Sony's PlayStation Portable Marketing Manager Kristin Neirinckx has introduced a promotion on the PS Blog geared towards those seeking to get a PSPgo console this holiday season for $199.
To quote: Due to the overwhelming response to last year’s holiday promotions for the PlayStation Card, we have new exciting incentive, this time giving you the chance to save $50 on a brand new PSPgo....
Nintendo has hired anti-piracy guru Neil Boyd from Warner Bros. in a move to keep the Nintendo DS R4 Card from being sold at both online and offline retailers.
Boyd claims Nintendo has no problem in hurting companies who still sell flash carts for the DS console, to quote:
He warned online and High Street stores who are still selling the R4 device that Nintendo had...
According to an internal memo JoyStiq (linked above) received, Zellers – the Canadian retail chain – may no longer be stocking the 80GB PlayStation 3 Core bundle.
The memo specifically notes that employees are not to take rainchecks on an advertised deal allowing customers to purchase an 80GB core bundle with any PS3 game under $30 for a total price of $380 (after a...
SCEA Marketing Manager Mark Valledor shared the following news via PS Blog today:
First we introduced an array of costumes for Sackboy, now the PlayStation Store is pleased to introduce exciting new LBP ‘Level Packs’ to fill your Pop-it with more themed creative items.
Our level packs are filled with several new items including new costumes, cool objects, decorative...
Update: Adjusted for the possibility that "replaced" could mean basic changes to 40GB model, like the addition of DualShock 3.
A Wal-Mart spreadsheet allegedly listing products that the company is having difficulty stocking states that the 40GB PS3 "will be replaced with [a] new model in early August."
We received this sheet from an employee that's sent us solid...
Over the weekend, a Kotaku AU reader sent through a chat log containing an enlightening conversation with "an associate of mine who holds a high position within the EB organisation". According to the log, Microsoft is refusing to take responsibility for its defective consoles, leaving it up to the games retailer to make the best of a crappy situation.
A leaked internal letter has revealed that Best Buy is to remove the 80GB PS3 system from its on January 28th and the PS3 60GB SKU should already all be gone.
Only the 40GB PS3 will be sold in Best Buy stores at the end of the month.
To quote: "It will come off the planogram on Jan. 28. The 60GB version should already be gone from stores. Only the 40GB...