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[Wario64]

http://blog.us.playstation.com/2012/03/06/2012-psn-gamers-choice-awards-and-the-winners-are/

Without further ado, here are your winners for the 2012 PSN Gamers’ Choice Awards:

Best PSN Exclusive: inFAMOUS Festival of Blood (PS3)
Best PSN Game: Resident Evil 4 (PS3)
Best PSN Game Playable Online: Street Fighter III: Third Strike Online Edition (PS3)
Best PS3 Full Game: Assassin’s Creed: Brotherhood (PS3)
Best PlayStation Move Game: Dungeon Hunter: Alliance (PS3)
Best 3D Game: God of War: Origins Collection (PS3)
Best PlayStation Classic: Chrono Trigger (PS3/PSP)
Best Mini Game: Angry Birds (PS3/PSP)
Best PSP Game: DISSIDIA 012 [duodecim] FINAL FANTASY (PSP)
PlayStation Community Award – Best Indie: LIMBO (PS3)

http://blog.us.playstation.com/2012...ice-awards-2012-nominees-you-decide-tomorrow/

Starting tomorrow, head into the PlayStation Store to cast your vote for your favorite games in nine of the 10 categories and receive a free Gamers’ Choice Awards XMB theme for each vote cast. New this year, you can also cast your vote online in one special community category, Best PSN Indie, and you’ll receive a voucher code to be redeemed in the PlayStation Store for a free exclusive XMB theme. Your votes exclusively pick the winners in every category, and your award winners go on sale.

Don’t go too far because the winning games in each category will be announced right here on the PlayStation Blog in just one week–on March 6, 2012–and that same day, the winning game in each category will be discounted 30% in the PlayStation Store for one week, with a special 50% discount for PlayStation Plus subscribers.



Best PSN Exclusive:

inFAMOUS Festival of Blood (PS3)
PixelJunk Shooter 2 (PS3)
TETRIS (PS3)

Best PSN Game:

inFAMOUS Festival of Blood (PS3)
Plants vs. Zombies (PS3)
Resident Evil 4 (PS3)

Best PSN Game Playable Online:

Hard Corps: Uprising (PS3)
Street Fighter III: Third Strike Online Edition (PS3)
TETRIS (PS3)

Best PS3 Full Game:

Assassin’s Creed: Brotherhood (PS3)
Assassin’s Creed II: Deluxe Edition (PS3)
Midnight Club LA Complete Edition (PS3)

Best PlayStation Move Game:

4Elements HD (PS3)
Dungeon Defenders (PS3)
Dungeon Hunter: Alliance (PS3)

Best 3D Game:

Dungeon Defenders (PS3)
God of War: Origins Collection (PS3)
The Sly Collection (PS3)

Best PSone Classic:

Chrono Trigger (PS3/PSP)
Parasite Eve (PS3/PSP)
Xenogears (PS3/PSP)

Best Mini Game:

Angry Birds (PS3/PSP)
The Impossible Game (PS3/PSP)
PAC-MAN Championship Edition (PS3/PSP)

Best PSP Game:

DISSIDIA 012 [duodecim] FINAL FANTASY (PSP)
DISSIDIA 012 Prologus FINAL FANTASY (PSP)
TACTICS OGRE: Let Us Cling Together (PSP)

PlayStation Community Award – Best Indie:

Dungeon Defenders (PS3)
LIMBO (PS3)
PixelJunk Shooter 2 (PS3)

 

[darkside31337]

Anybody who doesn't vote for Tactics Ogre is doing it wrong.

Sony even put in a demo of Dissidia along with Dissidia just to tell people to go vote for Tactics Ogre.

 

[sixteen-bit]

It's a farce that 3rd Strike is nominated for best playable online.

Worst netcode of any Capcom game this gen.

 

[ultron87]

Time to skew the results towards the games I haven't even played so I can get them for cheap!

 

[AAK]

Might and Magic Clash of Heroes is being criminally ignored.

 

[MikeE21286]

Best PSN Exclusive:
inFAMOUS Festival of Blood (PS3)

Best PSN Game:
inFAMOUS Festival of Blood (PS3)

Best PSN Game Playable Online:
Street Fighter III: Third Strike Online Edition (PS3)

Best PS3 Full Game:
Assassin’s Creed II: Deluxe Edition (PS3)

Best PlayStation Move Game:
Dungeon Defenders (PS3)

Best 3D Game:
Dungeon Defenders (PS3)

Best PSone Classic:
Chrono Trigger (PS3/PSP)

Best Mini Game:
The Impossible Game (PS3/PSP)

Best PSP Game:
TACTICS OGRE: Let Us Cling Together (PSP)

PlayStation Community Award – Best Indie:
PixelJunk Shooter 2 (PS3)



--- Selfishly voting for the ones I want to get the discount for.

