PS3 - strategies for getting your paws on one?

[pchan3k]

I know it maybe 2 late now other then camping out in front of a store for it, but I'm wondering what people are trying to do to get one. I'm debating wether or not to camp out in front a store for one, but no other friends of mine would be willing to do it (or they have lives). I want one but you really need 2 people to wait in line for just switching off and taking care of food/shower/sleep/nature call. /images/graemlins/cry00000.gif I'm in California, so waiting out in the cold won't be to bad, but in the snow, that's hardcore. See what you guys think. /images/graemlins/catgirl0.gif

[Swordfish_II]

I'll pick one up when I grab my copy of Final Fantasy XIII

[lostnomad84]

Currently, for myself, it is too much money and not something I see worth investing in at the moment (aside for a cheap Blu-ray player). When the games start to come out for it, the supples for the system increase, and a price drop occurs, I will look into the PS3. For now, I'll be happy with my 360 and soon to be Wii.

As for getting one now, I strongly recommend you camp out all day of the 16th in front of a Best Buy or just resort to ebay.

[Tsukebe]

"My advice on getting a PS3 at launch? Club those who have successfully pre-ordered the PS3 over the head, then devour their heart, thus absorbing their strength, energy and EB Games deposit" - Kotaku

As for my plan? Dress up as Hard Gay and air hump all the potential shoppers till they leave or beat me to death or escorted away by the police.

[Gatts]

My strategy is to wait until next July. A simple yet complex strategy at the same time.

[vegeta11]

I already have one on order at gamestop but I'm also going to park my ass out front of Bestbuy next thursday around 7:30 am o'clock to get another one on the old 25 hour marathon.

[Isuzu Inugami]

I'm not jonesing for it--there are scarcely any games to play on it anyway. Patience, grasshopper.

[ADC]

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Swordfish_II said:
I'll pick one up when I grab my copy of Final Fantasy XIII

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Word.

[Azumangaman]

Too many monies for me!

Besides, strangley enough, my system wants are like this:

1)Wii
2)XBOX360
3)PS3

Besides, like Gatts and Shimauma (and others) waiting is key. There are absolutley no tempting games for me right now (besides Tekken 6, MGS 4 and the eventual Ratchet/Clank update).

You know, said poster deletes said post just in case if someone really HAS a few screws loose and takes seriously.

[Puppet Master]

Honestly couldn't care less at the moment. The price is kind of a killer though if I really wanted one I could afford it. At the moment theres just no real incentive to ever get one so I'm going to take the wait and see approach for the future.

[WRX]

I got an X360 fairly early (~4/06) and sort of regretted it. In my opinion, only now is the platform getting to the point where there are enough *good* titles to make it really worth owning. I have to imagine it will take the PS3 a while to reach that point as well. The nutty price tag doesn't help matters either.

In the short term, the Wii actually presents more of a temptation to me because of it's interesting controller design and less extravagent price. Knowing me, I'll probably end up getting both at some point though. /images/graemlins/sweat000.gif

[GHardin]

My strategy? Pretend it didn't come out. Hell, with so few numbers for supply, it will be as if the damn thing didn't come out! /images/graemlins/sweat000.gif Then when I have money and the supply comes out, I'll think about it a little more. /images/graemlins/tongue.gif

Wait is the simple word for my strategy. I'll wait a few years. Hopefully the price will go down a bit by down. Hopefully newer less buggy models will be out. Hopefully a more established library of games will be out. Meanwhile I'll catch up on my PS1/PS2 backlog.

[Ty]

Perhaps in 2008. I admit there are some nice launch games, perhaps the best launch lineup ever and certainly better than what the 360 mustered. I don't have any faith in Sony's ability to bring a product to market without using it's first 3 million customers as beta testers though. I'll wait until they discover all the cooling issues and disc reading errors and bluetooth connectivity bugs and browser glitches before I plunk my money down on one. Owning a launch system fat PS2 I will admit it's always run proplerly (unlike most of it's brethren), but it's noisy and doesn't read dual-layer game DVDs properly because Sony decided to add that to the specifications AFTER they made a few million of them. Considering this is a really big first test of BluRay in addition to it being a new game console there's even more reason to be apprehensive.

