Headline RePLAY – 1.4.12

Today on Headline RePLAY: Japanese retailers are cutting PS Vita prices, 6.5 million people are roosting with Angry Birds and Star Wars: The Old Republic players groove to victory.


The drama of the PS Vita’s launch continues, and this time Japanese retailers are reportedly cutting the price of the 3G model to incentivize customers.

There is an image circulating of one retailer slashing the price of the WiFi/3G model from ¥29,980 to ¥24,999, a 17% reduction.

Reports indicate that the 3G model is a hard sale, as 85% of WiFi-only units were sold compared to the 3G’s 56%.    

*Source: Edge via Playfront (Google Translate)


6.5 million people downloaded Angry Birds on Christmas day. 6.5 MILLION PEOPLE IN ONE DAY. The astronomical number consists of the three Angry Bird titles in addition to paid and free downloads.

AllThingsD observed the number also coincided with the estimated total of smartphone activations that happened over Christmas.

“We’re really excited to have such a massive number of new people get acquainted with Angry Birds over the holidays—we have exciting new releases lined up for 2012, and we can’t wait to introduce them to the public,” Rovio’s Ville Heijari told AllThingsD.

*Source: AllThingsD


In Star Wars: The Old Republic, dancing is the new Jedi mind trick where enemies end up so captivated that they ignore the barrage of blaster bolts and lightsabers sent their way.  

Apparently, using the/getdown command causes an exploit that prevents enemies, even bosses, from locking onto players and causes their attacks to be constantly interrupted.

Members of the Republic and Empire beware, BioWare is aware of this exploit, and even though mention of it was removed from the forums, a fix should be incoming soon.

*Source: Massively

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