Official stores break street date for Final Fantasy X/X-2 on Vita?

Metal Gear Solid: Ground Zeroes gets released early here, now this? Final Fantasy X/X-2 is now officially available on Datablitz and Games One Gadget for the PS3, but the Vita version of the game is meant for release tomorrow. So what do retail stores do? They break the street date for the Vita version and release it together with the PS3 version. Nice.

Officially, the PS3 version's release date is today, and it seems the PS Vita version's release date is tomorrow. Apparently other offical retailers released it today, forcing Games One Gadget Store to release it as well.

You might be thinking- It's just a day, no big deal. But if only one store is selling copies of the game, how about the others? Of course the flock would go to who's selling earlier and that's a big deal.  There's a reason street dates exists. Oh, and the source of these products won't be happy with this kind of move.

We are also being told that Sony PH is requesting retail stores to stop selling the PS Vita version and wait for tomorrow. We are waiting for confirmation  to confirm this information.

Why is this a concern? Because why break street dates? Just to get ahead? These retail stores will get sanctioned for doing this and in the end we'll be affected by their sudden moves. I'm all for getting a game as early as possible, but if it results in creating a bad reputation for the community here between publishers and gaming companies, it's better to just stay true to the planned release.

Based on PlayStation Asia, the official release for the Vita version is on the 19th.

This is the second time within a month. What do you think about stores breaking street dates?

Source: Game One Gadget Store FB

A Pinoy Buyer's Guide to Playstation 4

It's been more than a month since the Playstation 4 was officially launched in North America. Here in the Philippines, pre-orders were already available for the US Launch Editions of the PS4 and the prices are ranging from Php 28,000 - Php 33,000 depending on which store they pre-ordered. That is almost double the retail price of USD 399 (Php 17,800). Some had their units shipped here from the US by their relatives, or ordered online via Amazon or GameStop. On December 17, Playstation 4 officially launched in South East Asian region. Most of the stores here in the Philippines already started to release PS4 units and accessories yesterday and are only available for those who pre-ordered. Some stores offer walk-in buyers, like EYO in Greenhills. The prices of the units are much closer to the SRP when the Playstation 4 Official Launch here in the Philippines was announced. See the price list I gathered below.

Sony Philippines Official PS4 Launch - January 14, 2014 *Pre-order - 50% downpayment, with extended 1 year warranty and free premium items

• Playstation 4 unit with DS4 - Php 24,999
• Playstation 4 unit with DS4 and Camera bundle - Php 26,999
• Playstation 4 unit with DS4 and Killzone Shadow Fall Bundle - Php 26,899
• Playstation 4 unit with DS4 and Battlefield 4 Bundle - Php 27,399

For more info visit: Sony Philippines PS4 Pre-order page

Unofficial Playstation 4 Price List *Prices may change depending on the store owners. We will try to update the prices and add more stores.

Playstation 4 Unit with Dualshock 4 and Mono Headset Datablitz - Php 24,595 GameOneGadget / i-Tech - Php 24,595 Toy Kingdom - Php 26,500 AstroPlus - Php 26,500

Playstation 4 with Camera Bundle Datablitz - Php 26,595 GameOneGadget / i-Tech - Php 26,595

Playstation 4 Killzone: Shadow Fall Bundle Datablitz - Php 26,595 GameOneGadget / i-Tech - Php 26,595

Playstation 4 Accessories

Dualshock 4 Controller

Jet Black Datablitz - Php 3,100 GameOneGadget / i-Tech - Php 3,100 Gameline / Game Gizmo - Php 2,895 Magma Red Datablitz - Php 3,295 GameOneGadget / i-Tech - Php 3,295 Gameline / Game Gizmo - Php 2,995 Wave Blue Datablitz - Php 3,295 GameOneGadget / i-Tech - Php 3,295 Gameline / Game Gizmo - Php 2,995

PS4 Camera Datablitz - Php 3,195 Gameline / Game Gizmo - Php 3,195

PS4 Stand Datablitz - Php 1,495 GameOneGadget / i-Tech - Php 1,495

Dualshock 4 Charging Station Datablitz - Php 1,950 GameOneGadget / i-Tech - Php 1,950 Gameline / Game Gizmo - Php 2,595

Store Links: Datablitz GameOneGadget / i-Tech Gameline / Game Gizmo

*If you have information where the PS4 is already available, or updates on the prices mentioned above. Please comment below.