My thoughts on…the release of the PS3
It’s that time of year again. The time when pasty fanboys, like the groundhog on Groundhog Day, rise out of their “holes” (mother’s basements) and assemble in front of retail stores, eagerly awaiting the release of the newest console. Armed with lounge chairs, tents, ice chests and many, many bags of Doritos, these brave warriors of the gaming world would let neither sleet, nor hail, nor dark of night would stop them from getting their hands on the coveted console. I covered the launch of the Xbox 360 last year around this time. It was outrageous, but nowhere on the scale of the PS3’s launch. Things have gotten much harder for geeks. I mean, having politicians trying to cut front of you, being shot, dislocating your jaw after running into a pole and rioting is a heck of a lot to endure for gaming system. Three 6 Mafia needs to change its song, ’cause it’s hard out there for a geek. Just ask Angel Paredes, the first to buy a PS3 in the U.S. He waited four days and endured heavy rains.
And if you think that’s bad, wait till you see what they’re going for on EBay! It’s crazy! The cheapest one I’ve seen was for $2,000. Way to make use of the college tuition Mom. Screw the stock market! Next gen consoles are the hot new investment! With all this prices, I can’t help thinking that Sony is behind these outrageous prices, anonymously selling them on auction sites to make super profit or to make it seem to the general public that if $600 really isn’t all that much. What happened to the days when all it took to be a gamer was a handful of tokens and fast twitch muscles? All this kicks off the rampant commercialism of Christmas. Yay Santa! Swoop down in your sleigh and take my hard earned money like the fat bastard you are. I really don’t see the point of all this. Are the bragging rights to a PS3 really worth thousands of dollars? Are the collective “Wow”s of your fellow fanboys really worth that much? And the worst part is many of these consoles have bugs in them, and there aren’t many games out for it, most of which will be released next year. Despite this rampant retardation, there are still sensible people out there. The folks at SmashMyPS3.com has decided to fight this stupidity, and smash a brand new PS3 with a sledgehammer in front of all the fanboys. To see the look on their faces, click here. Well, on to the Wii.
well the ps3 is a 3 core 3mhz custom computer. they say that sony is losing 2 hundreds dollars a system so that they can sell it for 600. ITs worth the money. The hugh crazy demand is mostly because sony rushed its release date and didn’t manufactor enough systems for a good release. Supply and demand issues arise from such a case.
One guy on 1up said that hes buying a ps3 to sell it back so that he can buy a plasma screen for his xbox 360. As for myself I don’t buy new consoles, old consoles/games are cheap on the pocket now.
“The hugh crazy demand is mostly because sony rushed its release date and didn’t manufactor enough systems for a good release.”
A marketing ploy to fool the consumer,I’m just surprised the consumer is still falling for it.
Supply and demand is whatever Sony deems necessary to drive the price up - it’s all coorporate manipulation.
Ha! Remember the Tickle Me Elmo debacle?? Sony couldn’t pay for this kind of free advertising caused by the media hype.
I have never and will never buy a console upon release. when the kinks are ironed out then maybe.. i know there gonna be crazy crashes..
as for the price i’ld never pay 600 for any console i wish i lived where it launched though i’ld join that line very ealry adn sell my space for like 600 as in if i was at the front of the line. matter of fact i could sell it for 1k even cuase the systems were limited.
An overpriced monstrosity that I will ultimately get in a couple of years when the price drops. Until then I may curve my appetite with the Wii or 360.