PS3 Bundle Seeking Divine Intervention

That is one awesome looking bundle tough. Gran turismo, ridge racer and rachet an clank.... and it also comes with something to toss at the Jehovah's witnesses when they come to your door. Win Win Win

Crypysmoker

@Fishballs: Lifetime sales? Nothing will ever outsell the Bible.

It's like how the PS3 has trouble catching up to the 360 because of that one-year headstart. Except with about 1800 extra years.

@Crumplecorn: Burn. Burn on Engrish.

I heard that one of Jesus's miracles was to cure X360's from RROD! I also heard that on the seventh day, God played Pong

@exion:

lol nice.

@skik08: Agreed. Unless it's at a point where sales are SO dismal that it could put the company out of business andresult in the termination of support for their product... let fanboys think that sales mean anything to them.

@Asbestos_Underwear:
Plus you can always use the Bible to bludgeon door-to-door evangelists.

TrjnRabbit

@ThursdayNext: Sorry for putting apostrophes on possessive "its".

ThursdayNext

@deanbmmv: I hear that the Xbox 360 is getting bundled with the Q'ran.

The Wii is getting the Scientology bible. Apparently it's really popular with celebrities, which helps raise it's popularity artificially, but everyone with half a brain or more knows that it's full of false promises and will fail to live up to it's hype once Hollywood tires of it. Same goes for Scientology.

ThursdayNext

@skik08: Either the best comment of the year or the worst.

Apparently the Japanese 'PrayStation' is in fact the correct pronunciation.

Crumplecorn

@ThursdayNext: Don't be absurd. No-one would be that crazy.

@skik08: That's how I felt about the Gamecube, and the Dreamcast.

@TerribleDecade: I thought Harry Potter outsold the Bible already.

Fishballs

PS3 version of Bible features exclusive content: Exciting Jesus vengeance mission, unlockable and upgradeable dune buggy, and play as Darth Vader.

Plorry

@deanbmmv: And let's not forget about the early format wars before the Council of Nicea stepped in.

Guys, maybe this is the extra "Polish" that the PS3 needs to win the console wars. ;-)

reekon

Then Burguois, Teabagger of Olde was led by the spirit into the desert to be tempted by the PS3. After trolling for forty days and forty nights, he was bored. The tempter came to him and said, "if you are the teabagger of old, turn this money into microsoft points!".
Burguois, Teabagger of Olde answered, "it is written: "man does not live on gamerpoints alone, but on every word that comes from the mouth of major nelson.'"

- Mathew 4

@Ginger Gouki:
It was a timed exclusive with the Catholic's, but they've released it in a PS3 compatible format now. It took a few thousand year's but the PS3 eventually get's the stuff.

@tormenta3001: That's one cheap PS2

...FAT CHICKS YOU RESCUE TO WIN. :3

Because religion has to keep up with the times

Boyce

@ThursdayNext: Well played, my good sir.

@skik08: Aye, not to mention Wipeout HD, Motorstorm, LittleBigPlanet and inFamous.

I think the better gamer bundle would be:

PS3 + Holy Bible + Devil May Cry 3 + Resident Evil 4 + Silent Hill Origins

and then for the movie enthusiasts:

PS3 + Holy Bible + The Excorcist + The Exorcism of Emily Rose + Silent Hill

reekon

@skik08: Not sure if the holy bible can be called a PS3 exclusive?

Ginger Gouki

When the Lamb opened the third seal, I heard the third living creature say, "Come!" I looked, and there before me was a black horse! Its rider was holding a pair of scales in his hand.

A bundle for fans of pretension, fanatical self-belief, and diminishing relevance.

Crumplecorn

That's almost as crazy as, say, sending knuckle dusters out with promo's for your game.

ThursdayNext

@skik08: well said.

boots555

That thing will sell. It costs 100€ less than in Germany. So if you live ANYWHERE near the German-Poland border, then you just get your PS3 there. It's the European Union, nobody can stop you doing that.

Fuck yeah! I've been waiting for the PS3 Bible-bundle since forever. Sucks a bit I'll have to import it from Poland, but I figure that learning the polish language is a small price to pay to take part of such an extraordinary deal.
I can't wait until I can combine the masterful platforming of Ratchet and Clank with the book of Mathew, or recite Genesis while I drive by the noobs in Ridge Racer 7.
Truly, this is the peak of entertainment, and I feel so great to be able to take part of it all.

