Sony unleashes PS3 viral The Game News
PC PlayStation 3 News by Robert Purchese
Sony has begun a weird viral campaign based around The Game: a collection of web-based mini-games and quizzes that are supposed to trigger lots of blabber about PS3.
Get yourself over to The Game website, enter an email address, pick a name and choose a team - either A or B - to begin. Then plough through quizzes and mini-games (pool simulators, target games, various speed/skill tests) until you feel bold enough to challenge a friend with a compilation of your own devising.
This viral attack will last a year and aims to - oh, here we go - represent the four different aspects of the PS3 experience. You can't play on PS3, though, only check Team A's and Team B's standings.
"Like PS3, which inspired it, The Game is easy to understand, to play and to share with friends. It's giving people a taste of the world of PS3 - an ever-changing world that's open to everybody - a world shaped by players' passions and where the game is just the start," said Mark Bowles, European product manager for PS3.
Want to comment on this article? Log in, or register!
Comments: 1-20 of 20 in total
|
M_of_the_sys
24/11/09 @ 15:19
+4
Damn you Eraysor!!! Grrr!!
Incase you hadn't realised by my outcry, I just lost too. Edit: Everyone around me has just lost it too.
Edited 1 times,
most recently on 24/11/09 @ 15:20
|
|
VibratingDonkey
24/11/09 @ 15:37
+3
Wow, this loads incredibly slow and also that quiz game asks the same question over and over again. What's the point of all this? Do we compete for something or what?
|
|
HuggyAtHome
24/11/09 @ 15:46
+8
I think it links well with my PS3 owning experience - very slow to update and there's nobody else I know using it.
I also lost the game |
|
+6
@Darkmorgado: it's been a long time since I read such a misinformed post, even in the EG comments section.
As for "The Game" it's not the worst idea out there, but I for one would rather some of this marketing money be put to better use, like maybe some of those features that were promised in 2009 firmware updates or even addressing the gap between PSN America and PSN Europe. |
|
man.the.king
25/11/09 @ 05:11
+4
@darkmorgado
"So easy to understand the developers have trouble programming for it. So easy to play that its firmware updates constantly brick consoles and its online service is a joke with frequent lag. So easy to share with friends because it's... erm... fecking massive and expensive and the official pads retail at 40 quid? " What?!? Ah! I see where you are coming from...
Edited 2 times,
most recently on 25/11/09 @ 05:12
|
|
0
Taken straight from "The Game" website:
"You can play challenges and earn points for your Team via your PS3, but for the full experience just power up your computer, get yourself to http://www.ps3-thegame.com and start playing, start creating, start recruiting." So we shouldn't have faith in the PS3's web browsing ability, eh Sonny? |
Comments: 1-20 of 20 in total
Want to comment on this article? Log in, or register!
