{"id":42896,"date":"2012-08-14T20:50:41","date_gmt":"2012-08-14T18:50:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/?p=42896"},"modified":"2012-08-14T23:16:49","modified_gmt":"2012-08-14T21:16:49","slug":"sony-reveals-cross-buy-feature","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/business\/42896-sony-reveals-cross-buy-feature","title":{"rendered":"Sony reveals PS Vita Cross Buy, PS One classics, PS Plus"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Sony has revealed its new Cross Buy feature, which will be a staple for most upcoming first-party games.<\/p>\n<p>Cross Buy allows users who purchase certain games on PS3 to also gain access to the PS Vita version for free.<\/p>\n<p>Playstation All Stars: Battle Royale will cater for Cross Buy, allowing PS3 owners to get the PS Vita version for free with their purchase of the game.<\/p>\n<p>Ratchet &amp; Clank: Full Frontal Assault and Sly Cooper: Thieves in Time will also be part of the Cross Buy initiative.<\/p>\n<p>Jim Ryan, CEO of Sony Computer Entertainment Europe, said that Sony will continue to invest heavily in the Cross Buy feature, indicating that there will be more titles to come.<\/p>\n<p>Sony also announced that from 28 August 2012, PS One Classics will be available on PS Vita &#8211; best start saving for one of those proprietary memory cards.<\/p>\n<p>This feature will be coming via the PS Vita 1.8 firmware update &#8211; <a title=\"PS vita 1.8 firmware changes\" href=\"http:\/\/blog.eu.playstation.com\/2012\/08\/14\/psone-classics-coming-to-ps-vita-via-the-latest-system-software-update-v1-80\/\" target=\"_blank\">full details on the PS Vita 1.8 firmware here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Titles confirmed so far include Final Fantasy VII, Metal Gear Solid, and Resident Evil 2.<\/p>\n<p>Finally, Sony announced that PlayStation Plus would be hitting the PS Vita. This is at no additional charge to the standard PS Plus membership.<\/p>\n<p>Jim Ryan announced that PS Plus cloud storage has been raised to 1GB.<\/p>\n<p>September&#8217;s Game of the Month will be Red Dead Redemption, and October&#8217;s will be Hell Yeah! 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