Same treatment for the PS2, [polygamia.pl] .

tormenta3001

as long as ps3 keeps getting their killer exclusives. i dont care about sales. the ps3 does not need to be 'saved'. im a gamer. and when ps3 has games like metal gear series, resistance series, uncharted series, ratchet n clank series, killzone 2 and god of war. hell, im well happy.

@Monkey Majiks:
buts its head is sticking out from under the bridge!

SaanZ

Starting so early in the morning...Anyway, that is a great combo...I'd get it if I didn't already own 2 ps3. :)

Thai Tea

SONY FANBOYS: WHERE IS YOUR GOD NOW, next to the PS3 now.

You know what they say, the Bible is the best selling book in the world. Now Reader's Digest could probably increase their readership if a subscription comes bundled with a new system.

"The power of Christ compels you, Ridge Racer! Become a fun game again!"

DukeOfPwn

ignore the troll people

Not even God can save the PS3

Burguois, Teabagger of Olde

o thats a hard choice.
ps3 with bible. or ps3 lbp bundle... maybe not.

kilikafinal

@SeraphX2:
I think he meant something about how the bible ITSELF isn't God, despite Downskated apparently claiming that.

Or something :V

16bit

Why do they give impure black creation instead of white, pure (albeit flawed) one? :( Blasphemy. 360 may have RROD, but it's the way that God tests our faith in him, and reminds us of our imperfect nature.

Anyway, I'm from Poland and these are special bundles related to Eucharist sacrament. Over the years this sacrament has turned into somewhat of a manifestation of consumerism, because there are always big family meetings on that occasion and everyone buys gifts (usually rather expensive) or gives money at the time, and I see humanity has "jumped the shark" right now.

@Monkey Majiks: This troll is also a blasphemer, not a good thing to be when your face looks like an arse, you need all the friends you can get!

@skik08: lol, that sounded more than a bit defensive

I fail to see why people get so worked up and pissy about exclusivity...but to each their own I guess

Them poles sure love their Catholicism.

Man, you're getting a free PS3 bundled with the Holy Bible now! Thats awesome. Gotta hand it to Poland, they have their priorities straight.

Primebuster

@Asbestos_Underwear:

Is it really a good idea to suggest that German head into Poland to get what they want?

Sorry, that was about 65 years late.

lvl54spacemonkey

what?

no Megan Fox nude on blu-ray?

[www.gamespy.com]

A yes, the ideal ready-made "First Communion Gift Set". Gotta admire the enterpreneurship.

yhalothar

lol... I knew the mouldy old bible I got in school years ago would come in handy one day!

it's a First Communion bundle... wikipedia is out-of-date: "Gifts of a religious nature are usually given, such as rosaries, prayer books, in addition to religious statues and icons. Gifts of cash are also common."

[en.wikipedia.org]

@exion: Forgive them, for they know not what they do.

@ThursdayNext:

F**king brilliant.

@Ginger Gouki: Comparing God to Lair? STRAIGHT TO HELL!

@ShadowOdin is sad he missed Wyatt Cenac's visit to Sweden: naawwww stop it you!

So, I can finnaly answer "Where is your God now?" query of old. Bundled along the PS3 in Poland, it would seem.

@excel_excel: God, like Lair, only comes with Sixaxis control.

Ginger Gouki

@edhe (xbl): Of course, they do. The Bible's author's estate is still raking in some major doe. Or so I've read on Wikipedia.

@excel_excel: I love you.

@edhe (xbl): Sigh. That's like saying a book about Joan of Arc has nothing to do with Joan of Arc, it's stories stuff about Joan of Arc.

You made no sense at all.

does this mean ps3 is approved by god?

Kovski

@MiltonZep: Click the little heart symbol next to the post.

Norellicus

@Crumplecorn: Did God not answer your prayers to save your pet gold fish? Why the 'tude?!

Just let it happen!

Nice easter present.

@Crumplecorn: I really lol'ed

@skik08: I'm confused....this a picture of the PS3 bundlded with a bible and your talking about it being saved....and...OH!
Your saying Sony needs God! Damn right there, they need some saving! ah no I have a PS3 and do enjoy it

@Boyce: Ah.. irony..

