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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"

Got a vip invitation to an e3 event from sony in the form of a gold colored psone. Wow. :D twitter.com/notch/status/3...

-- Markus Persson (@notch) May 27, 2013

Written by: Andre Yoskowitz @ 27 May 2013 11:00

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• 10 comments

• brockie

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

  27.5.2013 16:01 #1

• 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.
  

  
  

  27.5.2013 17:08 #2

• GryphB

  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.....

  27.5.2013 18:19 #3

• brockie

  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.

  27.5.2013 21:32 #4

• Bozobub

  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" ^^' .

  27.5.2013 23:04 #5

• GryphB

  Wait, I'll change that to offering a golden shower instead.

  28.5.2013 00:26 #6

• Morreale

  That kinda bribe would probably win me over on anything too lol
  
  Pretty cool.

  28.5.2013 01:21 #7

• xboxdvl2

  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.
  

  i have the big screen tv,a ps3 and 5.1 channel surround sound.car still runs smooth and computer still works but its a bit outdated.

  28.5.2013 02:58 #8

• brockie

  Sony have sent them to everyone it seems for E3.

  28.5.2013 17:17 #9

• eljay

  "Pimp my PlayStation!"

  8.6.2013 20:06 #10