| Page 1 of 2 |
|
|
 Posted: Fri, 18th Jun 2010 11:54 Post subject: [PS3] Buying PSN titles from eGay? |
|
 |
So has anyone ever done this before? How reliable is it? A dude, with epic tons of feedback btw, is selling bundle packs of PSN titles on eBay. Generally 7-10 games for around £9-£14, and he's got a shitload of positive feedback from people that have bought them. Of course this seems too good to be true, but what's the harm? He's also got a "build your own" auction, where you choose a bunch of games - from a huge list of PSN/Minis/PS1 - for £19.99. Again, lots of positive feedback about it.
So.. any one with experience of this? Worth the risk or definite scam? If I did get this and it worked, what's the chance that it's a scam and Sony will just rescind all the downloads?
Example of packs;
 Spoiler: |
PS1 Classics Pack.
1 BOMBERMAN PARTY EDITION
2 CASTLEVANIA CHRONICLES
3 CASTLEVANIA SOTN
4 COMMAND & CONQUER
5 COMMAND & CONQUER RED ALERT
6 COMMAND & CONQUER RED ALERT RETALIATION
7 CRASH BANDICOOT
8 CRASH BANDICOOT 2
9 CRASH BANDICOOT 3 WARPED
10 FINAL FANTASY VII
11 FINAL FANTASY VIII
12 FINAL FANTASY TACTICS
13 MEDEVIL
14 ODDWORLD ABES EXODDUS
15 ODDWORLD ABES ODDYSEE
16 RESIDENT EVIL DIRECTORS CUT
17 RESIDENT EVIL 2
18 RESIDENT EVIL NEMESIS
19 SILENT HILL
20 SIM THEME PARK
Sold dozens of those for £11.50
|
| Spoiler: |
PSN Action Pack
1 AFTER BURNER CLIMAX
2 BATTLEFIELD 1943
3 BOMBERMAN ULTRA
4 CALL OF DUTY CLASSIC
5 CELLFACTOR
6 CRASH COMANDO
7 FEEDING FRENZY 2
8 GRIPSHIFT
9 HEAVY WEAPON
10 KICK ASS
11 SECTION 8
12 WOLFENSTEIN 3D
For £9.01
|
Spoke to the guy over email and I was looking at getting the "choose your own" pack for £19.99, the games I chose were acceptable - and at a bargain price too - but since I'm not at my PS3, I'm not going to buy it just yet. The guy said he can guarantee the download code for 24hrs, and once installed they're set forever until I remove them. Shady? Probably. Worth it for cheap games? Definitely! I'm gonna buy my pack once I get back to the UK next month and can download them instantly.
| Spoiler: |
PS3 Record of Agarest War
PS1 Castlevania SoTN
PS1 Final Fantasy VII
PS1 Final Fantasy VIII
PS1 Wild ARMs
PS1 Wild ARMs 2
PS3 Fat Princess
PS3 Tekken 5 + add on
PS3 Ratchet and Clank Future Quest for Booty
|
For £20? Considering Agarest War is usually £40? Hah, hell yeah!
|
|
| Back to top |
|
|
|
|
| Posted: Fri, 18th Jun 2010 12:21 Post subject: |
|
|
it will probably be done by gamesharing (google psn gameshare) which means u will have his login details, and download from his account onto yours. dont think its possible any other way
|
|
| Back to top |
|
|
|
|
| Posted: Fri, 18th Jun 2010 12:24 Post subject: |
|
|
He reckons they'll be on my account, so as long as I don't have to change account details (or give mine to him) - then that suits me just fine!
|
|
| Back to top |
|
|
Horrordee
Soderator
Posts: 8867
Location: England
|
| Posted: Fri, 18th Jun 2010 12:25 Post subject: |
|
|
Not sure how he's making money if he does game sharing -- you can only do that with two machines... If sabin is right, and that first game is £20, then how did it fund the other games and where is his profit margin?
Space for rent. Contact me for rates!
|
|
| Back to top |
|
|
|
|
| Posted: Fri, 18th Jun 2010 12:28 Post subject: |
|
|
According to PSN, Agarest War is still £40.. so getting that, as well as lots of others, for £20? Definitely doesn't seem legit - UNLESS these are games that don't have install limits, in which case he's basically just charging for installs. I know a few games (after a cursory glance at Google) have install limts, maybe the ones I chose don't?
|
|
| Back to top |
|
|
|
|
| Posted: Fri, 18th Jun 2010 12:29 Post subject: |
|
|
u can do it with 5 machines, and maybe he edoesnt wanna make a profit, (with 5 machines he will) just recoup some losses. but this is the only way it is possible, unless this ebayer has cracked the ps3 himself... lol
|
|
| Back to top |
|
|
|
|
|
| Back to top |
|
|
|
|
| Posted: Fri, 18th Jun 2010 12:32 Post subject: |
|
|
sabin, gamesharing is safe if done right, ive only done it a few times, but got a few titles i wouldnt necessarily have that way (fat princess, trine, zombie apoc). cheap/free is nice
|
|
| Back to top |
|
|
|
|
| Posted: Fri, 18th Jun 2010 12:34 Post subject: |
|
|
Gotta say, hat's off to Sony for this. Remarkable idea!
|
|
| Back to top |
|
|
|
|
| Posted: Fri, 18th Jun 2010 12:54 Post subject: |
|
|
I'd also say he uses game sharing. Works for almost all titles in PSN, so he can divide the cost of the games by 5 and is probably under 20 pound, thus he makes profit.
