Sony giving away three red PS3s to those blasted Canadians

Happy Canada Day, eh? PlayStation.ca is celebrating that finest of patriotic traditions with three limited edition red PS3s to be handed out to lucky contest winners. You don't need to do much to enter, just fill out a few details about yourself and call Canada your home -- or find someone to do it for you who can. The custom paint job is being done by Adrian Anz, tech customizer to the stars, and sounds like it won't be at all shabby. Of course, if you don't luck out, don't live in that vast northern wasteland, or don't want to wait for the contest to wrap up, you can always ship your system off to ColorWare or pony up for an eBay job. Just be sure you have a few pennies left over to help offset the cost of a few of those 380 promised PS3 games in the coming months -- no point in having a red PS3 if you can't afford anything to play on it. Now when are Sony and Nintendo going to get their acts together and start selling color alternatives outright?

[kuonji @ Jul 3rd 2007 7:41PM]

That darn Canada; with their hockey sticks, flapping heads, healthcare and free playstation 3s.

[Will @ Jul 3rd 2007 7:50PM]

Hey Engadget, thanks eh. I just entered and would not have known aboot this otherwise.

[Pete @ Jul 3rd 2007 7:52PM]

I'm an Aussie living here in "the great northern wasteland" as you call it so I entered.

Thanks Engadget.

[chenry @ Jul 3rd 2007 7:54PM]

Ow, what a very red website.

I entered though.

[Big @ Jul 3rd 2007 7:54PM]

I'm not as interested in the color of the system as I am the AVAILABILITY OF GAMES.

[kingofwale @ Jul 3rd 2007 7:56PM]

well, you and your engadget have your Iphone give-away exclusively for US, we have our PS3.

it's not like we made fun of you, right? ;)

[TVGenius @ Jul 3rd 2007 7:56PM]

Sony's latest marketing effort is really just a ploy to double the number of PS3s in Canada.

[Ender78 @ Jul 3rd 2007 8:00PM]

Thanks Engadget for the heads up. We Canucks get left out of many contests.

[Big Ed @ Jul 3rd 2007 8:06PM]

What the...where do you put the maple syrup?!

[kuzu-b @ Jul 3rd 2007 8:09PM]

QUALITY EDUCATION IS THE #1 PROBLEM FACING AMERICA TODAY!

[Bob @ Jul 3rd 2007 8:43PM]

"Ooh, him card read good."

[ethana2 @ Jul 4th 2007 2:15AM]

Thank you very much for that revelation. I think they need to overhaul the manner in which we need to treat knowledge as well.

Don't make mass tutorage free, make all information free, set up public broadband, and provide knowledge tests people can take to see how far their curiosity has gotten them. If they don't want to learn, well, you can't really make them learn well anyway- but if they want to understand some of the rich online culture today, some learning will of course be needed.

[Paul @ Jul 3rd 2007 8:12PM]

Shouldn't Sony worry more about selling units than giving away free ones?

[FrankTheCrank @ Jul 3rd 2007 8:21PM]

Red....just like the RROD. Cool. Except the PS3 keeps working after the warranty ends.

zing!

[stephenbratz @ Jul 3rd 2007 9:06PM]

My PS3 will never die. The GF turns it on once a month to watch her favorite movie (Big Fish) and we have watched 4 other movies (Pirates 1&2, Closer, Bond) one time each. With that "spectacular" games lineup, the only game I own for the PS3 is Q-Bert. With no games and - contrary to the "Most big studios" claim - very few good exclusive movies available in Blu-Ray, there is no reason to turn it on. If you only run the machine for about 12 hours, then of course it will never break.

Meanwhile, one of my 360s is played for games at least once a day and twice a week for movie nights while the one upstairs is used for at least an hour a day as an extender. One was a launch day, the other bought in June of last year (I wanted one earlier than that, but you could not find them until then, unlike the PS3's almost immediate availability contrary to the recent announcement of no more supply problems) without a problem. Actually, I did have red rings once. The power cord became loose while wiring up the PS3 when I first got it, pushed it in all the way, and not one problem since.

[ethana2 @ Jul 4th 2007 2:23AM]

My pc is on nearly 24 hours a day. Haven't had a problem in two years.

