We have been picking up on chatter that comes from the blogging community, much of which cites 'retail sources' they are close to, that the Ceramic White PSP is heading to Europe, in time for Easter.
Thing is, there's loads of different blogs all running sub-identical pieces, all failing to reference each other in something of a farcical game of blind man's bluff. Either way, from what we can gather, the 'retail source' appears to be a shop assistant in a game shop. We'd also like to ask any of the blogs claiming to have this news nailed down as fact to get in touch, especially if they are the original source of the chatter.
Anyway, we contacted a senior buyer at a major European retailer today to find out what's going on. “Right now, SCEE sales hasn't been briefed to begin pushing white units,” we were told. “It has been mentioned, as there's been a certain level of interest at store level from consumers about the possibility of seeing the white machine and essentially, it will go on sale at some point, though nothing is official, so to speak. There's certainly no orders being placed for white PSPs.”
So when will we know? All the sites currently ripping each other off, claiming retail 'insiders' have given them the scoop, say Easter... “We have no idea. What is likely to happen and as is common at Sony is that there will be an announcement to press, then sales will tell us and we'll start getting them in. Easter sounds a good time, though anything claiming this is a concrete date is simply not true.”
For the uninitiated, the Ceramic White PSP is a PSP in white. The name of the white Sony has used is dubbed Ceramic. We believe this is to differentiate is from other types of white. It comes in a whiter box and ships with some white accessories. And is white. Expect an announcement about its European debut at some point early/mid-2006.
Thing is, there's loads of different blogs all running sub-identical pieces, all failing to reference each other in something of a farcical game of blind man's bluff. Either way, from what we can gather, the 'retail source' appears to be a shop assistant in a game shop. We'd also like to ask any of the blogs claiming to have this news nailed down as fact to get in touch, especially if they are the original source of the chatter.
Anyway, we contacted a senior buyer at a major European retailer today to find out what's going on. “Right now, SCEE sales hasn't been briefed to begin pushing white units,” we were told. “It has been mentioned, as there's been a certain level of interest at store level from consumers about the possibility of seeing the white machine and essentially, it will go on sale at some point, though nothing is official, so to speak. There's certainly no orders being placed for white PSPs.”
So when will we know? All the sites currently ripping each other off, claiming retail 'insiders' have given them the scoop, say Easter... “We have no idea. What is likely to happen and as is common at Sony is that there will be an announcement to press, then sales will tell us and we'll start getting them in. Easter sounds a good time, though anything claiming this is a concrete date is simply not true.”
For the uninitiated, the Ceramic White PSP is a PSP in white. The name of the white Sony has used is dubbed Ceramic. We believe this is to differentiate is from other types of white. It comes in a whiter box and ships with some white accessories. And is white. Expect an announcement about its European debut at some point early/mid-2006.
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cmotd 24 Dec 2005 00:29
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Er... Have yuro-peons heard of this new fangled thing called the 'internet'? Miraculously you can use it to go to places called online game retailers and look up 'white psp' in their product list. Then you tick the checkbox and use this other gadget called a 'credit card' to pay for it. Then, lo and behold a week later a white psp arrives in your letter box. I know it works because I did it myself!! If any of these yuro-peons really really want a white psp they, like me, would already have one using this atomic-age shopping method. If they don't have one then they obviously don't really want one and this article is just a complete load of sh*t. I mean what kind of moron would wait for easter when they can buy one right now?? Are yuro-peons all suffering from chernobyl related idiocy? Perhaps they should all voluntarily remove themselves from the gene pool by cutting their nuts off thereby preventing the entire human race from sinking to the same level of sub human intelligence.
SPInGSPOnG 24 Dec 2005 10:47
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cmotd wrote:
Er... Have yuro-peons heard of this new fangled thing called the 'internet'?
Nice post. One has to suspect that, in terms of idiocy, there's a good deal of pot kettle going on here.
of course Euros who want a white PSP can order one using the Internet, or even Mr Graham Bell's telephonic device, since many more Europeans can speak additional languages than Yanks can. But that in now way abrogates the cogency of a story about if/when the white PSP will actually be for sale in that region (yeah, I'm home in Baltimore for Christmas but up before dawn 'cause my body-clock's still on Barcelona time!!!).
cmotd (cretinous message of the day???), you just continue to marinate in your own arrogance. But just take a look under the Christmas tree, the reason there are so few presents there is assholes don't have many friends.