EyePet Not Hitting North America This Year
"Johnny, we have to talk. I know someone said you'd get a pet this year, but I'm afraid it's just not possible. I don't know how to say this ...it's because you're North American." "But Billy's getting one this year," he cried. "Billy is Europe
"But Billy's getting one this year," he cried. "Billy is European," I responded.
As his muffled sobs and sniffles entered the third hour, I couldn't help but begin to blame Destructoid. Yes, the site was only passing along what it had heard from Sony, but ever since the fluffy puppy incident, the promise of a pet that lived inside his PlayStation 3 was all Johnny had. And at that age, next year sounds so very far away.
I tried to console him with a video of others playing with their pets, but it wasn't that same. When I woke up, Johnny was gone, along with his passport and blankey. North America hadn't just lost a holiday release--it'd lost another promising young citizen.
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Is that the sound of a thousand furries crying I hear?