The Ultimate Wii/PS3 giveaway list [update 2]

Last year, Microsoft and PepsiCo teamed up to giveaway an Xbox 360 system every ten minutes for nine weeks straight. Nintendo and Sony have not been as extravagant in handing out free consoles, but both this season's new systems can be snagged for free from a variety of third-party giveaways and sweepstakes.

Some high-profile giveaway offers from the likes of GameFly and Comedy Central are already finished, but there are dozens more still active and waiting to be won. Come across any contests we missed? Leave a comment with the details and we'll add it to the big list below.

Wii

NewEgg - Giving away two Wiis a day through Dec. 11.
Simple Green - Giving away a Wii and a $200 Target gift card. Contest ends Dec. 20.
Wii-volution.com - Giving a Wii to a randomly chosen active forum member on Dec. 20.
Circuit City - Giving away a Wii a day through Dec. 24. [Thanks Quaddw]
TechDiversions [Update 1] - Leave a comment saying which game should be redesigned for the Wii for a chance to win one. Contest ends Dec. 25 [Thanks pooper]
1up/Ubisoft - Giving away a Wii and an Ubisoft game prize pack every day through Dec. 30.
WiredSet - Giving away a Wii plus Zelda: Twilight Princess, Trauma Center: Second Opinion and a collection of Now CDs. Contest ends. Dec. 30.
Hudson - Giving away five Wii systems, plus other prizes. Contest ends Dec. 30.
Lifetime - Giving a Wii for the best 250 word essay on "what game are you hoping comes to your house this year." Contest ends Dec. 31.
ClearChannel - Giving away a Wii and a "Greg the Bunny" prize pack. Contest ends Dec. 31.
Swapgame - UK game trading site offering free Wii to every 50th new customer through Dec. 31.
GameLoft - Giving away five Wiis. Contest ends Jan. 2 '07.
7-Eleven - Buy a 28 oz. or 40 oz. Slurpee and enter the code for a chance to win one of 711 Wii prize packs, including the system and Red Steel. Contest ends Jan. 31, '07.
Pringles - Already gave away 50 Wii systems, giving away 50 more on April 26, '07.
Peta2 - Giving away a Wii and Zelda: Twilight Princess. Contest end date unknown.

PS3

Gamespot/Air Force - Giving away a PS3. Contest ends. Dec. 5.
Overstock [Update 2] - Selling a PS3 to one lucky customer for only $50. Contest ends Dec. 8. [Thanks Cativo]
IGN - Giving away a PS3, two games and "Van Wilder: Rise of Taj" soundtrack. Contest ends Dec. 8.
Shakefire - Giving away a PS3 plus Tony Hawk Project 8 and Marvel: Ultimate Alliance. Contest ends Dec. 15.
IgnitionSk8 - Skating community site "regifting" a PS3 for the best holiday themed photo. Contest end Dec. 15.

WizbangTech - Complete weekly assignments to get entered in a Dec. 15 drawing for a PS3.

Ben's Bargains - Giving away a PS3 to registered members with "at least 10 worthwhile contributions to discussion" on Dec. 15.

CellClix - Giving away a PS3 and a $500 Best Buy Gift Certificate. Contest ends Dec. 18.

EGEE Media - Giving away a PS3. Contest ends Dec. 31.

GamePro - Giving away a PS3. Contest ends Dec. 31.

Gamestop - Sign up for a newsletter by Dec. 31 for a chance to win a PS3.

Robot Chicken/Adult Swim - Upload a funny video by Jan. 1 '07 for a chance to win a PS3 and a guest appearance on Robot Chicken.

PS3Forumz - Giving a PS3 to an active member with more than 100 forum posts.

BREGames - Giving away a PS3. Contest ends Jan. 31 '07.

PSExtreme - Sign up for a free newsletter for a chance to win one of two PS3s. Contest ends Jan. 31 '07.

