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ANNOUNCEMENTS:
In lieu of making the thread last week for the UK and JPN content that went up, I did a comprehensive (minus DLC and trailers) list of everything that went up in the U.S. from launch up until the last update of 2007. I also included a detailed feature list of all of the PSN games, a Japanese PS1 game list and a list of all the demos available.
In case you missed it: PSN Content 2007 - "almost" Comprehensive List
-Japanese content is up now.
-Europe content is up now.
-North America content is up now.
-According to a post on Kotaku, United States PSN Cards are starting to appear in stores.
-In Europe only, at the moment: Super Stardust HD game was updated to v2.0. Includes rumble and custom soundtracks. Redownload the game from your download list if you already own it to install the patch. It will not update your US copy if you download this.
-There is also a SSD HD demo which can co-exist with the original US game on your machine and you can try out the new features that way too.
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THIS WEEK:
United States/Canada
Games/Demos:
-NFL Tour 09 Network demo
DLC:
-NFS: ProStreet - numerous unlockables - between $1.99 and $2.99 each
Rock Band:
Individual Songs - $.99 each unless noted otherwise:
-Attack 30 Seconds to Mars
-The Kill 30 Seconds to Mars
-Dirty Little Secret - All-American Rejects
-Move Along - All-American Rejects
-Song With a Mission The Sounds
-Limelight Rush - $1.99
-Hard to Handle The Black Crowes - $1.99
-Gimme Three Steps Lynyrd Skynyrd - $1.99
Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock
-Die Fantastischen Vier - Ernten Was Wir Säen - $2.49
-Trust - Antisocial - $2.49
-Extremoduro - So Payaso - $2.49
-Warner/Reprise Track Pack - $6.25
--Linkin Park - No More Sorrow
--Mastodon - Sleeping Giant
--The Used - Pretty Handsome Awkward"
Trailers:
-Gran Turismo 5 Prologue Japanese Launch
United Kingdom
Games/Demos:
-The Club demo
-Snakeball demo
-Super Stardust HD demo
-Snakeball - 4.99 pounds (available on the in-game store in the demo)
DLC:
-Folklore - Fear in the Night Pack - 1.99 pounds? (4 quests, 1 additional folk, 1 additional costume for Ellen)
Trailers:
-Devil May Cry 4 - "Final" (mucho spoilers. BEWARE)
-Go! Sports Skydiving
Japan
Games/Demos:
-NFS: Pro Street demo
-10 new PS1 games including Resident Evil 2 and Intelligent Qube
DLC:
-Record of Agarest War DLC packs - 300 yen each
-Resistance: Fall of Man - Map pack 2 - 800 yen
Trailers:
-Go! Sports Skydiving
-Sega Rally Revo
-WWE 2008 Smackdown
-Yakuza 3
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COMING BEFORE THE SUMMER DROUGHT:
Demos:
-Devil May Cry 4 - January
-Hot Shots Golf 5 - January
-The Club
PSN Games:
Released in the US and still to come for Europe:
-Blast Factor: Advanced Research
-Flow Expansion Pack
-High Velocity Bowling
-PAIN
-Riff: Everyday Shooter
-Super Puzzle Fighter 2 Turbo HD Remix
January
-PixelJunk Monsters
February
-Gran Turismo 5: Prologue
Other early 2008 games
-Commando 3
-Dark Mist
-Echo Chrome
-Elefunk
-PS Eye - Mesmerize: Trace
-PS Eye - Tori Emaki
-Rocketman: Axis of Evil
-Rat Race
-Skydiving
-Soldner X
-Super Stardust HD Expansion Pack
-Super Street Fighter 2 HD Turbo Hyper-Fighting, etc.
