Official banners used on PlayStation game coversGreatest Hits is a branding used by for discounted of video games. The branding is used for reprints of popular, top-selling games for each console in the PlayStation family, which are deliberately sold with a lower than the original production runs of a game, and feature special branding—colored in red since —on their, as well as red-colored cases on, and releases (instead of the traditional clear or blue-colored casing).Equivalent programs exist in and (as '), and select countries (as '), (as '), and in (as '). PlayStation Hits is used as the branding label for PlayStation 4 games in, and select Asian countries. Contents.History When Sony introduced the program for in March 1997, games could become Greatest Hits titles after selling at least 150,000 copies and being on the market for at least a year. Minimum sales required eventually rose to 250,000.
When the program came to in 2002, games could become Greatest Hits titles after selling at least 400,000 copies and being on the market for at least one year. Of Greatest Hits titles were initially 24.99, but they now typically retail for $19.99. Though Sony-developed games are virtually guaranteed to eventually become Greatest Hits titles by meeting their sales and age requirements, 3rd party developers are not required to release their titles with a Greatest Hits label even if said titles meet the criteria.
Additionally, Sony allows 3rd party developers some flexibility in the pricing of their own Greatest Hits titles, but most of them stick to the agreed-upon suggested retail price. Games that are multi-million sellers may become Greatest Hits titles much later than 9 months to maximize profits. It is also a common practice for a game to re-release on the Greatest Hits label at a close proximity to the release of that game's sequel or follow-up.In 2006, Sony extended the Greatest Hits program to the. To qualify, a title must be on the market for at least 9 months and have sold 250,000 copies or more. The Greatest Hits price for PlayStation Portable games typically begins at $19.99.On July 28, 2008, the program was introduced on the.
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A PlayStation 3 game must be on the market for 10 months and sell at least 500,000 copies to meet the Greatest Hits criteria. PlayStation 3 Greatest Hits titles currently sell at $29.99.Sony announced the launch of Greatest Hits on in Mexico, Canada, and the United States, renamed PlayStation Hits, on June 19, 2018.
As with PS3 Greatest Hits releases, they will feature red-colored packaging and a red banner on their box art. PlayStation Hits pricing will also be available on.
'Special edition' Greatest Hits. This section does not any. Unsourced material may be challenged and.Find sources: – ( May 2014) While Greatest Hits titles are usually just a re-release of the original game with altered packaging and a lower price, occasionally a game is given a 'special edition' of its original version, released under the Greatest Hits label. Usually these additions are small bonuses, such as the inclusion of bugfixes, new game demos or soundtrack CDs, or slight improvements such as adding analog control or vibration functionality to games that did not have these features in their original releases. Occasionally, significant changes are implemented into the game. Noteworthy examples of this are the Greatest Hits special editions of, and, which were enhanced significantly from their original releases with added characters, levels, modes, features, etc.List of official Greatest Hits titles. 2.PlayStation 3 The following titles have been released on the Greatest Hits label for.
Dishonored: Game of the Year Edition. The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim – Legendary Edition.
Fallout 3: Game of the Year Edition.PlayStation Portable The following titles have been released on the Greatest Hits label for. March 3, 1997.
