PS3 Lines Already Forming In America

Wowzer writes "Nine days until Sony's PlayStation 3 launches in America, and lines are already forming. From the article: "Someone went to Best Buy this morning and saw about 7 people waiting outside. He went inside and one of the workers told him that they had been there since Monday. It must be a tough job being such big PS3 fans and being the butt of many passer-by jokes like 'Where is the line for PS4? Is it on the other side?'"

Jokes?

[onion2k]

It must be a tough job being such big PS3 fans and being the bud of many passer-by jokes like 'Where is the line for PS4? Is it on the other side?'

I'm not a fan of the PS3, and I'd find it tough to listen to a 'joke' like that.

dept.

[Halo1]

from the get-a-life dept.

Says the Slashdot editor...

Battered spouse syndrome writ large

[Anonymous Coward]

So, Sony sells CDs full of malware, sues grandmothers and kids, sends checks to various US Congressmen stapled to drafts of anti-consumer laws to be introduced by them, and I'm supposed to line up at 4 AM to give them money.

Cool stuff you can do for $600:
- Buy a bike
- Rent a decent sports car for a couple of days
- Take a plane trip to just about anywhere
- All-day shopping spree at a huge bookstore
- Adopt a starving Brungarian refugee
- Join a health club
- Take professional-development classes
- Many things involving girls

Dumbass stuff you can do with $600:
- Donate to the Cowboy Neal Retirement Fund
- Give it to Sony
- ...?

Microsoft should buy all 200000, then trash them

[cheekyboy]

Not too costly, and it would really dent the ps3 games market, but thats just plain really evil,
maybe all employees will buy 1 each and use them for blueray, and nothing else.

Massive demand...

[Weedlekin]

Wow, a queue with seven people in it! That must have wound its way for at least two dozen feet from the front of the store, or even more if some of them were fat. If this sort of massive demand keeps up, people might have to wait in line for five or even ten minutes to get a PS/2, so buy yours before Christmas to avoid gigantic lines with ten or even a dozen people in them. You know it makes sense!

F'ing idiots...

[tktk]

I just can't believe they're going to wait in line for this long and sincerely hope that this is a hoax.

I'd actually have more respect for these people if they said they'd be at home and masturbating continuously for the next 10 days.

Take a pic on launch day...

[heli0]

... I want to see the look on the faces of the last 3 when they find out the store only has 4 units.

"Someone went to Best Buy this morning and saw about 7 people waiting outside."

bud of jokes

[carou]

It must be a tough job being such big PS3 fans and being the bud of many passer-by jokes like 'Where is the line for PS4? Is it on the other side?'"

Now is this a difference between the English and American languages, or can TFA not spell? On this side of the pond we'd talk about the butt of the joke.

(and then have a cup of tea).

Cunning Plan

[giafly]

By sleeping outside Best Buy for a week, instead of paying for Hotel rooms, these guys are saving enough money that their Play Stations are in effect free. They're not so dumb.

If only...

[Zorque]

I hope they get inside on the launch date only to find out the store's entire stock has been pre-ordered. On another note, what kind of lines have there been for past consoles? There's a tremendous amount of hype (good and bad) going on about the PS3, and I'm sure it's affected interest, but how much?

But mom, I want it now! Ok, poopykins.

[dangitman]

Was Eric cartman in the line, or is he still waiting for Wii?

You insensitive clods

[NeoManyon]

In my town we only have four people... and we are still waitng for the PS1

What are the queuing rules?

[Mostly a lurker]

Is it OK for you and a friend to take turns keeping a position in the line? If not, would you lose your place simply by going for a pee?

If the answers to the above are "no" and "yes, the mind boggles. I have visions of someone in adult diapers for 10 days, unable to go for a shower. When the store finally opens on the big day, he smells so awful that the store bars him entry.

and yet...

[Anonymous Coward]

You can walk into shops in America and pick up semi-automatics without queueing a minute!

I understand now...

[Kartoch]

"He went inside and one of the workers told him that they had been there since Monday."

A lot of republican voters are in PS3 lines, which would explain the recent results in american politic...

Begging to get mugged?

[Anonymous Coward]

Several people with enough money to buy a PS3 alone at night?