We know that, statistically speaking, you probably didn't get a PS3 tonight. That's cool, no shame in the game if you tried. But we want you to tell us about it. Did you get one? No? What happened? We're sure you've got a story, so let it be heard.
Judging based on the buyers profile I'm going to say this guy isn't going to be getting his money from his PS3. The buyer has sold only 15 bead bracelets and no previous purchases.
This uy probably only sold his ps3 for $5,000. Everyone above that is not a registered user and as such isn't allowed to buy or sell. But that would be living the dream!
Got in line at the local walmart with a friend on rumors there would be 2 vouchers for the next 60GB consoles they receive. Waited there 13 and 14th in line with 12 consoles on site. Even though there were times that we thought we weren't gonna get lucky, especially at the end. We we able to be the lucky 2 to have the vouchers for the next 60gb's on site. They told us it will be a week or less before they get them in. WOOT! :D
I have my brother and cousins waiting in line at a nearby Best Buy. I'm not getting one...I need to eat more than I need to play with a PS3. :) But I will be getting a Wii Sunday morning.
I dropped off 2 12-packs of mountain dew to the ones waiting by the best buy near arrowhead mall in the phoenix area. Gonna drop off 3 more tonight for them.
I picked up a 20gb edition of the PS3 at Circuit City in NYC. I was one of 100 winners for a raffle for the 100 20gb. Waited 3hrs in the rain with no umbrella, was gonna call it quit after the first hour as I was soaked to my boxers! Friend talked me into waiting it out. So now I have a 20gb on Lauch, but not the 60gb which I preordered last month from GameStop. Hmm... what to do....
I was number 260 in the Q here in Hong Kong.Waited 2 hours and decided to come home to sleep.Didn't bother to go to the launch this morning.An email came from Sony few hours ago and I just managed to order mine online which is coming next week.They were sold out within an hour.
I was lucky enough to get one from a local Wal-Mart. They only had four 60 gb, two 20 gb and six rainchecks for 60 gb systems. I wanted a 60 gb, but all I could get was a 20 gb system but I was very glad to be lucky enough to get even that. So many people were turned away. My Playstation Network name is Joel
Nope didnt get one, was driving around at midnight last night with macbook out at ps3seeker.com trying to goto places that had the most 7 best buys, 7 walmarts, 5 targets and 4 circuit citys all had more people then systems. so i got some ihop and went home, the hell with it.
i'd really like to get a Wii ASAP, but i dont want to be one of the suckers lining up. I think i'll wait until they restock 'em after the initial rush. Even if that's a ways off, rev B's are usually less crappy. - i DO hope to be playing a Wii before the end of the year. we'll see.
As for the PS3 - i'll wait until Rev D, and hopefully a decent price drop.
well, um, enjoy your i'm-not-getting-laid-stations!
while you are home tomorrow night playing with your new p3n!5es, i'll be playing "get her off" with the same unit/console i've been using for years... and everybody wins!
SERIOUS ADVICE: Give up video games. Enjoy good food and wine. Meet a nice girl. Play with her have way more fun.
You really are an asshole, boss sauce. It's not always that easy.
I've a fantastic girl who enjoys proper reading while I play my DS ... same'll go for the Wii. We enjoy fine whiskey, vodka, and fucking pizza. Not everyone's life is gonna be like yours, we all have different interests, and people who play video games still get laid. Get over yourself.
Comments like that really make you look like an ignorant ass. I play video games religiously, and guess what? So does my girlfriend. Of course, there are those times when we both throw down the controllers and get down and dirty with each other. But according to you, that can't happen, can it?
I was prepared to wait in line at 7pm Wednesday night at my local WalMart. There was no line and there were 6 systems. I was told by all of store management that there would be NO LINE until 10pm thursday. They told this to everyone who asked. Then, thursday afternoon I stopped in to talk to the managers about the safety concerns I had of announcing the line just 2 hours before launch. Apparently early in the morning 6 people formed a line and refused to move so the manager just said "ok, I guess this is the line". They lied to dozens of people who were there first. Thank you WalMart, your store manager is an idiot and a liar.
