Sony’s got a now-annual Yuletide sales event they like to call the 12 Deals of Christmas. It’s a pretty simple premise; they run a special on a great big game for 48 hours, and you’re able to snap it up for cheap within that period. It runs for the 24 days leading up to Christmas. It’s not entirely dissimilar to Steam’s Flash sales of olde, really.
Well, Sony’s kicked off this year’s with a bang, giving players the opportunity to grab Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain for half price. Here are the details, yanked from the PlayStation Blog.
Deal 1 (runs until 11.59pm GMT, 2nd December)
- Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain (PS4)
50% (ish) off original price
Was €69.99, now €34.99. Price in ZAR: R469.00 - Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain (PS3)
50% off original price
Was €59.99, now €29.99. Price in ZAR: R429.00
That’s really not a bad price for one of the year’s best games (as long as you can ignore all of that FOB guff, insurance microtransactions and the lack of a real, satisfying conclusion). There will, as suggested, be 11 more deals of this ilk running until December 24.
In addition to that, a number of games for the PlayStation 3 and PlayStation Vita have gone on special. They’re calling it the new ‘Games Under €15 for Christmas’ promotion, which like the 12 Deals one, will run until 24th December. Because our currency has collapsed (Thanks, Obama Zuma), the direct equivalent of that is R326. Instead, we’ve got a better sounding “Games for Under R230” deal, where you can pick up 163 games or bits of DLC for your PS3 or Vita.
Deals include the likes of Fight Night Champions for R73, Ultra Street Fighter IV for R149 and the delightfully charming Pupeteer for R99. You can see the full list over here.
Last Updated: December 1, 2015
oVg
December 1, 2015 at 15:06
NAMCO can GITS
http://www.gameplanet.com.au/news/g565b7471541a1/Namcos-patent-on-loading-screen-games-expires-today/?utm_source=geo&referrer=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.reddit.com%2Fr%2Fgaming%2F%3Fcount%3D75%26after%3Dt3_3utfql
Ottokie
December 1, 2015 at 15:11
Now I want a loading screen mini game where you try and GITS before the game loads 😛
oVg
December 1, 2015 at 15:13
I always thought the devs were just being lazy and uninspired to make use of these 1 minute loading screens. I remember the mini game during the Tekken game. I thought thats brilliant. Why the fcuk do they not do this in any other game?
Now I know why. 20 years 🙁
Ottokie
December 1, 2015 at 15:15
I have read about this patent before in the past, I just kinda forgot about it 😛
But glad it’s over… now the only problem is our SSD drives load so damn fast xD
Kromas untamed
December 1, 2015 at 15:17
Best I have seen so far was the Battlefront install game. You run around as Darth and kill as many rebels as possible before the download/install finishes. Turns out it is about 5.5million rebels at our current download speeds. 😛
Hammersteyn
December 1, 2015 at 15:16
No wonder we have to just stare at flying ships in Destiny while loading
oVg
December 1, 2015 at 15:23
While Peter reads out chapter 2 of JUTA Finance Law. ZZZZzzzzzzz
oVg
December 1, 2015 at 15:11
GAME OF THE YEAR
Hammersteyn
December 1, 2015 at 15:13
PREACH IT!
https://45.media.tumblr.com/a58cb143c827a34a8bb9849c2d29286a/tumblr_nb6okwuCad1rpduwho1_400.gif
oVg
December 1, 2015 at 15:16
LIFE IS STRANGE
THE WITCHER 3
FALLOUT 4
UNTIL DAWN
MGSV
PROJECT CARS
ALL GAME OF THE GAMING GAMES OF GAMING GAMES 🙂
2015 YOU BEAST!!!
Shout out to TOMB RAIDER Im sure that would have been on the list as well.
Hammersteyn
December 1, 2015 at 15:16
Tomb Raider decided to have a party on it’s own. I say enjoy
oVg
December 1, 2015 at 15:22
Snob.
