Author Topic: HMV refused PS3 pre-orders unless you buy a PSP too (Read 2852 times)

Tuffty · « **on:** February 02, 2007, 10:20:36 PM »

HMV's online store is now taking pre-orders for PlayStation 3 - providing consumers are also willing to purchase a 4GB PSP pack for a total price of GBP 675.

Quote from: GamesIndustry.biz

A Sony spokesperson told GamesIndustry.biz, "This is just one of a number of value added incentives that retailers will be offering to mark the launch of PS3."

Roger Federer would struggle to match that level of spin

Masabi · « **Reply #1 on:** February 02, 2007, 10:53:34 PM »

Um. What? "This is just one of a number of value added incentives that retailers will be offering to mark the launch of PS3." Yeah, sounds like a real value- being forced to buy a PSP because the PSP is doing sucky.

pikapikapika · « **Reply #2 on:** February 03, 2007, 12:09:44 AM »

It's just sheer greed.

Sony Europe are the biggest dicks in the history of dickery.

randomness · « **Reply #3 on:** February 03, 2007, 02:32:11 AM »

hey PSP aint that bad, i got one... but still, making you buy one is just whack

JFC · « **Reply #4 on:** February 03, 2007, 03:22:37 AM »

So if you already have a PSP, you probably shouldn't even bother.

Tuffty · « **Reply #5 on:** February 03, 2007, 06:55:44 PM »

^ Exactly. This is a slap in the face for anyone that owns a PSP and wants a PS3, as they are now forced to look somewhere else to get it because of this ridiculous scheme.

Himalia · « **Reply #6 on:** February 03, 2007, 07:33:02 PM »

Well i would imagine that other retailers wont be doing this offer and that HMV with not do well because of this.

Tanier · « **Reply #7 on:** February 03, 2007, 07:38:43 PM »

This is the craziest Thing I've Ever Heard

Now Getting a PSP for free sounds like a deal to me

NAzu · « **Reply #8 on:** February 03, 2007, 08:13:08 PM »

So they only offer the PS3 with the PSP and not without it? Sounds pretty ridiculous.

Picked this from Bit-Tech -> Wii is an impulse buy, says Sony