A similar thing happened to me at Circuit City. I was told by two different employees at different times that the line didn't start until 12:01 am on Friday. I arrive at 11pm last night to get ready to wait in line, and there already is a line of about 30 people. I ask the security guard what the deal is and he tells me that there was confusion and the line actually started at 12:01am on Thursday, not Friday. So now here I am on Friday afternoon, playstationless. I had counted down the days and made sure that I'd be one to get one, no matter how long it took me to camp out. But apparently Tuesday night is too early but then Wednesday afternoon at Target is too late.
"We're sure you've got a story, so let it be heard."
Well, I just upgraded to a steel sword in Children of Mana for DS... then I killed the second boss and this wierd tree spirit told me... wait, what's this about PS3?
My PS3 and Wii are sitting in my uncles office, he's already paid for them I just need to pick them up. I know the Wii isn't out yet but he says he got mine early I guess it pays to be a Game stop regional manager. Also I tend to believe him since he was able to get my 360 a couple of days early too. I will probably go by there about 11 or 12 tomorrow, as I can't be bothered to get up too early for a couple of toys. I am really more interested in playing with the Wii than the PS3 the games seem neat with the way they use the controller. Now I just need to use my Best Buy gift card for some extra games.
As nonchalant as you try to sound in your post, you took the time to copy and paste the same comment at least twice on varying sites.
I did the preorder at EBGames and and was told the bad news. However, waiting a little while won't kill me, because the best things in life come to those who wait. Same thing happened when I was trying to get my car (Honda Civic Si w/navigation).
TUESDAY: Wal-mart: "No one can line up until 9am Thursday" 10 assholes: "Hey, lets park the RV in front of wal-mart tomorrow morning so we can buy all 10 PS3s to sell on eBay" WEDNESDAY: 10 assholes pull up to wal-mart and begin waiting inside the RV THURSDAY: 20 or so citizens of my town wait outside wal-mart Manager:"those guys were here before they were allowed to be and they weren't really in line,they're just sitting in an RV, they don't get one" assholes: "ROAR, WTFzors complain, complain, rabble rabble" Manager:"Oh, i guess you assholes have a point, the 20 of you who followed our rules should go home, these 10 assholes who've been sitting in an RV in the parking lot since Wednesday are getting all 10 ps3s so they can sell them on eBay, oh btw im a retard, pants, i lick balls" 20 or so citizens of my town: pissed 10 assholes:"yeahzors, major profits"
and i assume they all waited in the RV doing gay things till 11:45 when wal-mart gave them vouchers for no reason then led them to the back so they could buy all 10 PS3s
i cruised around in the late evening scopin out local venues that had less people. about 2am i found 2 of them so i decided on the target on the outskirts of town. waited for about 5 minutes before one of the guys told me that there were only 8 and i was the 10th guy in line. damn. should i tempt fate and see if the bugger was lyin? nah. so i headed over to the target closer in town. everyone campin was asleep. only 6 people and an empty chair. i made myself comfy near that chair. about an hour later a camry rolls up, window rolls down, 2 dudes in the car, the driver asks if i know how many they have here. i dont know. then he says that there was a riot at the walmart on 82nd (one of the bigger streets in portland). apparently 200 people (probably an exaggeration) rushed the store, and cops had to be called in. everyone was put on the wall, and the ps3's were raffled off. he had been third in line, but didnt get one. that's when one of the campers woke up and told him there were only 6 here. i recounted... crud. again. ;p so yah.... now i have to get up at 6am to see if i can get a raffle ticket at one of the local stores that are doin raffles. doh!
