12 for '12 sale offers 30-50% off great PSN titles

After the 2011 holiday spending frenzy, many folks may find themselves in a period of early 2012 belt-tightening. If you'd like to make those gaming dollars stretch a bit further, you might want to check out the PSN 12 for '12 sale, as in "12 games for 2012" (hence the apostrophe). The list includes plenty of favorites like PixelJunk SideScroller, Dungeon Defenders, Bloodrayne: Betrayal, Rochard, Street Fighter III: Third Strike Online Edition and many more.

From January 17 through 23, each game will be available for 30 percent off its usual price. Meanwhile, PlayStation Plus subscribers can nab any game on the list for a full 50 percent off. Check out the full list of available titles after the break.

PixelJunk SideScroller – Regular $9.99, Sale $6.99, PS Plus $4.89

PAYDAY: The Heist – Regular $19.99, Sale $13.99, PS Plus $9.79

Dungeon Defenders – Regular $14.99, Sale $10.49, PS Plus $7.34

Mortal Kombat Arcade Kollection – Regular $9.99, Sale $6.99, PS Plus $4.89

Street Fighter III: Third Strike Online Edition – Regular $14.99, Sale $10.49, PS Plus $7.34

Eufloria – Regular $9.99, Sale $6.99, Plus $4.89

BloodRayne: Betrayal – Regular $14.99, Sale $10.49, PS Plus $7.34

Rocketbirds: Hardboiled Chicken – Regular $11.99, Sale $8.39, PS Plus $5.87

Cubixx HD – Regular $9.99, Sale $6.99, PS Plus $4.89

Sideway New York – Regular $9.99, Sale $6.99, PS Plus $4.89

Rochard – Regular $9.99, Sale $6.99, PS Plus $4.89

Okabu – Regular $14.99, Sale $10.49, PS Plus $7.34

Reader Comments (48)

I'm so torn on whether to buy MKAK.
I don't even have the nostalgia and don't plan to play online...

@ChaosBladez

Well the online is terrible anyway. But how can you be torn if you have neither the nostalgia nor the will to play others in it?

I only vaguely want it because I like doing battle with the cheap AI.

@ChaosBladez Unless you still get excited over fatalities in 2012, probably skip it. Mortal Kombat didn't have much else going for it back then.

@ChaosBladez
It's the cheapest arcade fighter I can remember, I couldn't even get past the 1st battle half the time. You'll find little, if any, change between difficulty between very easy and very hard. Then there's the issue where if you pause, when unpausing the controls lock up for a second or two leaving you wide open, and it also makes looking up fatalities impossible.

And I heard the online was laggy. Online is the only reason I'd consider it, if they haven't fixed that then I'll just take out the Sega Saturn to get my MK fix.

You can get the game they should have updated and released on PSN/XBLA, Mortal Kombat Trilogy, for pretty cheap used on PSOne.

I'd go that route if you don't care about online play and don't want to play the cheap (though great looking) arcade versions.

Im still waiting on some kind of psone classics sale.
Really wondering why that hasn't happened yet.

@Jawmuncher
I think it happened once and like 4 games total went on sale. I think one was the bowling game.

@Jawmuncher Agreed. They did a small one for the anniversary of the PS1 but it was 1 game a week for like 4/5 weeks. They need to do a big one though.

Some good deals there. Too bad I already have all the ones I like.

I want to get The Heist just because I love cooperative play but I just know my online regular games like Battfield 3 and GT5 will knock it on the back burner.

Aww. I thought this meant twelve games for $12.

Has anyone tried Bloodrayne? How is it?

@moro

I hear its like shank.

@Timjoy

Whoa, really? That is not at all what I was expecting. I was thinking it'd be more like Castlevania.

@Timjoy There's a demo, if you want to give that a try. I wasn't too impressed with it....

@moro Controls are wonky/floaty. I've only played the demo but it was enough to turn me off of the game. ESPECIALLY having to run in the opposite direction just to jump further in the opposite direction I just ran.

I'm going to get some PSN points and at least grab Rochard. I really enjoyed the demo.

Hmmm might get Payday: The Heist. The demo was interesting enough, but it was kind of confusing at times. I was hoping Limbo would've gotten a sale

I'm torn because I feel like I should play it because I like the new one so much.
I probably am way too late and it won't mean anything to me but I can't shake that impulse of wanting to buy it.

@ChaosBladez Was that response meant for me? o.O

Payday and Dungeon Defenders, here I come!

Thanks and yes I saw that issue on Giant Bomb
I think the overwhelming consensus is "Don't buy it."
Thanks guys ;)

I plan on getting Pixeljunk SideScroller, Dungeon Defenders, and BloodRayne, Thank God my PS+ that I got from buying a PS3 is valid till the 19th!

They need to start pricing competatively with Steam.

I guarantee if they cut all those prices by 75%, they'd get 10x as many sales (which means more money overall). Valve and Apple realized this a long time ago - get with the times!

@BlueRajasmyk

Great minds think alike. :-)

@BlueRajasmyk

Agreed. I don't even play games on my PC and own exactly one Steam game, but seeing a game on sale on Steam for $2.50 and then seeing it on sale on XBLA a couple weeks later for $7.50 (as was the case with Orcs Must Die) is a complete turnoff.

Microsoft's sales have been awful recently. Usually I buy a bunch of games during the holiday season but this past year I didn't buy any. I probably would've purchased Beyond Good and Evil when it was $3 but my account was on lock down from being hacked.

I may be spoiled by steam sales, but 30% off doesn't sound to enticing.

IMO it should be 50% off to non ps+ and 75% off to ps+ subscribers. That would sell tons more. Ask valve if there are any doubts left.

@Dante G

I came here to say the same thing... 30% off is nice, at least it IS a sale. But after being spoiled by steam so many times with 50-90% off even relatively new games I just can't be bothered to get excited over something like this.

Yeah steam sales are ftw... however still in for one of side scroller

Rocketbirds and Okabu for me, already have MK Kollection, Rochard, SF3 Third Strike.

Looking at Rochard, Okabu, and Eufloria.

Recommendations anyone? All of them? None of them?

@lobotomies4free

Rochard is worth getting reminds me of Portal.

@lobotomies4free Those are the three I'm looking at, too. Never played any, but okabu is one one I'm most on the fence about. Fill me in, peeps.

@lobotomies4free Rochard is great fun. Okabu just wasn't my bag and I found Eufloria tedious.

Pixeljunk and Dungeon Defenders are definitely worth it, for anybody unsure. PJ has amazing music and though short, really scratches that high-score itch if you dig on that kina thing. Dungeon Defenders is some of the most fun Co-op I've played in a long, long while. Period.

The Rocketbirds demo only sold me on the Rocketbirds soundtrack. Which is awesome.

Looks like I will actually be able to take advantage of a sale for once.

Pixeljunk Sidescroller for me!

Gonna get Jet Set Mario (aka Sideway New York).

I've almost bought Flower about 50 times, so I was hoping it would be a part of this sale.

+1 day of talking myself down

Was hoping for the Infamous Vampire DLC/Game

I had been thinking of downloading Street Fighter III next weekend anyway. Lovely.

Going to get Rocketbirds, PixelJunk SideScroller, Eufloria and maybe Rochard.

Would anyone recommend payday the heist? I am thinking about picking it up but I want to see what others say before a purchase.

Pixeljunk SideScroller and Cubbixx HD for me and I have PS + so eveb better savings

Definitely going to have to finally get Rochard. I was just gonna get it when I had more time to play, but a sale is a sale.

Good thing I had a couple of free 30 days of ps+ codes in my email lol sweet deals and didn't even have to pay for the plus!

How is Pixeljunk Shooter?

@kentuckyfried

Great, having a blast playing it worth $4.

12 for '12 sale offers 30-50% off great PSN titles

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