“The only way to deal with an unfree world is to become so absolutely free that your very existence is an act of rebellion.”
- Albert Camus
|
|
| Back to top |
|
|
|
|
|
| Back to top |
|
|
|
|
| Posted: Fri, 18th Jun 2010 13:25 Post subject: |
|
|
yeh there is no other way this is possible, unless its a scam and there is no games at the end
|
|
| Back to top |
|
|
|
|
| Posted: Fri, 18th Jun 2010 14:33 Post subject: |
|
|
I'll just hijack this thread 
So PSN games are machine bound not account bound, right?
So if I buy a PSOne classic game with my US account on the US PSN I can play it with my "main" account (on the same console that is)?
| sabin1981 wrote: | Now you're just arguing semantics. Getting fucked in the ass with a broom stale is an "improvement" over getting stabbed in the eye with a fork  |
|
|
| Back to top |
|
|
|
|
| Posted: Fri, 18th Jun 2010 14:35 Post subject: |
|
|
yeah, from what I've found out via judicious Googling.. PSN/PS1-Classics/etc titles are machine locked and not account.
|
|
| Back to top |
|
|
|
|
|
| Back to top |
|
|
|
|
| Posted: Fri, 18th Jun 2010 19:19 Post subject: |
|
|
I haven't done that yet, but if you use the internal backup functionality of the PS3 I am sure it will also save your downloaded games. But you could always download them again anyway.
But you can't run those games from an external drive, only from the internal hdd.
About the game sharing:
It is fully legal to share games, and even sell them I would say. But I really have to say I don't like it when people sell those games. It is ok if you trade them with friends or so, but not for money.
If you want to share it has to go like this:
You need to keep the account that bought the game on your console! There is NO need to log on to the PSN, you just need to have that account on your PS3. You can then switch to another account on your console and still play the game. So basically the only time you need to use the account that bought the game is to start downloading the game. After that you could delete your password from the console (i.e. when you were at your friends console) so that he can't always log into your account.
Sony does allow sharing on purpose, which I think is a great thing. It is not a bug or anything, they wanted it this way. But when they see that people make loads of money from this feature, they might disable it in the future, which I would find totally reasonable.
“The only way to deal with an unfree world is to become so absolutely free that your very existence is an act of rebellion.”
- Albert Camus
Last edited by bringiton on Fri, 18th Jun 2010 19:53; edited 1 time in total
|
|
| Back to top |
|
|
|
|
| Posted: Fri, 18th Jun 2010 19:22 Post subject: |
|
|
Ahhhh, ok thanks, it makes sense now. I also do agree with your philosophy about not selling shares, I don't want Sony to clamp down on this any more than you do - but since I have no PSN titles yet, the only way I'm gonna get these is by buying them. For now.
|
|
| Back to top |
|
|
|
|
|
| Back to top |
|
|
|
|
|
| Back to top |
|
|
|
|
|
| Back to top |
|
|
|
|
| Posted: Mon, 21st Jun 2010 21:12 Post subject: |
|
|
Hmm looks like he has nothin left for sale. Lame..
|
|
| Back to top |
|
|
|
|
| Posted: Mon, 21st Jun 2010 21:13 Post subject: |
|
|
|
|
|
| Back to top |
|
|
|
|
|
| Back to top |
|
|
|
|
| Posted: Mon, 21st Jun 2010 22:03 Post subject: |
|
|
No probs! If the link is a problem for the mods or the site, I can just remove it.
|
|
| Back to top |
|
|
|
|
| Posted: Tue, 22nd Jun 2010 01:22 Post subject: |
|
|
wouldn't trust it with a bargepole.....if don't work or any probs then got no pot to piss in for a paypal dispute for digital delivery....better off trading on a game share website
|
|
| Back to top |
|
|
|
|
|
| Back to top |
|
|
|
|
|
| Back to top |
|
|
|
|
| Posted: Wed, 23rd Jun 2010 00:50 Post subject: |
|
|
I don't think there is. You always need to download it with the account that bought the game, so no sharing without it...
“The only way to deal with an unfree world is to become so absolutely free that your very existence is an act of rebellion.”
- Albert Camus
|
|
| Back to top |
|
|
|
|
| Posted: Wed, 23rd Jun 2010 18:32 Post subject: |
|
|
well i bought a pack off him and all games work fine. He gets them off American store, 16 games for £8 = bargin
|
|
| Back to top |
|
|
_SiN_
Megatron
Posts: 12108
Location: Cybertron
|
| Posted: Wed, 23rd Jun 2010 19:01 Post subject: |
|
|
| mcmanic wrote: | | well i bought a pack off him and all games work fine. He gets them off American store, 16 games for £8 = bargin |
He delivers via email?
Watercooled 5950X | AORUS Master X570 | Asus RTX 3090 TUF Gaming OC | 64Gb RAM | 1Tb 970 Evo Plus + 2Tb 660p | etc etc
|
|
| Back to top |
|
|
| Page 1 of 2 |
All times are GMT + 1 Hour |
He's name is 55manon55.