[jecca-neko]

I'm waiting on a PS3 until price drop. Besides, there's no games coming out right now that I want.

[badasscat]

Gee, I wish the rest of the world was like you guys, or I'd actually be able to get my hands on a PS3.

Unfortunately, it seems the mass market has spoken, and the PS3's about as hard to attain now as the PS2 was at launch.

I will probably try to check out Circuit City at Union Square on the night of the 16th - they're supposedly getting 100 units to sell and 100 more to give away at midnight. I'm pretty confident that by the time I get there, though, there will be more than 100 people in line already. It's really my only hope of getting a system at launch, though. I'm not gonna go on a wild goose chase all over town.

[Gatts]

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Xcalibur said:
I admit there are some nice launch games, perhaps the best launch lineup ever

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I still feel the Dreamcast launch lineup was the best, but that's all personal opinion.

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Jeff Williams said:
Gee, I wish the rest of the world was like you guys, or I'd actually be able to get my hands on a PS3.

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Not everyone has patience. It also helps that there is only one launch game that I actually want to play and add to that fact that it's a game that will likely be in the bargain bins by July means I can afford to have more patience.

[lostnomad84]

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Xcalibur said:
I admit there are some nice launch games, perhaps the best launch lineup ever

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I still feel the Dreamcast launch lineup was the best, but that's all personal opinion.


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I agree. The Dreamcast's launch is what sold me on the system. Too bad Sega could not keep the momentum rolling with what they developed from launch or the Dreamcast might still be around today.

[juliant59]

I'm gonna try my best to get one at Launch. Probably hit K-Mart or Target or Sears or something like that. Wal Mart is a poss as well. If I don't get one, we'll then it's Wii and a DS Lite for me /images/graemlins/tongue.gif So either way I win /images/graemlins/happy.gif

[Soulblazer]

I am not even going to bother trying to get one until a decent RPG comes out on the system. Since I do not see one with a release date yet, that could be a while.

[ZenAmako]

I was in a Wal-Mart yesterday, and overheard some guys discussing their plans to get PS3s. The plan was to line up the night before, hope to get one of the 10-15 consoles Wal-Mart will receive, and then put it on eBay. It seems like a lot of people are going to be buying systems at launch just to make a tidy profit on eBay. I guess with PS3 reservations going for over $3000 on eBay, you can't blame them. But I'm not in that much of a hurry.

[Lego]

Speaking of the last option, god Sony's ads are horrible. I did like the Rubix cube one though, that was pretty good. While I own a PS2, and the majority of my current gen games are for the PS2, I won't be getting a PS3 till it drops down in price. I'd have to buy the 600 dollar system, a controller, a game or two and so on. So I'll sit back and see what happens.

[MilkyWay]

I found out at what late hour of the night the delivery truck supplies my local Wal-Mart with goods.

And I just got done concocting the ninja habit and finding some shurikens. Gonna get there every night on every coming day before launch just to be sure, the supplemental human casualties don't bother me. The early canadian winter cold does though, but oh well.

[SilverLuz]

Considering that I didn't buy a PS2 until early 2005... /images/graemlins/sweat200.gif I'll be waiting until the price comes down out of the stratosphere, and until there are at least 4-5 games that are 'must-haves' for me. I expect that combination won't happen before 2008, although Christmas '07 is a small possibility if the prices drop pretty aggressively. My backlog is enormous, and there are plenty of good games coming out for the systems I already have, so I'm in no hurry at all.

[Johnny]

Everyone knows my PS3 preorder woes so I'm not going to go into that but the end result is I have a 00.1% chance of one at launch.
I plan on finding someone in the US who is willing to buy and ship one to me at cost once they become freely available on store shelves.
I don't plan on waiting til March, but as it now seems (according to recent Phil Harrison interviews) Sony have finally laid the region free thing to rest stating categorically that all PS3 games will be region free, I may plump for a Euro console.

At the end of the day, I just don't know. I'm stressing enough over getting my 2 Wii's at launch (my stepdown arrived today so I'm prepared!). I'd love one but have accepted it'll likely be a while before getting my hands on one.

[lostnomad84]

There seems to be a creditable rumor going around (story here (http://www.neowin.net/index.php?act=view&id=36041)) that the PS3 shipments will be cut in half for North America. This is based on the quotes from EA and now from Best Buy insiders saying they will get only half of the expected shipment from Sony.