I got mine. I preordered at FYE about a year ago. When the 360 came out, they were the only store taking preorders for the PS3. They are only getting one in, and since I was number 1, I get to pick mine up at 10:00 today.
shut the fuck up boss sauce. I'm at work. It's 7:36am. No one's here. The lights are out. I haven't showered in 36 hours. I'm tired as hell. I've got a rain-check from wal-mart and probably pneumonia. All in all, I say it was a fun experience but I would never in my life do it again. Until the PS4 comes out. At one point a pimply kid came up to our tent and asked if we were going to sell our systems. In reply to our silence, which means yes, he said "you guys have no lives, do you?" So here's a message to all the haters out there: Despite popular belief, most people who play video games DO have lives and DO get laid. If you're passing off advice about dropping video games and picking up "wine" (wtf), you're trying too hard, and you probably have a small penis. And yes, I will sell my system on eBay. Does not mean I don't want to own a ps3. I do quite badly actually, but if it's a choice between shelling out 600 or making 1200 profit... hmmmmm
Yes I did I posted the comment on here and Joystiq. So what? they are different sites. So you mean I can't post my comments on more than one site? Also why should I have to retype the entire comment copy and pasting saves time, it's not like my experience changed any between the sites. Lastly what do you do spend your time going to all the gaming blogs and compare comments to see if some are the exact same? That sounds kinda sad really.
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 3)
Devin @ Nov 17th 2006 3:29AM
I bought 16 at the local 7-11.
Eddie @ Nov 17th 2006 3:31AM
Well, this guy sold his for $100 million on ebay after getting his at gamestop.
http://cgi.ebay.com/Playstation-3-PS3-60GB-Free-Overnight-Shipping-Blu-ray_W0QQitemZ150059269467QQihZ005QQcategoryZ62054QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem
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Clifton Helpingstine @ Nov 17th 2006 4:59AM
Judging based on the buyers profile I'm going to say this guy isn't going to be getting his money from his PS3. The buyer has sold only 15 bead bracelets and no previous purchases.
Steph @ Nov 20th 2006 10:29AM
This uy probably only sold his ps3 for $5,000. Everyone above that is not a registered user and as such isn't allowed to buy or sell. But that would be living the dream!
LittleJoe @ Nov 17th 2006 3:32AM
No.
I was too busy waiting for a Bag-Of-Crap that never came.
Krill @ Nov 17th 2006 3:35PM
my friend and i both got one each, from probably the smallest wal mart in the us, they only recieved 2 and we were the first in line at 5pm wednesday
Amelia @ Nov 17th 2006 3:43AM
100 million, really? Huh, I heard it was only 10...
airiox @ Nov 17th 2006 3:45AM
Got in line at the local walmart with a friend on rumors there would be 2 vouchers for the next 60GB consoles they receive. Waited there 13 and 14th in line with 12 consoles on site. Even though there were times that we thought we weren't gonna get lucky, especially at the end. We we able to be the lucky 2 to have the vouchers for the next 60gb's on site. They told us it will be a week or less before they get them in. WOOT! :D
dukrous @ Nov 17th 2006 3:51AM
I have my brother and cousins waiting in line at a nearby Best Buy. I'm not getting one...I need to eat more than I need to play with a PS3. :) But I will be getting a Wii Sunday morning.
Mike @ Nov 17th 2006 3:52AM
For chrissake boys, is that the best picture you have???
antitux @ Nov 17th 2006 3:54AM
I dropped off 2 12-packs of mountain dew to the ones waiting by the best buy near arrowhead mall in the phoenix area. Gonna drop off 3 more tonight for them.
Dalber @ Nov 17th 2006 4:00AM
I think they'll be too busy enjoying their new purchases to reply for the next week... :)
rockintom99 @ Nov 17th 2006 9:35AM
Not much to enjoy, though. The only semi-decent game is Resistance.
Can't wait for Wii. Zelda on launch FTW.