Jan Prins
December 1, 2015 at 15:23
BUGGER YOU ALL! THE SIMS FOR DA WIN!
Hammersteyn
December 1, 2015 at 15:23
You do realize playing sims is like playing dolls but on PC?
*Runs
Alien Emperor Trevor
December 1, 2015 at 15:24
They’re not dolls, they’re action figures!
Jan Prins
December 1, 2015 at 15:24
I am in touch with and made peace with my feminine side!
Ir0nseraph
December 1, 2015 at 15:24
XD
Jan Prins
December 1, 2015 at 15:30
Dude, there is this girl I follow on Twitter. Rebel Noire (I think.) Check out her Barbie dolls. (No, that is not a euphemism of some sort.)
Ottokie
December 1, 2015 at 15:24
Bugger AAA games, I have not bought one AAA game this whole year and I have had way more fun 😛
Hammersteyn
December 1, 2015 at 15:25
Not even Witcher?
Ottokie
December 1, 2015 at 15:25
Not yet… Christmas steam sale 1 Jan 2016 xD
GooseZA
December 1, 2015 at 15:26
That’s a pity. Fallout is fantastic.
That said, it drives me crazy that my buds all play the bigger games but miss gems like Ori.
Ottokie
December 1, 2015 at 15:28
All this years games still have to fight out for the title of “best”. Then next year they can get my money 🙂
oVg
December 1, 2015 at 15:25
SIMS can GITS
Hammersteyn
December 1, 2015 at 15:26
Closest thing they have to a sea is a pool
http://i.kinja-img.com/gawker-media/image/upload/s–sANnxFfC–/c_scale,fl_progressive,q_80,w_800/dtbrbm6gznkpnwfxixea.png
oVg
December 1, 2015 at 15:26
Via DLC
Ottokie
December 1, 2015 at 15:17
Ori and the Blind Forest. Indie game of the year, calling it.
oVg
December 1, 2015 at 15:18
I need to play that and Unfinished Swan. Was Child of Light this year?
GooseZA
December 1, 2015 at 15:24
Such a fantastic game. Everyone should play it.
Hammersteyn
December 1, 2015 at 15:24
Rocket League
Ottokie
December 1, 2015 at 15:25
Nope, Rocket League is a bit “meh” to be honest
Hammersteyn
December 1, 2015 at 15:26
LIES
Ottokie
December 1, 2015 at 15:29
ARK will probably take that crown anyway 🙂
Alien Emperor Trevor
December 1, 2015 at 15:19
Way better than 2014, which only had PATCH OF THE YEAR contenders.
miaau
December 1, 2015 at 15:46
Ok, ok. Calm down. deep breath. Now, exhale. Slowly. Count to ten.
Now play. And enjoy. Sounds like you deserve it.
I am guessing you had kids when you were a lot younger than me, and now have that much more freedom. Awesome!
Jonah Cash
December 1, 2015 at 16:33
Of your top list I have played 1… And only for a few hours… I hate 2015! Want it to be over already! Now that I have read the rest I still have only played 1 game… Fucking open worlds is killing my love for gaming!
oVg
December 1, 2015 at 16:48
lol
Hammersteyn
December 1, 2015 at 15:11
Header win! Poor guy. Here’s hoping for Mad Max or Arkham Knight
Jonah Cash
December 1, 2015 at 15:12
Mmmmmm…. Metal Gear Solid 4 had a decent ending which gave me pretty good closure on the whole saga. Thinking I might just stick to that as my ending to the series instead of trying this game?!
Hammersteyn
December 1, 2015 at 15:14
Still busy with it(thanks Fallout) but I can say it’s true to the MGS franchise and one of the best game I’ve played this year.
Jan Prins
December 1, 2015 at 15:31
But can you Woo-Hoo in the hot tub? XD
Ottokie
December 1, 2015 at 15:35
It’s dangerous… I tried (in game)
https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/236x/f5/8b/3f/f58b3f7b3a65677395b719668bcea2d0.jpg
Jan Prins
December 1, 2015 at 15:37
I have it on good authority that Sim works for Madame Zingarra as a contortionist. Also she was the body double for the little girl coming down the stairs in the Exorcist.
