You Can Now Buy DriveClub for £19.99 with PlayStation Plus

Definitely tempted to grab this on payday. Don't know what's going on with Amazon's prices though, they have been fluctuating madly lately. At the very beginning of December, before any sales, this was on there for under £30. Same with AC Unity recently - I looked one day last week and it was selling for about £27, but now they're asking for £36 again, weird.

It's £20 or £25 depending which branch of CEX you go into (Bootle and both in Liverpool the first, Southport and Birkenhead the latter near me) and Tesco have it for £22. People may as well get it while it's this price as this PS+ edition is arriving the same day as Last Guardian and Shenmue 3.

@rastamadeus If you do get it Rasta add me , I live on the Wirral too It's an awesome game . It's so addictive trying to knock hundredths of a second of other people's times. I almost wish I had the downloadable version and not the disc as I have to get off my arse to swap discs all the time because I keep going back to it.

@MinerWilly I actually bought the download just now as I had a £20 PSN voucher left over from Christmas so thought 'why not?' When I actually go on it over the weekend I'll add you and probably get slaughtered by you. I'm awful at driving games but enjoy them.

The boss man and I covered this yesterday, but I still dont understand the wording in the PSN store that this is an upgrade to the full version from the PS+ version, but there isnt any PS+ version out yet.

This game was promised free at launch, and people are paying $20 for it 15 months later? I dont get it.

@get2sammyb I don't know, I checked at the time and there was no mention of them being on sale, which is odd as they're both high profile games so if they were you'd think it'd be clearly broadcasted. Some stuff just seems to randomly fluctuate on there though, I had to watch the PS Gold Headset like a hawk when I was trying to get it, as the price kept going up and down like a yo-yo, and I've had the same issue with other stuff like the Fables collected volumes. It's not a major issue, just seems strange that prices move in both directions, often without clear justification.

@rastamadeus CEX are crafty. The Bolton store near me dropped Driveclub to £20 just before Xmas, so I picked it up then (Decent racer to be honest for the price) When I popped in last weekend, price has jumped up to £25. Same with all their other Ps4 games, as Black Flag for example has gone from £12 to £18 Looks like you picked it up just in time for the Japan track that's due to be added

"Either way, purchase the title you should, as it's really shaped up in recent weeks"

I disagree that we "should" purchase the title. The publisher and Sony both behaved so poorly over the Driveclub launch I really don't think they deserve to be rewared (with our cash) for this title.

Buying Driveclub now just sends them the wrong message - that it's fine to release a poorly tested, buggy, AAA title with a AAA pricetag. That it's also fine to promise a "free" PS+ version, not deliver it, but to continue to sell the full version - initially at full price and now at this cut-down price. Not only that but lets not forget that following the launch they point-blank refused any kind of refund on their broken product when customers rightly requested one.

And while I'm at it, people need to stop pre-ordering games until they've read the reviews. Pre-ordering just encourages these companies to release unfinished products that don't live up to their earlier demos and marketing hype. They make a stack of cash regardless of how many features have been removed and/or how buggy their games are. Stop pre-ordering, people!

So, when it comes to Driveclub I'll consider buying it when I've played the PS+ version and have had a chance to decide for myself if it's worth the money. Having said that I might just not buy it at all though (on point of principle).

One way or another I won't be spending a penny on it until I've played the PS+ version. And if they never release the PS+ version I'll never buy it!

Rant over.

Definitely worth it. If you like driving games forget waiting for the PS PLUS version like i did in the end(got it off Amazon for under £25 i think)

@get2sammyb - "The PS Plus Edition never came out, but they kept the upgrade on the PS Store."

So it's like calling the new system PS TV even though it doens't have any actual streaming TV content on it? Got it. At least Sony is consistent.

@rastamadeus I live in Liverpool, if you fancy it I'll join you both once I've bought it.

i just went online to buy it but here in canada its $49.99 guess ill be waiting for the plus version

@rjejr @get2sammyb wait, so explain this to me as I'm lost. If I go on the store right now, drop £19.99 and download the "PS+ Upgrade", I get the FULL game? No catch or strings??

@seeafish - Well Sammy's the expert, but thats the way it look.

1 big string you may have missed - the $19.99 price is for PS+ members only, so if you aren't currently subscribed to PS+ I don't think you can buy it for that price.

Heres the link, Sammy probably had i tin there somewhere but I ddn't see it w/ a quick glance:

https://store.sonyentertainmentnetwork.com/#!/en-gb/games/driveclub-playstationplus-edition-full-game-upgrade/cid=EP9000-CUSA00003_00-XXXXDRIVECLUBPSU

Love this game. Its worth 50 quid id say. What a game its turning out to be xx

@get2sammyb @rjejr SOLD!
Thanks for clarifying guys!

