Are you going to stand in line for the PS3 tomorrow morning?

[bull]

Presale Ebay bids are up around $3k-$6k already for this $600 unit. People are going nuts over this thing already and it's probably going to get worse.

http://search.ebay.com/ps3_W0QQcatrefZC6QQfromZR10QQfsooZ2QQfsopZ3QQftrtZ1QQftrvZ1QQmppfqyZps3QQsacatZQ2d1QQsaprchiZQQsaprcloZQQsbrsrtZdQQsubmitsearchZSearch

[bull]

Or you can bid on the chance to own an email account with the phrase "i.got_ps3" in the title: http://cgi.ebay.com/PLAYSTATION-PS-3-PS3-EMAIL-ADDRESS-i-got-ps3-yahoo-com_W0QQitemZ230051630985QQihZ013QQcategoryZ102333QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

[Drache]

There are only going to be 440,000 PS3's released in the U.S. and only 40,000 in Canada... That means major shortages and only the first few presale people in line will be getting one.

[TeeWJay426]

Went to the nearby Best Buy on my way home from work in Nashua..... those clowns were camped out on the sidewalk across the front of the building and around the corner.... and I mean that literally.... tents and all! And the weather is predicted to be 1-3 inches of rain and high winds overnight..... better them than me!!!

[bull]

More craziness: http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20061117/ap_on_hi_te/playstation3_14

"In Palmdale, Calif., authorities shut down a Super Wal-Mart after some shoppers got rowdy late Wednesday and started running around inside the store. In West Bend, Wis., a 19-year-old man ran into a pole and struck his head racing with 50 others for one of 10 spots outside a Wal-Mart."

[Danny Gutierrez]

First of all I love video games.  Been playing since "Pong" came out in the 70's.  I have owned just about every system since then and love the PS2.  But $600.00 is way too much for me.  Not being a hater by all means, just too much green for me to stomach.  I personally am going to buy the Nintendo WII since it's so much cheaper.  Hey, the Gamecube was a real shocker and an excellent system so the $250.00 is a bargain!!

[TruckDriver]

I plan on buying one,












In about 3 or 4 years when you can ge them for about $2 or 300.

[grouseman]

Sorry, I'm not some unemployed loser living in my parent's basement.   

[69bananabeast]

well I did some scouting last night to see if it was reasonable to get one.  At the time I didn't know there was going to be that much of a shortage of units. I talked to all the stores a week before and they all said that they would sell when they open up in the morning. I didnt find out until  2pm on thur. that they were going to sell them at 12:01 am Fri.
There were people camping out at some stores since Tues.  Usually every launch has about 18-30 systems per store. So I looked at the lines to see how many people were there. most places had about 40 ppl in line so I went inside (Walmart) to ask about when they would re-stock.  They told me that they were getting 10  PS3's  but actually got 6 ? so in other words they really only got 6 or some employee was hoarding a few of them. The next shipment comes in  about three weeks from now and that they wont gett any more until next year.   
I think that would be BS . Why would Sony not put out a good amount of systems for the X-mas Season where they could make boat loads of money ??

and no im not a loser with a bunch of money to spend I just saved all my change when I knew the PS3 was coming out

[bull]

Sony has been having trouble with production on the PS3, some technical issues I guess, so they haven't been able to keep up with demand. I'd like to get one to help pay for a paint job on the Charger. Buying one for $600 is nothing if you can turn around and sell it for $5k.

Here's one selling for over $7k: http://cgi.ebay.com/SONY-PS3-60GB-SYSTEM-IN-STOCK-READY-TO-SHIP-NO-RESERVE_W0QQitemZ160052874418QQihZ006QQcategoryZ62054QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

Here's one with a BIN of $25k: http://cgi.ebay.com/PS3-PLAYSTATION-3-60GB-IN-HAND-SEALED_W0QQitemZ230053236224QQihZ013QQcategoryZ62054QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

[PocketThunder]

I'm still trying to finish the board on Super Mario Bros on NES1.   

[Drache]

Most people Sony was creating this shortage as a reason, and that many of the PS3 auctions on ebay will secretly be Sony selling their systems for the huge costs.

Sony on the other had a press release stating that they were having problems with the lasers for the blueray and that's what caused the shortage.

Nintendo Wii will have release 4 million systems by the end of 2006.... The cheapest game system available at half the price of a PS3....

[Todd Wilson]

I got a PS2 with about 3 hours play time on it  and an XBOX with about 3 hours playtime on it. Havent played a game on either one in almost 11 months. I think I will pass on the PS3.


Todd

[Ponch ®]

I want one...but I'm a casual gamer and I'm not obsessed with being one of the first to have it and all that nonsense. Like someone said, I probably won't get one for another year or two. I didn't get a PS1 until it had been out for 3 years, and I waited until 2003 (almost 2 1/2 years) to get a PS2. Besides, everyone knows that the first run of units will have a bunch of bugs and other stuff that they'll have to fix.

BTW - Did y'all hear about 'man of the people' and notorious WalMart hater Sen. John Edwards sending a staffer over to WalMart (!) and drop his name to be at the front of the line so the good Senators kids could get a PS3?

[nh_mopar_fan]

Sorry, I'm not some unemployed loser living in my parent's basement.   

bingo.

[Manfred318]

I AM an unemplyed looser who still lives with his parents
I wouldnt mind having one but $600 is abit much for me to shell out for a game system. If I was to buy one I would probably sell it, cause I could use the money a hell of alot more than the PS3 anyways. I think I might try to get a Wii when it comes out though. I have heard some good things about it and at a price of around $300 you cant beat it.

[Ponch ®]

Sorry, I'm not some unemployed loser living in my parent's basement.   

whose basement do you live in then?

[MichaelRW]

A friend of mine's girlfriend works at the local Best Buy. She said they only had 26 units for sale. They were kind enough to tell those in line that if you were #27 or higher you might as well go home.

[my73charger]

I will wait until they are more in line with my pocket book.

[BMOTOXSTAR]

The whole PS3 thing is just f-ing retarded ! Give me a break!
BMOTOXSTAR

[bull]

Sorry, I'm not some unemployed loser living in my parent's basement.   

bingo.

I'm employed and I don't live in my parents' basement but I do like the thought of making $7k on a stupid game for doing virtually nothing but stand in line for a couple hours.

[azraelck]

$600 killed the deal for me. I won't buy one until the go down to $25 at the used store. Of course, by that time they'll be all dead. But my Gamecube will keep going and going and going....

Of course, it doesn't help it that there are exactly one game in the PS3's lineup that I want... and it's avaliable on all three systems.

[bull]

It looks like the hype may have backfired on the "speculators" because hardly anyone is buying them on Ebay. I just looked at 6 or 7 pages worth of PS3s there and only about 5 are getting any bids, and those were down in the $3k range. That one I linked above was going for over $7,100k last night but today I see it ended at $2,276. How can the price drop almost $5,000 during an auction?

[Silver R/T]

waste of time and money lol

[nh_mopar_fan]

Sorry, I'm not some unemployed loser living in my parent's basement.   

bingo.

I'm employed and I don't live in my parents' basement but I do like the thought of making $7k on a stupid game for doing virtually nothing but stand in line for a couple hours.

Try a couple of days or more.