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Bringing out the worst in Sony’s marketing

May 31, 2008 on 9:14 pm | In Uncategorized | Comments Off

We've all seen our fair share of Sony's marketing blunders over the past year or so, everything from terrible commercials, potential changes, and perhaps a lack of marketing period. It seems Sony is slowly turning things around, with some improved PS3 spots at the end of last year. Luckily for us, we don't need to search around for all of Sony's previous mistakes. PSP Fanboy has put together an organized list of the Top 10 worst Playstation ads. They hit on everything from the graffiti madness to a certain "x-mas blog." Sony, with all due respect, this site surely wouldn't exist without your genius creation of the PSP. With that said, you and your marketing agency have made some horrible choices in the past. Let's try to bring some dignity back to the Playstation brand!

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Hardware modification allows DualShock support

May 31, 2008 on 8:48 pm | In Uncategorized | Comments Off

Another insane project has come from the Acid Mods, allowing you to use your DualShock controller to control the PSP. While you can't control the volume and backlight settings from the controller, you have full access to the PSP controls, and can power on/off. Unfortunately for most, this requires some pretty intense hardware modifications, adding a 25 pin connector to the right-hand side of the PSP. Otherwise, firmware is not an issue, this is simply allowing your DualShock to control your PSP, and requires no homebrew or custom firmware. Any takers?

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Amazon offering Crisis Core for $25.99

May 29, 2008 on 12:59 pm | In Uncategorized | Comments Off

If you haven't had the opportunity of playing through the Final Fantasy VII prequel, Square Enix's Crisis Core: Final Fantasy VII is hugely discounted over at Amazon, for their Deal of the Day. If you order today, you'll save $14 off the current $39.99 retail price. Get on it!

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Secret Agent Clank pre-order includes Clank figurine

May 27, 2008 on 8:16 pm | In Uncategorized | Comments Off

If you're planning to pick up Secret Agent Clank on June 17th, why not pre-order at GameStop and earn yourself a free Clank figurine. Anyone who pre-orders the title will receive this free figurine (see below), while supplies last. Secret Agent Clank looks to be a stellar title; anyone dropping a pre-order?

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Bleach Heat Of The Soul 5 Vs. Espada Review

May 27, 2008 on 1:59 pm | In Games | Comments Off

Tell me something gamers? Would you risk it all to go to the ends just to protect your friends? I mean even though this is the fifth time you had to put your neck on the line? Well guess what... [Click through for full story]

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Weekly Releases for 5/25–5/31

May 25, 2008 on 9:45 pm | In Uncategorized | Comments Off

It's been a pretty "meh" month for PSP releases worldwide, but with this being the last week in May, we're hoping for a better beginning. World Championship Cards is supposedly coming to the US this week, but we've definitely heard that one before. Europe is stuck playing God of War: Chains of Olympus for the fifth time, with no releases this week. Here's to hoping next week is exciting! United States: World Championship Cards (Crave Entertainment) - May 27th Europe: None Japan: Connad (Prototype) - May29th Jikkyou Powerful Pro Baseball Portable 3 (Konami) - May 29th Memories Off (Cyber Front) - May 29th Memories Off 2nd (Cyber Front) - May 29th Valhalla Knights 2 (Marvelous Entertainment) - May 29th Australia: Super Fruit Fall (FUN) - May 29th Ratatouille (THQ) - May 29th Please note: Release dates are liable to change at any time. We provide you with the most up-to-date information each week, here at PSP-Vault. Call your local game provider to verify the release date before ordering.

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