PS3

[CMJ3]

Just watched the news over here in Australia and it was on about the PS3 being released in America and showed some stampeeds and people being trampled etc. Also said about some guys robbing a guy of his PS3 by holding a gun to his head. All i gotta say is has anyone got a PS3?? and is it really worth all of this commotion?

[koberulz]

$1000 for something that has no appealing exclusive games, isn't backwards compatible, uses one of the most unreliable pieces of technology in history, and has stolen its only real upgrade? no thanks.

[JaoSming]

Me and Jing went to Best Buy last night and we actually crashed the PS3 demo setup playing NBA 07.

Yes the graphics are good, but Motor Storm seemed to be running at 30 FPS and NBA 07 had a couple hiccups in the gameplay. All in all it looks great in 1080i, but so does my 360

BTW people got shot http://www.wkyt.com/news/headlines/4661551.html

[Steve [The Spiderman]]

My friend and his dad took turns waiting in line for over 2 days just to get one...

[volsey]

$1000 for something that has no appealing exclusive games, isn't backwards compatible, uses one of the most unreliable pieces of technology in history, and has stolen its only real upgrade? no thanks.

Sony is losing something like $200 dollars for every 60GB PS3 sold, and $250 for every 20GB sold. The actual cost to make just the console is over $800 dollars, and it's being sold for around $650. The games will come, Resistance has already gotten good reviews. The exclusive games thing is a matter of choice mostly, 360 fans will say theirs are better, PS3 fans will say theirs are. Backwards compatibility will come after some fw updates. BTW you can put Linux, Windows, and other OSs onto it, it can play and read pretty much any media, and who cares if they copied the controller. Microsoft copied Sonys two analog sticks, big whoop.

[Donatello]

i went to best buy to pick up a new CD and there were these people camped outside who had obviously been there a very long time. they had space heaters and TVs and couches...

i couldn't help but laugh.

for fuck's sake, get a life. seriously.

$1000 for something that has no appealing exclusive games, isn't backwards compatible, uses one of the most unreliable pieces of technology in history, and has stolen its only real upgrade? no thanks.

god help me, but i agree with koberulz. i don't care how much they're losing on each one, it's still outrageous.

[Bang]

I wanted to go buy it to sell it on ebay (as did all the other people talking in line. I stayed there for a day so I got to know them quite well -_-;; ) The mall security were being assholes and basically fixed the whole thing to give it to their friends.
First of all, they didn't give tickets in order of those standing in liine, but used a fucking lottery system.
Then the guy who is picking numbers out of a hat, looks inside the hat all the friggin time before picking out a damn number. And then for some reason a gigantic statistical improbability occured that probably opened a rift in the time-space continuum; these group of three guys get selected, who also happened to be the guys who came the latest.
Then another time-shifting mind bending statistical improbability occured. Numbers in the 70s all got selected in the first 20 numbers selected for some reason.
Oh yea, and to make it worse they allowed 7 people to cut in front of the line at the store. The guys who complained were then kicked out. (They didn't even try to hide it?!)
If the line actually had any sort of fucking value I would've been number 12 or so. I could have gotten the system. This is just plain wrong.

[[Q]]

yeah I was hoping to get my hands on one. for a $600, I'm sure I could at least triple my money by selling it to some desperate bloke before Christmas.

[ultimateplaya]

http://www.gametrailers.com/umwatcher.php?id=2229\

How can someone do that?

[CMJ3]

I think Sony will lose tonnes of profit simply because they didnt produce enough units. Anyone who hasnt got a PS3 now will have to wait for the 2nd wave which will be next year sometime. Terrible tactics if you ask me. I also saw that guy got shot, so they could steal his damn PS3. People were selling them over ebay for around 3,000 and people were actually buying them. This is outrageous.

[Ruff Ryder]

This is definately worth a read LOL.

