.
Actually, PS should do an absurd giveaway every month as a loyalty gesture to customers and considering the impending PS5 release, this would assure a connected PS4 audience. The PS4 has in no way met it's full life span and has a way to go. The PS5 comes too soon.
Half 33p game review and half rant.
As you were 🤟
Reus, Real Farm, Shiny and Defunct for 1,71€ with ps+ ....
so Thank you for telling us this...
First time in month i value my Ps+
Yakuza isn't one... shame on you!
Would it be possible to have a selection heavily discounted games rather than just some probably awful games just because they cost less than a single nescafe pod?
I'd be more interested in a push square selection of games over 50% off.
Both games look like garbage.
The price point is irrelevant really. You wouldn't buy someones excrement would you, so what's the difference here really?
@Grindagger
hahaha!
"roll up roll up! come and get your fresh excrement here! it's only 30p per scoop!, buy now before it's too late!"
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