Download Packs

Poprock - if your running leopard, just find a friend who has a copy of XP home sp2 and boot camp it.

I agree that its a bit silly you cant download directly onto the PSP but remember that the browser inside your PSP leaves a lot to be desired....

Gemini Dam is a fantastic track. It has a little Vohl Square style step-turn thing, some floaty moments, and it`s all very slick, cute and flowing with some Pulse-style vertigo too. When tracks are this good they`re worth £3 of any Wipeout fan`s money. I`ve only done 12 laps and I think it`s my favourite track in Pulse.

Edgewinter gets better on black, feeling like it`s all downhill, and it starts to feel a little bit like Arc Prime, but I don`t think it`s ever going to be a classic.

But :clap to whoever designed Gemini Dam.

Some ingame screens/videos would be nice :)

Well, I like EdgeWinter alot due Zone, I done over 600 laps!(that is more than some of other tracks)

Gemini Dam is looking very interesting but I only done 3 laps and I do like it.

stevie:)

Sausehuhn, here are a few pics -

Edgewinter White - http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y26...212_202929.jpg
Edgewinter Black - http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y26...215_090243.jpg

Approaching the 90 degree turn in Gemini Dam - http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y26...215_085522.jpg
the turn itself - http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y26...215_085735.jpg
Another part of Gemini - http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y26...215_085611.jpg

Vostok Reef cave section - http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y26...215_090001.jpg

Something odd just happened to me, and let me know if it happened to anyone else. I went to goto the bathroom this morning, and I was i the mood for Vertica on Phantom, so i crank up Wipeout. It tells me it can't find my pack (which I dl'ed at Maruo's). So i had to delete it, cause wiepout wouldn't even start...sigh. Just couldn't find the pack

Vertica in the bathroom - too much information! ;)

Did you register your PSP to DJ`s account? I don`t think it`ll work unless you do.

can you register more than one psp to an account? The file allows 5 seperate psp downloads. It worked for 3 days prior to crashing

I believe the way it works is that you can register more than one psp to an account, I have two on mine, but each individual PSP can only be registered to one PSN account.

Yes i agree with you Stephen, last night i wanted to offer the new pack to Stevie from my PSN account, but it says on the screen 'the DL is not associated with previous pack' and datas may be lost.
If something is written into the PSP flash memorie when you DL for the 1st time it has surely added an information about PSN account linked to that DL.

So the upshot is-- when the DLC finally becomes available on the North American store-- I should download ALL of the content and load ALL of the content onto my PSP using my same PSN account... and then everything should work ok?

Yes, I think that`s right. You can change the PSN account which your PSP is registered to, but then content you downloaded when it was registered to the former account will no longer work, unless you change it back.

Maybe it`s because I started off with a Japanese import PSP, but whenever I download stuff from PSN/Playstation Store I get this feeling I`m doing something sneaky! Which I`m not. Life was a lot simpler when they charged full price for the UMD and we didn`t have this kerfuffle.

Thanks for the info, Lunar.

Yeah, I'd glady have payed a lot more for the Pulse UMD to have everything included (or distributed later without the crazy DRM).

Ah well, it will all work out soon enough, I expect ;)

I do think that if Sony wants digital downloading to become a standard method of distributing software in the future, they REALLY need to focus on streamlining the process and making it idiot-proof. I mean, I'm reasonably tech savvy, and highly motivated to get Wipeout DLC, and this **** still makes my head spin. No way is the average gamer going to jump through this many hoops.

I agree

Plus, it feels worse having to fork out for the last parts of the game separately than paying it all in one go and waiting for the last parts to be avaliable, FREE like an upgrade patch.

Let me know who thought of the idea of making DLC cost so much and i'll MURDER THEM ALL!!!ARGH

an attitude like that will get you banned for sure

I agree it's not the best start for a first post, but I wonder which reactions cause bans lately :|

Give me a break, you two - Breeze is entitled to his opinion and I'm sure he's not being entirely serious. People get banned for breaking the rules or being disrespectful to members and moderators, not for being over the top. :rolleyes:

Precisely, besides, you know he's right!

I've just noticed the 2 new packs. The price is a bit of a downer but at least I can finally use the Icaras now 8)

Are the download packs available in the US yet? I can't find them on the PlayStation Store.