Please read the amazing story of how i got this ps3

i went out wednesday afternoon to the local walmart to start camping out. when i got there, there were already 12 people ther so i got in line being number 13. i talked around and found out the first 6 people there had been there since monday, total hardcore nerds all planning to keep them. bragging about how only they should get the system since theyve been there the longest. how they are so dedicated and how if you dont want to do the time, you shouldnt get a system. generally being complete a**holes. good for them. we had a hours to pass so we became friends and played some cards and whatnot. the 6 guys in front kept to themselves and didnt associate with the rest of us. we were cool with each other leaving the line to get food, bathroom, smoke, etc since we all knew each other and as long as they were back in 30 minutes. i was about to leave to go buy some KFC for a good number of us and when i stepped out of line, one of the nerds shouted that if i left, i would lose my spot. the other guys told him that they were vouching for me and that i was just getting food but those 6 a**holes didnt care. they said i leave, i lose my spot and that was the rules and they would call the manager (they had his number) to come out and enforce it. i said whatever and stayed in line.

a few hours later, the manager came out and told everyone that there were only going to be SEVEN available. they have them in their store and theyre not getting anymore. he told the people after # 7 they should leave if they wanted to not waste their time. me being number 13 should have left but i didnt, i wanted to stick around for a little bit more. everyone else left except me and the 7 other people that were getting it for sure. so the day goes on and i try to make friends with the nerds. i play mario kart on the ds with them and talk to them about the games they were getting. about an hour or 2 later, i tell im gonnna head home since im 8 in line and theres only 7 ps3s. one of them made some stupid joke about if i leave the line then i aint getting back in!! har har. so as im about to leave, i tell them im going to the vons next door and if any of them wanted any food or coffee and id bring it back to them. one of them said yea and all the rest like sheep followed and said yes too. they were gonna give me money but i told them it was on me since theyve been out here since monday. the 7th guy in line wanted some food and coffee and i told him id buy some for him also.

so i go to vons and buy 8 coffees, some food, and some x-lax laxatives. i bring it to my car and put some laxatives in 6 of the coffees and seperate them from mine and #7s. i pull back to walmart and bring all the drinks and food upfront. i give #7 his stuff and then the coffees with laxatives to the 6 nerds annd wish them good luck and go back to my car. i park it around the corner so i can still see them.

about 30 minutes later, #2 and 3 in line get up and it seemed like they were yelling to the other nerds. they both ran into walmart. seconds later (i guess all nerds have the same biology) #5 gets up and runs across the parking lot and into the trees and bushes somewhere. #1 is scrounging for this portapotty type thing he'd brought with him but he is squirting everywhere and all over his pants and their sleeping bags. he runs into walmart. at this time, i start my car and drive back to the walmart to claim my spot in line. when i get there #4 and 6 are gone but i dont know where. #7 is laughing his ass off so hard and i just smile at him. i call up 5 of the other people that i had made friends with that were in line with me ( i had their phone numbers cause i was gonne buy to food for everyone) and told them to get back to the walmart ASAP and get in line. Meanwhile, me and #7 threw all their sh*t into the parking lot and i claimed my spot as #1, him as #2. 4 and the people i had called arrived and got in line just as 1 of the nerds came running back and got #7. he started yelling saying they need their spots back. we all told them to fu*k off, out of spot, out of line. it was all of us against him so he didnt say sh*t. the nerds came back and tried to start some sh*t but we just laughed, we told them it was their rule and to go fu*k themselves and clean the sh*t off their pants. the called security and security came. security man was like WTF is that fu*kin smell and looked at the nerds with sh*t all of them and kicked them off the grounds screaming LMAO. so that is how i got my ps3.

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vi ... &rd=1&rd=1

[Tuomas]

Haha unbelieavble. This is so hilarious, people loosing their minds over a game console. I saw someone getting 5000USD selling his one on ebay.

[CMJ3]

Funny Read. Found some footage of NERDS waiting for the PS3, my god this is disturbing, some guy quit his job to stay in line. Another guy is buying a PS3 instead of buying his girlfriend an engagement ring. Do these people have lives honestly, this is not human lol. To act like this over a damn gaming console and the guys are like grown men which makes it more disturbing.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=khemwGmqRbU&mode=related&search=