So now the chances of getting one in North America seemed to be half of what they were before. This comes as no surprise to me with what happened in Japan with cutting their shipment down.

[joelgundam01]

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Gatts said:
My strategy is to wait until next July. A simple yet complex strategy at the same time.

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That's what I'm doing. I'm waiting until next Spring or Summer before I buy mine.

That way, I know which launch titles to buy and the second generation titles, will be releasing out right around the corner.

[Zanza Hiro]

seems like most AoD'ers are gonna wait, sound plan. the idea of getting a PS3 at launch excites me but, realistically, it makes more sense to wait. i don't wanna do with the PS3 what I did what the Xbox360 and buy it, but not play it for months. heck, i only have 2 games for my 360, and haven't played it more than a couple times since i bought it -_-

whoever gets one at Launch, for sure remember to come to this thread and brag. oh, and post pics, so we can see how cool it is /images/graemlins/sdsmiley.gif

[Chacranajxy]

If I wanted a PS3, I'd probably pace back and forth outside of a store while carrying a knife. I'd have a jacket on, sunglasses, and one of those hats that the Russians wear. I guarantee that nobody would go near the store and a winner would be me.

Of course, I don't want a PS3 till Ninja Gaiden Sigma comes out... since it looks like the only good game that'll be out for the next 6 months is Ridge Racer 7.

Edit: Fixed the RR.

[ZhenJi]

I'll just wait. I'm too excited about the Wii to think about anything else. Also, the money is too much and the suply is not enough. That's just bad economics.

[Johnny]

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Chacranajxy said:

since it looks like the only good game that'll be out for the next 6 months is Ridge Racer 6.

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Of course, you mean RR 7 /images/graemlins/tongue.gif

I'd add Genji 2 and Motorstorm to that list though as that's what I had planned to pick up at launch.

[Azumangaman]

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since it looks like the only good game that'll be out for the next 6 months is Ridge Racer 6.

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Of course, you mean RR 7 /images/graemlins/tongue.gif

I'd add Genji 2 and Motorstorm to that list though as that's what I had planned to pick up at launch.

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Genji 2 got a 6.0 (oh snap! early PS3 reviews?!) on IGN.
Oh well. As stated before, I have more interest in the Wii and 360 at the moment. I went through PS3 launch titles and didn't find one that I must have. For current X360 titles, I found about 10 and Wii like 10-15 (Zelda and Metroid NOT being one of them)

[quenelf]

I wasn't initially interested in the PS3, but hearing that it's really quiet has increased my interest a bit. (That's one major reason why I was averse to monster-consoles; it's not the actual size, just the constant jet-engine fx.)

At present I also intend to wait for a price drop - not so much because I can't afford the console, I can, but given a couple of years, it might well also become easier to pick up a 16:9 1080p computer monitor with HDMI input that isn't ginormous (24", say) and doesn't suck (1:1 pixels).

Until then I'm sure Wii will be good enough for me /images/graemlins/happy.gif I just sold my GC (posted off the parcel today) so I'm all set. I expect to get a Wii as soon as there's reasonable supply in the US so that I can pick one up online, as mentioned in other thread. Hopefully before Christmas, but more realistically, it may be early next year.

--quen

[Johnny]

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quen said:
I wasn't initially interested in the PS3, but hearing that it's really quiet has increased my interest a bit. (That's one major reason why I was averse to monster-consoles; it's not the actual size, just the constant jet-engine fx.)



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It's good to hear as the 360 is pretty damn noisy. The only downside is that I hope a 3rd party cooling fan becomes available that is quiet. The 360 is loud but isn't too noisy, but when you attach an external fan to it (the Nyko one - they are planning on releasing a PS3 one) it becomes very noisy, drowing out the sound from the TV at low-mid range volume /images/graemlins/stunned0.gif

[Johnny]

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Azumangaman said:
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johnny said:
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Chacranajxy said:

since it looks like the only good game that'll be out for the next 6 months is Ridge Racer 6.

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Of course, you mean RR 7 /images/graemlins/tongue.gif

I'd add Genji 2 and Motorstorm to that list though as that's what I had planned to pick up at launch.

