This page started for black Friday but has moved on as the deals come and go. I will update across the festive sales, as new portable hardware deals appear. I won't hype them as "pocket change" or "fire sale" like some sites, because that's bollocks. December deals : Evercade has 30% off various hardware, depending on the store, check the blog for details . PlayStation Portal is currently £20 off on Amazon UK (another £10 off for refurbs) Update: Valve has jumped in with 20% off the Steam Deck LCD 256GB model (down to £279 in the UK) Update: Xbox Ally has various deals (pretty short-lived, but likely getting cut again for the post Christmas sale). Update: PlayStation Portal has £20 off the range, bringing the white and black models down to £179, and 30th Anniversary Edition to £189. (Look out for another 5% off at checkout!) First up is Evercade offering a clutch of offers on hardware and games on Amazon and across other stores in Europ...
There's been more interest in Steins;Gate than most games of late, so it is no surprise that the title, with a decent marketing effort by PQube including a range of limited editions, has managed to make a dent in the UK retail all formats chart, landing at No. 18. Check out my review and go grab a copy.
Sure a few copies may have been sold on PS3, but the Vita version is the lead selling format, making it to No. 28 in the individual formats chart, the first Vita game there this year. I mean, who would want to spend 20+ hours time staring at a rarely changing big-screen when visual novels are the ideal portable medium?
Add in all the digital sales and I hope it has been worth the effort for PQube, and that more titles will follow. Sales may have been helped a little by lots of Americans importing the game, due to delays over there. If you're wondering what all the fuss is about, there's a launch trailer here.
Naturally, Steins;Gate roars into No. 1 on the Vita chart deposing the long-standing Minecraft. NIS America's Operation Abyss also lands on the Vita chart, but perhaps not as well as expected, given the success of Demon Gaze. I haven't seen any marketing for this, and I'm struggling to get going on the review, and have only seen one other published, so perhaps this will have to be a long tail game.
UK PS Vita Retail Chart
1 new STEINS;GATE PQUBE - 1
2 - MINECRAFT SONY 1 30
3 - FIFA 15 EA SPORTS 2 37
4 new OPERATION ABYSS: NEW TOKYO LEGACY NIS AMERICA - 1
5 - LITTLEBIGPLANET MARVEL EDITION SONY . 4 28
6 - LEGO BATMAN 3 WARNER 3 30
7 + TERRARIA 505 GAMES 11 2
8 - LEGO MARVEL SUPER HEROES WARNER 5 81
9 - KILLZONE: MERCENARY SONY 6 92
10 re FREEDOM WARS SONY - 29
Leisure software charts compiled by Chart Track, (C)2015 UKIE Ltd
Sure a few copies may have been sold on PS3, but the Vita version is the lead selling format, making it to No. 28 in the individual formats chart, the first Vita game there this year. I mean, who would want to spend 20+ hours time staring at a rarely changing big-screen when visual novels are the ideal portable medium?
Add in all the digital sales and I hope it has been worth the effort for PQube, and that more titles will follow. Sales may have been helped a little by lots of Americans importing the game, due to delays over there. If you're wondering what all the fuss is about, there's a launch trailer here.
Naturally, Steins;Gate roars into No. 1 on the Vita chart deposing the long-standing Minecraft. NIS America's Operation Abyss also lands on the Vita chart, but perhaps not as well as expected, given the success of Demon Gaze. I haven't seen any marketing for this, and I'm struggling to get going on the review, and have only seen one other published, so perhaps this will have to be a long tail game.
UK PS Vita Retail Chart
1 new STEINS;GATE PQUBE - 1
2 - MINECRAFT SONY 1 30
3 - FIFA 15 EA SPORTS 2 37
4 new OPERATION ABYSS: NEW TOKYO LEGACY NIS AMERICA - 1
5 - LITTLEBIGPLANET MARVEL EDITION SONY . 4 28
6 - LEGO BATMAN 3 WARNER 3 30
7 + TERRARIA 505 GAMES 11 2
8 - LEGO MARVEL SUPER HEROES WARNER 5 81
9 - KILLZONE: MERCENARY SONY 6 92
10 re FREEDOM WARS SONY - 29
Leisure software charts compiled by Chart Track, (C)2015 UKIE Ltd
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