Gamers Already Camping Out For PlayStation 3

[Timmychuck]

I don't know how add it to forum, but here is the website.

http://www.dailytech.com/article.aspx?newsid=4902

Check this out. I found this on the web.
http://baltimore.craigslist.org/wan/234635576.html

[j1d10t]

My neighbor is camping out in front of a Best Buy here - he went Tuesday afternoon. I drove by the store last night and there were about 3 dozen people already in line. And there were about 10 people camped out in front of the Target store near my house.

I think they must be insane.....

[MozartMan]

Some people already got it.

http://www.avsforum.com/avs-vb/showthread.php?t=748982

[kicko]

i'll be dead before i camp out for a video game system.

i figure if i get the next gen game bug i will buy a 360 now and play it until the ps3 are easy to find. I would much ratehr kiss jacko (figure of speech) then go looking for one on ebay either .. .. $2500 are you crazy!

[Joe The Dude]

You know, a person can Pre-Order Consoles and Games at their local EB, or Gamestop, and so on, or they can do it online...

If these people would have just done that early, they'd be no need to camp out.

Whatever the case may be, I'm also holding off on buying the 360 Console and the PS3 Console until the prices drop to a reasonable amount either next year, or the year afterwards.

If you all can recall the issues that the PS2 Console had when it first launched (and even Microsoft's 360 system has some issues), they also make me not want to buy a brand spanking new console and prefer to wait for a revision or two down the line.

I'll just pick up the games for each console that I want to own when they come out, and hold on to em until the price for the console drops to that witch I am willing to pay.

I have over 20 games for existing systems I haven't found the time to play yet, with more on the way, so it's not like I'm really doing without being able to get my game on...

[TBoneit]

I just had a call here from someone asking if I had PS3 games. Amazing.

Someone is camped out in front of a best buy since tuesday, and the police didn't haul them off to the funny farm?

They've been camped there since tuesday, Shower and toilet facilities ? So if I go to BB tomorrow for blank DVDs I'll have to get past these people?

[MJA]

Wal-Mart where I live called the police for them this morning.

[Conquest10]

i'll be dead before i camp out for a video game system.

Especially a $600 "video game" system.

[Xylob the Destroyer]

You know, a person can Pre-Order Consoles and Games at their local EB, or Gamestop, and so on, or they can do it online...

If these people would have just done that early, they'd be no need to camp out....

not necessarily true at all.
there are only 400000 PS3's available for launch tomorrow. Most EB, GameStop etc have only been allotted 12 units TOTAL -- that's 6 $500 machines and 6 $600 machines.
Talking to the managers of 2 local EB/GameStops (they're all the same company now), both told me that they totally oversold their pre-sales. On purpose.
Just like airlines purposely oversell flights.
When original PlayStation launched, my roomie pre-paid at the local Toys R Us. He figured 'what the hell, i already paid the full amount up front -- i'm guaranteed to get one on launch day no matter what'. He made a last minute decision to call in sick and go get in line at 4am to pick up his PlayStation. The guy behind him got the last one.
Even though he Pre-Ordered and pre-paid, if he hadn't camped out he wouldn't have gotten what he had paid for.

If you all can recall the issues that the PS2 Console had when it first launched (and even Microsoft's 360 system has some issues), they also make me not want to buy a brand spanking new console and prefer to wait for a revision or two down the line...

shit.... I can recall the problems with PlayStation as well as PS2 and the first generation of the slim PS2's.
the first 3 generations of PlayStation had serious problems with their laser units and the first 2 generations of the hardware had problems with overheating/locking up.
the first 2 generations of PS2 had unbelievable problems with their laser units
early slim PS2's had problems with overheating/locking up.
I love my PS2, but I will never buy one of Sony's consoles at launch. There's no way I'm gonna pay $600 to be their guinea pig
My girly's PS2 won't play DVD's anymore and is starting to become quite reluctant about playing games (especially newer DVD disc games)
My PS2 is doing some odd things as well -- the hard drive light comes on and stays on a lot. I don't have a hard drive installed!!!
also, often times, I can't reset it or turn it off using the power button on the front. when I'm done playing, I have to flip the main power switch on the back and flip it on again to get it back into standby.

I'm definitely going to have a PS3, but it probably won't be until spring of 2008....

[Conquest10]

Walmarts are only going to have 10 per store. That is ludicrous.

[greymalkin]

you've listened to sony's propaganda for 3 years already..can't you wait a few more months?

these people are idiots. and the people that buy the system for $3000 are bigger idiots and get what they deserve.

[lordsmurf]

I can understand waiting even a couple of hours for something important. But days? Don't these people have to go to school or work or something? What about eating and bathroom?

What a bunch of losers.

[youngblood]

I hate to say this but maybe it is for investment reasons. Pay $600.00 for a system and put it on ebay and triple your money. I just can't seem them all buying it to play games. Someone will pay that amount for their kids for Christmas said to say.

