PSN Store Hong Kong forcing users to pay for themes

After the update this week, users of the Hong Kong PSN Store have found one thing unusual. Before, all themes were free. However, the Dark Mist theme, an upcoming game for the PS3 released a theme costing $7.00 HK, just about 50p or $1.

I for one, cannot see the idea of paying for themes to take off as we can download user created themes for free off the web. However, Xbox-360 owners are used to the idea of paying for dashboards, costing $1 or $2. It is not much but still money out of your pocket.

PS3 Ad shows PSN Store TV Shows!!!

A new PS3 add shows the features of the great PS3 and everything you can do on it!  On the slide where it shows the new PSN Store in the back is a screenshot showing various American TV Networks, including NBC, Cartoon Network and HBO! Is this a sign of things to come?  Well, Sony has hinted that TV shows may be coming to the store in the near future. 

Star Wars: The Force Unleashed Demo Announced

The first Star Wars title to come to the PS3, it has high expectations.  The developer has announced that a demo will be released on the PSN Store sometime before the release.  The North America release is September 10 so a demo could be anytime between now and then.  

PSN Store Finally Updated!

That’s right the EU store has been updated a day late.  This comes after news that we thought there would be no update this week as the store wasn’t update on the usual day yesterday, Thursday.  The update is quite good but nothing spectacular.  Here’s what we got:

• Unreal Tournament 3 Maps (Free)
• Euro 2008 Demo (Free)
• Turok Maps (GBP 1.99)
• GtT5: Prologue (GBP 24.99 we reccomend that you buy the Blu-Ray disc as it is cheaper, has more content and you can trade it in when GT5 comes out!)
• Eye of Judgement “Bio Rebellion” Card Set (GBP 6.99)
• Reel Fishing PSOne Game (GBP 3.49)
• Various Trailers