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Cheap PS3 games in Japan.... Sort of....

February 03, 2008 in News comments 12

Sony is reportedly about to launch something similar to their greatest hits for the PS3. For those that don't know what the "Greatest Hits" line of games was, it meant that the game had sold well and gotten overall good reviews. When a game got Greatest Hits status, the price of it got dropped to about $20 and it got a "Greatest Hits" logo on the case.

Sony is supposedly about to launch something similar for the PS3 in Japan. There's a catch though! The games will sell for about 3800 yen, which is actually $30, $10 more than PS2 greatest hits games cost!

Lets just hope it costs $20 in the States.

Picture courtesy of PS3fanboy.

Sony Japan is set to continue a PlayStation tradition with the PlayStation 3: an official budget lineup. A Japanese online retailer has posted listings for the first set of PS3 titles to fall under the new "PlayStation 3 the Best" lineup.

According to the retailer, PS3 owners in Japan will soon be able to pick up PlayStation 3 the Best versions of Resistance, FolksSoul, Ninja Gaiden Sigma, Gundam: Target in Sight, and Ridge Racer 7 for 3,800 yen each. All five will arrive on 3/19.
Guticb via ps3.ign.com »
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    Bale Fire Feb 4, 08
    Greatest hits? I never heard of that, there was the platinum thing though
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      iLLmatic Feb 4, 08
      Platinum was XBOX. You really never saw a greatest hits box with the red highlight?
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    Seeker X Feb 4, 08
    Never heard of the "Greatest Hits"? God of War? Silent Hill 2? Dark Cloud...?
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      Donnelly Feb 4, 08
      In the UK it was Platinum for PS2 games and Greatest Hits (or Best Of Xbox) for Xbox.
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        StarJet Feb 4, 08
        Huh? Roles reversed? What the ....?
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    Shadow of Death Feb 4, 08
    Silver Mirror...have you never had a PS2? Have you never set foot in a game store for that matter?

    Its not something the average gamer should be unaware of >_>

    Well, what do you expect though? The PS3 is still fairly new, and the PS2 is dated....I'm sure that down the line, greatest hits PS3 titles will drop down by about $10....Anyhow, Canadians have to pay about $250 - $30 for greatest hits titles (aside from the cheaper ones that are probably similarly cheaper in the US anyway).....
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    iLLmatic Feb 4, 08
    Why the hell would that be a "catch?" PS3 games cost $10 more than PS2 games, so why wouldn't PS3 greatest hits cost $30 instead of $20?
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    Bale Fire Feb 4, 08
    Uhh I had a PS2 for 5 years. It appears however that only the PAL regions got Platnuim, Amercia and Japan apparently got greatest hits.
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    kik36 Feb 4, 08
    "Greatest Hits" Kinda became a joke after a while anyway and they starting selling BS titles under that just to get rid of Software. But I would love to see some PS3 games in the $30 range. You can't beat 2 games for the price of 1.
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    StabWound Feb 4, 08
    This is what I have been waiting for to buy resistance, I'm not going to pay full price for a game thats almost a year and a half old
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    Red 9 Feb 4, 08
    Doesn't mean the game is bad.
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    Final Blade Feb 5, 08
    Well it was bound to happen at one point. Though who's really going to buy resistant Fall of man now, no one is even playing. Well in terms of online play that is.

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