Ghostlight to Enter Australian PSN with P3P Download
Ghostlight's future plan for expansion includes its entry on the Australian PSN. Their blog laid out their entry being spearheaded by Persona 3 Portable, the Atlus game originally on the PS2 ported into the PSP with additional content, including the availability of a female main character.
Ghostlight is a European games publisher well known for being responsible for releasing the Shin Megame Tensei series in Europe. They specialize in selling collector's editions of their game catalog that includes collectible items.
"We agree that this is most distressing and I'm pleased to say that we are looking into bringing all of our games onto the Australian PSN store, with the mighty P3P leading the way." according to the company blog.
Another issue raised is that while there would be downloadable games, the customers who downloaded seem to be out of luck in getting collector's edition items unlike the ones who buy physical copies of the game.
Ghostlight hopes to offer up some collector's edition items like posters, t-shirts and soundtracks for individual purchases limited to certain games. They are also investigating the possibility of selling soundtracks for download in the PSN, where licensing rights permit.
The company also hints that they are considering discounts on UMD copies of its games for people who purchased a digital copy. Good news for people who like collecting games in a physical format. An alternative would be a selling their full collector's edition UMD games with a game voucher for downloading a digital copy of the games.
This option however is still unavailable to them as a publisher.