Thank you to Goldrusher and Reminder for their help in posting lists for the foreign stores and Chubigans for the custom banner.
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
-Japanese content is up now.
-Europe content is up now.
-North America content is up now.
-The Gran Turismo 5: Prologue demo on the Japanese Store is GONE.
-GT5: Prologue comes out on the Japanese PS Store next week for 4500 (??) yen.
-The Burnout: Paradise demo comes out next week.
-Resistance Map Pack 2 has been integrated into match making.
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THIS WEEK:
United States/Canada
Games/Demos:
-High Velocity Bowling - $9.99
-Wild Arms (PS1) - $5.99
-Timeshift multiplayer demo
DLC:
-Folklore - Ellen Pack 1 - $3.99 (includes 4 new quests unique to this pack, new costume for Ellen and a new Folk)
-Folklore - Keats Pack 1 - $3.99 (includes 4 new quests unique to this pack, new costume for Keats and a new Folk)
-Folklore - Bundle of Pack 1 + 2 - $5.99
-MotorStorm - Vehicle - $0.99 (Falfer Domino)
-PAIN - Character Skin - Santa - $0.99
-PAIN - Character Skin - Cookie - $0.99
Rock Band:
Song Packs - $5.49 each:
-Black Sabbath Pack 1
Individual Songs - $1.99 each:
Black Sabbath:
-N.I.B.
-Sweet Leaf
-War Pigs
Trailers:
-Battlefield: Bad Company - "Frostbite"
-GTA IV - Trailer 3 - "Move Up, ladies"
-Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots "TGS 2007 Trailer"
-TimeShift - "FPS Video 3"
-Turok - "Interview"
-Uncharted - "Environments"
Other:
-Ratchet & Clank Future theme
-Uncharted theme
United Kingdom:
Games/Demos:
-Cain & Linch demo
DLC:
-Folklore - The Origin of Belgae Mission Pack - 1,99 (4 missions, 1 folk & 1 Ellen costume)
-MotorStorm - Vehicle Pack - 2.49 (Domino & Adventure)
Trailers:
-Blazing Angels - "Multiplayer"
-Metal Gear Solid 4 - "E3 2007 Trailer"
Other:
-Heavenly Sword theme
-Killzone 2 theme
-Lemmings theme
-Mesmerize theme
-MotorStorm theme
-Snakeball theme
-SingStar theme
-Tori Emaki theme
-Xbox 360 Dashboard theme
Japan
Games/Demos:
-PixelJunk Monsters - 900 yen
Trailers:
-Disgaea 3
Other:
-Mainicchi Issho themes (2 of them)
-Pixeljunk Monsters theme
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COMING BEFORE THE SUMMER DROUGHT OF 2008:
Demos:
-Burnout Paradise - December 13th
-Devil May Cry 4 - January
-Hot Shots Golf 5 - December
PSN Games:
Released in the US and still to come for Europe:
-Blast Factor: Advanced Research (missed November date)
-High Velocity Bowling (no date)
-PAIN (no date)
-Piyotama (December)
-Riff: Everyday Shooter (December)
-Super Puzzle Fighter 2 Turbo HD Remix (no date)
December
-Dark Mist
-Elefunk
-Gran Turismo 5: Prologue - JPN
-PS Eye - Mesmerize: Distort
-PS Eye - Mesmerize: Trace
-PS Eye - Tori Emaki
-PS Eye - Trials of Topoq
-Rocketman: Axis of Evil
-Skydiving
-Snake Ball
-Toy Home
January
-PixelJunk Monsters
-Wipeout HD
February
-Gran Turismo 5: Prologue - NA/Europe
Other early 2008 games
-Commando 3
-Echo Chrome
-Soldner X
-Super Street Fighter 2 HD Turbo Hyper-Fighting, etc.
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GAMES YOU CAN FIND ONLY ON THE FOREIGN STORES:
UNITED KINGDOM:
-Cain & Linch demo
-Heavenly Sword theme
-Killzone 2 theme
-Lemmings theme
-Mesmerize theme
-MotorStorm theme
-Snakeball theme
-SingStar theme
-Tori Emaki theme
JAPAN:
-No Hot Shots 5 demo any more
-No Gran Turismo 5: Prologue demo any more
-Go! Sports Ski demo
-Heavenly Sword - "Kai" demo
-G1 Jockey 4 2007 demo
-Imabikisou demo
-Record of Agarest demo
-XI[sai] - PS1 game demo
-Mainichi Issho - full game - free
-Japanese PS1 game list - 600 yen each
-Mainicchi Issho themes (2 of them)
-Pixeljunk Monsters theme
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PREVIOUS WEEKS:
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 10/25/07 (Ninja Gaiden and Piyotama DLC, Spyro for PS1)
PSN Content 10/18/07 (Gran Turismo 5: Prologue, Folklore and Juiced 2 demos)
PSN Content 10/11/07 (Everyday Shooter game; Ratchet & Clank Future, Conan, and NHL 2K8 demos)
PSN Content 10/04/07 (Go Sports Ski game; Simpsons & Bladestorm demos, Last set of TGS trailers - JPN)
PSN Content 09/27/07 (Jericho and NBA 2K8 demos; NG: Sigma and MotorStorm DLC, 2nd set of TGS trailers - JPN)
PSN Content 09/20/07 (LocoRoco PS3; NBA 08, Sega Rally Revo, Skate, Stuntman: Ignition demos, 1st set of TGS trailers - JPN)
PSN Content 09/13/07 (PixelJunk Racer, Poker; Tony Hawk, NHL, FIFA, PixelJunk Racer and Harry Potter demos)
PSN Content 09/06/07 (Stranglehold & NBA Live demos, Motorstorm & NG Sigma DLC, HS preview - part 5 of 5)
FIRMWARE UPDATES: (all contain BC updates)
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)
OTHER REFERENCES:
-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.
-Help on creating a Japan Store account. Alternative guide here.
-A link to NCSX Importers to purchase a 3,000 yen PSN Card. - $36.50
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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 November 22nd, the launch of the store.
Games:
-Beats - $4.99
-Wild Arms (PS1) - $5.99
PSP Trailers:
-GTA IV - Trailer 2
-Heaven Sword - Anime 1
-Heaven Sword - Anime 2
-Heaven Sword - Anime 3
-Heaven Sword - Anime 4
-Heaven Sword - Anime 5
-Ratchet & Clank Future - Trailer 1
-SOCOM FTB
-Uncharted
PSP Wallpaper:
-LocoRoco Holiday
-Ratchet & Clank Size Matters (2 of them)