Both

TigerDirect - Giving away a PS3, a Wii and a Zune to three separate winners every day through Dec. 19.
Destructoid [Update 1] - Find clues posted on Fridays for a chance at a PS3 or two Wiis (your choice). Contest ends Dec. 25. [Thanks everyone]
ThinkGeek - Prize pack including Wii, PS3 and three games for each. Contest ends Dec. 31.

[Thanks to Game-rumors.net, Online-sweepstakes.com and SweepsAdvantage.com for many of these links.]

Reader Comments (30)

Nice compilation!

Oh, and that should be PepsiCo - not PesiCo!

Makes me wish I lived in the US so I could be eligible for any of these contests....

What I'd like, is for this list to also differentiate which contests are only open for U.S. citizens and which are for everyone. Though I'll just assume that none of these are open for us Europeans and not click on any of the links.

NCIX is holding a contest where you get one entry per $10 spent (including one free entry). The prize is a $500 nVidia video card and they're also giving out two Wii's with the same contest.

Considering I just bought a $1200 computer from them, I'm hoping to have a good chance at winning :D.

it sucks to live in brazil :(

Muhahaha... I just entered them ALL. XD

I don't know if i'll get clowned for this or not, but 1up.com is giving away a Wii and 5 games every day in December:

http://www.1up.com/do/minisite?cId=3155238

Not to mention that the Thanxgiving Wiikend Giveaway from Comedy Central contest should still be accepting entries through the 3rd (today) at 11:59pm, and they're displaying the codes here:

http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;55583539;8320611;l?http://www.comedycentral.com/motherload/index.jhtml?ml_video=78585

http://www.techdiversions.com/Win_A_Wii

Just tell them what game you want to see made for the Wii and you can win.

Feel free to add to list.

Hakobus, considering how many countries there are, do you expect joystiq to separate it into countries? joystiq.COM see that com, it means that this is an american site owned by AOL no less. Its not our fault that you live in a gaming backwater, so stop bitching and go to eurogamer or something.

J!nx clothing is also giving away a PS3.

I wouldn't pay for a Wii, but if I got it for free 'd keep it.

adultswim is giving away three ps3s to the winners of a contest. you have to make a 90 second video of something funny

I'm sure some of these are legit, but too much fine print to read. I dont want to win a Wii just to have to trade in my house for it.

I just enterd like all these that I could. I want a Wii so bad.

thanks joystiq! it was really nice of you to compile these for us. good luck to everyone :)

i hope all the spam i just signed up for is worth it.

I dont see where to enter the codes on the ComedyCentral site

Digg article buried. :)

Why did they bury it? It should be on the front page by now. NOT COMPLAINING, just curious

Overstock.com is having a contest, and the winner gets to buy a ps3 for $50

We're giving away two Wiis too!

http://www.siliconera.com/index.php/2006/11/27/contest-a-wii-for-you-and-a-wii-for-me/

We are giving away a wii which will be announced Jan, 1st 2007

For details and rules:
http://www.miitalk.net/news-annoucements/12-wii-give-away-contest.html

Thanks for posting the PS3/Wii Destructoid contest, Joystiq! Good luck everyone!

@9: No, but it would be nice to have something like (US only) after the ones that are US only. And BTW, .com does not mean a US-site, if you did not know that (.com is a generic top level domain, meant for commercial organizations, but ultimately unrestricted in use).

It's no console a day giveaway, but the virtual conosle site I just launched (http://vcnotifier.com) will be giving a way a 2000 wii points card this week.

Rules and details are on the main page.

http://www.pinger.com/content/promotions/all3forfree.html?_t=home_all3forfree

Pinger is giving away a bundle of all three next-gen consoles as a grand prize: 20G PS3, a Wii and Xbox 360. Two runner-ups each win a 20G PS3.

didn't see this one on the list:

http://www.ewiz.com/promo_wii.php

To see all the chances that i have to win has made my day.Thank you!

Didn't see this one on the list:

http://tetradex.com/Specials/GrandOpening/FirstFourMonths.aspx

Earlymiser.com is giving away a PS3 on January 26, 2006

http://www.earlymiser.com

The Ultimate Wii/PS3 giveaway list [update 2]

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