Also glad I waited on those PSP games listed, as I almost bought Dissidia and Tactics Ogre for my Vita.

Please everyone vote Tactics Ogre!

 

[TheGuardian]

Tetris? Seriously?

 

[darkside31337]

Tetris? Seriously?

What? Tetris

Spoiler

(PS3)

is definitely one of the best PSN exclusives.

 

[sixteen-bit]

How big of a troll would it be if Prologus wins for PSP?

 

[MikeE21286]

How big of a troll would it be if Prologus wins for PSP?

...that would be the worst

 

[web01]

The nominations are clearly rigged with companies they could agree to do discount deals with, just vote for the games you want on sale not what is the best.

 

[Wario64]

How big of a troll would it be if Prologus wins for PSP?

Why did they even put that instead of Corpse Party? I guess CP must be selling THAT well

 

[Forearm Star]

Damn should have had FF4 on the psp list..
Also Angry birds is out for ps3/psp?

 

[Dynamic3]

How is the PSone Classics version of Chrono Trigger?

 

[Callibretto]

I don't get it, why would I vote games that I think is the best, but most likely already owned and played to receive a discount when I already have the game to begin with...

 

[Dead Prince]

Why did they even put that instead of Corpse Party? I guess CP must be selling THAT well

Or the game is just dead.

 

[VanWinkle]

Another contest where we vote the best games as the ones we haven't even played yet but want to.

Pac Man better get best Mini, because I want it! Can it be played on Vita? Not a big deal anyway if it can't yet, since I have a PSP Go.

 

[Dreamer RD]

Best PSone Classic:
Chrono Trigger (PS3/PSP)

Gonna vote for that, 10$ is too much for such a shitty port.

 

[Apdiddy]

How is the PSone Classics version of Chrono Trigger?

A garbage-y port with bad loading times.

 

[HamPster PamPster]

Best PSP Game:

DISSIDIA 012 [duodecim] FINAL FANTASY (PSP)
DISSIDIA 012 Prologus FINAL FANTASY (PSP)
TACTICS OGRE: Let Us Cling Together (PSP)

Translation: Square was the only PSP publisher willing to work with us and even they think The 3rd Birthday is terrible.

 

[corrosivefrost]

Love how they tie the discounts to the voting -- it's basically like "vote for the one you want on sale, not the best."

And that's exactly what I'm hoping for:

Best PSN Exclusive:
PixelJunk Shooter 2 (PS3)


Best PSN Game:
inFAMOUS Festival of Blood (PS3)

Best PSN Game Playable Online:
TETRIS (PS3)

Best PS3 Full Game:
Assassin’s Creed: Brotherhood (PS3)

Best PlayStation Move Game:
Dungeon Hunter: Alliance (PS3)

Best 3D Game:
Dungeon Defenders (PS3)

Best PSone Classic:
Chrono Trigger (PS3/PSP)


Best Mini Game:
PAC-MAN Championship Edition (PS3/PSP)

Best PSP Game:
DISSIDIA 012 [duodecim] FINAL FANTASY (PSP)


PlayStation Community Award – Best Indie:
LIMBO (PS3)

That would at least give me the option of all games I don't own.

 

[Tizoc]

It's a farce that 3rd Strike is nominated for best playable online.

Worst netcode of any Capcom game this gen.

IMO the online was fine, it was the matchmaking that had issues.

 

[Massa]

Could anyone please check the popularity (number of ratings) for the three PSP games on the Store? Just want to make sure I'm getting Tactics Ogre on PSN next month!

Love how they tie the discounts to the voting -- it's basically like "vote for the one you want on sale, not the best."

They'll even spam your PSN inbox if the game you voted for didn't win but goes on sale in the future.

 

[sixteen-bit]

Or the game is just dead.

Corpse Party has been at the top of monthly PSN PSP sales since its release.

 

[Takao]

Why did they even put that instead of Corpse Party? I guess CP must be selling THAT well

Man, this acronym does not sit well with me...

 

[N-Bomb]

So sick of awards everything. The only awards that count are profits and 'did I like it'.

 

[sixteen-bit]

Man, this acronym does not sit well with me...