@reekon: ps3 + bible + slap in the face. Gotta be realistic about their reputations afterall.

@phicaluk: nuckle dusters vs the tour-de-force of genocide of the last thousand years.

Hm.

@Rebochan: lol since when?

@Rebochan: I believe he was calling it a fad, a console who gets popular because of word of mouth, not because what it offers

@Downskated: Sigh. The bible isn't anything to do with god, it's stories about stuff about god.

pff!

I heard rumours that the PS3 version will have exclusive chapters.

Grind_Axis

@Antiterra: Do lifetime sales count if all the readers are dead ?

@LittleDeadEpic! ....Hunting Akuma: LOL!! Nice one there. +3. How do you become one's follower??

@LittleDeadEpic! ....Hunting Akuma: Okay the joke was flat, but that's the first thing I thought after reading this and that Square Enix article wherein they were taking so long to add that extra polish. Oh well...

reekon

@ml's going the distance. He's going for speed..: Correction: even Carmack says they are ok, so that makes it ok to me right now. Go EA!...

nope, still shivers.

I would get it and but the bible on ebay.

evil_twin

Does the PS3 come with the Bible? Or does the Bible come with the PS3?

bungle

@phicaluk: Or that... cool? I still get shivers thinking that it came from EA. I mean, they are trying to be awesome, but I don't know if there is a complete follow-through yet.

I'm more concerned that they included Quest For Booty instead of just sticking in R&C Future. The disc version of that game is as expensive as just buying the damn Platinum version of the first PS3 R&C, dangit.

Oh, wait. THAT's why. They couldn't find other ways to sell it.

MrPerson

@ThursdayNext: Which is why Scientology is the most popular religion in the world.

@ThursdayNext: Jesus that comment was sweet, who cares about syntax when you do it so well. Nobody notices.

@ThursdayNext:
A comment after my own heart.

@reekon: ...

@Burguois, Teabagger of Olde: not even brown bread can save the wii.. poor poor toaster

@exion: Outstanding. A true masterpiece.

@Ginger Gouki:

:-)))))))))))))))))))

digitalpowershot

@Rakotto:

hell yeah it's cheap, for foreigners. if you're have to live there, it's FUCKING expensive

@16bit: the joke was more a kin to the reference "where is your god now?" but in this case god's word is next to ps3 bundle, so for the sake of correction since you want it correct "SONY FANBOYS: WHERE IS YOUR GOD NOW, oh wait the word of god is right next to it"

PS FIF forever (search youtube for FIF, greatest christian band ever)

@Crumplecorn: Ouch. I bet that stings.

Nitro378

That ps3 is very cheap O__O 409 usd or 311 euro!

Rakotto

@Gemini-Phoenix: Can he fix the disk tray from not sticking?

These bundles are probably intended to be presents for kids attending the holy communion this year. Considering the usual fuss people here make around religion im surprised these dont come with a JP2 centerfold ;)

But seriously, i didnt think Poland could embarass itself even more...

@exion: a thousand internets to you sir. this better be in week in comments.

+1

@16bit: Your PS3 is your god. It just now includes its holy book with it, so you can share its beliefs with all the world (but not the controller, get yer own!)

@16bit: I suppose that makes sense. It's the first part, "The bible isn't anything to do with god", that threw it off I guess.

@exion: Nominated for the best balls kicking comment of the day!!! Good one man!!! Chapeau bas!

samfr

In the name of the father, the lord and the PlayStation 3.

1430 Polish zloty = 409.13301 US$

Not a bad deal with 3 games (2 good ones) and a Pismo Swiete.

Steven Lacks

@exion: Thou hast written the Best reply of the year.

neogeocdz

Wait a minute... Package this with Resistence and I'm sure the Church of England might endorse it this time... Or this could be the result of Sony playing bitch to the church.

Y0URGOD78

This is.... genius! I demand to know where this is! I'm going to get one! Does this include god-mode for the games?

MadMinstrel

its true it is i am polish :)

Merch Wnek

Just another reason not to buy a sony product.

Y0URGOD78

Hmm, the bible and a PS3...two products I don't want any part of. Pass. Now, give me a bundle with a Dreamcast and a book on Pastafarianism and I'm all set :-)

Gray665

@Plorry: pure gold!

nerdBOY01

@lvl54spacemonkey: And still 65 years tasteless.