Possibly not.
Send an email to Sony and ask (If there's a link in the PS Store use that, if not, send it to Sony generally and title it something like "USA WipEout Pulse PSP download packs") and explain what you've said here, unless someone else can suggest a better course of action.

I had a problem with the packs, I used an account to load up the Mirage packs to my memory card.

Then I created a new account which I wished to use and bought the Icaras packs with this new account and proceeded to load it up.

At start up it wouldnt load my Mirage packs so I guessed it was because of different accounts and I bought the Mirage for my new account.

It appeared to load up my previous grid for Mirage with the completed sections and the games working fine now.

Have I done something to mess up the download packs or my game?

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Originally Posted by Kansas

Are the download packs available in the US yet? I can't find them on the PlayStation Store.

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Nope, not available in North America yet.

I gather that the Playstation Store is updated on Thursdays, and last Thursday's update did not include any DLC for Pulse.

Hopefully it will appear this coming week :)

no problems at all with the packs.
better price this time around - mirage was 45 sek, icaras - 35 sek 8)

sek = swedish money :p
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The fact they they even cost money is a little unsettling. Micro-payments are the devil... flat out. Let me get this straight... Pay $10 less for the game but charge for each 'enchancement' over the baseline which pretty much comes out to more than the full price of a psp game.
I'd rather get lump sum and free packs (a la Pure) than this. It just drives home the point that the Wii Store, Xbox Live and Playstation store are there to nickel & dime gamers to death. It makes me fear that half of a product would be released just so you can buy the other half as an add-on and the publisher can claim they are releasing downloadable content.
Sorry, I'm crotchey. I believe Studio Liverpool should get paid for their hard work, but marketing tactics just get me pissed. </rant>

why do you keep saying the packs are cheaper?
the pack brings less stuff than the first one. if they had dropped the price the first one would be cheaper as well

Would you rather pay more for the extra zone variant which is imposible above 25 and waste money or pay less for less but have everything work properly?

I think that's missing his point slightly. It's that it's not actually a price reduction. It's simply, as you say, 'less for less'. Most people are referring to it as almost an active price reduction on the same amount of content.

Thank you, Dogg Thang!

I still get mad when I'm online and I scroll from Assegai to Piranha.

So do we have any indication if the problems experienced by Dogg Thang and others are universal, or if they are somehow specific to memory cards or firmware versions or other factors?

I'd really like to get the DLC when available here in the U.S. (possibly as early as this Thursday) but these problems are making me uncertain about it...

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Originally Posted by Chrono

I still get mad when I'm online and I scroll from Assegai to Piranha.

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Take a bit more time then!

There seems to be hope that I will one day be able to buy the download packs from $ony:

Wi-Fi PSP Store promised [joystiq.com]

...I don't like the idea of paying for DLC - it's all too easy to feel that as a REAL fan you MUST go and spend XYZ in order to have the full set.

I'm going to do my best to 'vote with my feet' and not get it... It's going to be tough to hold out though!

I should add that (of course) I'm not averse to paying a fair price for my games - I just want to pay it up-front, as that way it doesn't leave a sour taste in my mouth.

I think I'm a real fan - been there, bought the t-shirt, made the website - and I'm not going to buy them. Like you said, it's best to 'vote with our feet' and I'm sure I can hold out.

It's ok to pay, but how much is fair? I really don't know but I would have paid 2'99€ each pack, what do you people think about it? :p

If the packs had 4 tracks and a ship and were online like Pures then I probably would pay £3.00 for that willingly I feel that is a fair amount of content for the price, especially given the quality of those extra tracks.

So far I'm also holding out, rushed to buy the first pack then realized it wasn't so great for the cash, holding out is actually quite easy, if the ships were usable online it would be a different story though.

the harimau pack is out and orcus white is full of straights

on phantom, turbo boost at the ledge and you'll be flying past many many ramps
:hyper

Bizarrely, the Auricom pack is out too. Last week, someone linked to the Icaras pack before I found it on the home page. So, this week, so I'd know when it was up, I just checked the same page URL but with '3' instead of '2'. And that now links to the Auricom pack. The Harimau pack is pack 4. Odd.

And a better price for the Auricom pack too.