Parvin @ Nov 17th 2006 4:00AM
i am camping at target right now haha. 8 at target and i am number 3 .. my roomate is number 4 woot
blackout @ Nov 17th 2006 4:03AM
no, i'm european, of course i didn't.
Nelly @ Nov 20th 2006 6:05PM
I picked up a 20gb edition of the PS3 at Circuit City in NYC. I was one of 100 winners for a raffle for the 100 20gb. Waited 3hrs in the rain with no umbrella, was gonna call it quit after the first hour as I was soaked to my boxers! Friend talked me into waiting it out. So now I have a 20gb on Lauch, but not the 60gb which I preordered last month from GameStop. Hmm... what to do....
Franky @ Nov 17th 2006 4:14AM
I was number 260 in the Q here in Hong Kong.Waited 2 hours and decided to come home to sleep.Didn't bother to go to the launch this morning.An email came from Sony few hours ago and I just managed to order mine online which is coming next week.They were sold out within an hour.
Ashish @ Nov 17th 2006 4:11AM
I live in the Middle East. We can wait for our PS 3s >_>
Joel Heflin @ Nov 17th 2006 8:38AM
I was lucky enough to get one from a local Wal-Mart. They only had four 60 gb, two 20 gb and six rainchecks for 60 gb systems. I wanted a 60 gb, but all I could get was a 20 gb system but I was very glad to be lucky enough to get even that. So many people were turned away. My Playstation Network name is Joel
CrAkD @ Nov 17th 2006 2:20PM
Nope didnt get one, was driving around at midnight last night with macbook out at ps3seeker.com trying to goto places that had the most 7 best buys, 7 walmarts, 5 targets and 4 circuit citys all had more people then systems. so i got some ihop and went home, the hell with it.
Jeff @ Nov 17th 2006 4:20AM
people are crazy.
i'd really like to get a Wii ASAP, but i dont want to be one of the suckers lining up. I think i'll wait until they restock 'em after the initial rush. Even if that's a ways off, rev B's are usually less crappy. - i DO hope to be playing a Wii before the end of the year. we'll see.
As for the PS3 - i'll wait until Rev D, and hopefully a decent price drop.
J. Hogan @ Nov 17th 2006 4:27AM
I bought mine on E-bay from Sen. Edwards's aide....lol
LEP @ Nov 17th 2006 4:52AM
Ha suckers, I bought mine on Ebay for $100 from a guy in China. Im just awairing delivery now.
Benjamin @ Nov 17th 2006 11:51AM
Your not going to get it there is no way u got it 4 100 Bucks!?!?!?!?
rob @ Nov 20th 2006 9:31PM
"Ha suckers, I bought mine on Ebay for $100 from a guy in China. Im just awairing delivery now."
..........still waiting?
boss sauce @ Nov 17th 2006 5:22AM
well, um, enjoy your i'm-not-getting-laid-stations!
while you are home tomorrow night playing with your new p3n!5es, i'll be playing "get her off" with the same unit/console i've been using for years... and everybody wins!
SERIOUS ADVICE: Give up video games. Enjoy good food and wine. Meet a nice girl. Play with her have way more fun.
KerryB @ Nov 17th 2006 10:05AM
Gosh, it's so easy! Why didn't I do that sooner!
I've been sitting here playing video games all day, every day and never realized that if i just enjoyed food and wine more that I'd meet a nice girl!
I've been doing it all wrong. Man, do I feel silly.
Does anyone know a sommellier? Or a nice girl who likes ex-gamers with a new found penchant for food and/or wine?
MercWorks @ Nov 17th 2006 11:34AM
You really are an asshole, boss sauce. It's not always that easy.
