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God of War sees red PSP

New "deep red" version of portable hardware features Kratos silk-screened on system, copy of game, <em>Superbad</em> on UMD, and downloadable Syphon Filter.

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Kratos gets the Vader treatment.
Kratos gets the Vader treatment.

As the blood-splattered Spartan soldier turned God of War, Kratos is prone to seeing red, both figuratively and literally. To promote the upcoming release of God of War: Chains of Olympus on the PlayStation Portable, Sony is giving handheld gamers the chance to see red not just in the game, but all over their systems.

Starting in June, Sony will begin selling a new PlayStation Portable bundle that includes the system in a "deep red" color with an image of Kratos silk-screened on the back, a copy of Chains of Olympus, the raunchy comedy Superbad on UMD, and a voucher to download Syphon Filter: Combat Ops onto a memory stick for the system.

It's a PSP, but red.
It's a PSP, but red.

Chains of Olympus is set for a stand-alone release March 4, but gamers with the patience of the gods will need to hold out for the release of the newly colored God of War PSP Entertainment Pack until June. The bundle will retail for $199.99.

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I don't need it actually. But I do need GoW!!!!!!

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Damn...I should've waited to get my PSP slim. I just bought it last friday to have it in time for FF VII: Crisis Core and GoW: CoO, and now Sony pulls this on me? Bleh!!! :( That Red PSP is AWESOME!!! It's much better than having Darth Vader printed on the system. I would take Kratos any day over Darth Vader. At least I have the black slim system over the silvers, as I couldn't justify paying an extra 40 dollars for a bundle that I didn't want; however, I would've paid that amount for this bundle in a hearbeat. Bah!!!

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THIS is what i have been waiting for! I can finaly upgrade my psp. woot. Maybe if i'm lucky i can get someone to buy it for me for my birthday....

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sorry. Darth Vader's much cooler.

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This looks pretty slick, to bad I aready have a nice silver one :)

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Morpheon Mods God of War PSP looks so much cooler than this.

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AS JIM CARRIE ONCE SAID " I like it a lot"

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Thank goodness I waited.....

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OMG!

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Damn, I wish I would have waited before getting a silver one...

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really nice

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Cool.

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I like the color a lot. I know that my girlfriend will want this since her fav color is red and she played the demo of God of war and loved it! I want to get it but there is nothing with my normal PSP. Yeah, it's not a slim but why fix it if it isn't broke?

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Kinda dumb that they're waiting so long to release the God of War SKU. That very well may drive down March sales of the game itself. I would much rather them have the console, the game, a soft case/wrist strap, some headphones, and a 1GB memory stick, rather then Syphon Filter and Superbad. That may very well end up being a mistake. I like the $200 price point, just not them getting you to buy other accessories by having two crappy pack in's in a bundle like this. If I had to guess, this is just foreshadowing the consoles drop to a $150 price point, since there's no way they'd sell a normal PSP without all of that stuff for more then $150. And I would also guess they'd discontinue the Star Wars PSP and put a plain white one by itself or in some other stupid bundle. I love the news that Sony just brought out about the PS3, but I'm really starting to hate some of their decisions with the PSP. These SKUs are asinine, I haven't seen many commercials on TV like I used to, and some of the things they're doing with the new PS Store are just plain dumb. Thumbs down Sony, thumbs down. :(

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Damn, I just bought a PSP yesterday.

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I like lookin forward to playing God of War, but my friend is going to be stoked about a red God of War PSP.

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good bundle for a change. Sony is starting to do it right with this and the Metal Gear Solid Ps3 combo.

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thats sup , u n ign made a mistake by sayin it comin march 4 i look on the sony blog and its coming in june like gamespot said here the link << LINK REMOVED >>

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any chance of seeing either this or the crisis core models in the UK???

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this is the best bundle EVER! i cannot wait for this! RED RULES :D not to mention the fact that you get a ton of awesome stuff for cheap as hell.

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NO! If I just waited 3 more months I could've gotten this. Damn! Now I'm pissed cuz I got stuck with a Black Slim.

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I'll wait to get chains Of Olympus for this, and i'll sell my old PSP

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ok, I'll be selling my phatty for this. :D

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:D That PSP looks gorgeous, I will definitely be getting that one

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I cant wait for God of War for the PSP! Will come out just before I leave for March break, which will give me somthing to do on the plane.

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Siiiiiiick!

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I knew that they would be doing something like this.

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my camo psp is so much nicer mgspo rox!

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I'm still going with the yellow simpsons one in australia.

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nice

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I'm getting this one now I was gonna get the white Daxter back but this is way more worth it.

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Cool color, cool bundle. But I'd prefer a paint white PSP over anything else. My original launch-day PSP has taken a beating, and I think it's time to trade up. Think I'll go for the silver Daxter bundle instead. I wish the white FFVII PSP were coming stateside - I'd have nabbed that instead.

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HELL NO! Dammit. I just got my slim silver psp. Ugg... and my favorite color is red! :/

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ZOMFG! I love the look of that system!

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hmmm I love me some God of War...my little brother owns the original PSP but this is very enticing for me...damn too much stuff I want and not enough cash!!!

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I like the weight of the old PSP. I don't dig the new one much, but I have to admit that red PSP looks pretty nice. I need to replace mine soon anyway because the down on my D-pad isn't responding as it should. No telling if I'll get this one or another color though...but I definitely want GoW.

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Awesome, I was going to get a psp for God of War, but with this package I can wait a few more months. I think this one looks a lot better than the white Darth Vader one that came out few months ago.

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thats hot.... i want one!

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I've been thinking about getting a PSP but never really made a decision about one. Now that this is coming out in June, I'm going to start saving money for this. Thanks Sony!

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sounds like a sweet deal, you always have to pay more to get things earlier. if it came in white i would love this (white and black are my fav colors) and unlike most people, i enjoy vader bein on my psp, old school bad ***

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Bah, I already own a PSP otherwise I would buy this (and subsequently sell that god awful movie Superbad).

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it looks wonderful. it's a shame that so few people have a PSP though. It's decent. So what if it's missing a joystick? NBA + PSP = ownage.

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If Sony can whip out this God of War PSP edition, I hope to see a Final Fantasy VII: Crisis Core edition.

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this makes me want a psp bad. That red looks sexy. It looks way better then the piano white vadar one. Plus superbad is a great movie. And a free MP game in syphon filter which has done great on the psp is the icing.

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very gory.

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The color of the PSP isn't to great. I'm definitely happy i got my daxter pack though.

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eww, i don't like it

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The game comes out in a week and Sony decided to do a bundle like this for the game. That's bad promoting. Period.

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japan released the red psp slim on chrismas

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