Why would you wait in line when you're guaranteed a copy?
And there were 80,000 PS3s in the US on launch.
And there were 80,000 PS3s in the US on launch.
No, there wasn't, Nimrod. There were 400,000. Allegedly anyway. Sony's words and all.
Look, I've got better things to do with the rest of my night than argue with people who expected a launch with a million units, everyone guaranteed a unit with pre-order, pre-orders until the last day to have people lined up in the streets in fear they wouldn't get theirs. I want to get some toothpaste tomorrow, but I think I can safely say I can pick it up at my leisure without making camp outside CVS.
Supply and Demand are independent variables too, by the way. Increasing supply doesn't decrease demand. I'm sorry that Sony isn't launching with shortages in order to appear more successful. Feel free to "own me" with how you expected people lining up the streets to pick up their guaranteed pre-order.
Supply and Demand are independent variables too, by the way. Increasing supply doesn't decrease demand. I'm sorry that Sony isn't launching with shortages in order to appear more successful. Feel free to "own me" with how you expected people lining up the streets to pick up their guaranteed pre-order.
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Because I wanted to pick it up? I didn't wait long, about 20 minutes before the stores opened, but there was still people waiting in line when they were already guaranteed to get a Wii.
By the way, not only is PS3 going to reach 3 million by the end of the month, but Resistance is going to get spiked up near the 1 million mark.
Fixed, you left out one very important key word.
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And why would there be lineups? They're avail for preorder (which sold out in england BTW) Why should I camp out in line when i can just call them up, have them put my name down on a piece of paper, and get it when i come off work?
Why were there lineups here? Clearly those with Pre-orders had their system guaranteed. It's not like a store can overbook pre-orders!
Oh.. wait.
Can't we just say you want PS3 to fail because you don't like them pushing a $600 dollar system, I want it to succeed because I like top-of-the-line technology, shut the fuck up and let me play Oblivian?
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Because no one was accepting preorders on the NA release. Some stores did, but then had to refund them. It was gaming news, remember? There were lineups in NA because there were no preorders allowed.
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I don't want PS3 to fail, and I don't think it will, but it won't do as well as Sony seems to think it's doing and that's a fact.
And uh... oh my god you're playing Oblivion! It's only been on PC and 360 for a year... =p
Who gives a flying fuck? I've still got Suikoden 4 to beat, Suikoden 5 to buy and beat. FF X-2 to beat. Xenosaga 2 to beat. Xenosaga 3 to buy and beat. Rogue Galaxy to beat. Xenogears to beat. FF12 to complete 100% and you mother fuckers to deal with. Those are just RPGs too... still need to beat San Andreas... need to beat Motorstorm. Need to beat Armored Core 4 now... Need to buy and beat God of War 2...
Think I've been spending my time since I got PS3 crying in the corner about nothing to play with so many PS2 games I haven't beaten yet?
Hell I've never even played Chronotrigger, chronocross or any of the dragon quest games... only thing I really can't wait for is FF13...
Think I've been spending my time since I got PS3 crying in the corner about nothing to play with so many PS2 games I haven't beaten yet?
Hell I've never even played Chronotrigger, chronocross or any of the dragon quest games... only thing I really can't wait for is FF13...
Hey wait a second... with this launch news craps, I thought we were right about to launch... still got another day... why would they be lining up now?
Oh yeah... if anyone thinks the PS3 can't graphically compete with the 360, chew on those for a while.
No, a lot of stores accepted preorders. Maybe things were held differently in Canada. Maybe what you're thinking was Ebay taking down auctions over Preorder tickets. I know personally a few people who did put in their preorders and picked them up, and then sell them on ebay. I also know people who had preordered and had to wait for another shipment before they could get theirs because they didn't camp out.
I guess the Sony Fanboy Club must've issued a deniablity action. Deny that Preorders existed. Deny people lining up. Deny the number of PS3s Sony said they shipped for launch and say it was 1/5th as much.
Thats moron logic. More so than your usual kind, Fire. Buying a PS3 to play PS2 games when you had a PS2 to begin with. Bravo, you sure showed us!
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There were no Preorders in Canada. I know that EBgames/Gamestop and Best Buy/Future Shop in the states were also not accepting Preorders because they didnt know what the stock was going to be. By buddy worked for Best Buy up here and he said it was a nightmare because they had to call up everyone and refund thier Preorders because they'd recieved orders to do so from regional management.
Honestly, why would people lineup on Launch day if they had preorders? Every place in Winnipeg that had lineups was not taking preorders, I know because i went to all of them a month later and talked about it, trying to find my 60GB (which took me 17 different stores to find, and only found because it had been returned an hour before)
Yeah, well.. here, people lined up because stores oversold preorders.