The Sony PS3 thread (apparently *still* obnoxious!)

grue · Post by **grue** » Sun Nov 12, 2006 11:30 am 0

That Kotaku article made me angry. I just woke up. Nobody should make me angry when I have just woken up!

Sir_LANs-a-lot · Post by **Sir_LANs-a-lot** » Sun Nov 12, 2006 12:42 pm 0

Jamesac wrote:That Kotaku read is depressing as hell. As annoyed as I am at Sony's total mishandling of the PS3, that's still a lousy thing to have happen. The launch was a total failure.

James

I agree.

Sad. Just utterly, utterly sad.

Well done Sony. You shifted 80,000 consoles to a nation of >100 million and by the sounds of it the majority of those to people who only bought it to profiteer on eBay.

Truly the spirit of videogaming. Not.

grue · Post by **grue** » Sun Nov 12, 2006 12:46 pm 0

Some people

Sir_LANs-a-lot · Post by **Sir_LANs-a-lot** » Sun Nov 12, 2006 12:50 pm 0

grue wrote:Some people

Hahaha

I have a question for the seller:

"Why are you such a greedy, profiteering bastard?"

grue · Post by **grue** » Sun Nov 12, 2006 12:52 pm 0

Sir_LANs-a-lot wrote:
grue wrote:Some people
Hahaha

I have a question for the seller:

"Why are you such a greedy, profiteering bastard?"

Better ask the one who will buy it "Why are you such a stupid retarded moron?"

Rod_S · Post by **Rod_S** » Sun Nov 12, 2006 12:59 pm 0

GeeZa wrote:I think so, what we're gonna have, much like the 360 initially, is a hype machine going crazy but very little of gaming substance. If I had a PS2 I'd be quite happy with that for a while and maybe thinking about a 360 when a couple more quality titles filter through. Although I'm probably gonna try for a Wii next weekend, but then it's only because of Zelda tbh as I'm a fan. Maybe Metal Slug too as it's been a long time since I had a go at those.

Hajile got it right earlier in the thread when he suggested waiting until March for a 360 purchase, surely there'll be some tempting bundles, a price drop, and updated hardware by then. The only reason to get a 360 now is for Gears Of War, but having played it I can say it's not that amazing, especially in single player. Good game but certainly no Halo, far from it in fact, sadly.

Anders · Post by **Anders** » Sun Nov 12, 2006 1:00 pm 0

Why do people even consider buying from these bastards? Ignore them and let them waste their money. Fuckheads.

disciple · Post by **disciple** » Sun Nov 12, 2006 1:00 pm 0

Put in fake bids for them.

Sir_LANs-a-lot · Post by **Sir_LANs-a-lot** » Sun Nov 12, 2006 1:05 pm 0

I miss Atari.

Stone · Post by **Stone** » Sun Nov 12, 2006 1:09 pm 0

Anders wrote:Why do people even consider buying from these bastards? Ignore them and let them waste their money. Fuckheads.

disciple wrote:Put in fake bids for them.

Is there some sort of fundamental misunderstanding of capitalism going on here? Supply and demand dictate price. Unavailability hikes prices. He does say he'll ship internationally, and so he's aiming at people who want one right now. If they're willing to stump up more than RRP for it then all power to them; there are far better evils in this world over which to get your knickers twisted.

Stone

Anders · Post by **Anders** » Sun Nov 12, 2006 1:31 pm 0

Stone wrote:...and so he's aiming at people who want one right now. If they're willing to stump up more than RRP for it then all power to them...

So what about the people standing in line for hours at launch? They also want their PS3 right now, but can't, because they've been bought up by these fucks.

chub · Post by **chub** » Sun Nov 12, 2006 1:34 pm 0

I just read the Kotaku article. Ouch. It makes me wonder about Sony trying to stop legitimate companies exporting them abroad, then these 'businessmen' sell them via eBay instead at vastly increased prices. So what will the Wii launch be like? Hopefully not the same, but there will still be people sticking them on eBay despite being more available than the PS3.

I also wonder why there wasn't a pre-order scheme for the PS3 in Japan like in other places. I think it would give real gamers more of a chance to get hold of a PS3 than leaving it to pot luck on the day. Also there wouldn't be a need to queue all night if you have an official ticket with a number on it, as long as people would also be registered in the shop's system to avoid any ticket forgery issues.

Anyway I hope things are better in other places like the UK, so hopefully there won't be headlines like 'Panic and chaos in Woolworths - Wii launches!'

fog · Post by **fog** » Sun Nov 12, 2006 1:45 pm 0

chub wrote:I just read the Kotaku article. Ouch. It makes me wonder about Sony trying to stop legitimate companies exporting them abroad, then these 'businessmen' sell them via eBay instead at vastly increased prices. So what will the Wii launch be like? Hopefully not the same, but there will still be people sticking them on eBay despite being more available than the PS3.

Yep there are already plenty of Wii on ebay, some fetching a decent profit already.

Here's one up to Â£285 already.

Darkflame · Post by **Darkflame** » Sun Nov 12, 2006 1:45 pm 0

Anders wrote:
Stone wrote:...and so he's aiming at people who want one right now. If they're willing to stump up more than RRP for it then all power to them...
So what about the people standing in line for hours at launch? They also want their PS3 right now, but can't, because they've been bought up by these fucks.

People in europe cant stand in that line at all though.
Or do you expect europeons to get air-tickets over to japan to get one?
Would that be more fair?
If someone wants to pay an inflated price to get something before everyone else, I dont see the problem with it. (and to be sure, its all about getting-something-before-others, thats the real reason most people pay $1000 for games consoles)

grue · Post by **grue** » Sun Nov 12, 2006 2:13 pm 0

Gamespot tries to smooth the wringles.
http://www.gamespot.com/news/6161537.ht ... ws;title;0

YakYak

The Sony PS3 thread (apparently still obnoxious!)