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Genji 2 got a 6.0 (oh snap! early PS3 reviews?!) on IGN.

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IGN or any other website have never dictated my taste in games so I couldn't really care less.

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I went through PS3 launch titles and didn't find one that I must have. For current X360 titles, I found about 10

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If you're going to pick up a 360, now is the time to do it. I'm not sure of your exact gaming tastes but the future (especially if you're an importer with access to Japanese titles) is looking very rosy indeed - Gears of War, Sonic, Blue Dragon, Chikyuu Boueigun 3, Oneechanbara Vortex, Winning Eleven 10, The Idolm@ster and my most anticipated 360 game, Lost Planet, are all (IMO anyway) very good reasons to go 360 ASAP.

[Azumangaman]

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Azumangaman said:
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johnny said:
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Chacranajxy said:

since it looks like the only good game that'll be out for the next 6 months is Ridge Racer 6.

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Of course, you mean RR 7 /images/graemlins/tongue.gif

I'd add Genji 2 and Motorstorm to that list though as that's what I had planned to pick up at launch.

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Genji 2 got a 6.0 (oh snap! early PS3 reviews?!) on IGN.

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IGN or any other website have never dictated my taste in games so I couldn't really care less.

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I went through PS3 launch titles and didn't find one that I must have. For current X360 titles, I found about 10

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If you're going to pick up a 360, now is the time to do it. I'm not sure of your exact gaming tastes but the future (especially if you're an importer with access to Japanese titles) is looking very rosy indeed - Gears of War, Sonic, Blue Dragon, Chikyuu Boueigun 3, Oneechanbara Vortex, Winning Eleven 10, The Idolm@ster and my most anticipated 360 game, Lost Planet, are all (IMO anyway) very good reasons to go 360 ASAP.

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They all sound neat. I'm dying to be able to play games like DOA4, Dead Rising, Gears of War, Biohazard and some games you mentioned. Looks like its becoming a system chock-full of promise. I'll be looking into one for sure this holiday season.

[Magus427]

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ZhenJi said:
I'll just wait. I'm too excited about the Wii to think about anything else. Also, the money is too much and the suply is not enough. That's just bad economics.

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Oh please, you know all you have to do is walk up to some guy that just purchased one and ask for it. I'm sure they'd hand it right over to you, especially since you look so cute now with your tan. /images/graemlins/wink.gif

-Magus

[quenelf]

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johnny said:
It's good to hear as the 360 is pretty damn noisy. The only downside is that I hope a 3rd party cooling fan becomes available that is quiet.


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Well, hang on here. If Sony have correctly engineered the PS3 (and MS had correctly engineered the X360) then there should be no benefit in external cooling fans. The console should be specified to correctly operate at full load in all normal temperatures, which means as long as you don't live in a desert country or put it inside a cabinet or something stupid like that, it should be fine. I know there are some doubts about the MS system and many initial models overheated, but that might not be the case with PS3 as it probably uses lower-power parts (Cell should be quite power-efficient, and Nvidia graphics chips often use less power than comparable ATI ones) and has a larger case into the bargain with more ventilation holes; wait and see. I know Sony don't exactly have a great reputation for reliability in their consoles, but MS fucked up pretty badly even by those standards (with initial batches of X360), so it's a bit early to consider PS3 as more of the same.

PS3 really needed to be quiet because it's a Blu-ray player and noise during quiet, emotional parts of films is *hideously* annoying. Nobody is going to use X360 as a DVD player so it didn't matter that much except for people who are anal about noise (like me). I guess now they have the HD-DVD addon, well...

--quen

[kamillebidan]

I have connections. And by connections I mean I have 3 close friends that work at Gamestop, and an immediate family member that works at Sony.

I'm sure I'll find some way to get one.

[Johnny]

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quen said:

Well, hang on here. If Sony have correctly engineered the PS3 (and MS had correctly engineered the X360) then there should be no benefit in external cooling fans.

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No, I know. It's just me being anal /images/graemlins/wink.gif

[Johnny]

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Azumangaman said:

They all sound neat. I'm dying to be able to play games like DOA4, Dead Rising, Gears of War, Biohazard and some games you mentioned.

