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

Darkflame · Post by **Darkflame** » Fri Nov 17, 2006 2:30 pm 0

Dreamcast was utterly fantasic.

But Sega just overkilled on machines previous too that...their hardcore couldnt afford a dreamcast after that lot.
The casuals, of course, actualy believed the PS2 to be the second-coming, so sega didnt get enough for either markets.

Flabio · Post by **Flabio** » Fri Nov 17, 2006 2:38 pm 0

Todays Penny Arcade cartoon sums it up pretty well. I'd post it, but it'll only attract the 'OMG Penny Arcade is so shit' posts, so I won't.

Misfit · Post by **Misfit** » Fri Nov 17, 2006 2:44 pm 0

Flabio wrote:Sega didn't just sponsor one footy team for the DC though, they sponsored loads. That can't have been good use of their marketing budget.

If only they had actually shown some in game footage in their TV ads. That would have surely helped as the greatness of the machine would have been clear.

Instead we got silly things like barbers racing to do haircuts...

Mir Nyet · Post by **Mir Nyet** » Fri Nov 17, 2006 3:01 pm 0

http://cgi.ebay.com/Sony-Playstation-3- ... dZViewItem

Oh dear....

mightyzim · Post by **mightyzim** » Fri Nov 17, 2006 3:10 pm 0

$9000 ??!

Complete this well known saying:
A <something> and his <something> are soon parted.

Mir Nyet · Post by **Mir Nyet** » Fri Nov 17, 2006 3:15 pm 0

mightyzim wrote:$9000 ??!

Complete this well known saying:
A <something> and his <something> are soon parted.

Or, do not underestimate the stupidity of Sony fanboys

matt303 · Post by **matt303** » Fri Nov 17, 2006 3:19 pm 0

mightyzim wrote:$9000 ??!

Complete this well known saying:
A <something> and his <something> are soon parted.

Good job he's only charging $65 for postage

Mir Nyet · Post by **Mir Nyet** » Fri Nov 17, 2006 3:25 pm 0

matt303 wrote:
mightyzim wrote:$9000 ??!

Complete this well known saying:
A <something> and his <something> are soon parted.
Good job he's only charging $65 for postage

Well, everyone knows you make your money on eBay with postage costs

Flabio · Post by **Flabio** » Fri Nov 17, 2006 6:34 pm 0

The whole launch day stuff is getting off to a good start. The other day some guys queueing were shot at with air pistols, and today...

First, someone is actually shot with a real gun...

http://www.rockymountainnews.com/drmn/n ... 31,00.html

And then...

http://www.themilwaukeechannel.com/vide ... index.html

Now that was an accident waiting to happen, and lo, entropy did not disappoint.

Marius · Post by **Marius** » Fri Nov 17, 2006 6:43 pm 0

In West Bend, Wis., a 19-year-old man was injured when he ran into a pole racing with 50 others for one of 10 spots outside a Wal-Mart.

This is getting a bit silly, innit?

grue · Post by **grue** » Fri Nov 17, 2006 7:45 pm 0

Marius wrote:This is getting a bit silly, innit?

It's gone beyond the games since it became a lifestyle flag.
I don't feel sympathy for any such idiot. Risking limb and injury for a non-essential product is simply braindead.

There are real problems in contemporary life, I won't read any other article regarding Sony's or any other company's triumph over the ship of fools.

Peet · Post by **Peet** » Fri Nov 17, 2006 11:51 pm 0

http://www.rockymountainnews.com/drmn/nation/article/0,1299,DRMN_16_5151231,00.html wrote: ...the two gunmen fled and the victim was taken to University of Massachusetts Medical Center in Worcester.

Poor sod lost his place in the queue.

kel · Post by **kel** » Sat Nov 18, 2006 12:02 am 0

Marius wrote:
In West Bend, Wis., a 19-year-old man was injured when he ran into a pole racing with 50 others for one of 10 spots outside a Wal-Mart.
This is getting a bit silly, innit?

No, it's like dangling a bar of gold into a bar full of drunken hicks, its inevitable.

sony love this shit.

Mat T · Post by **Mat T** » Sat Nov 18, 2006 12:22 am 0

Watched a Canada news channel today; Canada was expecting 100,000 units countrywide... ended up with 10,000.

Ouch.

Sir_LANs-a-lot · Post by **Sir_LANs-a-lot** » Sat Nov 18, 2006 12:23 am 0

Mat T wrote:Watched a Canada news channel today; Canada was expecting 100,000 units countrywide... ended up with 10,000.

Ouch.

Could be worse. Taiwan got 500.

YakYak

The Sony PS3 thread (apparently still obnoxious!)