FFXIII was that traumatizing?

 

[N-Bomb]

Man, this acronym does not sit well with me...

You'll live.

 

[djplaeskool]

Bah. No love for Galaga Legions DX?

 

[Pai Pai Master]

Who would vote for Duodecim Prologus over the full game??

Either way, hope it wins. Fantastic game and all the new Vita owners should grab it.

 

[Stumpokapow]

Having people vote (presumably on games they have played) in order to award discounts doesn't make a lot of sense. People ought to vote for the games they haven't played in order to increase the likelihood of getting discounts on them, instead of the ones they own/have played, which they don't need discounts on.

 

[ULTROS!]

I'll vote for Xenogears. I'm playing the superior NDS version of CT right now.

Though Xenogears might be the obvious win.

 

[crimzonflame]

Vote for Xenogears please. I want to buy it at 50% off.

 

[Combichristoffersen]

Man, this acronym does not sit well with me...

Maybe it'll sit better if you have a seat over here

 

[Doel]

I pretty much own all the best games in those lists so I'll be voting for the games I don't own, in order to help score a discount. Doesn't really make much sense to call this "Gamer's Choice Awards". Should be "which game you want a discount for Awards".

 

[firehawk12]

Dissidia demo has to win!

 

[Takao]

Instead of that Gameloft game I would've put an SCEJ joint known as Ape Escape Move on the Best Move List.

But SCEJ is too mainstream.

 

[DMeisterJ]

Please vote Dissidia 012 to win the best PSP game award. It's ridiculously expensive and 15 bucks for that game is a steal. Anyone who votes for the demo to win will be banned from GAF.

 

[Ravage]

Games that are going to win by a landslide,

Best PSN Exclusive: inFAMOUS Festival of Blood

Best Mini Game: Angry Birds

Best PSP Game: TACTICS OGRE: Let Us Cling Together

Best Indie: LIMBO (Sigh...)

Would be funny if inFamous won the Best PSN Game category too ;p

 

[N-Bomb]

Having people vote (presumably on games they have played) in order to award discounts doesn't make a lot of sense. People ought to vote for the games they haven't played in order to increase the likelihood of getting discounts on them, instead of the ones they own/have played, which they don't need discounts on.

Makes sense based on not having to give discounts to people who've already paid full price!

 

[Massa]

Instead of that Gameloft game I would've put an SCEJ joint known as Ape Escape Move on the Best Move List.

But SCEJ is too mainstream.

I would go with Swords & Soldiers, Tumble and Killzone 3 MP.

 

[ihearthawthats]

the psn nominees are pretty terrible choices; standalone dlc and a bunch of ports. i think they're great games, just terrible choices. if contra wins, it'll definitely get my money. i already have dungeon defenders on pc, but its a pretty good game so i might double dip for the psn version.

also, for anyone else that might have interest in dungeon defenders, they are soon releasing a free dlc for the game that includes a new level cap, new gear, and a bunch of other stuffs.

 

[zinder]

Lol this doesn't make any sense. Why give discount to games that we have already played?! Obviously, people will vote on games they want discounted, without even knowing if they are good or bad.


Anyway, casting my vote on Tactics Ogre! Was 1 click away from buying it so TODAY! Glad I waited

 

[Shorty11857]

This makes me want to vote for the games I don't own more than what I think should win..

 

[Goldrusher]

Too much old stuff (RE4, GOW, Sly, AC2, etc.)

Lots of great games missing (Trine 2 would be my PSN GOTY).

People will vote for the games they want a discount for.

 

[The Elite]

ITT: We vote for the games we want discounted.

 

[Flame Lord]

Under best PSP category, is that Duodecim vs... Duodecim?

 

[Jotamide]

A garbage-y port with bad loading times.

I really hope Chrono Trigger doesn't win. I love that game with all my heart but the PSN port is awful.

 

[mochuuu]

Having people vote (presumably on games they have played) in order to award discounts doesn't make a lot of sense. People ought to vote for the games they haven't played in order to increase the likelihood of getting discounts on them, instead of the ones they own/have played, which they don't need discounts on.

I was thinking this myself. it's still a fine event imo to recognize the games that get the highest ratings, then subsequently get the most votes in this event. But yeah, chances are if you're voting for it, you already have it. Will get that on the table for next year's event.

 

[Joni]

I think I need to get an American PSN card. And it is quite smart they give discounts. Everyone is going to vote on the game they want to buy so they're guaruanteed nice sales.