[Bullworth]

What I would love to see is what one guy did for the launch of the 360. He opened a web site called smash my XBox and asked for funds to buy one at launch and took a sledgehammer to in the parking lot. Posted pictures about it too. I would love to see the looks on some of those self-titled "die-hard gamers" if someone did that to the PS3.
I bought a PS2 only about a year ago and except for a couple of titles that I was really psyched about I really haven't played it that much. I'm also backed up on games for my PC and PSP so I don't think I'll be buying a PS3 anytime soon. You'd think these people would learn that they're way overpaying for a console that will be better and way cheaper in a year or so but they want the bragging rights to say they got one first. Like youngblood said though it might just be to get a profit out of it. If I had the money to burn I would've bough 2 or 3 and then sold them on ebay as well to some poor sap who just has no self-control. :P

[irongang]

I deliver pizzas. We've been delivering pizzas to the line at our local Circuit City since Tuesday. It rained like crazy today and it's cold. I wonder how many people are left (it's my day off).

[MOVIEGEEK]

Wal-Mart where I live called the police for them this morning.

Some guy got shot waiting in line:
http://biz.yahoo.com/ap/061117/playstation_3.html?.v=22

[SingSing]

Pass by BestBuy this morning, there are about 15 customers in the line for PS3.

Else where one customer got shot while being rob in line.
See : http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20061117/ap_on_re_us/playstation_shooting

[tgm4883]

What I would love to see is what one guy did for the launch of the 360. He opened a web site called smash my XBox and asked for funds to buy one at launch and took a sledgehammer to in the parking lot. Posted pictures about it too. I would love to see the looks on some of those self-titled "die-hard gamers" if someone did that to the PS3.
I bought a PS2 only about a year ago and except for a couple of titles that I was really psyched about I really haven't played it that much. I'm also backed up on games for my PC and PSP so I don't think I'll be buying a PS3 anytime soon. You'd think these people would learn that they're way overpaying for a console that will be better and way cheaper in a year or so but they want the bragging rights to say they got one first. Like youngblood said though it might just be to get a profit out of it. If I had the money to burn I would've bough 2 or 3 and then sold them on ebay as well to some poor sap who just has no self-control. :P

They do that with all big launches, ipod, xbox 360, and PS3
http://www.smashmyps3.com/

[Trident5]

when the ps2 came out i did camp out after some "oh please dad" from my boys... so well no work next day we camped out the night before....the first place we went to had already handed out tickets at 9pm and people were fighting...onto next spot well we did find another but what amazed me we came prepared with chairs, sleeping bags and a cooler full of food and drinks.. others there in shorts..... well i mabe crazy but im not Nuts....and when i got inside to get a ps2 manager tried to jack up the price and shaft me well lucky for me i did bring me paper with all things it said were included and walked out after some screaming with what it said i would get and would pay for in the paper....One thing i would say is wait in line for a week HELL NO....And no i didnt wait in line for the ps3

[SingSing]

Well, we can start getting in line for the Black Friday sales now.

[MJA]

I can't even log in to my Costco account. lol.I think its getting hit big time ( 11:13 AM chicago time)

http://www.costco.com/Browse/Product.aspx?Prodid=11186475&search=ps3&Sp=S&Mo=9& cm_re=1-_-Top_Left_Nav-_-Top_search&Nr=P_CatalogName:BC&Ns=P_Price|1||P_Sig nDesc1&N=0&whse=BC&Dx=mode+matchallpartial&Ntk=All &Dr=P_CatalogName:BC&Ne=4000000&D=ps3&Ntt=ps3&No=0 &Ntx=mode+matchallpartial&Nty=1&topnav=&s=1


update ( 12.09 PM) Costco.com site is down :P

[LSchafroth]

Perfect!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[SingSing]

Was that the Sony battery powered version of PS/3 ?

[LSchafroth]

Was that the Sony battery powered version of PS/3 ?

Could be.

It was the go who did the www.smashxbox360.com last year. Now it's www.smashps3.com this year. He doesn't have the video done yet, but just smashed it in front of everyone at the store this morning.

LS

[TheFamilyMan]

Last Tuesday I went to our local Fry's and noticed about a dozen people lined up outside in lawn chairs. About of third of them looked like the types you see hanging around the parking lot of Home Depot. Not exactly who you'd expect to be dumping $1000 on a PS3 (that the Fry's price, includes 8 games). Makes me wonder if they were "hired help" for the occasion.

[budz]

Here's 2 links on the PS3 craze.

http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2006/11/17/national/a044125S79.DTL

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/news/archive/2006/11/17/state/n124343S76.DTL

Geez, shootings & stampedes over PS3!!!!

[MJA]

check ebay.llol suckers are going for 13k(buy it now)

[ROBERT BLACK]

Call me when:

1.The retail is half this amount

2. The modchip is out

3. Games for my PS2 are no longer made.


I could care less about all the hype.

[Xylob the Destroyer]

last nite I stopped by the local Target to pick up some toiletries and they already had their display model up and running -- looked amazing.
stopped by again this afternoon to pick up some other things and their display PS3 has crashed/locked up.....

[xxiangg]

Well, the price of PS3 on ebay is dropping fast. There was one sold
for $1776. Can anyone make a guess what will be the price of PS3 on
ebay tomorrow?

http://cgi.ebay.com/Sony-Playstation-3-PS3-Console-Pre-Sale-60GB-Premium_W0QQitemZ2300...QQcmdZViewItem