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PlayStation Offers $10 in Free PSN Credits

Recently, Sony Interactive Entertainment launched several programs to help gamers save their money. So, after the launch of another successful Flash Sale, Sony decided to offer $10 in free PSN credits. The information emerged yesterday after many PS owners received a surprising email from the Japanese company, announcing them they received free credits to use in PlayStation Store.

If you’re wondering what’s the catch here, then you should know that there is no trick and you should not do something to get the $10 free PSN credits. However, not every PS owner will receive the free money, but Sony did not disclose how they choose who gets the bonus. Apparently, Sony uses the same scheme as in its previous giveaways.

Even though you did not get the free PSN credits yet, you still have time to get the bonus from Sony until October 5th. However, it seems that this offer is only available across the United States.

PlayStation offers $10 in free PSN credits until October 5th, while the Flash Sale ends today

As I’ve already mentioned, the $10 in free PSN credits bonus is exactly what it is – free money. You can use the credits as you want, and if you buy two or more of the selected games, you’ll get $15 instead of $10.

In other news, Sony will end its currently ongoing Flash Sales today, September 24th. Thus, today is your last chance to grab some of the selected games which include:

  • Fighting Ex Layer (Light Version) – $27.99
  • Fighting Ex Layer (Standard Version) – $41.99
  • Space Hulk: Deathwing Enhanced Edition – $23.99
  • Street Fighter 30th Anniversary Edition – $29.99
  • Tacoma – $7.99
  • Far Cry Primal: Digital Apex Edition – $16.49
  • Far Cry Primal – $14.99
  • Far Cry 3 Classic Edition – $17.99
  • MLB The Show 18 – $19.99
  • MLB The Show 18 All-Star Edition – $24.99
  • MLB The Show 18 Digital Deluxe Edition – $39.99
  • Hello Neighbor – $22.49
  • Sonic Mania Encore DLC – $3.74
  • Dark Souls Remastered – $27.99
  • Star Wars Battlefront II – $9.99
  • Earthfall – $22.49
  • Earthfall: Deluxe Edition – $29.99
  • Sega Genesis Classics – $22.49
  • Steep: Winter Games Edition – $14.99
  • Unravel Yarny Bundle – $20.99
  • Vampyr – $40.19
  • Yakuza 6: The Song of Life – $35.99
  • Adventure Times Pirates of the Enchiridion – $29.99
  • Wizards of Legend – $12.79
  • Syberia 3 – $14.99
  • Surviving Mars – $23.99
  • New Gundam Breaker – $44.99
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PlayStation Now Added Download Feature For PS4 and Remastered PS2 Games

Those who are members of the PlayStation Now have the option of downloading PS4 and remastered PS2 video games offered by the service, according to a Sony official announcement released yesterday. As the statement said, the new feature will roll out in just a few days.

Therefore, PlayStation Now subscribers can download virtually every PlayStation 4 game available on the service, but Sony did not offer any details regarding which video games won’t be available. Most probably, those newer titles fall into the unavailable category, but that’s not official information.

All those downloaded games would come with all the DLC packs the user purchased and with PS4 Pro improvements, while the online multiplayer mode would not require a PlayStation Plus membership. However, the only trick is to connect your PlayStation 4 to the Internet from now and then for Sony to verify your subscription plan.

Users with PlayStation Now subscription can download PS4 and remastered PS2 games

Sony announced yesterday that every PlayStation Now subscriber can download the PS4 and remastered PS2 games that are available on the platform. However, since the feature is going live in only a couple of days, Sony did not reveal which games would be available and which won’t.

PlayStation Now platform was released in January 2015 and, at this moment, it houses about 500 titles for PS2, PS3, and PS4. The new download feature will only cover remastered PS2 games, as well as the available PS4 video games, but not those releases for PlayStation 3. To be eligible to download those games you must subscribe to PS Now (unless you’re already a member).

Also, those who have already streamed a game via the platform and now would like to download their save files from the cloud directly to their consoles can do that, too, now, but only if they are PS Plus members.

One subscription on PlayStation Now would cost you $99.99 per year (a special offer until September 25th), while for PlayStation Plus, one membership plan costs $29.99 for the first three months.

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Spider-Man PS4 Sold 3.3 Million Copies in Three Days, Surpassing God of War

According to USA Today, which allegedly have some intel from Sony, the God of War selling record went down, as the newly released Spider-Man PS4 game hit the mark of 3.3 million copies sold in just three days.

