8 November 2006
Ferry

PS3 lines already forming in America

Nine days until Sony’s PlayStation 3 launches in America, and lines are already forming. A CAG forumer went to Best Buy this morning and saw about 7 people waiting outside. He went inside and one of the workers told him that they had been there since Monday. He immediately pondered: “Do these people have no lives?”

Of course the life of the waiting-in-line-for-almost-two-weeks PS3 fans isn’t made easier by a bunch of people coming to Best Buy and making funny remarks like: “I hope you guys brought enough food!” Another one said, “Where is the line for PS4? Is it on the other side?”


I wonder what life would be like if you had almost two weeks to just wait and do nothing. Do they take a holiday for this, or are they unemployed, at least the latter would make some sense, they could sell their PS3 on eBay. But these seem like PS3 fanboys, and die-hard ones at that. Hopefully for them they won’t be disappointed on November 17.


And because those lines aren’t that interesting, we’ll add the two latest PS3 commercials for your viewing pleasure.


After the rubix cube it makes sense eggs follow…

9 November 2006 06:37
Adib

this is funny… but you might see me as the 8th guy there soon

9 November 2006 06:47
Kevlar

My first gen PS2 crapped out three times. Unfortunatly it only came back from the dead twice, hence my new slim line.

As far as the PS3 goes, I’m going to have to wait and hear what people who actually play one have to say about it before I drop all that money on a system I’m not convinced is the best out there.

9 November 2006 07:03
Wayne

Paid Sony actors to generate hype.

9 November 2006 07:06
Ram E D

I think Sony paid of these people to create some hype…

9 November 2006 07:34
Red Lightning

heh they’re all waiting because each store is getting only 1 or 2 units. The way I figure it is you wait till just before doors open, bring your car down, do your best GTA1 GOURANGA! impression and get it.

Not that I’d get a PS3 anyways.

9 November 2006 07:51
Luke

I wonder how many of these guys are hoping that they’ll be able to put up their “bundle” of the PS3 and 1 of each game on Ebay on day 1 for $10K or some such thing.

High risk play, but if you don’t have a job, not a bad one…

9 November 2006 08:05
wasim

great news…………why wouldnt people wait when ps3 is far superior to garbage box 360

9 November 2006 08:08
Mick

Lol, x360 has better GPU.

9 November 2006 08:17
Mark Langston

I’m preparing to take off the day before launch to also camp outside my local Best Buy but now I get the feeling that I’ll be late to the prom.

There’s more of a chance now that I’ll be ahead of the curve a bit but probably not by much.

If this gets out in my area I may’ve taken off for nothing as I don’t dare stand in line if the early adopters number more than 50.

Hopefully not. If I can get in line at 20-something I think I’ll be okay.

9 November 2006 08:17
Superbadger

It’s a sad, sad world we live in that people could spend their holiday from work (unless they’re unemployed) doing other things outside, rather than waiting for a bloody games console.