Update: contest over.
It’s been a wild week on the PSU forums since we started our Vita giveaway contest, and while we loved so many of your submissions, the time came where we had to sit down and just choose one entry.
It wasn’t easy: there was literally over an hour of back and forth between staff members on which entry should win. But alas, one entry was chosen and the community member who just won a Vita is…
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Vale! We loved the time and effort this member put into creating Uncharted: Greyish Abyss – the game he was playing (and made) while waiting for the Vita to hit store shelves.
Congratulations, Vale! PSU would also like to thank each and every one of you for taking the time to enter this contest. Like we said, picking a winner was hard, so that means your entry might have been one of our favorites! Keep coming back to PSU; we host so many contests that you’re bound to win something eventually (don’t take my word on that).
Here’s the winning entry:
I’ve been playing Uncharted: Greyish Abyss in my mini-Playstation Vita while the Vita comes out. I was playing fine, with no problems with controls or graphics –which are a bit less stunning than in Golden Abyss, but good nonetheless:
I could even get through this dangerous gap:
And beat some pirates in a gunfight:
But then that pirate on the right came close and punched me, I touched the screen to counterattack as I had seen in the videos, but it didn’t work as I expected…
So my mini-Vita ended like this:
And now I’m staring at the PC with two tabs opened in the internet browser, one for the Vita countdown and the other for the Playstation Vita Discussion section in PSU forums, which I constantly refresh with F5, as I was doing before…
Who wants a PlayStation Vita? Do you? Well, PSU has you covered. We are giving away Sony’s all-new handheld device to one lucky person. Just imagine all the fun you’ll have playing games like Uncharted: Gold Abyss, FIFA Soccer, Rayman Origins, or Touch my Katamari. With a small treasure chest of great games available at launch—and don’t forget to check out our reviews of some of the PS Vita launch titles—this giveaway is our way of saying, go open that chest and see why we think the PS Vita is worth its weight in gold.
This isn’t a little giveaway from PSU. Nope, this is the real deal. This competition is open to everyone. If you win, you’ll get your very own 3G PS Vita courtesy of your friends here at PSU.
So how do you enter? Well, this isn’t a simple “pick me” kind of contest. You have to do a little work, but hopefully we’ll all have a good laugh in the process.
To enter: upload an image of how you are wasting your time waiting for the release of the PlayStation Vita! Keep it clean, otherwise your entry will be removed and you’ll be out of the running. You’ll have to post your image in this forum. We are looking for something clever, something funny, something your fellow PlayStation fans will enjoy. For example, I know Mike, our managing editor, is waiting for the release of the PS Vita by bench pressing stone statues of Kratos while Doug, our publisher, is taking shots of tequila in Sackboy shot glasses. We’re a simple bunch here at PSU Towers.
The staff at PSU will pick the winner, but we may just have some prizes for the runners up. The contest will run until 3 p.m. EST on Feb. 22 (release day!) and we’ll pick the winner that day!
We can’t wait to see what you all create, and we hope you enjoy this competition. Please leave a comment in this article or in the competition’s forum thread for any questions. Good luck!