PSN Holiday Essentials Sale Week 2: 12/31/12 - 01/07/13

Today marks the beginning of the third and final week of PlayStation Network's 'Holiday Essentials' sale and continues with the great deals; though, not surprising, there is a lack of any deal whatsoever for Persona 4 Golden--my sealed, Solid Gold Premium Edition has gone past the moment where it could have been opened, leaving me with a need for a second copy (specifically a digital copy). Anyway, despite the lack of cheap personas, there are some great deals--including Sound Shapes, Bulletstorm, and Tokyo Jungle--and, remember, these sales may not be live just yet, but they will be live at some point tonight. (They are now all live.)

PSN Holiday Essentials Sale

• AR Play (Regular: $8.94, Sale: $6.25, PS Plus: $4.38)
• Assassin’s Creed 2 Deluxe Edition (Regular: $19.99, Sale: $13.99, PS Plus: $9.79)
• Batman: Arkham City (Regular: $29.99, Sale: $20.99, PS Plus: $14.69)
• Bulletstorm (Regular: $19.99, Sale: $13.99, PS Plus: $9.79)
• inFAMOUS 2 (Regular: $19.99, Sale: $13.99, PS Plus: $9.79)
• inFAMOUS Festival of Blood (Regular: $9.99, Sale: $6.99, PS Plus: $4.89)
• Lumines: Electronic Symphony (Regular: $35.99, Sale: $24.99, PS Plus: $17.49)*
• Shadow of the Colossus (Regular: $19.99, Sale: $13.99, PS Plus: $9.79)
• Skullgirls (Regular: $14.99, Sale: $10.49, PS Plus: $7.34)
• Sound Shapes (Regular: $14.99, Sale: $10.49, PS Plus: $7.34)
• Sound Shapes Vita (Regular: $14.99, Sale: $10.49, PS Plus: $7.34)
• Tokyo Jungle (Regular: $14.99, Sale: $10.49, PS Plus: $7.34)
• Touch My Katamari (Regular: $24.99, Sale: $17.99, PS Plus: $12.25)

*The Lumines: Electronic Symphony sale would appear to be an error, and is only discounted 30% from its actual retail price of $29.99, with no extra discount for PlayStation Plus members. I don't know about you, but I find this rather disappointing. My desire to buy the game has been killed, like every endangered animal in Far Cry 3.