Sony Leveraging Swine Flu Fears for Increased Sales
Written by Colin McFedran
Published at 2009-06-06 20:21:45
Tagged: [Bad News] [Sony] [PlayStation Network]



You may recall a little promotion in the US during Earth Day where SCEA donated up to 10K against sales of movies on the PSN Video Store. The connection to Earth Day was weak and the sum of money donated scoffed at. Well, you should see what Sony Hong Kong is up to.

Sony, leveraging fears over the Swine Flu, is encouraging its Hong Kong PSN users to stay healthier by playing sports. But not just any sports. It seems Sony is going to battle that little piggy virus in the best way it knows how...with downloadable sports games!



So, while the World Health Organization is ratcheting up to level six, you'll know you're doing the right thing by laying some cash down at the Hong Kong PSN store.

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6 comments:

Online Apotheosis
platinum2 gold33 silver147 bronze713     12
2009-06-06 21:02:54

They should be advertising "Blast Factor", "nucleus," or those other "germ fighting" games, too...
Offline Colin McFedran
platinum0 gold4 silver49 bronze367     7
2009-06-06 21:04:18

You'd think they'd actually want you to MOVE...maybe EYE Toy games should be on PSN.
Online Apotheosis
platinum2 gold33 silver147 bronze713     12
2009-06-06 21:55:41

@Colin McFedran: Don't want to sound like a jackass, but eyetoy games are on PSN.
Offline joeythefatkid
platinum0 gold0 silver0 bronze0     0
2009-06-06 23:00:48

they donated 10 grand of there money to stop people from buying there movies?
Offline Colin McFedran
platinum0 gold4 silver49 bronze367     7
2009-06-06 23:04:13

@Apotheosis: No... PSEYE games are on PSN...I said EyeTOY games...there is a difference (should have been clearer)
Offline Colin McFedran
platinum0 gold4 silver49 bronze367     7
2009-06-06 23:20:01

Found it...when I say EyeTOY I mean this. http://www.tawkn.com/index.php?blog_id=411
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