Sony Makes up for Memory Card Losses

Collision891 writes "Sony is now offering a free game to anyone who had their memory cards erased by the Viewtiful Joe 2 demo on their Holiday 2004 Demo disk, sent out to Playstation Underground members . By calling Sony they will tell you where to send in your disk and a list of games of which you can choose one to receive free. The games they are offering are: Wildarms 3, Parappa The Rapper 2, Gran Turismo 3, JAK 2, Sly 2: Band of Thieves, NCAA Final Four 2004, MLB 2004, ATHENS 2004, ATV Off-Road Fury 3, and Hot Shots Golf Fore!"

Comments

Bargain bin apology

[Wyrmw00d]

...but I guess it's better than nothing.

They may be bargain bin games...

[Anonymous Coward]

But it's not like the crap the RIAA dumped on libraries... Don't even compare it to that. Gran Turismo and Sly Cooper are both great games, and not everyone owns them. Lots of people liked Jak 2 as well. I can't vouch for the others though.

Re:Could do better

[American AC in Paris]

Of course they could do better. They could dress Nobuyuki Idei up in a clown suit and send him to your door, arms overflowing with yet-to-be-released blockbuster titles. They could do even better than that--hell, why not have him fix dinner for you and clean house for you while he's there?

Instead, all they're doing is giving away free copies of your choice of a number of damn good games. What's more, they're taking your word on it--none of this "send in three UPCs, a screenshot, and the liver of a griffin" crap. Seriously, what would make you happy? Is a genuine apology and a we'll-take-your-word-for-it offer of a free game really too cheap for you?

On a final note, if your game data really has that much value, you should be backing it up. Y'know, like you back up all your important data. They give you two memory card slots to make it virtually dummy-proof, for crying out loud. (...or is your game save data really not all that important?)