I've a fantastic girl who enjoys proper reading while I play my DS ... same'll go for the Wii. We enjoy fine whiskey, vodka, and fucking pizza. Not everyone's life is gonna be like yours, we all have different interests, and people who play video games still get laid. Get over yourself.
zerosozha @ Nov 17th 2006 7:46PM
Comments like that really make you look like an ignorant ass. I play video games religiously, and guess what? So does my girlfriend. Of course, there are those times when we both throw down the controllers and get down and dirty with each other. But according to you, that can't happen, can it?
brownie monstahs @ Nov 17th 2006 5:07AM
i got mine for free from a saudi sheik
LittleJoe @ Nov 17th 2006 5:10AM
How did I get mine?
Oh I just did a favor for a guy in the parking lot.
Does anyone have any scope?
Andy Audet @ Nov 17th 2006 8:37PM
I didn't get one, but you can read about my adventure trying to here http://blog.myspace.com/6106638
brownie monstahs @ Nov 17th 2006 5:23AM
littlejoe u better be the best for 600 dollars, plus why do u want scope if u already brushed ur teeth with u know whut lol.
mupaintball @ Nov 17th 2006 5:23AM
I was prepared to wait in line at 7pm Wednesday night at my local WalMart. There was no line and there were 6 systems. I was told by all of store management that there would be NO LINE until 10pm thursday. They told this to everyone who asked. Then, thursday afternoon I stopped in to talk to the managers about the safety concerns I had of announcing the line just 2 hours before launch. Apparently early in the morning 6 people formed a line and refused to move so the manager just said "ok, I guess this is the line". They lied to dozens of people who were there first. Thank you WalMart, your store manager is an idiot and a liar.
Kevin @ Nov 17th 2006 4:32PM
A similar thing happened to me at Circuit City. I was told by two different employees at different times that the line didn't start until 12:01 am on Friday. I arrive at 11pm last night to get ready to wait in line, and there already is a line of about 30 people. I ask the security guard what the deal is and he tells me that there was confusion and the line actually started at 12:01am on Thursday, not Friday. So now here I am on Friday afternoon, playstationless. I had counted down the days and made sure that I'd be one to get one, no matter how long it took me to camp out. But apparently Tuesday night is too early but then Wednesday afternoon at Target is too late.
Tom @ Nov 17th 2006 5:27AM
"We're sure you've got a story, so let it be heard."
Well, I just upgraded to a steel sword in Children of Mana for DS... then I killed the second boss and this wierd tree spirit told me... wait, what's this about PS3?
patrick @ Nov 17th 2006 5:29AM
My PS3 and Wii are sitting in my uncles office, he's already paid for them I just need to pick them up. I know the Wii isn't out yet but he says he got mine early I guess it pays to be a Game stop regional manager. Also I tend to believe him since he was able to get my 360 a couple of days early too. I will probably go by there about 11 or 12 tomorrow, as I can't be bothered to get up too early for a couple of toys. I am really more interested in playing with the Wii than the PS3 the games seem neat with the way they use the controller. Now I just need to use my Best Buy gift card for some extra games.
Alondo @ Nov 17th 2006 7:57AM
As nonchalant as you try to sound in your post, you took the time to copy and paste the same comment at least twice on varying sites.
I did the preorder at EBGames and and was told the bad news. However, waiting a little while won't kill me, because the best things in life come to those who wait. Same thing happened when I was trying to get my car (Honda Civic Si w/navigation).
Max @ Nov 17th 2006 6:12AM
Was on my way to circut city, got turned away from raffle line at 8:15pm even though circut city said event starts at 9pm
Mike10010100 @ Nov 17th 2006 6:31AM
No, I'm sorry. I didn't get a PS3. I got 2 extremely fun Wiis, with controllers that are both wireless and actually vibrate. HA!
Semi @ Nov 17th 2006 6:39AM
Sonkeys!
