Cornell Finch

More Playstation 3 BS

So the PS3 is now available in the US. Well, actually it isn’t. Mainly because idiots queued outside stores for days in crappy November conditions to buy the damned thing. This report from The Washington Post mentions a number of incidents where people have been shot, peppered sprayed, robbed, beaten up and stabbed either before or just after they have purchased their games consoles.

In Sullivan, Ind., a man was in critical condition after emergency surgery for a stab wound after he and a friend tried to rob two men of consoles they waited 36 hours in line to buy, police said.

Nationwide, short supplies of the PS3 and strong demand led to long lines of buyers, some waiting for days outside stores. Once the doors opened Friday, they pushed and shoved their way to the shelves in several cities to get at the limited supply. Two people were arrested in Fresno, Calif., after a crowd trampled people in a parking lot.

It was about 3 a.m. when the two gunmen in Putnam, a town of about 9,000 residents in northeast Connecticut, confronted 15 to 20 people standing outside a Wal-Mart store and demanded money, said State Police Lt. J. Paul Vance.

It’s not even as if the launch titles for the console are that good. Except maybe Tekken. Damn I love that game!

As with all new products that are hyped, the console has already started appearing on eBay. As an example let’s take one of the auctions:

Hello this auction is for a BRAND NEW UNOPENED PLAYSTATION 3 game console. This is not a pre order but the actual system in hand I have it NOW and will ship it the next day not including Sunday of course.

I waited it terrible conditions for 3 days for this system, went without sleep, very little food and water, it was an absolute nightmare. And the store manager at the location we were at made all matters worse by refusing to allow us into the store to wait at all, and spoke rudely and was less than truthful….

The unit in this auction went for $3250 US. Yep, THREE THOUSAND DOLLARS! A quick peek at other auctions suggest that the unit is generally selling for around $1300US. The original unit sale price is $599. The buy it now price on this auction is $9,000. Good luck if you can sell it for that, but what a prick the purchaser must be to pay an almost 1000% markup.

Wake up people, it’s a FUCKING GAME CONSOLE!

EDIT: Oh My God.