WitWolfy
December 1, 2015 at 15:33
“it’s true to the MGS franchise and one of the best game I’ve played this year.”
I wanna bitch slap you so bad for saying that.
Jan Prins
December 1, 2015 at 15:34
Eish… The level of violence in this place! o_O
Hammersteyn
December 1, 2015 at 15:36
Won’t change anything. 😛
Greylingad[CNFRMD]
December 1, 2015 at 15:46
I don’t want to be the bearer of bad news, but when you hit that moment when you realise that it’s crippled by the desires of a certain publishers’ need for more money, you’ll need a whiskey…A good one at that…
miaau
December 1, 2015 at 15:36
feeling betrayed by the game much? 🙂
Poor hammer! Also, wait for him to finish it before you judge him!
Ottokie
December 1, 2015 at 15:36
He still needs to finish Blops 3 😛
miaau
December 1, 2015 at 15:41
damn, yeah, me too. Um. What is that?
Black Ops 3?
oVg
December 1, 2015 at 15:46
It has an ending?
Ottokie
December 1, 2015 at 15:51
Luckily I don’t know 😛
But I sure hope it has an end someday.
WitWolfy
December 2, 2015 at 07:35
I tried.. The last I read he said he was like 100 hours+ in and still enjoying it.. I quit at 70 hours! I couldn’t take it anymore.
WitWolfy
December 1, 2015 at 15:27
MGS V wasnt shit because how it ended (ok it was) but how Kojima lied to all his fans.. It was supposed to be the transition from a legend to a monster.. Which we never got.. FML…
WitWolfy
December 1, 2015 at 15:24
R430 for TTP? Still too expensive for an unfinished game.
Greylingad[CNFRMD]
December 1, 2015 at 15:43
To be brutally honest, that should have been the retail price at launch…
oVg
December 1, 2015 at 15:47
It was. For the Demo last year 😉
RUNS
Greylingad[CNFRMD]
December 1, 2015 at 15:50
AND IT WAS STILL OVERPRICED!!! AAARGH!!!!!! (flipping tables, bashing monitors on floor, clobbering my PC with a sledge hammer and kicking the wall, stub foot on said wall, keep swearing while bandaging everything back together, rage a bit more, have some coffee and now I’m calm)
oVg
December 1, 2015 at 15:55
I never brought it even tho Im an MGS fan. I have my standards. FUCKONAMI.
But 1.8 million people seemed to enjoy it 🙁
Yes the demo for MGS made more money than Tomb Raider.
WitWolfy
December 2, 2015 at 07:40
They showed the ad of this special on Facebook via the MGS group. People are bashing the shit out of it. I felt a weird satisfaction seeing I’m not the only one who started the game loving every second and ended up hating it ever existed as I realized everything was just copy and paste near the end.
Prrtipap
December 1, 2015 at 15:30
Already on sale? Must be Cipher…
WitWolfy
December 1, 2015 at 15:32
You never even attack Cipher… What a copout..
oVg
December 1, 2015 at 15:48
Quiet
WitWolfy
December 2, 2015 at 07:44
Kaz: “Snake MB isnt strong enough to face Cipher yet. Recruit more people!”
Snake: “…OK…”
*Recruits people for 60 hours thinking something is going to happen.*
*Shit twist*
*Game ends*
*The truth trophy unlocks*
*Roll Credits*
*Fanboys Rage*
Jan Prins
December 1, 2015 at 15:32
Nope. it is K.O.N.T.R.O.L
oVg
December 1, 2015 at 15:48
You gonna extract it?
Original Heretic
December 1, 2015 at 15:56
I know this game is amazing, it’s one of those that everyone is raving about, but for some reason I’ve just not even had the slightest inkling to play it.
And now I have Fallout 4, so there simply isn’t time for it.