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282 people (267 developers, 15 thanks)Rainbow Studios | |
Executive Producer | Robert Baumsteiger |
Producer | Mark Mahler, Graham Wood |
Director of Technology | Dennis Booth |
Director of Art and Animation | Brad Doan |
Director of Design | Nick Koziupa |
Project Manager | Scott Thode |
Lead Game Designer | Brian Coonce |
Lead Technical Designer | Elliott Olson |
Game Programming | John Marnell, Pete Reich |
Technology Programming | Rick Baltman |
Tools Programming | Michael Klucher |
Environmental Artist | David Dwire, Panya Inversin, Danny Keys, Robert Kinnaman, Scott Whitworth |
Modelling Artist | Chris Gabrish |
Graphic Design | Brent Ashe, David Baker |
QA Manager | Travis K. Riffle |
QA Coordinator | Keefe Kwan |
Lead Tester | Jess Heinl |
Additional Testing | Miguel Marquez, A. J. Potash, Andy Wittekind |
General Manager | Scott Novis |
Studio Director | Roy J. Tessler |
Director of Operations | Bruce Hall |
Studio Finance Director | Marji Lent |
Human Resource Manager | Mary Curtis |
Office Manager | Christine Bryan |
Administration and Support | Reshide Ameti, Dave Favier, Marcitta Fowler, Cecelia Harris, Rebecca Reeves, Josh Temple |
Special Thanks | The Original MX vs ATV Unleashed Team |
THQ Inc. | |
Executive Vice President, World Wide Publishing | Kelly Flock |
Executive Vice President, World Wide Studios | Jack Sorensen |
Senior Global Brand Manager | David Miller |
Brand Manager | David W. Newman |
Vice President Corporate Communications | Bob Finlayson |
Media Relations Manager | Rob Cassel |
Director - Creative Services | Howard Liebeskind |
Creative Services Manager | Kirk Somdal |
Packaging Design | Origin Studios SLC, Richard Watts, Amber McRae |
Director, Quality Assurance | Monica Vallejo |
QA Managers | Mario Waibel, Michael Motoda |
Test Supervisor | David Sapienza |
Test Leads | Greg MacCauley, Justin Drolet |
Testers | Jared Coats, Christopher Brown, Cristian Hernandez, Gilbert Fucci, Jason Crowell, Jessica Ferrarella, Eddie Stalter, Joel Casillas |
First Party Supervisor | Jason Tani |
First Party Specialists | Arielle Jayme, Alexis Ladd, Michael Ricco, David Marino |
QA Technician | Richard Jones, David Wilson |
Mastering Lab Technicians | Charles Batarse, Glen Peters, Anthony Dunnet, T. Ryan Arnold |
Database Applications Engineers | Jason Roberts, Brian Kincaid |
Game Evaluation Team | Sean Heffron, F. Scott Frazier, Matt Elzie |
Special Thanks | Brian J. Farrell, James Kennedy, Germaine Gioia, Josh Austin, G Plumming, M Plumming, Brandy A. Carrillo, Jenni Carlson, Amy Bernardino |
Tantalus | |
Producer | Rohan Westbury |
Lead Programmer | Paul Seedy |
Programmers | Geoff Browitt, Mark Feldman, Efrat Fenigson, Yossi Landesman, Christian Schladetsch |
Artists | Conor O'Kane |
Testing | Peter Burns, Ben Kosmina, Peter Simpson |
Chief Technical Officer | Andrew Bailey |
Studio Lead Designer | David Hewitt |
Studio Art Director | Alister Lockhart |
Quality Assurance Manager | Clint Reid |
Studio Manager | Arthur Kakouris |
System Manager | Trevor Nuridin |
Chief Executive Officer | Tom Crago |
Special Thanks | John Szoke, Matthew Hall, Angela Hone, Stash Richards, Nicholas Rooke |
Music Credits | |
'Revolution' | Performed by Authority Zero, Courtesy of Atlantic Recording Corp., By Arrangement with Warner Strategic Marketing, Written by Authority Zero, Jason Hunsaker (Writer), Bill Marcks (Writer), Jeremy Wood (Writer), Jim Wilcox (Writer), Authority Zero Music |
'Anxiety' | Performed by Black Eyed Peas, Courtesy of A&M Records, under license from Universal Music Enterprises, will.i.am (Writer), David Buckner (Writer), Tobin Joseph Esperance (Writer), Allan Pineda (Writer), Jakoby Dakota Shaddix (Writer), Cherry Lane Music Publishing Company Inc., Cherry River Music Co., Dreamworks Songs, Viva La Cucaracha Music, Will.I.Am Music Inc., Jeepney Music Publishing, administered by Cherry Lane Music Publishing Company Inc., Cherry River Music Co. |
'Pirates' | Performed by Bullets and Octane, Jack Tankersley (Writer), Gene Bullets (Writer), Brent Clawson (Writer), Skye Vaughan-Jayne (Writer), Ty Smith (Writer), Careers - BMG Music Publishing Inc., o/b/o Black Market Saint Music, Forever My Family Music, Snakehole Publishing, Havana Saint Music, Mini Smart Ass Publishing, Under license from BMG Film & TV Music |
'Cold' | Performed by Crossfade, Courtesy of Columbia Records, By Arrangement with Sony Music Licensing, Ed Sloan (Writer), Sony/ATV Songs |