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Yeah, you need Dead Rising right now. It's that good. Actually, this gives me an idea for a post...

[indigo0086]

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quen said:
PS3 really needed to be quiet because it's a Blu-ray player and noise during quiet, emotional parts of films is *hideously* annoying. Nobody is going to use X360 as a DVD player so it didn't matter that much except for people who are anal about noise (like me). I guess now they have the HD-DVD addon, well...

--quen

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When the 360 is in DVD mode it doesn't make a sound.

I also think you pulled most of your post out of your...immediate vicinity.

[pchan3k]

Yeah, I'm still on the fence on this one in that the console is still all about the games and not many of them jump out at me. There's Call of Duty 3, but that's available on other systems. Hmm,...maybe Resistance, Fall of Man, but not much else grabs my attention. Lair, Metal Gear 4 and FF XIII look awesome but not launch titles. The cost wouldn't drop done too much in 1 year, they're already taking a hit with the blue ray aspect of it, but there would be enough to go around by then. I guess I'm really anal about the cooling thing with the Xbox 360 as well, I let you all know how noisy that Nyko fan attachment is like, I have it being shipped to me. They seem to be following the same strategy as the Xbox and they'll have more units available (try to hit 1 million, still won't be enough) before Christmas to get those extra sales in there. Ugh, It would suck hard (we're talking harder than a black hole-hard) to wait and not get one /images/graemlins/cry00000.gif. I guess get there early or just wait and play all my backlog of games anyway. /images/graemlins/catgirl0.gif

[Zanza Hiro]

holy crap, are 3 people actually waiting right now or did 3 people vote as a joke?

if 3 AoD'ers are actually in line at this very moment, kudo's, that is insane dedication /images/graemlins/stunned0.gif

i like gaming but, i'll buy the PS3 when i can walk into a store at a time of my choosing and pick it off the rack, no hurry

[treatment]

dunno if this has been posted already, but ...

PS3 lines already forming in America (http://www.videogamesblogger.com/2006/11/08/ps3-lines-already-forming-in-america.htm)

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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.

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Yeah. I wondered )and am still wondering) about that, too. Don't these people have jobs and stuff?

[vegeta11]

I'll be outside best buy too, but not till next thursday. 9 days is just absurd. But, I'll waste 25.5 hours of my life to get my hands on one at launch.

[Johnny]

For any of you non-Europeans, Playasia actually have the 20Gig version in stock and ready to ship. (http://www.play-asia.com/paOS-14-71-bo-49-en.html)
It's more than the retail price, but I'd definitely be snapping one of these up if they'd ship them to me.

Just a thought, considering Yesasia are charging two grand for a 60Gig version.

[lostnomad84]

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johnny said:
For any of you non-Europeans, Playasia actually have the 20Gig version in stock and ready to ship. (http://www.play-asia.com/paOS-14-71-bo-49-en.html)
It's more than the retail price, but I'd definitely be snapping one of these up if they'd ship them to me.

Just a thought, considering Yesasia are charging two grand for a 60Gig version.

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It is still a high price to pay, but if definitely better than e-bay prices.

[Zanza Hiro]

omfg, hahaha, i asked this to myself like a dozen times!

i mean, i am a twenty one yr old student with no real job, so i can kinda afford to take a week off to line up. but in the youtube clips, these look like middle aged businessmen! how do they take 7 days off work to line up??? /images/graemlins/sdsmiley.gif

[Rhodes]

Paid sick leave... they have to be mental to wait in line for 9+ days.

[Zanza Hiro]

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Rhodes said:
Paid sick leave... they have to be mental to wait in line for 9+ days.

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oh, ok. seems pretty risky but i guess these gamers are hardcore. let's hope they don't get sick anytime soon, tho gaming into the wee hrs of the morning doesn't leave your immune system that pleased /images/graemlins/sdsmiley.gif

i wonder if any1 on AoD is waiting for 7+ days for a console. if so, i'd be very interested in a blog/journal of the experience, i think it would make for interesting reading /images/graemlins/catgirl0.gif

[quenelf]

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indigo0086 said:
Nobody is going to use X360 as a DVD player so it didn't matter that much except for people who are anal about noise (like me).


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When the 360 is in DVD mode it doesn't make a sound.