Spider-Man PS4 sold 3.3 million copies in just three days, surpassing God of War

After it sold about 3.1 million copies in 3 days after its launch, God of War had become the bestselling title among all the Sony Interactive Entertainment games.

That record, however, is now beaten as the recently released Spider-Man title for PlayStation 4 surpassed any expectations and sold 3.3 million copies in just three days.

A figure that could be even higher since the presented stats don’t include those sales made via the PS4 Pro Amazing Red bundle.

Spider-Man also set the record for the highest number of pre-orders and surpassed other famous superhero-themed

Another record set by Spider-Man is that of the highest number of pre-orders, as more than one million copies of the new Insomniac Games title had already been pre-ordered worldwide way before the release date.

Also, among the superhero-themed games, this new Spider-Man PS4 title surpassed all the games of the Batman Arkham franchise, in special the Batman: Arkham City title, which sold only 2 million copies in the first week after launch.

Batman: Arkham Knight had totaled about 5 million copies in its first four months, a sum that Spider-Man should surpass without any difficulty.

Additionally, Spider-Man made quite a buzz in the United Kingdom where it made the best video game launch of 2018, overcoming that of Far Cry 5. The most important stats would come from the United States, but only when the NDP will launch its next report in about a month.

Meanwhile, for the Spider-Man PS4 fans, there is some excellent news as three additional chapters would come soon.

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Sony To Launch PlayStation Classic in December

After Nintendo with its NES Classic and SNES Classic, it is Sony’s turn to appeal to the nostalgia of players by offering a new PlayStation in a mini format which runs some of the most appreciated video games of the first generations of consoles. We’re talking about PlayStation Classic which will become available later this year.

The console will be sold with 20 preloaded games, five of which have so far been announced: Final Fantasy VII, Jumping Flash, Ridge Racer Type 4, Tekken 3, and Wild Arms.

PlayStation Classic comes with two controllers and internal storage

The new PlayStation Classic console can be connected to a display with an HDMI cable. Also, the new console will be sold with two controllers, while the data, such as in-game profiles, saves, and backups will no longer be made to a memory card, as it was the case with the first generations of Sony consoles, but to internal storage.

However, Sony has not specified whether the games will be preloaded into an internal memory or stored on a memory card, thus allowing it to enrich its game library later on.

In any case, we know that the console cover can be opened as on the original PlayStation and would allow you to change the virtual disk. But will we have other virtual disks launched along with PlayStation Classic? Sony did not give any details in this direction, so we don’t know yet.

PlayStation release date

PlayStation Classic would launch on December 3rd, 2018, and that’s not a randomly selected date. In fact, the first PlayStation was released on December 3rd, 1994, in Japan.

The new PlayStation Classic will, therefore, be available, on December 3rd for $100.

While the upcoming console would be a fascinating journey “back in time” as it allows gamers to play some of the most excellent titles that appeared on the first generations of Sony consoles, some of the PlayStation fans said that the new installment has to provide some very cool titles to worth $100.

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Sony Works On A PlayStation VR Motion Sickness Technology

Virtual reality is indeed a fantastic feat but, for some people, it could be a challenging task to enjoy it. Fortunately, Sony thought about those fans who have a rough time using VR as the Japanese company patented PlayStation VR Motion Sickness technology that helps with the stimulation overload.

The first patent in this regard was filed in 2017. Back then, Sony was working on a technology to ease up the effects of virtual reality such as motion sickness. Since 2017, Sony has been working on the PlayStation VR Motion Sickness technology, and now they’re pretty close to the conclusion.

In fact, Sony is just beginning the real work for implementing the new features to make the gamers experience smoother for everyone.

Sony hopes to enhance the PlayStation VR experience by providing its setup some features for marking a “health threshold value” that would be capable of estimating when the gamer is starting to be over-stimulated.

Sony patented PlayStation VR Motion Sickness technology

Sony decided to look more into the PlayStation VR motion sickness as many users reported a sort of motion sickness when using the VR for a long time, while others even felt dizziness immediately.

Interestingly, the new technology would also pack a microphone with which the console would record negative words that might signal for gamers’ displeasure.

Sony’s patented PlayStation VR Motion Sickness technology is not for preventing motion sickness. Instead, Sony wants to tackle its after-effects as the new technology is designed to control the condition and reduce its side effects in those gamers facing this issue. Another surprising fact the patent reveals is that Sony talks about a wireless headset packed with a battery for a more efficient setup.

It would be exciting to see what’s next for this PlayStation VR Motion Sickness technology, especially from the perspective of the growing virtual reality market.

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