Is this it? Michael Jackson 'This is It' PS3 Japan bundle

by Alexander Sliwinski on Jan 6th 2010 9:06AM

Corporate synergy keeps the late "King of Pop" alive, as various divisions of Sony conspire for a special This Is It PS3 bundle. The ¥33,500 ($365) Japan-only set releases January 27 and comes with a Blu-ray movie of Michael Jackson's behind-the-scenes concert film, along with a 120GB black PS3 Slim. No word if this bundle will come with a white PS3 later.

So, let's get this straight: Japan gets a Michael Jackson PS3 bundle, while the US is "blessed" with a Hannah Montana PSP pack? That's bad, come on, you know that's bad. And the whole world has to answer right now, just to tell us once again: that's bad!

[Via Engadget]

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Tags: bundle, japan, michael-jackson, scej, sony, Sony-Computer-Entertainment-Japan, this-is-it

Reader Comments (80)

It should come with a white sequined PS3

No, a white sequined controller glove. Makes more sense.

It should come with Moonwalker Turbo HD Remix.

Oooh!

I wonder how much longer they r gonna milk his death.. they probably have made more profit then they would have made if he was still alive..

MJ JOKES NOW!!! whos next?

I was told that this new PS3 would
heal the world by a
stranger in moscow. Who seemed like a real
smooth criminal.So, important things first I asked him if it was
black or white?

Then he said some madness about us being watched by a
man in the mirror. I was confused so i told him i dont like
the way you make me feel.

Then my wife comes and he looks at her and proclaims
"the girl is mine". I looked at
billy jean, then said to her
i just can't stop loving you; but it looks like me and this guys are gona have a thriller cuz he thinks he's
bad, and just wont
beat it.

So i beat him up, took his
money, and the PS3 and now i smile whenever I
remember the time.

True story!

my fave

http://img.moronail.net/img/3/1/1531.jpg

Spartan bravo except for the fact that your girlfriend's name is in fact 'Billie Jean'.
;-P

den, well spotted.
i also forgot to start a new line for thriller.

but thats what you get for rushing.

Jackson family is really bringing in the profit! murder?

Does the PS3 slowly fade from black to white?

I'd buy it if it did that.

Better yet, where's my David Carradine bundle? I wonder if it comes with cheap Thai prostitutes...

You can make you own, just add bleach.

It don't matter if it's black or white

Oh, let me try!

Some say that Video Games are a danger to society's young. Well now you can make this dream true with the Michael Jackson endorsed "This is It" Sony PS3, in our games, nobody is underage!

Sorry if that was a bit harsh, i personally don't have an opinion on MJ, but making jokes is always a bit fun :)

In the "This is It" Sony PS3 bundle, you're children can also avoid the age ratings on their favourite video games, guilt free, don't worry parents, they're in good hands.

I don't know. Does it have vitiligo?

>No word if this bundle will come with a white PS3 later.

i lol'd

Yeah I got that too.

Yeah that was pretty funny :)

i read it as "no word if this ps3 bundle will become white later on"

yeah that's just hilarious right?

how about we make fun of cancer patients next? or people with HIV?

vitiligo is a real disease and a lot of people have it, including me. just like michael, i have to wear a lot of sunscreen and/or use an umbrella any time i go out side in order to not get skin cancer.

So, Alexander Sliwinski, did you think about that before you wrote that? that this is a real disease that real people have, and can result in skin cancer? that those cheap, demeaning jokes about their skin have caused vitiligo patients to commit suicide? if you got a disease you didn't ask for and didn't want, would you want people to make fun of you and everyone else with that disease?

this is why, just like many other vitiligo patients, i have to wear make up in public so I don't get constantly made fun of. and pretty soon i'm going to be mostly white, and will have to use white make up to cover up my dark spots (just like Michael Jackson). but yeah, go ahead, make fun of all of us vitiligo patients.

HEY arizona if you truly do have vitiligo than you would know just how full of shit micheal jackson is... vitiligo is a disease that acts on parts of ur skin it doesnt turn ur whole face from black to a much lighter shade of white.... you know what does that EXPENSIVE SURGERY and serious mental health issues!!

It'd be nice if we got SOME kind of bundle. Haven't had one since the Uncharted pack, and it didn't have custom hardware.

I want another MGS4-esque bundle. That was the shit, the only time I ever slightly regretted getting my PS3 so soon.

Thats what I'm saying.....I mean does Sony think they won't sell here? They could do a blood red on for God of War 3....we been stuck with the same basic ass colors for years now....meanwhile Japan gets all the fun

I'd love to see a GT5 unit with the GT logo on it. That Lightning unit was pretty slick too.

They should have bundled it with a Milky White PS3.....the Japanese would LOVE that....

I better damn well get a Limited Edition Blood Red Kratos PS3 In March!!!

You hear me Sony!?!? MAKE IT FUCKING HAPPEN!!!

Yeah, that would he cool. I'm guessing they are gonna start doing bundles again with games like GT5 and GOW III.

I personally would like a Heavy rain or The Last Guardian bundle with custom PS3's but those two don't have the same mass appeal so it's not gonna happen...

It probably comes with a kids sized PS3 controller, its rumered to have some extra knobs to fiddle with.

You are probably going to get whited thanx for the sacrifice

Boo!

This just strikes me as tasteless on the part of Sony. Bundling your system to MJ's death, is opportunistic.

Well, yeah. They're a company, it's what they do. Considering they own MJ's music they would be crazy to pass it up.

I'd say it's more tasteless since this creep slept with kiddies constantly. Stay classy, Sony.

Kizzle you know this for a fact...

Did MJ emotionally scar you? You wanna talk about it???

Kizzle... he was acquitted in a court of law...

Yes biggie, but he also had out of court settlements. And believe it or not, the courts can get it wrong. And with the lawyers his money could hire, he was hardly going to be guilty.

Brain fail, was meant for linebeginstoblur

@Kizzle Did you even read his FBI file even they have nothing on MJ. Only that he was being extorted for money at every turn.

Don't worry, Kizzle read it on a blog. Everything on the Internet is true, right?

Ok, I don't know if he slept with kids or not, honestly I don't care.. But to say he was innocent BECAUSE he was acquitted in a court of law is kind of silly. I mean, OJ Simpson was acquitted in a court of law as well.. Just saying..

And to say he was guilty because he paid settlements is just as weak and unpersuasive. People pay settlements all the time to get rid of cases against them just because its cheaper than the legal fees to defend coupled with the possibility of a jury finding you liable. In his case - his legal fees had to be outrageous!

I'd almost bet money that they would have released this bundle regardless of his death, Japan is more MJ crazy than the majority of the world is.

OK, saying you know for sure that he did something is obviously untrue, but did anyone even watch those interviews he did?

It's hard to think there was nothing going on after seeing him talk about it.

This is not it.

i tell ya, musicians make more money when dead than alive.

I tell ya, in autumn the leaves go brown.

I tell ya, back in den 69, woodstock ROCK'd-n-ROLL'd!

I still hate Sony because of the PS2 Fanboys back in the day, But I would've bought this bundle if it were in the US just because of MJ... oh well.

Yes, hating a company because of it's fanbase makes SO much sense.

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