Sony Touts PS3 Pizza Ordering Service

by Alice O'Connor, Sep 15, 2009 5:39pm PDT

Related Topics – PlayStation Network, PlayStation 3, Sony

Scarily determined to live up to the PlayStation 3's new "It Only Does Everything" slogan, Sony is touting the ability to order Papa John's pizza direct from the console, complete with a dedicated Papa John's button on the system's internet browser homepage.

"Hungry? Need something to eat?" asks a mass mailing to members of the PlayStation Network, explaining that at long last "you can jump over to your PlayStation 3 browser between epic battles and high-speed races to get a hot delicious pizza delivered to your door... all this while never having to leave the comfort of your PS3 system."

The mailing, and the dread button itself.

Sony's MMORPG EverQuest 2 infamously added the command /pizza to launch a browser window for Pizza Hut's online ordering. Allegiances have apparently shifted.

This addition might shake up the results of recent studies which found that gamers are not fat, but sad, and that casual gaming can help beat snack cravings.

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By: R4di4ti0n. x Show Full Post

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Uhm no. I pay 130 dollars a month for my phone to fucking do it.

You *almost* conviced me to turn my playstation back on sony....almost.

Sep 15, 2009 5:56pm PDT

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Uhm no. I pay 130 dollars a month for my phone to fucking do it. You *almost* conviced me to turn my ... : R4di4ti0n.
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- uhh what? troll much? : phinn
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  You are paying way too much for your phone. : OmegaRed59
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    Assuming those are US dollars. : OmegaRed59
    - What other kinds of dollars are there? : mobab
- So you have a PS3 and don't turn it on? Yeah, fight the man! : Nighteyes

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By: Longgshot x Show Full Post

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This shows in wich they spend their effort on: just earning money, anyway they can, no matter if it doesn't give any real benefit to the customers, or improve the console.

Sep 16, 2009 4:41am PDT

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This shows in wich they spend their effort on: just earning money, anyway they can, no matter if it doesn... : Longgshot
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  I actually think this is pretty cool. It breaks down like this: * I like Papa John's pizza. * I like ... : etherealrhythm
  - Yea, but theres lots of things more important than that, like fixing the firmware. : Longgshot
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  A for profit company wants to make money, breaking news. : DiscW
  - Yea, its not new that they want to make money, but the fact that they want to make money by any means, an... : Longgshot

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By: Damarius101 x Show Full Post

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Wow! This totally makes me want to get up and shell out a few hundreds for s PS3!

Um, no?

Sep 15, 2009 6:08pm PDT

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Wow! This totally makes me want to get up and shell out a few hundreds for s PS3! Um, no? : Damarius101
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  No, but if you're on the verge of buying it, this might just push you over the edge. It just might... : shurcool
  - I can only see that happening for a small sliver of potential PS3 owners. It seems almost like a waste of... : jtthe2nd
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  Obviously they're trying to make you buy a ps3 with this new marketing ploy. It's not to inform their cu... : TheVietSpecial
  - seriously, that seems to be flying over the heads of some people : peat

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By: jalapeno man x Show Full Post

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Why Papa Johns? Shitty pizza

Now Round Table or Costco Pizza ordering would of been bad ass.

Sep 15, 2009 7:50pm PDT

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Why Papa Johns? Shitty pizza Now Round Table or Costco Pizza ordering would of been bad ass. : jalapeno man
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  you gotta work on your engrish expression bro. Papa John's is nationwide and vastly superior to Pizza Slu... : SniperWolf22
  - Papa Johns tastes like ass. Dunno what it is they do to their pizza, but it ruins it. : DiscW
- PJ's is godly. WTF you chattin'? : etherealrhythm
- "Costco Pizza" : Shadsy

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By: fvariance x Show Full Post

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Okay you silly xbox muppets...

"" ...mass mailing to members of the PlayStation Network"

This is for people that already have a ps3, not something to try and get you to buy one even tho pizza is prolly one of the things you respond best to.

Sep 15, 2009 7:08pm PDT

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Okay you silly xbox muppets... "" ...mass mailing to members of the PlayStation Network" This is fo... : fvariance
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    Cool cause I'm sure that sample of people is HUGE : fvariance

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By: Jrakosik x Show Full Post

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First Eq, now this..

Sony has a hidden obsession with pizza and it's ordering process.. doesn't it?

