starcrunch061 Posted March 3, 2017 Share Posted March 3, 2017 I was looking at my trophies for The Witcher 3, and there was a tag to "view on Amazon". It's the only game (out of around 20 I followed up with) that had this tag. Is this a site addition, or some weird ad? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Sly Ripper Posted March 3, 2017 Popular Post Share Posted March 3, 2017 It's new, just trialing it on some games 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
charlijaen Posted March 3, 2017 Share Posted March 3, 2017 12 minutes ago, Sly Ripper said: It's new, just trialing it on some games Good one! I tried it and it redirected me to my country's amazon website, it works. As long as you get extra money to maintain the website, this is great Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skateak Posted March 3, 2017 Share Posted March 3, 2017 17 minutes ago, charlijaen said: Good one! I tried it and it redirected me to my country's amazon website, it works. As long as you get extra money to maintain the website, this is great I know sites like IGN get paid if you buy a game using their posted link so in theory I am sure PSNP would also. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Conker Posted March 3, 2017 Share Posted March 3, 2017 This is cool Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheYuriG Posted March 3, 2017 Share Posted March 3, 2017 Not invasive. Cool! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ruffedgz Posted March 3, 2017 Share Posted March 3, 2017 Just saw it now, I like the idea and anyway to promote a game more or give it more exposure is good with me. Also, maybe a twitch/youtube gaming tag as well to the specific game? Just a thought Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
starcrunch061 Posted March 3, 2017 Author Share Posted March 3, 2017 It isn't invasive or anything. I just thought it was weird that it was only for that game, but it's not a bad idea. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Willstown Posted March 3, 2017 Share Posted March 3, 2017 Not invasive on the pages and a potential revenue stream for the site. Looks good Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BeautifulTorment Posted March 3, 2017 Share Posted March 3, 2017 2 hours ago, Sly Ripper said: It's new, just trialing it on some games Is it possible for you to track how many purchases a user has made through psnp's links? Might be cool to keep track of. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lars Posted March 3, 2017 Share Posted March 3, 2017 2 hours ago, skateak said: I know sites like IGN get paid if you buy a game using their posted link so in theory I am sure PSNP would also. I think he will, i've had this in class. I think you could even make your own website, put links on it that direct you to other webshops, then you are a affiliate i believe, and you could get a discount by buying through that link that you made yourself. At least, thats what my teacher said Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted March 4, 2017 Share Posted March 4, 2017 Nice addition. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VeldinX Posted March 4, 2017 Share Posted March 4, 2017 What about a link to the PlayStation Store as well? For those who prefer digital, as well as for games unreleased on disc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DARKB1KE Posted March 5, 2017 Share Posted March 5, 2017 10 hours ago, dell9300 said: What about a link to the PlayStation Store as well? For those who prefer digital, as well as for games unreleased on disc. Make the bookmark yourself. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaehyun1009 Posted March 5, 2017 Share Posted March 5, 2017 On 3/3/2017 at 10:49 AM, starcrunch061 said: It isn't invasive or anything. I just thought it was weird that it was only for that game, but it's not a bad idea. It's also there on some other big games, few of them being GTA V, Final Fantasy XV, and Minecraft. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlindMango Posted March 5, 2017 Share Posted March 5, 2017 1 hour ago, jaehyun1009 said: It's also there on some other big games, few of them being GTA V, Final Fantasy XV, and Minecraft. Looking at the backend, it looks like Sly has to plug it in manually, so I imagine he's probably doing recent popular games Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Captain Anura Posted March 5, 2017 Share Posted March 5, 2017 I agree with everyone that it is non-invasive and will probably be of benefit to the site, so it should stay. However, if rolled out more extensively, is there a way to remove it from games a user already owns? It's kind of a bit pointless to tell people who own a game where they can buy it. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lucas Posted March 5, 2017 Share Posted March 5, 2017 Too bad the Netherlands doesn't have an Amazon website ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Satoshi Ookami Posted March 5, 2017 Share Posted March 5, 2017 (edited) 2 hours ago, Lucas said: Too bad the Netherlands doesn't have an Amazon website ... You should be redirected to the UK one =D Edited March 5, 2017 by Satoshi Ookami Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VeldinX Posted March 9, 2017 Share Posted March 9, 2017 On 05/03/2017 at 9:11 AM, DARKB1KE said: Make the bookmark yourself. If I could downvote your comment I would. I was providing constructive feedback and for all I know there may be a way to get revenue from clicks to the PS Store too. It's just an idea, I certainly wouldn't use it myself anyway but others might. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DARKB1KE Posted March 10, 2017 Share Posted March 10, 2017 8 hours ago, dell9300 said: If I could downvote your comment I would. I was providing constructive feedback and for all I know there may be a way to get revenue from clicks to the PS Store too. It's just an idea, I certainly wouldn't use it myself anyway but others might. Sony doesn't allow that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Satoshi Ookami Posted March 10, 2017 Share Posted March 10, 2017 8 hours ago, DARKB1KE said: Sony doesn't allow that. Oh really. https://psprices.com/region-us/index https://psprices.com/region-us/game/834717/caladrius-blaze 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dernop Posted March 10, 2017 Share Posted March 10, 2017 3 minutes ago, Satoshi Ookami said: Oh really. https://psprices.com/region-us/index https://psprices.com/region-us/game/834717/caladrius-blaze just wanted to say that psprices.com is an awesome site, i use it all the time. mainly because i find it easier to look at and it is much faster than the PSN store (at least in my case, may depend on internet connection etc. ofc) that being said i don't think sony actually "allowed" it or anything. afaik psprices just grabs the prices of the official psn storefront, similar to a webcrawler like google and so on. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crimsonidol38 Posted March 10, 2017 Share Posted March 10, 2017 17 minutes ago, dernop said: that being said i don't think sony actually "allowed" it or anything. afaik psprices just grabs the prices of the official psn storefront, similar to a webcrawler like google and so on. I don't think that there's really that much crawling logic behind PSPrices. Overall Sony already provides all the necessary info via their webstore and they don't take any precautions to hide the API-calls they do. One random example to get the data: Click on any game or item to get it's detailed site, e.g. Steep: https://store.playstation.com/#!/cid=EP0001-CUSA05526_00-STEEPGAMEEEFIGS1 (I altered the URL so it will load for any EU-store at least and not only Germany). After that, click on the image and copy the URL, which should look like this: https://store.playstation.com/store/api/chihiro/00_09_000/container/DE/de/19/EP0001-CUSA05526_00-STEEPGAMEEEFIGS1/1489135280000/image?_version=00_09_000&platform=chihiro&w=225&h=225&bg_color=000000&opacity=100 Important part is the language and country-part below the /container/-directory which will now redirect me to the german store information. After that, remove everything starting from /image and you get this: https://store.playstation.com/store/api/chihiro/00_09_000/container/DE/de/19/EP0001-CUSA05526_00-STEEPGAMEEEFIGS1/1489135280000 Everything as a nicely parseable JSON. The only work you now have to do is to find out the URL-scheme to get the info for all other regions. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Satoshi Ookami Posted March 10, 2017 Share Posted March 10, 2017 19 minutes ago, Crimson Idol said: Everything as a nicely parseable JSON. Nice digging! But damn, you are right, that's some quality JSON. It's like Sony didn't even bother hiding it =D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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