Suckers.

[ethana2 @ Jul 4th 2007 2:25AM]

*Sorry, that was a bit mean... but it's true, and you know it.*

[Neebs @ Jul 3rd 2007 8:22PM]

How much is that in American PS3es? 2?

[cdnbcn @ Jul 3rd 2007 11:42PM]

An exchange rate joke! Clever, but you should really check the value of the US dollar before making such jokes in the future as its value is plummeting so fast your window of opportunity for using that worn-out humour is quickly running out.

[Neebs @ Jul 4th 2007 1:28PM]

That was a rather rude response to a simple joke. I'm aware of the current exchange rate.

I swear, you make one exchange rate joke and everyone calls the Internet Mounties.

[Micheal @ Jul 3rd 2007 8:38PM]

Holy crap! how much is a red paint job worth?

Grand Prize = one custom built, limited edition red PLAYSTATION®3 system and one piece of compatible software. Approximate retail value of each grand prize is $4,500.00

[SYN @ Jul 3rd 2007 8:46PM]

The value is in the fact that they found a peice of compatible software. most of the software i have found so far isn't really compatible, and runs as more of a slide show.

[marcman @ Jul 3rd 2007 8:48PM]

well, this more than makes up for the iphone's absence in canada...NOT

bastards

[Hastings @ Jul 3rd 2007 8:58PM]

I wonder how much this would go for on eBay - probably smarter to sell it if you win and buy a black PS3 + a couple games.

[Xavier Gill @ Jul 3rd 2007 9:26PM]

I saw world map once where America was missing and in its place was the South Canada Sea ;)

[Hafez @ Jul 3rd 2007 9:40PM]

They better make a green one for St. Patricks Day next year!

[Scott @ Jul 3rd 2007 9:51PM]

Hosers!

[fearless_fx @ Jul 3rd 2007 11:29PM]

its about time that there was a contest on engadget that i can actually enter.. even though this isnt actually sponsored by engadget.. better then all those damned phone contests that keep popping up with message 'only for US residents - you couldnt use this sh*t anyway'

[david @ Jul 4th 2007 7:39AM]

im pretty sure this has been going on for about a month now, so good job engadget for the news. NOT

[david @ Jul 4th 2007 7:39AM]

ya I live in nova scotia canada, and im pretty sure canada day was on july 1st, so this news is pretty old considering it started at the first of june. so ya engadget your a little slack there.

you americans are tight lol. our healthcare hockey sticks flapping heads? what? i actually have a ps3 and know a couple of guys who have one too, they are a bit more expensive here but probably becasue we have 1/10 your population. anyways canada beats usa in everything hands down. usa sucks.

[K.R @ Jul 4th 2007 8:20AM]

Maybe you guys have something to learn about inclusion of everybody north of the American boarder..... unlike the cellphone contests you had recently, we need some cool tech too!

[kwazetastic @ Jul 4th 2007 9:01AM]

I Need something like this to put into the corner of my overpriced, downtown Toronto Igloo. Ever since my pad was raided by eskimos on Canada day and my RED nintendo 64 was stolen and pikachu edition gameboy color was taken there been an empty CORNER of my Igloo lol *get it theyre spherical* and my soul. But since im from Toronto im use to being not liked - I mean the rest of canada hates us because theyre jealous and 3/4 of those south of the border dont even know we exist. I mean look at all these contests that say US Citizens only. Its not like were very far...

[The Aggie CEO™ @ Jul 4th 2007 10:18AM]

I like the chrome on black PS3 but I'd rather have a Blue Wii instead of a white one.........hell a black one for that matter...........it'll go with the rest of my electronics in the living room...........lol

[PureRain @ Jul 6th 2007 4:12PM]

"live in that vast northern wasteland"

Paul Miller is calling Canada a vast northern wasteland? Dude you live in fucking America, land of the rich and fat oil snakes. Canadians live in a land of the untouched beauty, not a wasteland at all. So get your facts straight you fucking douche bag.

[Markus @ Jul 7th 2007 7:11PM]

We can't enter to win any of your Engadget cell phone giveaways, but y'all want to scam our PS3 contest- PISS OFF!