In the Black Friday sales, a trio of US games stood out as being a pinch cheaper than their Canadian counterparts, namely Mad Max, Arkham Knight and Shadow of Mordor GOTY (Battlefront is a few cents cheaper in Canada, but still worth mentioning here, I felt).
Better still, with this cheeky PS+ hack, you can save even more. Full credit to thbm.
Some quick background: for some reason, trying to take advantage of a US/Canadian PS+ free trial doesn't work from the UK.
However, you can trick Sony into giving you two free days.
Simply sign into your US (or Canadian) account on your PS4, fire up a game and create a save file.
Now go to Settings > Application Saved Data Management > Saved Data in System Storage > Upload to Online Storage
When you try to upload you'll get an error message saying this feature is only for PS+ subscribers, but hey, why not have two free days? YES!
Now you can hit up the Black Friday sales and take advantage of the additional PS+ discounts.
And you can still use the 10% discount code D9NGJ7NF3L !! (Edit: as jay-uk has discovered, this is a one-time code).
£8.01 for $10 from PCGameSupply (https://mobile.pcgamesupply.com/catalog/buygames/sony-playstation-network-cards) yields the following prices (give or take a penny/cent):
Star Wars Battlefront
Was: $29.99
Now: $10.49
PS+ (10%): $7.49
10% off code: $6.74
Effective UK price: £5.40
Mad Max
Was: $19.99
Now: $9.99
PS+ (10%): $7.99
10% off code: $7.20
Effective UK price: £5.75
Shadow of Mordor GOTY
Was: $19.99
Now: $9.99
PS+ (10%): $7.99
10% off code: $7.20
Effective UK price: £5.75
And it's free to owners of the base game. Instant purchase for me!
Doo24 to hotfinder
26 Nov 163#17
I've been getting US games for my PS4 for almost a year, and on my PS3 for a few years before that and never once had any issues
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jay-uk
26 Nov 161#1
U sir are a legend
silvercondor to jay-uk
26 Nov 16#3
Haha! I'm ok sometimes. Credit again to thbm for mentioning this earlier on the Canadian thread. Had a chance to try it just there.
Bure11
26 Nov 161#2
I'll try when I'm home. If it works you're the best :smile:
silvercondor to Bure11
26 Nov 162#4
All checked and verified :wink: I keep expecting Sony to turn round like, "Hang on a minute, you want a Black Friday discount and a PS+ discount and a 10% discount?!" :laughing:
phil36
26 Nov 16#5
I wish I could deal with going through all that but sadly I can't :P I would go for battlefront at £5 though possibly, the amount of content it has included might just be worth the £5
silvercondor to phil36
26 Nov 162#7
It's really no hassle at all. If I went into similar detail about getting ready for work (get out of bed, remove boxers, turn on shower, wait for shower to heat up sufficiently, wet hair, apply shampoo...), you'd be like, "**** that, I'm staying in bed" :laughing:
jay-uk
26 Nov 16#6
Was going to get battlefront but u can't use the black Friday code twice :disappointed:
I was just trying to waste the final credit I had left on the US account
silvercondor
26 Nov 16#8
Aww man, that sucks. I should maybe mention that above...
Marcoos
26 Nov 161#9
I've got what I want from the sales on there now. But made a note of the trick for another occasion. Heat :smiley:
jiraiya
26 Nov 161#10
Thanks for all the info OP. Will be ordering some games later tonight :smiley:
bren26
26 Nov 16#11
I ordered £50 worth of games on there yesterday damnit!
Opening post
Better still, with this cheeky PS+ hack, you can save even more. Full credit to thbm.
Some quick background: for some reason, trying to take advantage of a US/Canadian PS+ free trial doesn't work from the UK.
However, you can trick Sony into giving you two free days.
Simply sign into your US (or Canadian) account on your PS4, fire up a game and create a save file.
Now go to Settings > Application Saved Data Management > Saved Data in System Storage > Upload to Online Storage
When you try to upload you'll get an error message saying this feature is only for PS+ subscribers, but hey, why not have two free days? YES!
Now you can hit up the Black Friday sales and take advantage of the additional PS+ discounts.
And you can still use the 10% discount code D9NGJ7NF3L !! (Edit: as jay-uk has discovered, this is a one-time code).
£8.01 for $10 from PCGameSupply (https://mobile.pcgamesupply.com/catalog/buygames/sony-playstation-network-cards) yields the following prices (give or take a penny/cent):
Star Wars Battlefront
Was: $29.99
Now: $10.49
PS+ (10%): $7.49
10% off code: $6.74
Effective UK price: £5.40
Mad Max
Was: $19.99
Now: $9.99
PS+ (10%): $7.99
10% off code: $7.20
Effective UK price: £5.75
Shadow of Mordor GOTY
Was: $19.99
Now: $9.99
PS+ (10%): $7.99
10% off code: $7.20
Effective UK price: £5.75
Arkham Knight
Was: $19.99
Now: $11.99
PS+ (10%): $9.99
10% discount code: $8.99
Effective UK price: £7.20
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I was just trying to waste the final credit I had left on the US account