Its out in the US and Japan, and it was released worldwide on XBox live, yet once again we are told nothing at all to why Europe is waiting.

Pehaps we can hope that in 2009 SCEE finally take their heads out of the sand and start communicating better.

If we’re the most important market for sony (as Reeves claims) then why are we treated like some sort of mutated finger hidden and disregarded below sony’s trailing sleeves?

I look forward to next year with the apparent introduction of universal store content (hopefully with similar pricing structure globally), an introduction of European cards, and of course finally seeing titles come to our shores.
I could go on about Street Fighter HD (which managed to get released in europe on the 360 despite SCEE’s blunderings with the PS3 version), or other recent additions, but how about some older titles… we still don’t have Castlevania: SOTN and that’s been out in the US store for over a year.

Home in Europe is a joke, no content (when compared to the other regions) and getting charged for novelty christmas outfits that are only relevant for maybe a week of the year. LAME. Japan has its own christmas tree in the square, we have some fish… real festive.

As a consumer I feel under appreciated, and I hope that SCEE change their tune in 2009, otherwise they deserve to finish last this generation. And that’s not something I thought I’d say.

SCEE INCOMPETENCE CONTINUES to grow after a period of them doing better, they are slipping back to their lazy old ways AGAIN

runs in 1080p, has 2 player co-op, online leader boards. worth getting, best side scroller since r-type: final.

apparently the ‘S’ is pronounce as a ‘V’, those crazy germans!

I wanna be in a club and popular and hit on men dressed up as girls

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£3.99

This payment entitles you to set up a Club. At the moment there is no ongoing charge for running a Club but, in the future, we will introduce a fee (to be determined), which will be due every 30 days. We will not start charging a recurring fee earlier than 31st March 2009. We will notify you when the first payment is due and each time after that. If you do not wish to pay the fee at any time you do not have to but you will lose your entitlement to run the Club and we may delete your Club entirely. As the person who set up the Club, you will be the Club leader. As Leader, you can invite up to 31 other users to join your Club and appoint up to 4 of them as sub-leaders. You can only lead one Club at a time. You can join up to 5 Clubs though so, if you lead one, you can join 4 others. You cannot transfer leadership of your Club to anyone else. If you wish to disband your Club at any time, you can do so following the instructions in the Home manual. Club names are unique. Once you set up a Club you cannot change the Club name and, if you disband your Club, you cannot reuse the Club name. Please see the Home Manual for more information about use of Clubhouses and Club membership.
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BFN,

fp.

Back to this week’s ‘Store updates… My six year old playing in “LittleBIGPlanet” with a Sackboy dressed as Santa (both parts courtesy of “This week’s best of Store”)…

“You can’t kill Santa… that’s illegal!”

Hmmm… I sort of see his point.

Be careful out there kids, or Rudolph will be hoof-delivering on his own in a week’s time.

BFN,

fp.

[ http://www.mcvuk.com/news/32750/Sony-confirms-wireless-SingStar-mics ]
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Sony confirms wireless SingStar mics
Ben Parfitt Today, 4:07pm

Accessories currently in testing; early 2009 arrival predicted

Following on from reports of a pending arrival for the long-awaited wireless microphones for Sony’s SingStar, SCEE has confirmed to MCV that an early 2009 arrival is indeed on the cards.

An SCEE spokesperson stated: “We are indeed currently testing wireless mics with our community. We haven’t actually announced the launch date or price point yet.”

The source went on to say that the release date was likely to fall “in the early part of the new year”.
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(”fall” as in go backwards into the latter half of the year, or the third quarter, or the twelfth month?)

PS. A Three Speech crib in PlayStation(r)Home sounds a great idea!

How much do the clubhouses cost? Is it a one-off payment, or a monthly charge?

(I suspect the latter; another example, like LittleBIGPlanet, of charging for the building blocks that make a title what sets it apart from every other one).

BFN,

fp.