Sep 16, 2009 4:37am PDT

First Eq, now this.. Sony has a hidden obsession with pizza and it's ordering process.. doesn't it? : Jrakosik

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By: IndigoAK x Show Full Post

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Don't stop there, Sony!

Here's my list of things I need to be able to do from my PS3 before your ad campaign is successful in my eyes:

-Buy a hooker
-Buy crack
-Buy cheap porn
-Buy my entire week's worth of groceries
-Flush my toilet
-Do my dishes
-Feed my cat and change her litter box

GET FUCKING ON IT.

Sep 15, 2009 5:52pm PDT

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Don't stop there, Sony! Here's my list of things I need to be able to do from my PS3 before your ad ca... : IndigoAK
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  - Just put a few extra spaces after the period. That's what I do. : Anastomosis
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  I can settle with just being able to play upscaled ps2 games, GET FUCKING ON IT SONY! : X-GOUKI
  - Haha, yeah seriously. : peetabix01
  - Or if that is too much trouble, at least repackage an elite few and sell them back to us for more than th... : dubiousbrick

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By: FTY x Show Full Post

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Those kind of deals always amaze me, considering there are only available to specific customers, i.e. I don't think I'll be able to order Papa Johns pizza on a PS3 from anywhere but in the USA, like all the Netflix and such in the past.

I think it's funny that the online options differ so greatly from country to country, for example my Wii wont even update nor let me browse anything when I select my country and it rambles about "service unavailable in your country", then I have to set it to Germany or UK to actually get some online capability on that thing, think same goes for the xbox360 too.

Considering they are selling stuff over this stuff I wonder why they just can't unify to one service which is available to everyone from everywhere, you know like the internet (well except if you're in China).

Sep 15, 2009 9:24pm PDT

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Those kind of deals always amaze me, considering there are only available to specific customers, i.e. I d... : FTY
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- Yeah, the XBL video Marketplace is completely empty in Denmark. Even though i got a advertising email fr... : peetabix01

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By: Ebu x Show Full Post

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This is actually kind of cool.

I can think of times this would be cool (and just enough more convenient than turning the computer on to do the same)

Sep 15, 2009 9:34pm PDT

This is actually kind of cool. I can think of times this would be cool (and just enough more convenie... : Ebu

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By: DeBurgo x Show Full Post

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I wish sony could bring back their old awful marketers to try and advertise this

"Hey! Press the pizza button, yo. Aww das right, we gettin pizza through the PS triple"

Sep 15, 2009 9:22pm PDT

I wish sony could bring back their old awful marketers to try and advertise this "Hey! Press the pizza... : DeBurgo

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By: megreedy x Show Full Post

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... yeah this is excactly why i payed $400 for a PS3... so i could order pizza!!! ... boo-yah

Sep 15, 2009 9:11pm PDT

... yeah this is excactly why i payed $400 for a PS3... so i could order pizza!!! ... boo-yah : megreedy

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By: Shai-Tan x Show Full Post

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or just use the web browser to order pizza...

Sep 15, 2009 7:48pm PDT

or just use the web browser to order pizza... : Shai-Tan

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By: TheLobotomist x Show Full Post

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Pizzas...are already pretty easy to order.

Sep 15, 2009 7:43pm PDT

Pizzas...are already pretty easy to order. : TheLobotomist

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By: ElArabDeMagnifico x Show Full Post

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Eh, Papa Johns.....

Sep 15, 2009 7:15pm PDT

Eh, Papa Johns..... : ElArabDeMagnifico

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By: Johnny Law x Show Full Post

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Sooo... what they're saying is that you can order pizza from the Web browser? Zounds.

Sep 15, 2009 7:06pm PDT

Sooo... what they're saying is that you can order pizza from the Web browser? Zounds. : Johnny Law

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By: rpdillon x Show Full Post

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From the "I'm alone on this" department, I think this is pretty cool. When I have a bunch of friends over and we're playing, we can order pizza and everyone can see all the options rather than one of us using the laptop and trying to tell everyone else what the options are and read back the order to make sure we got it right. Now it's on the TV. I like.

Sep 15, 2009 6:14pm PDT

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From the "I'm alone on this" department, I think this is pretty cool. When I have a bunch of friends ove... : rpdillon
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- You were able to do this before they started advertising on there. They've just added a link on the PS3 b... : carbontree

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