texas pete Posted November 13, 2006 Share Posted November 13, 2006 Electronics stores in Japan have sold out of PlayStation 3 consoles after thousands of gamers queued for hours in the cold to buy them.well theres a suprise..... The console officially went on sale on 11 November but Sony only made 100,000 machines available on launch day. but a contridiction??? The company said it would be a few days before they knew whether all retailers had sold out of all their PS3 consoles. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrKD Posted November 13, 2006 Share Posted November 13, 2006 Hype .... O well I`ll stick to my snes ... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Liam Posted November 13, 2006 Share Posted November 13, 2006 The damn thing is bigger than a 360!! And the 360 is freaking HUGE. I hope for Sony's sake that it's not as noisy... Check out the size of the Wii. I never realised it was so small! I'm as impressed as when I first saw the Dreamcast. The Gamecube was great for size, easy to throw in a bag and take over to a mates. Mind you, I think the PS3 will follow the usual PS internal PSU trend which neither the 360 nor the Wii do... must be a pain in the arse thermally though, not to mention if it fails (*cough*... 360) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chee Posted November 13, 2006 Share Posted November 13, 2006 Damn, that's a big console. How does it compare to the original X-Box? I guess it doesn't really matter though - everyone's going to have massive wide-screen TVs to put it under anyway, so it probably won't look as big. I'd love to see the PSThree design though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
texas pete Posted November 13, 2006 Author Share Posted November 13, 2006 update.... homeless people payed to buy ps3!!!!! PlayStation 3 consoles advertised as used are appearing for sale in Japan shops as well as online auctions. They are being sold for up to four times the retail price of the console, which went on sale in Japan last Saturday for about £270. There are also reports that homeless people were paid to queue for the console on behalf of people now selling them on at a higher price. The product launch is one of the most crucial in Sony's history. Thousands of people queued for many hours in cities across Japan on Saturday and many people went home empty-handed. One PS3 with a 60GB hard drive, which would have cost about $500 (£270) in Japanese stores, was on sale on Monday on the auction site eBay for an asking price of $2,300 (£1,200). Other PS3s were attracting bids starting from $600 (£313) up to $1,475 (£771). Brian Ashcraft, an editor for gaming website Kotaku in Japan, said: "I witnessed homeless people waiting in line as well as a high number of Chinese customers." He said he had heard similar stories from other shops around Tokyo and in Osaka. A Kotaku reader, Dirk Benedict, contacted the website about the launch day at flagship Tokyo store, Bic Camera. "The first buyers of PS3 were largely elderly Chinese men and young Chinese women with shaky Japanese language skills," he wrote. "Opportunistic Japanese businessmen have the largest presence, hiring poor Chinese men and women to wait in line for a PS3." Mr Benedict said the Chinese men and women were then delivering the consoles to Japanese men, who were paying them up to £90 for queuing. He wrote: "Sony should be scolded for staging a national launch event with 80,000 units. "An extreme lack of supply ignited an extreme surge of demand - that of which poor Chinese and opportunistic Japanese took full advantage of." Kotaku reports that PS3 consoles advertised as used are now being sold for 144,900 yen (£645) in some Japanese shops. The PlayStation 3 (PS3) is being sold in two configurations. The more expensive version has a 60GB hard drive and wi-fi on board and its official cost in Japan is 60,000 yen (£270). The cheaper version has a 20GB hard drive, lacks the wi-fi and will cost 49,980 yen (£222). European prices are expected to be higher than direct comparisons suggest. Both versions include a wireless controller, a Blu-ray high-quality video player and a port so they can work with a high-definition display. Buying a PS3 also gives owners free access to the online PlayStation Network where they can meet and take on other gamers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DeriveOne Posted November 13, 2006 Share Posted November 13, 2006 I want one so bad.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ben Posted November 13, 2006 Share Posted November 13, 2006 A Kotaku reader, Dirk Benedict, contacted the website about the launch day at flagship Tokyo store, Bic Camera. Templeton Peck wants a PS3? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
djdiggla Posted November 14, 2006 Share Posted November 14, 2006 ^^^I was like WTF? The A-Team busted up in there!? I want one so bad.... Me too... Can't justify getting one at least for the moment since I don't have time to play.... I'm shocked they were able to release before the holidays! Pretty good for them since 360s have kinda cooled off as the "hottest unavailable item". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
texas pete Posted November 14, 2006 Author Share Posted November 14, 2006 I'm shocked they were able to release before the holidays! Pretty good for them since 360s have kinda cooled off as the "hottest unavailable item". well they only managed 80,000 units for launch and 5 games... something tells me that it was rushed. on another note 360 rumour de jour: $100 at amazon for the "holiday period" as i said its only a rumour but if its true i may be tempted Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve Posted November 14, 2006 Share Posted November 14, 2006 something tells me that it was rushed.You could be right: - Sony has admitted that some games designed for older PlayStation consoles are not working properly on the newly released PlayStation 3 (PS3). The PS3 was supposed to be "backwards compatible", meaning it should run games written for PlayStation and PlayStation 2. Sony said that the audio features do not work on some titles, while others have problems with the graphics. It has offered to fix the PS3 problems via online upgrades for consoles.http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/6146328.stm Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
texas pete Posted November 14, 2006 Author Share Posted November 14, 2006 i thought the only reason why they played ps 2 games was because they included an entire ps2 chipset. if that is the case then i seems like it ma be something deeper than a simple update or 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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