{"id":3475,"date":"2011-06-02T20:06:03","date_gmt":"2011-06-03T01:06:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/?p=3475"},"modified":"2011-06-02T20:06:03","modified_gmt":"2011-06-03T01:06:03","slug":"welcome-back-to-the-playstation-store","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/2011\/06\/02\/welcome-back-to-the-playstation-store\/","title":{"rendered":"Welcome back to the PlayStation Store?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>So the PlayStation Store is back online, but strangely enough, the <a href=\"http:\/\/blog.us.playstation.com\/2011\/05\/16\/details-for-playstation-network-and-qriocity-customer-appreciation-program-in-north-america\/\" onclick=\"__gaTracker('send', 'event', 'outbound-article', 'http:\/\/blog.us.playstation.com\/2011\/05\/16\/details-for-playstation-network-and-qriocity-customer-appreciation-program-in-north-america\/', '\u2018welcome back\u2019 package');\" target=\"_blank\">\u2018welcome back\u2019 package<\/a> is still MIA.  I understand that the package is in the works, but it seems like this would have been a slam dunk for the Store\u2019s triumphant return.  I would hazard a guess that a ton of PS3 owners expected to get some free treats once the store was fully restored.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.us.playstation.com\/2011\/06\/01\/playstation-store-is-available-and-updated-now\/\" onclick=\"__gaTracker('send', 'event', 'outbound-article', 'http:\/\/blog.us.playstation.com\/2011\/06\/01\/playstation-store-is-available-and-updated-now\/', 'Today\u2019s push is fairly large');\" target=\"_blank\">Today\u2019s push is fairly large<\/a>, with a lot of decent content, and demos.  Existing <a href=\"http:\/\/blog.us.playstation.com\/2011\/06\/02\/coming-to-playstation-plus-free-content-and-discounts-galore-trials-for-ghost-recon-and-ea-sports-mma\/\" onclick=\"__gaTracker('send', 'event', 'outbound-article', 'http:\/\/blog.us.playstation.com\/2011\/06\/02\/coming-to-playstation-plus-free-content-and-discounts-galore-trials-for-ghost-recon-and-ea-sports-mma\/', 'PS+ subscribers');\" target=\"_blank\">PS+ subscribers<\/a> can look forward to a continued stream of \u201cfree\u201d stuff and discounts, but give me a break on offering Lilo & Stitch.<\/p>\n<p>As far as the new stuff goes, this weekend I will probably take a look at this potential nostalgic gem:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Wizardry: Labyrinth Of Lost Souls ($14.99)<br \/>\nThe popular Wizardry franchise is reborn on the PlayStation 3 system as a downloadable online title! This classic 3D dungeon-crawler remains true to its roots, with all the deep gameplay fans have come to know and love. These beloved dungeons and monsters have all been reborn in glorious high-definition, and new stories for each of the 10 main characters, breathing new life and hitherto unseen replay value into one of the old-school RPG greats.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Then again, I have such a huge backlog of games that I am not sure I will pull the strings on anything else right now.  Right \u2026 probably.  At least there is a demo on offer.<\/p>\n<p>I doubt Sony will do the needful, but it would be really entertaining if Sony decided to post some statistics \u2013 number of Store visits, number of downloads, and number of purchased items (I know Sony would never publish money spent).  Anything to show consumer confidence (or lack thereof).  I can dream.  It would be entertaining.<\/p>\n<p>Bring on Friday!<\/p>\n<div class=\"addtoany_share_save_container addtoany_content_bottom\"><div class=\"a2a_kit a2a_kit_size_ addtoany_list a2a_target\" id=\"wpa2a_1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.addtoany.com\/share\" onclick=\"__gaTracker('send', 'event', 'outbound-article', 'https:\/\/www.addtoany.com\/share', '');\" class=\"a2a_dd addtoany_share_save\"><img src=\"http:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/wp-content\/plugins\/add-to-any\/share_save_171_16.png\" width=\"171\" height=\"16\" alt=\"Share\"\/><\/a>\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\"><!--\nif(wpa2a)wpa2a.script_load();\n\/\/--><\/script>\n<\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>So the PlayStation Store is back online, but strangely enough, the \u2018welcome back\u2019 package is still MIA. I understand that the package is in the works, but it seems like this would have been a slam dunk for the Store\u2019s triumphant return. I would hazard a guess that a ton of PS3 owners expected to &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/2011\/06\/02\/welcome-back-to-the-playstation-store\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Welcome back to the PlayStation Store?<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"addtoany_share_save_container addtoany_content_bottom\"><div class=\"a2a_kit a2a_kit_size_ addtoany_list a2a_target\" id=\"wpa2a_2\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.addtoany.com\/share\" onclick=\"__gaTracker('send', 'event', 'outbound-article', 'https:\/\/www.addtoany.com\/share', '');\" class=\"a2a_dd addtoany_share_save\"><img src=\"http:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/wp-content\/plugins\/add-to-any\/share_save_171_16.png\" width=\"171\" height=\"16\" alt=\"Share\"\/><\/a><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[9,26,11],"class_list":["post-3475","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-archive","tag-ps3","tag-psn","tag-rpg"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3475","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3475"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3475\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3476,"href":"http:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3475\/revisions\/3476"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3475"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3475"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3475"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}