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Sony bribes Minecraft creator with golden PSone

Written by Andre Yoskowitz @ 27 May 2013 11:00 User comments (10)

Sony bribes Minecraft creator with golden PSone

Minecraft creator Markus "Notch" Persson took to Twitter to show off his VIP invite to Sony's upcoming E3 presser.
Notch received a golden PSone console along with a copy of Dungeon Master 2 and the invite to the company's PS4 event.

The developer has been a critic of Microsoft's recent moves, saying he was unexcited by the new Xbox One adding that he "wanted a game console, not a voice and gesture based TV remote box."

Minecraft, which was never released for the PS3, has sold over 6 million copies on the Xbox 360, a record.

As Notch says, Sony "sure knows how to bribe nerds. ;D"


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127.5.2013 16:01
brockie
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bribes bit over the top AD. not sure Sony need to bribe anyone after that awful Xbone reveal anyway.

227.5.2013 17:08
KillerBug
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We have yet to see how bad the PS4 will be...and it was notch that called it a bribe first, not AD. AD did get one thing wrong...it is a gold colored PSone, not a golden PSone.

327.5.2013 18:19
GryphB
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Lol, c'mon a gold colored PSone? They didn't say gold plated PSone. Tell ya what, I'll offer him some gold colored teeth and see if he will come visit me so I can stick my foot.....

This message has been edited since its posting. Latest edit was made on 27 May 2013 @ 6:19

427.5.2013 21:32
brockie
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guess I just read it in a harsh way. the PS4 is already looking better option just by the reveals. PS4 specs are a lot better as well.

527.5.2013 23:04
Bozobub
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Originally posted by KillerBug:
 We have yet to see how bad the PS4 will be...and it was notch that called it a bribe first, not AD. AD did get one thing wrong...it is a gold colored PSone, not a golden PSone.

It is quite correct, albeit admittedly confusing, to refer to anything that is gold-colored as "golden" ^^' .

628.5.2013 00:26
GryphB
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Wait, I'll change that to offering a golden shower instead.

728.5.2013 01:21
Morreale
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That kinda bribe would probably win me over on anything too lol

Pretty cool.

828.5.2013 02:58
xboxdvl2
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Originally posted by Morreale:
 That kinda bribe would probably win me over on anything too lol

Pretty cool.
going to the shops soon want me to grab you a psone and spray paint it gold.

928.5.2013 17:17
brockie
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Sony have sent them to everyone it seems for E3.

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108.6.2013 20:06
eljay
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"Pimp my PlayStation!"

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