Ps3 pre order crazyness

clessoulis · Post by **clessoulis** » Tue Oct 10, 2006 3:31 pm

Eb and gamestop started there ps3 pre orders today.
The store opens at 10am
PS3 preorders where filled at 10:01 at all 9 locations within my 50 miles distance.

ReRuss · Post by **ReRuss** » Tue Oct 10, 2006 3:35 pm

Crazy...

Wonder if it'll be like the 360 preorders , and some people will have to wait a week or two

clessoulis · Post by **clessoulis** » Tue Oct 10, 2006 3:40 pm

Shit people are already selling there pre orders for upwards of $300.

Louis Cypher · Post by **Louis Cypher** » Tue Oct 10, 2006 4:42 pm

ReRuss wrote:Crazy...

Wonder if it'll be like the 360 preorders , and some people will have to wait a week or two

Try a month or four.

blackmyst · Post by **blackmyst** » Wed Oct 11, 2006 1:57 am

Well of course, what did you expect. The American public is possibly even more brainwashed by the Playstation brand's thug gangsta image than the Japanese are by Final Fantasy.

It's like that one Sony exec said, they're going to sell the first 5 million or so even if it had no games.

snkcube · Post by **snkcube** » Wed Oct 11, 2006 2:58 am

blackmyst wrote:It's like that one Sony exec said, they're going to sell the first 5 million or so even if it had no games.

That's so true. It kind of reminds me of the PSP (well, when it came out).

Lizking · Post by **Lizking** » Wed Oct 11, 2006 4:05 am

Lets hope Wii preorders aren't crazy like that.

sweener2001 · Post by **sweener2001** » Wed Oct 11, 2006 4:57 am

there won't be a shortage of wiis.

snkcube · Post by **snkcube** » Wed Oct 11, 2006 9:42 am

Lizking wrote:Lets hope Wii preorders aren't crazy like that.

http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/2006100 ... uction.htm

ReRuss · Post by **ReRuss** » Wed Oct 11, 2006 7:02 pm

I hope I get a Wii once they launch , unfortunatly I can't work for a while since I have "class 2 whiplash" , but if all goes well my chiropractic crap will be done thanksgiving week

AntoineWG · Post by **AntoineWG** » Wed Oct 11, 2006 7:59 pm

EB and GameStop held off preorders until Sony confirmed how many PS3's they were getting. They wanted to avoid a repeat of the 360 fiasco. If the history of major console launches tells us anything, though, there will be shortages for months while the units reach 4x their retail price at auction and I hope to God that Walmart won't allow people to put them on layaway until Christmas like they did with the PS2.

I still think the Wii60 bundle is a better bet, though. I can get 2 consoles for the price of 1. I'll be pursuing a Wii on launch day. Hopefully I can get off work early (like 11pm) and there isn't a line at Walmart. Blew-Ray doesn't really look any better than DVD yet anyways.

Does anybody else think it's odd that the Japanese release date for the Wii is after the US launch date?

sweener2001 · Post by **sweener2001** » Thu Oct 12, 2006 7:38 am

i watched a sample video of blu-ray, and it kicks dvd's butt. hard.

the films that they're releasing weren't filmed in hi-def, so that's why there really isn't a difference.

once you get a film that was made in hi-def, like the new star wars, it will be like night and day.

casualsax3 · Post by **casualsax3** » Thu Oct 12, 2006 5:51 pm

AntoineWG wrote:Blew-Ray

clever

funkyass · Post by **funkyass** » Thu Oct 12, 2006 6:59 pm

sweener2001 wrote:i watched a sample video of blu-ray, and it kicks dvd's butt. hard.

the films that they're releasing weren't filmed in hi-def, so that's why there really isn't a difference.

once you get a film that was made in hi-def, like the new star wars, it will be like night and day.

A lot of films filmed were filmed on film. They are hi-def, the studios are just too lazy to do the work.

IIRC only a handful of comercial movies were shot in digital since the phantom meanace.

Once Paramount releases the remastered Star Trek on disc, I might consider a hi-def player, on crappy-assed standard tv they look mighty good.

AntoineWG · Post by **AntoineWG** » Thu Oct 12, 2006 7:03 pm

sweener2001 wrote:i watched a sample video of blu-ray, and it kicks dvd's butt. hard.

the films that they're releasing weren't filmed in hi-def, so that's why there really isn't a difference.

once you get a film that was made in hi-def, like the new star wars, it will be like night and day.

Notice I ised the word "yet" in my post. Yes, it is a technically superior format, kinda like DVD was superior to VHS back in the late 90's, but many DVD releases were rips from VHS tapes or laserdisc and looked like ass. That and there's not enough material available on the new formats. The hi-def formats are going through the same transition.

Also, I already own a 360, which was expensive enough. I'm not going to drop $600 on a Blu-Ray player that just happens to play games too. If anything, I'll get a Wii and eventually, assuming it catches on, an HD-DVD drive for the 360.

And I didn't come up with "Blew-Ray". It was in one of the more clever comments on slasdot last week.[/i]

Lizking · Post by **Lizking** » Thu Oct 12, 2006 7:43 pm

snkcube wrote:
Lizking wrote:Lets hope Wii preorders aren't crazy like that.
http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/2006100 ... uction.htm

yes, i've seen that, but will demand for the Wii be 4x the demand for the PS3? just because there's a larger number of Wiis than PS3s, doesn't mean there won't be a shortage.

either way, I'm probably gonna be sitting outside gamecrazy at 6am tomorrow morning, as thats when several stores will start taking pre-orders.

sweener2001 · Post by **sweener2001** » Thu Oct 12, 2006 7:53 pm

AntoineWG wrote:
sweener2001 wrote:i watched a sample video of blu-ray, and it kicks dvd's butt. hard.

the films that they're releasing weren't filmed in hi-def, so that's why there really isn't a difference.

once you get a film that was made in hi-def, like the new star wars, it will be like night and day.
Notice I ised the word "yet" in my post. Yes, it is a technically superior format, kinda like DVD was superior to VHS back in the late 90's, but many DVD releases were rips from VHS tapes or laserdisc and looked like ass. That and there's not enough material available on the new formats. The hi-def formats are going through the same transition.

Also, I already own a 360, which was expensive enough. I'm not going to drop $600 on a Blu-Ray player that just happens to play games too. If anything, I'll get a Wii and eventually, assuming it catches on, an HD-DVD drive for the 360.

And I didn't come up with "Blew-Ray". It was in one of the more clever comments on slasdot last week.[/i]

i suppose that word did slip by during my read. i blame the board stupids.

kode54 · Post by **kode54** » Fri Oct 13, 2006 2:22 pm

Obligatory link, hurr.

Clements · Post by **Clements** » Fri Oct 13, 2006 8:14 pm

darkbenny · Post by **darkbenny** » Fri Oct 13, 2006 8:39 pm

Clements wrote:

haha

sweet