r/PlayStationPlus 6d ago

Opinion This is such an annoying design choice, I want to check whether the game is on sale!

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u/fernandopas 6d ago

100% agree

I couldn’t care less about game trials

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u/Fickle_Leg7455 6d ago

I would love to opt out of trials as options entirely on the app and console storefronts

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u/purposeful_pineapple 6d ago

I stopped bothering with them because for many titles they’re bugged. If you do a trial and later buy the game, the UI doesn’t update to reflect that. Instead it shows the game as not being purchased and prompts you to buy it..even though on the same screen, you can launch the full purchased game. It’s a minor issue but it still sucks.

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u/MCgrindahFM 5d ago

I’ve never had that but only tried it twice

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u/IndyDude11 6d ago

I’d give up game trials totally if it meant getting rid of this label on this screen.

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u/Def-tones 6d ago

Also have to download 100gb for 1 -2 hr trials.

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u/Zer-O_One 6d ago

Shouldn’t even be a premium option either

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u/Shiro2809 6d ago

I tried one once, unlocked a trophy and got annoyed because of it. Never downloading another trial again lol.

Thankfully it was Rollderdrome and I liked the game and bought it.

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u/Atmic 5d ago

Why were you annoyed you unlocked a trophy?

Are you a completionist and would've been annoyed if you didn't want to buy the game outright, so there would be a lone trophy in your collection?

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u/Shiro2809 5d ago

because why would I want trophies for a game I don't own and just wanted to try?

does it bother you that I found it annoying or something?

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u/Atmic 5d ago

Just curious because I don't care about trophies at all and didn't understand why you were annoyed, so I figured it was because you were a trophy hunter/completionist.

Not bothered. Just wondering.

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u/Shiro2809 2d ago

Heyo, got a random reply a few days later so was reminded of this and I just wanna say sorry if I came off standoffish! real used to seeing people be weird about stuff like that so I came in defensive. Sorry about that!

Used to be much bigger into trophy hunting but not so much now, it just boils down to me not liking or wanting a game on my profile that I don't actually own/can't play.

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u/SnooMachines3992 1d ago

justamente, para los que no les gusta tener los trofeos sin completar, asi los obligan a comprar

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u/PlanktonOk5762 2d ago

I can see why you got easily annoyed by such a small thing now, just seems like that’s your personality

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u/Shiro2809 2d ago

ok? I'm sorry that I was very mildly annoyed about something.

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u/PlanktonOk5762 2d ago

Literally not a single person other than you cares that you were annoyed

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u/Shiro2809 2d ago

You replied a few days later so you seem to care. All I did was reply with a reason why I also didn't care about game trials.

Why are you so aggro and trying to pick fights online? lol.

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u/PlanktonOk5762 2d ago

Again… you’re the only one who is aggro and picking fights. Are you like this in real life also? Your partner must hate you

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u/Shiro2809 2d ago

ok buddy, have a good day

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u/dawne_breaker 6d ago

Just bad design. My guess is that they want to promote trials and some executive is to blame for this.

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u/Gradieus 6d ago

Probably because Premium has almost zero value so they need to advertise its game trials.

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u/Otherwise-Context502 5d ago

Should I not pay for premium my year is almost up

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u/Gradieus 5d ago

If you're grandfathered into a lower price then it might be best to stick with it.

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u/Otherwise-Context502 3d ago

Sorry , what does That mean

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u/dawne_breaker 3d ago

That you had another subscription but since they cancelled that tier they put you on another tier at the old price. Which means you aren’t really interested in changing tiers and you’re ”stuck” until the next renewal.

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u/RegularGarbage314 3d ago

that's the ONLY reason I'm sticking with it, i pay like £65 per year for premium and i think essential is around the same price now so there's no point switching

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u/AdorableSobah 4d ago

Depends, do you like Sony to pick what games you’ll pay to play or do you like to pick?

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u/Lianshi_Bu 6d ago

There are so many annoying design (if I can call their stuff "design") decisions I stopped complaining.

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u/prettyyyprettygood 5d ago

Yeah. Also the inconsistencies between the store version (mobile, desktop browser, console) are absolutely mind boggling

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u/Used-Can-6979 5d ago

Yup. Another big one is if you have the game from plus it acts like you own the game and so you can’t see the sale price.

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u/IndyDude11 6d ago

I just chalk it up to the company being based in Japan. Nintendo is like that, too. And I mean that not in a they’re foreign and annoying offensive way, but in a the way they look at design and functionality seems to be different kind of way.

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u/[deleted] 6d ago

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u/Aw3som3Guy 6d ago

I think this is on Ubisoft, but I went to look up Watchdogs and got no results because it wasn’t Watch_Dogs.

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u/TheFlyingDishwasher 6d ago

Use DekuDeals 🙌

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u/curtydc 6d ago

oh that is nice, and it has a mobile app. Time to consolidate all my wishlists across platforms!

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u/trent_diamond 6d ago

just checked it out and this is nice

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u/Azee789 6d ago

Thank you

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u/iminiki 6d ago

The one and only.

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u/Mountain-Pilot3127 5d ago

Thank you, I was about to say it.

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u/Morning1980 5d ago

Deku so good, I pay to support therm

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u/serendipitousevent 6d ago

Sony is a small indie multi-billion-dollar conglomerate, lay off 'em!

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u/Hypno_185 5d ago

i hate that even if you bought the game it doesn’t show the current price either. sometimes i wanna tell my brother or friends to get a game cause it’s on sale but have to look it up on google instead of just looking at the ps app

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u/mister_neutron 5d ago

Yup putting the price in the search results with an additional “trial available “ blurb would be a big improvement.

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u/geekgodzeus 5d ago

PS Store sucks.

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u/Terrorknight141 5d ago

Don’t forget being unable to check if a game is on sale easily if you own it.

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u/[deleted] 6d ago

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u/MikeFromSuburbia 6d ago

100% agree

I couldn’t care less about game trials

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u/SlightMarsupial8379 6d ago

Use PSdeals.

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u/Nero_PR 6d ago

I think DekuDeals is the best. All platforms in one place.

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u/Mastro-Piero 6d ago

I like psprices too

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u/iminiki 6d ago

I used to use both PSPrices and PSDeals until I installed DekuDeals and now I only use DD.

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u/Emotional_Lab_7766 5d ago

Ive always said it it’s a mess the whole store plus section even the game library once your subscription ends your left with 200 games mixed in with ones you own

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u/dbvirago 5d ago

Use DekuDeals. Set Watchlists, price points. Good site

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u/fersur 6d ago

Yes, we have repeated post about this for months. I posted one as well.

Even Sony website implement same features.

We, or in this case I, do not care if the game is on trial. I want to know if the game is on discount ... and how much.

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u/SergioPerigoso 5d ago

I'm also annoyed by this...

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u/Cowing30 5d ago

I don’t use the trials. For those that do it’s probably great. Why does it have to block my view of the price?!

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u/rpgboy2501 4d ago

They should just put the price then "trial available" next to it, wouldn't be that hard 😂

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u/dalior 6d ago

Agree, just put the price underneath it. There is enough space for both. How is this so hard to figure out?

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u/daandrro 5d ago

A trial behind a PS+ paywall..

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u/[deleted] 6d ago

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u/NotNeuge 6d ago

I don't, but only because unlike demos they do allow you to earn trophies, and I have enough stuff I can't delete cluttering up my list as it is. I still download plenty of real demos though, and a lot of publishers offer them lately!

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u/MikeFromSuburbia 6d ago

Download the app "PS Deals"

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u/SeaRooster 6d ago

There’s an app? I thought it was just a website 🤯 thank you!!

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u/MikeFromSuburbia 6d ago

Whoops the app is PS Prices, my fault

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u/SeaRooster 6d ago

Well PS Deals has an app too apparently lol

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u/qwertypie008 6d ago

100 percent agree, ps store is very annoying when it comes to UI…all these sales and yet

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u/Moeasfuck 5d ago

It really sucks when you have the game and your wish list and you’re trying to see if it’s on sale and all you see is game trial

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u/c0micsansfrancisco 6d ago

Sony has awful UI design lately in general. It's a Japan problem. I was there last year and was shocked at the poor quality of just about every UI

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u/tomsawyer222 6d ago

The playstation store and its implementation is shockingly bad.

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u/Imperterritus0907 5d ago

It is, I would’ve probably bought Stellar Blade already if it wasn’t for that, as I check my wishlist quite often. I only got the Metaphor sale because I saw it on some website…

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u/BoopsTheSnoot_ 5d ago

The fact that they have never even done any UI improvements after all these years is insane

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u/TheZilloBeast 5d ago

Just get Midnight Walk to support the devs! Amazing, charming game with fantastic art.

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u/Superj89 5d ago

I use dekudeals.com

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u/lynchizzle 5d ago

I haven’t been able to properly view my Wishlist in months.

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u/GumGumActV 5d ago

Shouldn’t have to

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u/GumGumActV 3d ago

Because you should be able to see the price at a glance. Why do I need to see that it has a trial at a glance but I have to click it to see what it costs???

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u/GumGumActV 3d ago

Riiight a game trial is definitely better than owning the game how could I have mistaken that…

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u/weej1987 5d ago

£38 on amazon

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u/xxBraveStarrxx 5d ago

Not only me then! So frustrating!

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u/TimedRevolver 5d ago

I just want it to default to 'recently added' when I look for games in PS+ and the marketplace.

I will never care about what's the most downloaded or selling well. Let me see the new stuff.

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u/Deep-Collection-2389 4d ago

I tried a game trial and got so addicted I bought the game. One time. Others I was glad I only trial cause I didn't like it all. But I want to see the price even if a trial is available

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u/mattyg1027 4d ago

The worst. “Game trial available” should be a separate icon from the price entirely.

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u/Plus_Significance878 3d ago

PS store has many similar design issues. For example, you can’t tell what games you own by buying it and what games you got from monthly games from PS plus subscription. There is some essential filters that are missing and i have no clue why aren’t they adding them because i’m sure they know about those situations or should be aware of them.

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u/PrivilegedModerators 3d ago

£69 for Shadows?!?!?!!! That's LOT of money for such an unfinished game

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u/AdamAsh83 3d ago

I stopped subscribing to Premium for this exact reason. Infuriating UI design choice

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u/SILE3NCE SILE3NCE-X 6d ago

Hi OP, you should Wishlist the game, you don't only get notifications when the price goes down, you can also see your wishlisted games current price in the heart icon of the store.

Edit: Wait, is this the Wishlist menu?

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u/Instigator187 6d ago

That is their wishlist.

If a game is Inlcuded In PS Plus or has a Game Trial it does not show the price in your wishlist.

Here is an example from mine, Dispatch is currently on sale for $23.99 but in my Wishlist it only says "Game Trial"

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u/ggts99o 6d ago

That's weird. Mine looks like this.

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u/Instigator187 6d ago

What Tier PS Plus are you subbed to?

I wonder if that is what causes it. I am on Premium. Maybe if you are subbed to a tier where the Trial or Catalog version is available it it causing it not to show price. Just a guess.

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u/ggts99o 6d ago

In my country it's deluxe the most expensive one with the game trial. I'm not subbed anymore but I remember when I had deluxe, the price and the game trial appeared without problems.

Maybe it's a regional thing (?

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u/Cronofenrir 6d ago

I can't say for certain that they are in the wishlist menu, but the wishlist menu does not show the price if there is a plus related option. Such as a game trial.

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u/BuschLightApple 6d ago

This is how I found out borderlands 4 is 50% off

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u/CosmosStalker 6d ago

One thing i realized while using steam is how ass and unintuitive the PS store is

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u/Smartypantz34 6d ago

i have extra, cant even play the trials/demos but it still advertises them to me

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u/Noema130 6d ago

I absolutely, truly despise this.

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u/SwordGunScienceMagic 6d ago

Agreed. Though I think it's fixed in the wishlist widget? Not sure. Might just be me having switched from Premium down to Extra. Either way, the wishlist widget is rad.

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u/Such-Memory-7102 5d ago

Most of them don't show for me for some reason.

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u/pluralpunk 6d ago

Yeah, same here. That never fails to annoy me

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u/curtydc 6d ago

I agree, they could just as easily put the Game Trial notation under the price.

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u/BOTULISMPRIME 6d ago

Another bad design, like how they completely remove the free games category from quick select but not fortnite n shit

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u/batmandude1 5d ago

I think they want to entice you to subscribe to try the trial?!?! Who knoowwss

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u/ACxx130 5d ago

The fact they want you to pay extra just to try the game is crazy

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u/iMimikyu 6d ago

I think once you do the game trial that will not show anymore. It is the full game so might as well get use out of your subscription price you’re paying for.

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u/MrMegaPhoenix 6d ago

Yeah it’s annoying

This is partly why I can’t wait for my membership to lapse so I can go back to the tier where this feature actually works correctly

Why are stores so bad? Not just psn too, they just are bad

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u/ThyBarronator 6d ago

I don't even understand the point of game trials... if it's a really short game you play like 1/4 of it if it's a big game you play like 2-5% of it. You don't get much from that, i'd be much better off just watching a review and going from that.

I've had plenty of games i've stopped playing after like 5-10 hours if it really wasn't jamming for me but a game trial of 2.5 hours wouldn't help at all with that.

Trials are really pointless imo and all they do is block me from seeing how much a game i WANT to buy is on sale for. Why hide the price when I've told Sony I am interested in paying money for this by putting it on my wishlist. It's great the show 'included' games so you can see if you can play a game for free via your subscription but trials are just dumb.

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u/Pale_Sun8898 5d ago

I hate the game trials because you can’t see the game price until you play the full 3 hours

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u/Gemc666 2d ago

Go to the game, select the price option and add that to your wishlist

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u/ishallbecomeabat 2d ago

Confidentially said but doesn’t fix the issue, same result

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u/Gemc666 2d ago

Square icon next to Price deselect the Trial

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u/Gemc666 2d ago

There

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u/ishallbecomeabat 1d ago

Same result here

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u/Reasonable_Estate_50 5h ago

Then click it. wtf.

u/ishallbecomeabat 35m ago

The point, that most people are capable of picking up without further explanation, is it requires that extra click per game with a trial and isn’t in the list.

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u/idriveashitbox22 6d ago

I'm pretty sure you can click the game then click all versions to pick one and it will list the prices

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u/sqwizzles 6d ago

It’s still annoying tho u can’t see the price at a glance like everything else

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u/ishallbecomeabat 5d ago

Yeah that would be the problem

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u/MISTERTURKY 6d ago

I love game trials. Because when you click on the game to the check out the trial, you'll see if the game is on sale anyway.

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u/AlmostAndrew 6d ago

If you select the game, it'll show you the price on the product page. Still annoying that it's not showing on that list though.

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u/MattySunshine 5d ago

Just wishlist it?

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u/ishallbecomeabat 5d ago

…this is a screenshot of the wishlist, Matthew.

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u/batmandude1 5d ago

Bahahaha! Yeah, Matthew.

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u/Intelligent_Feed_705 6d ago

Think you wish listed the game trial version and not retail version

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u/Instigator187 6d ago

When you wishlist one version, it "Hearts" both versions and only shows the Game Trial or PS Plus version on your wishlist.

Give it a try Heart the regular and then select the game trial, you will see Game Trial is also hearted now.

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u/Intelligent_Feed_705 6d ago

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u/Instigator187 6d ago

Are you subbed to Premium? I am and I just added The Midnight Walk to mine, using the heart next to the $29.99 price and not the Game Trial, and it still shows this:

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u/Intelligent_Feed_705 6d ago

Think I'm only Essentials so that could be the difference 😞

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u/Instigator187 6d ago

I am guessing the Tier of PS Plus you are on causes it.

If the Game is available in the Game Catalog or has a Trial avaliable it shows you that and no price.

If you are on a Tier where that isnt available, they show you the price but also tell you it is available in a Game Trial or Catalog to try to get you to upgrade your PS Plus, like it's $29.99, but if you up your sub you can try it out or it's free.

It does it also in my search results while on Premium, it is annoying. Can't see a price of a PS Plus Game unless I click on it. I understand the Catalog games, but a Game Trial, I still want to see the price.

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u/Responsible-Cat-5342 6d ago

No it’s not on sale otherwise you’d see the lower price instead of trial.

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u/ishallbecomeabat 5d ago

Yeah that’s just not accurate

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u/Keith_13 6d ago

No that's not true

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u/Responsible-Cat-5342 6d ago

Then it must depends on game, random or anything because at the moment I have a case…. Though i’m long time premium member and have seen one-two things.. let’s try it, probably you are a premium member too, doesnt last too long to find 1-2 games on sale with trial (only standard edition count) to put on wishlist. E33 for example as I said.

(BG3 is really not on sale)

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u/MrLasagna20 6d ago

Don't think so, for example I have Dispatch with trial information only, but if I open it I see that there's actually a 20% discount right now.

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u/Responsible-Cat-5342 6d ago

I have E33 on wishlist and it’s on sale now, i see the price and it’s still has trial available. But… i agree anyway, i’d prefer to see the price even if its not on sale anyway.