@Johnnycide @rastamadeus that'd be great my PSN name is Minerwilly , didnt realise there where so many locals on here !

If this was the price in stores (in the US), I would pick it up. I have PS+ but I won't buy games digitally, so digital sales on retail games are meaningless. I am interested in this game though, just not at $60.

@Pipr

I completely agree and anyone who actually purchases this turd of a game now is just asking for more buggy game launches down the line (not to mention the lie about a PS+ version) as this sends an AWFUL message to these companies.

Hell, if you are going to get bent over by these companies, at least make them buy you dinner & drinks first.

Reading most of the comments in this article is almost making me sick. You people that are in here praising this game deserve to get screwed over by the next big AAA game that you pre-ordered.

And people wonder why companies don't give a rat's @$$ about how consumers feel? Because most of you are just sheep that follow the herd.

Sony & Evolution Studios release a game in disgraceful condition to a point where people should sue them for it. They take an eternity and a lifetime to "fix" it. They have lied about the PS+ version on multiple occasions. And because they give you some free lousy pieces of DLC (that were pulled from the main game anyways) & slightly drop the price (in select regions).......some of you flock to the game like it's bread & you are starving on a deserted island.

Baaaaaaahhh. Baaaaaahhh. Sheep.

@MinerWilly sounds like a plan. I've just had a couple of races and the handling is great. Feels like driving a real car but kind of arcadey at the same time.

@Godsire-

The worst part was Evolution was given an extra year to work on the game, it's not like this was one of those yearly releases. Not that that's an excuse either but in this case it was utterly ridiculous. I don't mind if people enjoy the game, I do mind the developer being praised for 'fixing' what never should've been broken to begin with.

@Gamer83

Exactly! At least someone around here is thinking. Lol.

@Gamer83 Agree entirely. Sadly people love to complain then praise though. I know it's completely different but Liverpool FC have been playing garbage thanks to our manager playing our captain where he just cannot play. Everyone and his wife has said "move him forward!" but he refused. All of a sudden he has, we look better and now people are saying he deserves praise for having the balls to do that and he's a tactical genius.

@MinerWilly @MinerWilly I think @ShogunRok is a scouser too. Know he supports Liverpool but not sure if he's from town.

@Godsire- Think you need to relax a bit man. Arguably, buying the game now does exactly the opposite of what you are suggesting. It shows that you will support a company once their product is up to scratch, whilst the fact you abstained from buying until it was fixed still sends the message that you do not support a broken release.

Just because a game wasn't working as intended at launch, doesn't mean that you should just flat out deprive yourself of a decent game once it's all up and running properly.

Anyway, the issues surrounding the broken launch of the game, and the matter of the fact of whether or not it is a decent game now that it's working, are two entirely separate things. The people that have commented up until now are simply showing their opinions on how the game is now that it's fully functioning, if they like the game that's their call, chances are given all the support it's getting now, it's less because people are "sheep" and more perhaps something to do with it being a good game.

I know the launch was a farce. You know the launch was a farce. So does EVERYBODY ELSE. But that doesn't mean it's not good now, and that has no relation to whether or not the launch went smoothly. I don't personally own the game and have not played it yet (although I do plan to pick it up at some point) so I couldn't say one way or the other with certainty as to the quality of the title itself, I just think your comment was out of line. If you're going to be hurling insults at people for discussing in a positive light a game that they are currently enjoying, have you thought that maybe a gaming forum isn't the best place for you to hang out?

@MinerWilly @rastamadeus Not from Liverpool, but supported the club my whole life. Looks like we'll never walk alone... and all that. I'll see myself out.

@SteveButler2210

I'm sorry, all I heard was 4 paragraphs of "Baaaahhh".

@rastamadeus

That's a perfect comparison. In many ways, sports fans mirror gamers because a lot of consumers do only pick one console so in a sense you're kind of rooting for a team because you want to see that console do the best. Now, as long as there are video games to play in some form, I honestly couldn't give a damn if I woke up tomorrow and Sony, MS and Nintendo all had moved on to some other venture because these companies don't care about the consumer, so why should we care about them? Most don't look at it that way though. And where as Evolution gets praise for getting DriveClub working, eventhough it had a whole extra year to work on the game, the same people praising this point at Master Chief Collection, though it's working fine now and has been for a while, and laugh. Of course that was four games as opposed to one, but none of that matters, a broken game is a broken game and regarldess of developer, publisher or console it's hypocritical, fanboyish stupidity to give a pass to one company but not another.

@MinerWilly couldn't find you on there but my name is johnnycide on psn. Throw me an add, we'll race.