Sale of ps4 games. What is the PlayStation Store? When are PlayStation Store discounts available? Buying PS4 games for two

The PlayStation Store, or PS Store for short, is Sony's online digital distribution service for games and media. The PS Store was originally created to support the PS3 console. The service proved to be successful with a large number of players using its services. Unsurprisingly, Sony not only continued to support it, but developed and refined the PS Store. One of the most attractive features of the service is the ability to purchase digital versions of games, often at discounts. In this article, we will explain what PlayStation Store is in more detail. You will also find out when there are discounts on games in the PS Store.

How to enter the PlayStation Store

In order to enter the PS Store service, you will definitely need the Internet, as well as the following devices:

PlayStation 3 or PlayStation 4 or PlayStation Vita consoles;

PC (you need to go to the official PS Store website).

To access the content of the online store, you must create an account on the network. There are two types of subscriptions: free and paid PS Plus. We will discuss the latter separately below. For any type of subscription, you will be required to provide an email address, as well as come up with a unique online identifier. You can buy games from the PS Store using your credit card or prepaid PSN Card vouchers. It is enough to enter the code from the card - and the amount will be credited to your account.

What is PlayStation Plus

Service Playstation plus, or PS Plus, a PSN extension that provides its subscribers with more games (including free games) for an additional fee. These are the benefits of PS Plus:

access to the online component of PS4 games (that is, you can play online with other players in games such as Bloodborne, Call of Duty, etc.);

the ability to download digital versions of selected Sony games once a month (for example, in August 2018, PS4 owners could download Dead by Deadlight and Mafia 3 for free);

additional discounts and closed sales.

We must say right away that you should not expect AAA-class projects immediately after being released as free ones on PS Plus. Games usually become free on the service a year or two after release.

In August 2018, Sony is giving away free Mafia III and Dead by Deadlight

PlayStation Store issues

Unfortunately, like any network service that is very popular, the PS Store is not immune to errors and freezes. The service has suffered from hacker attacks and connection issues over the years. Now Sony has configured the servers and there are almost no problems. You can always check the service status on a separate page: http://status.playstation.com/

When are there discounts on PlayStation Store games?

Let's face it - a lot of gamers are signing up to buy digital versions of games at a bargain price during sales. It's a good idea to get a PlayStation exclusive for half or even a third of the price. For example, the original price of Bloodborne: Blood Spawn is 2700 rubles, but during discounts the game can be purchased for 999 rubles, and sometimes even cheaper. The same is with the rest of the exclusives.

Timing discounts with the PlayStation, however, is tricky. There is no clear timetable. While everything is simple and straightforward on Xbox Live (discounts every week, updated on Tuesday), in the PlayStation Store, discounts are divided into different categories:

offer of the week (usually for a big-budget game from a large publisher, such as Battlefield or Assassin's Creed);

Seasonal discounts (Summer Sale, Halloween Sale, etc.). The easiest way to guess them. For example, the summer sale usually starts at the end of July;

thematic sales (for example, "Hits of Japan");

separate discounts for digital games only;

discounts for PS Plus subscribers.

PS Plus members can look forward to even more discounts

Separately, it should be said about the sales for the New Year. They are called the "December 12 Deals on PlayStation Store": during the specified month, every two days, the selected game (usually AAA class) will receive a large discount.

Only released games usually receive a discount on the service after 2-3 months (for example, God of War 2018). If you want to always be aware of discounts, we advise you to follow the official Sony Twitter, as well as look at the information on the website https://psprices.com/region-ru/index

Buy consoles and, to enjoy the PS Store, you can in the PiterPlay store

Buying a PS4 is the door to the world of cutting edge games of a decade in great quality, without unnecessary thoughts about the performance of your hardware. In principle, this set of console advantages is already enough for a mid-level gamer. However, for PS4 users (besides, there are a lot of tricks, many of them will allow you to pay less for rather expensive (for CIS) games, and some will not pay for them at all. So, our top 5 secrets of buying PS4 games:

Buying PS4 games for two

V Playstation network in fact, there is an opportunity to purchase games for two, which reduces the price, respectively, by half. Let's say right away that you must completely trust the second person, since you need to provide him with your PSN account, and he will give you his. Actually, here is the very way of buying PS4 games for two with a friend:

1. Transfer your PSN account login and password information to a friend
2. We go to the PS4 settings, then to “Activate as the main PS4 system”, there we select “Deactivate”.
3. A friend logs into the same PS4 settings under your account and, on the contrary, selects "Activation with the main account".
4. You take the password and username of your friend's account, go under it, activate it as the main one in the same settings.

