Sony has announced details on when we can expect to see
Ratchet & Clank: Quest For Booty released in Europe, along with a price for the game. The
Ratchet & Clank mini-sequel will be on the European PlayStation Network on the same day as it hits the US Store. That's this coming Thursday, August 21st. You'll need to part with £9.99 (no confirmed Euro price yet, but we expect somewhere in the region of €15 to €18) in order to grab it, but considering the game will be between 3 to 5 hours and continues the story from
Tools of Destruction, that's not so much to ask.
A Blu-ray version will also be made available on September 12th and will
also retail for only £9.99. Even better value, considering you get a box and a manual. We're looking forward to getting back in touch with
Ratchet in a few days. We may be in the midst of a Blu-ray game drought, but with all the excellent recent PSN content, like
Bionic Commando Rearmed, Siren and
PixelJunk Monsters, we're swamped with stuff to play.
[Via Press Release]
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
Christian @ Aug 18th 2008 9:43AM
Yeah, its a bit of a blu-ray game dry spell atm, and looking at the fall release schedule I can't help but wonder if game publishers are overloading the fall/christmas a bit, seems to me that during October/November/December the total amount of games available are set to almost double. (ok, so many of those games are crap movie adaptions, but still).
jgpliskin @ Aug 18th 2008 10:17AM
*Eden
Nerdkiller @ Aug 18th 2008 10:42AM
Sweet, can't wait for the BD release. Excelent value, despite its length.
strontium54 @ Aug 18th 2008 11:08AM
Awesome, i now can't decide if i want to wait for the retail version though...
btw Jem, any chance you mean pixeljunk eden :)
Richard @ Aug 18th 2008 11:09AM
Can anyone at SCEE explain why we are expected to nearly $5 more than PS3 owners in the states? I know it's not alot more, but it is more and there is no reason for the difference.
I will now pick this one up second hand on Blu Ray.
WhiteSpy @ Aug 18th 2008 11:16AM
Maybe it has something to do with taxes for a non-EU company selling goods in the EU. This is just a guess.
Richard @ Aug 18th 2008 11:29AM
taxes smaxes. we all pay taxes, but surely not on digitally distributed media!
I don't recall the US paying 30% more for games like F1 CE and motorstorm and there were made here in the UK, just a few miles away from where i live.
We'll see what happens with the price of Wipeout HD, if the US has to pay 30% more i'll be
Richard @ Aug 18th 2008 11:30AM
...happy.
lol
TVGenius @ Aug 18th 2008 11:28AM
Wait, so is there going to be a US BD version? I have a slow 128k 'Net connection and I could beat the BD version 4 times before the DL would finish.
Coops @ Aug 18th 2008 12:04PM
You could always import? I know the postage can be high but it could be a good idea to check eBay as there might be people who can easily get it from Europe and hence sell it for near enough £10 overall.
Then again, if you really want it and don't want to pay much more than it is on PSN, surely it would take less than 3 weeks to download it...
I'm still undecided on whether to download or buy the BD version as well. I'd much prefer to have a physical copy of the game 'cause I don't wanna have to end up download 2.3GB again if I decide to upgrade my HDD or something.
GridloQ @ Aug 18th 2008 12:26PM
So we Americans can latch on to a digital download future faster.
Daizyujin @ Aug 18th 2008 12:09PM
My big question is if the blu-ray version will require the entire game to be installed. If not I would honestly rather go that route since my HDD is so full. Also according to play-asia it is releasing in Asia as a disc version as well. For people in the US that might be the better choice if it contains the English version.
ryan @ Aug 18th 2008 12:22PM
and that is why i hate mandatory installs. but i suppose you can simply upgrade to a bigger hardrive.
Lordtombot @ Aug 18th 2008 12:10PM
This will definately be my first PSN purchase. I just hope it doesent take too long to download.
darthug @ Aug 18th 2008 12:48PM
£9.99 is too expensive. In fact, I wouldn't pay anything for an extra five hours of game play. I'd expect it to be free - or a token payment of 99p.
Kurt @ Aug 18th 2008 4:55PM
I don't care if my Sarcasm Radar may be going off, you're an idiot.
darthug @ Aug 19th 2008 9:21AM
That's neither sarcasm nor idiocy. It's pure cynicism. One day, when you’re wiser, you’ll be able to distinguish between the two.
snerkis21 @ Aug 18th 2008 12:53PM
Ratchet and Clank: Tools of Destruction is £14.99 as play.com, makes me feel that Quest for Booty is not worth it...
Rowdehaj @ Aug 18th 2008 4:18PM
It is, truly.
Damian @ Aug 18th 2008 1:48PM
A disc release is good news, because it should mean that rather like with Gran Turismo, we'll be able to get it cheaper than the download release.
And I was going to say "not take up too much HDD space" but I'm guessing it'll just install on there...
PSN ID -- TheUnforgivenII @ Aug 18th 2008 5:45PM
If the price will be exactly the same, I'll surely buy the Blu-ray version :p
emartin @ Aug 19th 2008 4:49AM
I live in Sweden but I will still get the game from the US Store due to the weak US $. $15 = 90 swedish kronor, and £10 = 160 skr, so thats a no brainer!