'Wait' | Performed by Earshot, Courtesy of Warner Bros. Records Inc., By Arrangement with Warner Strategic Marketing, (P) 2004 Warner Bros. Records Inc., William Martin (Writer), Scott Kohler (Writer), Mike Callahan (Writer), Johnny Sprague (Writer), Earshot Music |
'Let's Ride' | Performed by Kottonmouth Kings, Licensed from Suburban Noize Records, Suburban Noize Music, Pack and Snap, Green 2 Da Bing, Daddy X Music |
'Animal' | Performed by MUDMEN, Courtesy of Foreman Bros. Recordings, Lonny Knapp (Writer), Tom Skilton (Writer), Ryan McCaffrey (Writer), Zois Nicoles (Writer), James Campbell (Writer), Robert Campbell, Empty Publishing |
'Because of You' | Performed by Nickelback, Produced by Nickelback, Joey Moi (Producer), Randy Staub (Mixer), (P)2004 The All Blacks B.V., From the Roadrunner Records album The Long Road, used by permission, Chad Kroeger (Writer), Michael Kroeger (Writer), Ryan Peake (Writer), Ryan Vikedal (Writer), (C)2003 Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp., Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp., Black Diesel Music Inc., Zero Q Music Inc., Ladekiv Music Inc., All rights administered by Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp., All rights reserved, Used by permission |
'Saturday Night' | Performed by Ozomatli, Written and Published by, Ozomatli, Willy Abers, Ulises Baldomero Bella, Justin B. Poree, Asdru Sierra, Raul Pacheco, Jiro Yamguchi, J. Smith-Freeman, Jabu, Justin B. Poree, From Ozomatli's CD ~Street Signs~ on Concord Records, (P)(C)2004 Concord Records Inc. |
'Getting Away With Murder' | Performed by Papa Roach, Courtesy of Geffen Records under license from Universal Music Enterprises, Tobin Joseph Esperance (Writer), Jerry Jr. Horton (Writer), Jakoby Dakota Shaddix (Writer), David Buckner (Writer), Viva La Cucaracha Music Inc. |
'Magnetic Mic Control' | Performed and Written by Phunk Junkeez, Performed by Phunk Junkeez, Licensed from Suburban Noize Records, Published by Joe Valiente Music, Hellamilk Music, Clip Hop Music, Big Bottom Music, DPGEEZUS Music |
'Bring Me Down' | Performed by Pillar, Courtesy of Flicker Records, Under license from EMI Film & Television Music, Noah Henson (Writer), Lester Estelle (Writer), Rob Beckley (Writer), Michael Wittig (Writer), Published by Flicker USA Publishing and Fireproof Music |
'Heroes and Villains' | Performed by Powerman 5000, Written by Spider, Adam Williams (Writer), Courtesy of Megatronic Records |
'Stop the World' | Performed by Riddlin' Kids, Courtesy of Aware/Columbia Records, By Arrangement with Sony Music Licensing, Chuck Gladfelter, Clint Baker, Published by Follow Your Muse Music, EMI Blackwood Music Inc., All rights reserved, International Copyright secured, Used by Permission |
'Give It All' | Performed by Rise Against, Courtesy of Geffen Records under license from Universal Music Enterprises, Written by Rise Against, Sony/ATV Tunes LLC |
'Fly From The Inside' | Performed by Shinedown, Courtesy of Atlantic Recording Corp., By Arrangement with Warner Strategic Marketing, (P)2003 Atlantic Recording Corp., Brent Smith (Writer), Bob Marlette (Writer), Published by EMI Blackwood Music Inc., (C)2003 Universal Music Corp. and Black Lava, All rights administered by Universal Music Corp., Al rights administered by Universal Corp., All rights reserved, Used by permission, International copyright secured |
'Nobody' | Performed by Skindred, Courtesy of Atlantic Recording Corp., By Arrangement with Warner Strategic Marketing, (P)2004 Lava Records LLC, Written by Skindred, Webbe, Ford, Pugsley, Rose, (C) Lava/Bieler Bros. Records, Copyright control, PRS |
'Analog' | Performed by Strung Out, From the album Exile In Oblivion, Written/Performed by Strung Out, Fat Wreck Chords |
'Stronger' | Performed by Trust Company, Courtesy of Interscope Records under license from Universal Music Enterprises, Kevin Palmer (Writer), James Fukai (Writer), Jason Singleton (Writer), Published by EMI April Music Inc., All rights reserved, International copyrights secured, Used by permission |
'Celebration Song' | Performed by Unwritten Law, Courtesy of Atlantic Recording Corp., By Arrangement with Warner Strategic Marketing, (P)2004 Lava Records LLC, Scott Russo (Writer), John Bell (Writer), Robert Brewer (Writer), Steven Morris (Writer), Wade Youman (Writer), (C)WB Music Corp. and Unwritten Law Music, All Rights administered by WB Music Corp., All rights reserved, Used by permission |