My PS3 Slim competition has finished and the results are in!

Congratulations to @ozzlo33 – you’ve won yourself a free PS3 Slim, or cash/voucher equivalent if that suits you better.  Check your direct messages!

A huge thanks to everyone who entered,  posted comments, Tweeted and Re-Tweeted, I’ve got over 600 new followers of @Gadgets4nowt and that takes the total over 1,000.

Have a great Christmas and prosperous 2010.

Steve

Final Update: 20th December 2009 – The results are in,  take a look here to find out if you are the lucky winner!

You may have already heard that I’ve been a huge gaming fan ever since my folks gave me my first Sinclair ZX81.  The ZX Spectrum was soon to follow and memories of Manic Miner have stayed with me twenty years on.

The first leap in technology I saw was the original PlayStation and Sony have gone on to set the trend for gamers through to the PS3 Slim, which is sure to be one of 2009′s hottest gadgets.

Another of my loves is the festive season and that got me thinking…why not run a contest to give away a PS3 Slim for Christmas and combine that with my latest discovery…. Twitter!

Okay…. so here are the big questions.  What are you willing to do to get your hands on a free PS3 Slim in time for Christmas?…and will enough of you be prepared to do that and make me bump the prize up from the 120GB version to a 250GB monster?

Never fear, I’ve kept things easy and the contest is totally free to enter, simply:

1. Follow me @Gadgets4nowt on Twitter.
2. Tell everyone that you just entered; Tweet the following text: – “I’ve entered @Gadgets4nowt contest to win a free #PS3 Slim. Visit http://bit.ly/3tBIHn and retweet.”
3. Come back here and leave a comment to confirm you’ve done so.  Leave your Twitter @ username in the URL field of the comment box or body of the comment itself so that I can track that please.

Everyone that enters will be added to my Twitter Contest List so you’ll be able to track progress.

***Update*** Twitter lists are limited to 500 members and we’ve just hit that today, 8th December – new entrants are on this Second Twitter List !

What about the size of the prize?……Well, I currently have a modest 397 followers but if you lovely people can boost that to over 5,000, I will up the prize to the 250GB version PS3 Slim.  It’s in your hands!

The contest starts today and will end on Wednesday 16th December 2009.  A winner will be chosen by reference to the UK National Lottery main draw results on 19th December 2009; as with my previous successful competitions, that will ensure a public and totally transparent result.

For the cynics and sceptics out there who wonder if this is genuine, take a look at my previous competitions and the fantatic prizes that I’ve given away.

I look forward to reading all your tweets and posts as the contest gets rolling.  Who knows – the PS3 Slim could be yours!

Steve

PS:  I’m not going to hit you with a barrage of terms and conditions, none of us like all the small print.  Suffice it to say that anyone trying to manipulate the result by multi entries or other illicit means will be disqualified.  The only other thing that springs to mind that I will offer a cash alternative if the prize can’t be shipped or goes out stock.  At current prices, that would be £240 for the 120GB.

Update:  18th December 2009 – Choosing the winner

I’ve been through my Twitter comp lists and extracted everyone who appears to have entered, then allocated a unique number to each, as you can see from this entrants spreadsheet (Right Click>Save As…).

The first lottery ball out will determine which group the winner will be picked form, the second ball will confirm the winner.

If for any reason the person chosen has not adhered to the few simple comp rules, then I will move on to the very next highest number.

Good luck and thanks for taking part.

Steve

The demos are out and the early winner in this year’s football battle appears to be…..well, as ever, opinions are divided, it truly is a game of two halves!

Both look stunning on my  free PS3 Slim!

What has perhaps surprised me talking to friends online is that some of the PES fanboys are talking about changing camps.  One even went as far as saying, “I may have to buy FIFA 10 for the first time in 15 years, Konami have just stagnated with PES and its been below par since they made 2008.”

FIFA 10 has 360 movable players, its smooth and passing is precise, with some great subtle changes; even the referee moves out of the way of the ball and players stick a leg out to block.

Skilled dribbling is also another incredible advancement in FIFA 10. As another of my online friends, a FIFA fanboy said, “I can’t wait to use the arena once the game is out, the players are balanced speed wise and now you can build up play. The AI is better at defending and finally use skill moves as well as jockey.

•    Messi is amazing.
•    Chelsea has a brutish team.
•    Xavi’s pass range is spectacular
•    Klose and Toni are top dogs in the air.
•    Lampard is finally always in and around the box.

FIFA 10 BABY!”

I can’t argue with any of that but personally thought that the new PES 2010 looked much better than the last one and just “felt slicker” than FIFA 10.

The jury is out but I will take a lot of convincing, PES forever!