Ron Howard @ Nov 17th 2006 6:42AM
Heres how my story goes;
TUESDAY:
Wal-mart: "No one can line up until 9am Thursday"
10 assholes: "Hey, lets park the RV in front of wal-mart tomorrow morning so we can buy all 10 PS3s to sell on eBay"
WEDNESDAY:
10 assholes pull up to wal-mart and begin waiting inside the RV
THURSDAY:
20 or so citizens of my town wait outside wal-mart
Manager:"those guys were here before they were allowed to be and they weren't really in line,they're just sitting in an RV, they don't get one"
assholes: "ROAR, WTFzors complain, complain, rabble rabble"
Manager:"Oh, i guess you assholes have a point, the 20 of you who followed our rules should go home, these 10 assholes who've been sitting in an RV in the parking lot since Wednesday are getting all 10 ps3s so they can sell them on eBay, oh btw im a retard, pants, i lick balls"
20 or so citizens of my town: pissed
10 assholes:"yeahzors, major profits"
and i assume they all waited in the RV doing gay things till 11:45 when wal-mart gave them vouchers for no reason then led them to the back so they could buy all 10 PS3s
cosmo @ Nov 17th 2006 10:41AM
woohahahaha! good story; i pissed myself laughing for an hour. great!
Jim Day @ Nov 17th 2006 4:50PM
Absolutely hilarious - thanks for making my day.
demetrius @ Nov 17th 2006 7:06AM
i cruised around in the late evening scopin out local venues that had less people. about 2am i found 2 of them so i decided on the target on the outskirts of town. waited for about 5 minutes before one of the guys told me that there were only 8 and i was the 10th guy in line. damn. should i tempt fate and see if the bugger was lyin? nah. so i headed over to the target closer in town. everyone campin was asleep. only 6 people and an empty chair. i made myself comfy near that chair. about an hour later a camry rolls up, window rolls down, 2 dudes in the car, the driver asks if i know how many they have here. i dont know. then he says that there was a riot at the walmart on 82nd (one of the bigger streets in portland). apparently 200 people (probably an exaggeration) rushed the store, and cops had to be called in. everyone was put on the wall, and the ps3's were raffled off. he had been third in line, but didnt get one. that's when one of the campers woke up and told him there were only 6 here. i recounted... crud. again. ;p so yah.... now i have to get up at 6am to see if i can get a raffle ticket at one of the local stores that are doin raffles. doh!
mike01205 @ Nov 17th 2006 1:27PM
I got mine. I preordered at FYE about a year ago. When the 360 came out, they were the only store taking preorders for the PS3. They are only getting one in, and since I was number 1, I get to pick mine up at 10:00 today.
snow @ Nov 17th 2006 7:41AM
nope only 10 per store in canada
sex panther by odeon @ Nov 17th 2006 7:52AM
shut the fuck up boss sauce.
I'm at work. It's 7:36am. No one's here. The lights are out. I haven't showered in 36 hours. I'm tired as hell. I've got a rain-check from wal-mart and probably pneumonia. All in all, I say it was a fun experience but I would never in my life do it again. Until the PS4 comes out. At one point a pimply kid came up to our tent and asked if we were going to sell our systems. In reply to our silence, which means yes, he said "you guys have no lives, do you?" So here's a message to all the haters out there: Despite popular belief, most people who play video games DO have lives and DO get laid. If you're passing off advice about dropping video games and picking up "wine" (wtf), you're trying too hard, and you probably have a small penis. And yes, I will sell my system on eBay. Does not mean I don't want to own a ps3. I do quite badly actually, but if it's a choice between shelling out 600 or making 1200 profit... hmmmmm
patrick @ Nov 17th 2006 8:12AM
Yes I did I posted the comment on here and Joystiq. So what? they are different sites. So you mean I can't post my comments on more than one site? Also why should I have to retype the entire comment copy and pasting saves time, it's not like my experience changed any between the sites. Lastly what do you do spend your time going to all the gaming blogs and compare comments to see if some are the exact same? That sounds kinda sad really.
Nate @ Nov 18th 2006 4:35PM
Alondo, did you wait in some line to buy a civic SI? I don't get it. What does a civic have to do with a PS3?