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Sony in Japan has accidentally deleted its list of all 123 winners of the company's PlayStation 4 Anniversary Edition giveaway, meaning that those originally picked will miss out and the whole competition will be restarted. Sony offered its “deepest apologies” for the mix up.
Sony was not able to reverse its mistake. Between December and January, Japan customers who bought a PS3, PS4, a PS Vita or even a PS TV, were eligible to win a highly collectible Anniversary Edition PlayStation 4.
In order to enter the competition, customers were given a unique code with their purchase. Sony is now asking those that still have their codes to resubmit them for a second chance to grab one of these highly sought after PS4 consoles. In order to check eligibility, Sony will also need your hardware serial number in order to cross reference and confirm that a purchase was made.
Sony did not explain how it lost this information but it did confirm that user data has not been compromised in any way.
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KitGuru Says: Those who still want to enter this competition in Japan will now need to go through a more elongated process, which is a bit of a pain. However, those that still have their codes do get a second chance at winning and may even be up against fewer people than the first time around.
Do those who won the first time know that they won? I mean I would be pretty salty if I won a prize and was then told I couldn’t have it.
If Sony were a horse it would have been put down a long time ago.
Incidentally the 123 winners are now suing Sony for negligence… 200 winners.. 400.. hmm everyone could have been a winner and now they won’t know.. Good Job Sony!
Oh dear, how does that even happen…
You had one job
Okay, be honest with us Sony. Did you get hacked again?
“deleted by mistake” get real…they are seeing people exploiting their aniversary shizzle and they want a rough competition for people who won’t be looking to turn a profit out of this.
I doubt it because they would be able to see a confirmation email sent to the winners
I think that competition is unfair, only people who purchased one of there platforms are eligible? Say that at least one of the winners already owns a PS4, why should they get a 2nd one free regardless if its special? This competition should be open to everyone……
and you can’t use file recovery software??