Voila, now each of you can download each other's games, and if the PS + subscription is active, you can even play the same game online at the same time. The subscription works according to the principle: PS + activated account applies to all deactivated, and free PS + games are available to everyone. But so that they do not fly off, you must always renew your subscription on the same account.

This method has only one small inconvenience associated with the fact that when you turn on the console, it must be connected to the Internet in order for a friend's games to be available. Nevertheless, such sharing of PS4 games is absolutely legal, Sony themselves have left such an opportunity to share purchased games between friends and family. In case of unwillingness to put up with such a function, they could simply make a hard binding of the console to one account. So use your health without fear of getting banned!

Share Play

Share Play is another PS4 feature that lets you play together but only pay once. This function allows you to create a session local game over the internet with any PS4 user. The latter may not have the game you want but will still be able to join your session. To launch Share Play, you need:

1. Launch the game on PS4
2. Press the SHARE button on the controller
3. On the screen that appears, select "Transfer controller to visitor", and then select "Co-op play"

After these steps in running game there will be another controller that can be controlled by the second player via the Internet. And again: he doesn't need to buy the game. What are the limitations of the Share Play mode: the maximum number of participants is 2, and they must be friends on PSN; the duration of one session is 60 minutes, then you need to reconnect; save and achievements are saved only with the owner of the game. In general, this mode has no serious drawbacks, it is an official way to invite a friend to play a game together that he does not have. Only on the Internet, not on one couch.

Buying PS4 Games on American PSN

This trick is already directly related to the savings on purchases of PS4 games for one you love. For Sony, Russia and the CIS countries are considered Europe, therefore the pricing policy is appropriate for us. In the United States, prices are sometimes slightly, and sometimes significantly lower than in Europe. From here it becomes possible to buy games directly from the American PSN. What is needed for this:

1. Create an American account on your console (select the country USA)
2. Top up the wallet using special dollar cards (it will not be possible to attach a Russian bank card to an American account)
3. Go to the PS Store and buy the game you want

This way of saving on PS4 games is only suitable for those who are not afraid of English language, Russian in games will be unavailable. In addition, if you want to play with your American account online, you will need a separate PS + subscription for it. Subscriptions from your main account will not be distributed.

Coupons and promotional codes in Mvideo and Eldorado

Finally we got to the disc versions for PS4. More often than not, games on media and digital versions cost about the same upon release. However, if nothing can be done with the price in the Russian PSN, then it is quite possible to reduce the price in retail stores. For example, in Mvideo there is a coupon for 500 rubles for any purchase up to 2500 rubles (which is quite the same as the price of a disc for PS4). Also, very often, both Mvideo and Eldorado arrange promotions with coupons for SMS. Coupon denominations: from 1000 to 7000, you can pay up to 30% of the purchase, which is also suitable for us. In addition, there are bugs with these coupons (picture above). So in October 2017, it was possible to purchase games (and everything else) for virtually free. With the help of promotional codes, it was possible to pay off the entire purchase price. The main thing to watch out for when using promotional codes is the stop-lists of stores, where products are added to which any promotional codes are inapplicable.

Purchasing games with a PS Plus subscription

One of the advantages of a PS Plus subscription along with free games every month there is an additional discount for subscribers. These are often discounts for AAA pre-orders (usually 10%), as well as "enhanced" discounts. List . So the discount on the action for an ordinary PSN user can be 30%, and for a PS subscriber + 60%. Therefore, it is always worth considering whether it is cheaper

Sony PlayStation 4 games often outperform computer versions for the quality of graphics and other features. This is due to the fact that during the development process they are optimized for a specific technical platform. Thanks to this, developers can use complex special effects and other original solutions.

Genres
Many gamers find that the controller is suitable for controlling a limited number of games. But practice shows that after a short training, it becomes no less convenient than the keyboard and mouse. Therefore, you can buy games of various genres for PlayStation 4:

• Action / Shooter - "action movies" from the first and third person;
• car, aviation and other simulators;
• strategic games - turn-based and real-time, military, economic and urban planning;
• RPG - role-playing games in which the gamer is constantly improving the skills of his character;
• Adventure / Quest - adventures with a logical component.

There are other games for the PlayStation 4 - there are dozens of their genres.

Distribution form
Most users prefer to buy PlayStation 4 games on CD. They can be produced both in regular boxes and in gift editions. The latter usually include Additional materials- posters, postcards, volumetric figures, books and much more.
But there is another way of acquiring. The digital version entitles you to download the game from the official site, which takes less time than sending a disc. In this case, the user only needs to enter the code and wait for the installation to complete.

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