I also think you pulled most of your post out of your...immediate vicinity.

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Most of the post was saying that I have a problem with excessively noisy devices and am more inclined to buy one that's quiet... do you have an issue with me having an issue on that? /images/graemlins/happy.gif Because trust me, I do. My old PC is noisy and it's annoying as fuck for watching DVDs - when I had to use it for that, I exclusively watched using closed-back headphones that cut out the sound. One major reason for buying my current computer is that it's much quieter (and I was actually considering a choice between the Mac Mini I eventually ended up with, which is not too noisy, and a fanless, silent PC... noisier options weren't on the table).

I stand corrected on the 360 DVD thing, although I do wonder whether it might make more noise playing HD-DVDs since that's rather more computationally challenging. Maybe they've managed to keep it quiet for that, though.

--quen

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Rhodes said:
Paid sick leave... they have to be mental to wait in line for 9+ days.

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On that note it would be rather sad if the people waiting in line for that long all suddenly fainted only a few minutes before the store opened. Then while they're all out cold a person suddenly comes in the store and buys the only PS3 there. /images/graemlins/sdsmiley.gif Actually I think that's what would happen to me if I tried to camp out for a new system. I'd fall asleep only moments before the store opens and I'd wake up to find I'm too late.

[stfram]

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Yuzu Hieda said:
Then while they're all out cold a person suddenly comes in the store and buys the only PS3 there.


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Your prediction could be close...they may only have one to sell.

"Sorry guys, that's it until after Christmas. But we did get in a new shipment of Wii's and 360 Premium packs.."

[Johnny]

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lostnomad84 said:
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johnny said:
For any of you non-Europeans, Playasia actually have the 20Gig version in stock and ready to ship. (http://www.play-asia.com/paOS-14-71-bo-49-en.html)
It's more than the retail price, but I'd definitely be snapping one of these up if they'd ship them to me.

Just a thought, considering Yesasia are charging two grand for a 60Gig version.

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It is still a high price to pay, but if definitely better than e-bay prices.

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I sent them a cheeky email asking if they could by any chance help out a long time Euro customer (I've dropped thousands at that store over the years) but unfortunately they can't /images/graemlins/cry00000.gif

[Johnny]

I don't suppose anyone has read/heard any official confirmation yet on the power supply needed for the PS3?
I've sourced a Japanese one that I'm about to buy but don't really want to buy another (£50) stepdown as I have a 300w one but it may not be enough...

[DiGiKerot]

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johnny said:
I don't suppose anyone has read/heard any official confirmation yet on the power supply needed for the PS3?
I've sourced a Japanese one that I'm about to buy but don't really want to buy another (£50) stepdown as I have a 300w one but it may not be enough...

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I'm under the impression that it's running at around 380watts. I think this information was sourced from a Q&A from the Sony Japan website originally, so I guess it must be true.

Good on you sourcing a console. I do think you are crazy, but good on you for sticking it to Da Man (or something) /images/graemlins/catgirl0.gif

[Johnny]

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DiGiKerot said:
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johnny said:
I don't suppose anyone has read/heard any official confirmation yet on the power supply needed for the PS3?
I've sourced a Japanese one that I'm about to buy but don't really want to buy another (£50) stepdown as I have a 300w one but it may not be enough...

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I'm under the impression that it's running at around 380watts. I think this information was sourced from a Q&A from the Sony Japan website originally, so I guess it must be true.

Good on you sourcing a console. I do think you are crazy, but good on you for sticking it to Da Man (or something) /images/graemlins/catgirl0.gif

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Yeah that's what I'd heard. So I'll need a 500w or so stepdown /images/graemlins/depresse.gif
Man you've no idea how much I just want to buy this but the price, although not that bad, is pretty steep and there's been no 100% region free announcement from those who actually own the console yet.

Then again, it is a fucking PS3! /images/graemlins/catgirl0.gif

[DiGiKerot]

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johnny said:
Man you've no idea how much I just want to buy this but the price, although not that bad, is pretty steep and there's been no 100% region free announcement from those who actually own the console yet.


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There's no way for them to test the region free until US consoles and software are out.

Out of curiosity, how much are you going to end up paying for it?