@LordChris915: I don't know, I'm always in the mood for a good bit of blasphemy. After all, it is a victimless crime.

@Crumplecorn: Zing! Brilliant.

Only through the pages of the 'Good Book' can true gaming enlightenment be found.

@ChalkdustTorture: Much obliged. Please be my friend. =)

reekon

@Crumplecorn: rofl

Best. Comment. Ever.

*applause*

rhythmix

@Toasticus: Wait, I had thought this all was a process of comparison. Didn't the Sony Priests exclaim how close it was to god in comparison to the Xbox and Wii?

Wouldn't this make them both on the same 'playing' field?

@Đipic: Unfortunately, here in the real world, sales do affect a console's future game library. The PS3 has already lost franchises (both those which would've been exclusive and multiplatform) to its two better-selling competitors due to a lack of a sales on its part.

But it's okay, just keep crying in a corner telling yourself sales don't have any impact on you at all.

engagequadlaser

@LittleDeadEpic! ....Hunting Akuma: The Wii needs no saving. The only people who think it does, are the butthurt nolifer hardcores.

engagequadlaser

@Monkey Majiks:

Hey don't call Luke a troll

@Archaneus: LoL, don't say that near the Iranian exchange student!!

@skik08: its great that we get exclusives...but ask sony if they want to be in third place aftr being in first for over ten yrs... they will get less and less exclusives if it lags to far behind just like gamecube and xbox did last gen and n64 and saturn before that. Simply put sales HAVE to pick up to maintain reason for 3rd parties not to multiplatform their games to make money.

uWaAvenger

Wow... someone needs to adjust the white-balance on their camera... unless that was a really orangey-yellow store...

@reekon: I chuckled.

@Rebochan:

I very much hope you aren't serious.

@Đipic:

Quit making sense.

I wonder if the Ps3 can grill me up some of those yummy Kielbasa while I'm reading the 50 lbs bible?

Shachihoko

@skik08: You guys have this all wrong. They aren't using a Bible to make the PS3 seem more attractive, they're using a PS3 to make the Bible seem more attractive!

Poland is a very catholic place, almost everyone there is roman catholic. In that sense I can see why this is in Poland.

It is pretty funny, this way God won't be pissed if you decide to buy a PS3.

Makes it easier to sleep at night.

Finally, something to read while waiting for the damn thing to load! I think you could get a few books of the Bible in before some of those preloads finish.

@exion:

nailed it. Comments of the week material!

balthaser

@lvl54spacemonkey: It's natural, we do it all the time. You know the old saying "What's Germany's is theirs and what's Poland's... is also Germany's." or that's how I think it went.

StealthxZ30x

@Crumplecorn:

+1

Meeeh

Something to read while your waiting for a decent RPG.

vicb626

@Crumplecorn:

Ahhhhh thats bad but so good!

@reekon: Nah, it was a funny, not rolling on the floor funny but more like corner smile funny. :)

SsLordMagus

@Derek Rumpler:

Boohoo.

@The_Saint: It might just have been. I was in other store from that line and it was all blueish-purpleish...

Areinu

@skik08: Yeah well you can keep telling yourself that if it makes you feel better, but if nobody is making money on the PS3 you won't have many more of those AAA games to play.

Did you see Square's financials? 70% of their income is from the portable market (i.e DS/i). Sony's biggest supporter isn't making a damn thing on the PS3 and we all know the PSP is a lost cause at this point anyways.

What does this mean?

Lots and lots of Square games for Nintendo systems. The way it should be.

BTW, Crystal Bearers looks fucking amazing for a Wii game :)

@ShadowOdin is sad he missed Wyatt Cenac's visit to Sweden: 130USD isn't that bad...

Areinu

The Holy Bible doesn't deserve to be bundled with PS3 :(

František Janák

@Antiterra:
Doe? Don't you mean dough? Doh!

Darkest Daze

It's a killer app.

SentientPudding

@vicb626: Valkyria Chronicles would like to have a word with you. And Folklore says hi from the heavens!

@panopticon: Good to see that the PS3 is one of the First Communion gifts. For my first communion, I got Earthworm Jim and Paperboy for the Genesis. This would be a good gift to introduce people into gaming, although I am not sure they would read the Bible, at least until they're older. Hopefully they won't sell it or something.

@deanbmmv: with exclusive DLC and extra characters ofcourse.

@Gaijin is a DIRTY word!: LOL!! No one making money on the ps3, HA!

PSP being a lost cause?? It's outselling the 360 in japan. I hardly call that a lost cause!

@Monkey Majiks: Hey, troll people are a heck of a lot better than crab people. Everyone hates crab people.

spannu

New PS3 exclusive games confirmed! Holy:combat evolved and holy wars comming end 2009!

zelfmoordkonijn

@Burguois, Teabagger of Olde: I think that's the only time I've laughed at a console joke. And I have a PS3.

@DukeOfPwn: Don't you mean RIIIIIIDGE RACER?

@Sweetsauce: PSP does very very well in Japan and in Europe, doesn't do as well in the US though but it still is very successful

@engagequadlaser: ...Actually, it does. Far more than the PS3.

@uWaAvenger:
PS3 has still sold 21million consoles. Thats not top, but it's still a respectable number next to 360's 28million.
If it was only on 10million at this point then Sony would be shitting themselves, but selling a premium cost product as well as they are, and in a recession means great thing's for Sony when it passes.

wait a second,

what if i'm Jewish?

ithyphallus

I'm Polish and this is just 2 much 4 me =]]] lol
weird and funny at the same time, wow what will polish ppl do next to amuse me...

@LllusionX has a fanboy clone!!:
Yeah, the PS3 version of the Bible also includes the added "Dead Sea Scroll's" challenge room's, and they upscaled it from Latin to Polish.

@Gaijin is a DIRTY word!:
what's really interesting is if you look at Squares finances really closely, you see that Sony have 11% shares in Square. Probably why Sony aren't so miffed on the lack of PS3 SE exclusives

@MiltonZep: You do realize that developers/publishers don't make any money off of psp's sold right? The fact that its outselling the 360 while not moving any software is an even bigger concern. I'll give you a hint, it starts with the letter "P" and developers/publishers are mortified by it.

the bundled bible is to save your sorry ass from hell for depriving your family of food for a week during a recession.

ithyphallus

@exion: Kudos

crabperson

@n00b_pwner:
bibles are pretty useless, how much would you get for one anyway, its so hard to give them away, you have to bundle it with a ps3

@skik08:

well put my friend

grandmufti

@MiltonZep: Oh my god.. seriously, read over what you said.
"It's outselling the 360 in japan. I hardly call that a lost cause!"
You know the 360 doesn't sell well in japan?
Thats like saying chocolate frosted faeces is selling better then the 360 in japan! It may well be the cas, doesn't mean its selling better elsewhere. When you set a low benchmark its easy to surpass.

You just sound like a giant fanboy.

Combine

@TerribleDecade: Number sold and number printed aren't the same. A large number of bibles were probably given for free.

@Microshock: Yeah. I make a comment because of my religion and bias, and then someone says that my religion's holy book is useless by some know-it-all atheist.

Just forget about what I said. Ignore this post.

@globones:

I just think there may be something amiss with his analogy. For it to work, Scientology would have to be more than a fringe movement that catches on with a small group of people, but a major religious movement that eclipses traditional religion.

Or Nintendo would have to recruit Tom Cruise to push Wiis, I guess.

@Crumplecorn: oh my GOD! I literally laughed out loud as soon as I read that.
Pure GOLD!

@exion: Awesome!

@Downskated:

Never Mortal, that would be Thousand Foot Krutch or Switchfoot

CustomFirmware

@lvl54spacemonkey: Ignore him, that was funny, not tasteless.
He should go back to watching Carebears and stay of the internet if he doesn't want to read any jokes which might be out of his comfort zone.

Combine

Is that in an Empik? wtf Empik! why did none of my games ever come packaged with the bible!

@ithyphallus: Then you would be quite unusual in most of Poland, I would say.

easter sale

INDIGOVENOM

A soul saving bundle right there. Possibly the best pack in ever.

Never forget.

discoron77

@panopticon:

Wow! The Polish take first communion seriously, then!

Down here (I live in another 98% catholic country), you generally get cookies, or really irrelevant trinkets - to go with your salvation. Or at least it's what my catholic friends would get after having to sit through mass and whatnot.

/not catholic, surrounded by catholics.

@undefined: That's one amazing bundle, early adopting FTL!

alzdaman

@ThursdayNext: That was hilarious!