-Wipeout HD
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STUFF YOU CAN FIND ONLY ON THE FOREIGN STORES:
UNITED KINGDOM:
-Cain & Linch demo
-The Club demo
-Super Stardust HD demo
-Heavenly Sword theme
-Killzone 2 theme
-Lemmings theme
-Manga theme
-Mesmerize theme
-MotorStorm theme
-Retro theme
-Snakeball theme
-SingStar theme
-Tori Emaki theme
JAPAN:
-Dark Mist - 800 yen
-Gran Turismo 5: Prologue - 4500 yen
-Mainichi Issho - full game - free
-PixelJunk Monsters - 900 yen
-Current Japanese PS1 game list - 600 yen each
-Go! Sports Ski demo
-Heavenly Sword - "Kai" demo
-G1 Jockey 4 2007 demo
-Imabikisou demo
-Record of Agarest demo
-XI[sai] - PS1 game demo
-Mainicchi Issho themes (2 of them)
-Pixeljunk Monsters theme
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PREVIOUS WEEKS:
PSN Content 12/20/07 (Snakeball, Toy Home, Warhawk (PS1), Trials of Topoq, and Mesmerize: Distort games; Snakeball and Blacksite: Area 51 demos; WarHawk expansion, Folklore, Poker, RB and GH DLC)
PSN Content 12/13/07 (Burnout: Paradise demo; HVBowling, RB and NFS DLC; GT5: Prologue game - JPN)
PSN Content 12/06/07 (High Velocity Bowling game; Wild Arms (PS1); Timeshift MP demo; Folklore, Rock Band, PAIN, and Motor Storm DLC; new themes)
PSN Content 11/29/07 (PAIN game; Oblivion: Shivering Isles expansion; GH3 and Rock Band DLC)
PSN Content 11/22/07 (Aquatopia and Operation: CF PS Eye games; MX vs. ATV demo; flOw, NFS: ProStreet and Rock Band DLC)
PSN Content 11/15/07 (Blazing Angels 2 and Toy Home demos)
PSN Content 11/08/07 (Uncharted and College Hoops 2K8 demos; GH3 and MotorStorm DLC; FIFA and Motorstorm in-game patches)
PSN Content 11/01/07 (TimeShift & NFSS demos; Godfather DLC; Twisted Metal 2 for PS1)
PSN Content 2007 - "almost" Comprehensive List (includes Japanese PS1 games)
OTHER RESOURCES:
-NeoGAF Official PS3 Custom Theme Thread (Lots of cool stuff, Send your thanks to m0dus and the other contributors)
-The link to access the PS Store for the PSP.
JAPAN STORE HELP:
Contained in "PSN Content 2007 - 'almost' Comprehensive List" thread
FIRMWARE UPDATES: (all contain BC updates)
12/17/07 - 2.10 (DIVX and WMV codec support, BD 1.1 support, voice modulation, PS1 games playable via remote play)
11/19/07 - 2.01 (Stability and bug fixes for issues with 2.00)
11/07/07 - 2.00 (New options for sorting Trailers and Games, Playlist support for Photos and Music, trailers from the store can be watched while they are still downloading, Store and browser are both much quicker, Browser has new flash version, Info board)
10/23/07 - 1.94 (Included on R&C disk - enables Dual Shock 3 support)
09/12/07 - 1.93 (Fix for Warhawk and PSN connection issues)
09/03/07 - 1.92 (Quicker XMB loading, web browser improvements, bug fixes)
07/23/07 - 1.90 (XMB Backgrounds, CD upsampling, can change PS1/PS2 video settings in-game, XMB game list sorting)
06/27/07 - 1.82
06/13/07 - 1.81 (fixed "full" option not sticking on RGB)
05/23/07 - 1.80 (PSX/PS2/DVD Upscaling, DNLA streaming, BLU-RAY 720p, Memory Card adapter functionality improved)
04/18/07 - 1.70 (Rumble for PS1/PS2, PS1 downloads playable on PS3)
03/22/07 - 1.60 (BG downloading, Folding@Home, Europe BC Enabled)
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THIS WEEK ON PSP:
Setting some expectations for my listing of PSP Store content. I will only post the PSP list after it gets posted on the PS blog. I'm not going to track content outside of the U.S. nor am I going to track upcoming releases. It's simply way beyond what I have time for. If somebody else wants to start keeping track of that, feel free.
The last update was on December 20th.