[Johnny]

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DiGiKerot said:
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johnny said:
Man you've no idea how much I just want to buy this but the price, although not that bad, is pretty steep and there's been no 100% region free announcement from those who actually own the console yet.


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There's no way for them to test the region free until US consoles and software are out.

Out of curiosity, how much are you going to end up paying for it?

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Including stepdown? £800.

Fuck it, I just bought it. I don't care about money (nor will I be caring about food for the foreseeable future /images/graemlins/sweat000.gif) anymore /images/graemlins/catgirl0.gif /images/graemlins/sweat000.gif All being well I should have a nice shiny new PS3 and Ridge Racer 7 in a couple of days /images/graemlins/sdsmiley.gif

[MalrocK]

the "I already preordered one from EBGames when they did their 5 minute preorder thing"?

[Leon_Belmont]

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johnny said:
Man you've no idea how much I just want to buy this but the price, although not that bad, is pretty steep and there's been no 100% region free announcement from those who actually own the console yet.


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There's no way for them to test the region free until US consoles and software are out.

Out of curiosity, how much are you going to end up paying for it?

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Including stepdown? £800.

Fuck it, I just bought it. I don't care about money (nor will I be caring about food for the foreseeable future /images/graemlins/sweat000.gif) anymore /images/graemlins/catgirl0.gif /images/graemlins/sweat000.gif All being well I should have a nice shiny new PS3 and Ridge Racer 7 in a couple of days /images/graemlins/sdsmiley.gif

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lol, i knew the temptation would be too much for you /images/graemlins/wink.gif

Ecost.com has em for $800. Don't know how long though.

[Johnny]

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johnny said:
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DiGiKerot said:
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johnny said:
Man you've no idea how much I just want to buy this but the price, although not that bad, is pretty steep and there's been no 100% region free announcement from those who actually own the console yet.


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There's no way for them to test the region free until US consoles and software are out.

Out of curiosity, how much are you going to end up paying for it?

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Including stepdown? £800.

Fuck it, I just bought it. I don't care about money (nor will I be caring about food for the foreseeable future /images/graemlins/sweat000.gif) anymore /images/graemlins/catgirl0.gif /images/graemlins/sweat000.gif All being well I should have a nice shiny new PS3 and Ridge Racer 7 in a couple of days /images/graemlins/sdsmiley.gif

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lol, i knew the temptation would be too much for you /images/graemlins/wink.gif



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Haha yeah, I wasn't fooling anyone by saying I was prepared to wait, was I?

Anyway, I didn't expect to have to turn to eBay but I'm fairly happy with the price I paid and the seller wasn't charging a rediculous (by my admittedly skewed logic) amount like £1000 or something.

[Zanza Hiro]

oh sweet Sanji, you're getting a PS3? nice, now i won't have to go line up for one and send you it /images/graemlins/sdsmiley.gif

i'm gonna drive by the big Futureshop near my house later this week and actually see if there are any campers. as high demand as the PS3 is, i can't see people doing it, there just doesn't seem be that many crazy gamers where i live. heck, when the DS Lite and FFXII came out, like a hundred copies just sat on the shelf for days

[Johnny]

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oh sweet Sanji, you're getting a PS3? nice, now i won't have to go line up for one and send you it /images/graemlins/sdsmiley.gif



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Haha yeah, I bet you're all disappointed now /images/graemlins/wink.gif
But I'm not getting all super-excited until the day it arrives. It just seems to good to be true at the moment.

[UsadaHikaru]

"Interested, but I'll wait till the hype goes down and supply goes up."

That seems about right for me. It's the only next-gen system I'll be getting and if its like the PS/PS2 it'll last a good 6/7 years. So I'll most likely be picking mine up early 2008. The PS2 still has good stuff coming, not to mention some older stuff I still need to pick up so I'm good to go until then.

[O-chan]

Okay, here my whole stance on the PS3. I WILL get one, but... HELL no I'm not getting one now. It's too much money and honestly the Wii has a LOT more going for it on it's launch than the PS3 does.

O-chan

[Helschadenfreude]

is anyone camping right now? I know people posted and said they were wasting their life on it. My roommate already went to 24hr walmart to camp out..... /images/graemlins/sweat000.gif He's only doing it to sell it on ebay. :sigh: