Shogmaster
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Anybody seen any 360 lines at store yet?
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Are you trying to convince them or yourself?
FallenOne666
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Any news about the line status for the Midtown, NY Bestbuy?
DaCocoBrova
Finally bought a new PSP, but then pushed the demon onto someone else. Jesus.
The midtown BB isn't line friendly at all. I hate the layout of that place.
I don't need convincing.Shogmaster said:
Look, I can understand the waiting-in-line-early phenomenon to some extent...but not for games. I lost MANY hours of sleep in my younger days waking up insanely early to wait in line for concert tickets. But, that was for something which was a TRULY limited commodity -- there were only a few seats in the venue, and in most cases, the band only came through once. (Similar logic would apply to something like getting good seats for the Tournament of Roses parade.) I can ALMOST understand the "first showing" movie phenomenon, but only to a point. Getting to a theater a couple of hours early on opening night and hanging out with friends while in line? Reasonable. Sitting out in front of a theater WEEKS ahead of a premiere? Crazy.
This system will be around for years, and although I was being somewhat flip, it really WILL be a long time before the library grows significantly. It's an odd set of urgency that people have about this launch.
DaCocoBrova
Finally bought a new PSP, but then pushed the demon onto someone else. Jesus.
Well, I don't know... Maybe because this is a videogame forum?
I dunno.
Mercury Fred
Banned
I'm curious about this too. They're getting 126 pro units and 40 cores. I'm hoping the predicted rain comes and gets rid of the line so I can come in around 10:30.FallenOne666 said:
Any NYCers have alternate plans if midtown sells out before you get one?
FallenOne666
Banned
Mercury Fred said:
Just called, there's a line but the Customer Service lady could not give me a good approximation, since she had not looked outside in awhile. She said there were "way more than 20" a couple of hours ago.
Mercury Fred
Banned
Ah thanks. Well, no midtown at midnight for me.FallenOne666 said:
dskillzhtown
keep your strippers out of my American football
DopeyFish said:
Not sure where you were during the PS2 launch, at the Best Buy we were at, if you weren't there atleast 8 hours before opening you were getting anything.
dskillzhtown said:
i wasn't in line for anything. But there were like 5 people i know that only went 3 hours before launch for their kids and all scored systems. Not sure what store they went to, though.
360 will be my first line, and honestly wal-mart and best buy aren't helping anything by being elusive asshats
I waited in line for 18 hours for the PS2.
I waited in line for around 6 hours for the GCN.
Won't wait in line for the X360. Will probably buy one 4-12 months down the road.
Won't wait in line for the PS3 unless it is NOT $500 or it has some life changing game launching with it that isn't MGS4. Will probably buy one later if I don't at launch.
Will PROBABLY wait in line for the Revolution, unless it launches with a completely craptastic software lineup. If the launch lineup sucks, well.. I won't have much faith in Nintendo to pull it around. Long live handhelds.
I waited in line for around 6 hours for the GCN.
Won't wait in line for the X360. Will probably buy one 4-12 months down the road.
Won't wait in line for the PS3 unless it is NOT $500 or it has some life changing game launching with it that isn't MGS4. Will probably buy one later if I don't at launch.
Will PROBABLY wait in line for the Revolution, unless it launches with a completely craptastic software lineup. If the launch lineup sucks, well.. I won't have much faith in Nintendo to pull it around. Long live handhelds.
Error Macro
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JAYSUS
Waiting in line for that long is simply unfathomable to me. However, in the past couple of years I've developed some serious social anxiety disorder, or some shit like that... I can't wait in long lines. Panic attacks and such. Oh well. I waited for about three hours for the GC launch. That was the only time I ever did that for a console.
What really fries me is that I've heard that employees from stores around here are getting/paying their friends and parents to wait in line for them tomorrow morning. I'll be mad if I lose out getting a system because the line was filled with ringers.
Waiting in line for that long is simply unfathomable to me. However, in the past couple of years I've developed some serious social anxiety disorder, or some shit like that... I can't wait in long lines. Panic attacks and such. Oh well. I waited for about three hours for the GC launch. That was the only time I ever did that for a console.
What really fries me is that I've heard that employees from stores around here are getting/paying their friends and parents to wait in line for them tomorrow morning. I'll be mad if I lose out getting a system because the line was filled with ringers.
Stopped by the WalMart closest to my work place, by the Doral area in Miami. There is already 7 people waiting in the line and they only have 14 premium and more of the core systems.
I'm heading to the Best Buy at Dadeland Station after work to see how many people are already in the line. If there is too many people, I guess I will have to wait for Circuit City, because the CompUSA near by Dadeland only got 4 premiums in stock :-(
I'm heading to the Best Buy at Dadeland Station after work to see how many people are already in the line. If there is too many people, I guess I will have to wait for Circuit City, because the CompUSA near by Dadeland only got 4 premiums in stock :-(
ManaByte
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DarienA said:
Yea, same thing for me. I was going to camp out tonight for one, but there honestly isn't anything I want to play on it this year to justify spending $400 right now when there are a bunch of PS2, PSP, and DS games I want to play this year. At launch the only 100% exclusive game I'm interested in is PGR3. The other games I can get on other consoles/PC if I want (and I already got NFS on PS2 and will get Kong tomorrow) and as good as PGR3 may be it isn't worth $460 to me.
Down the line I want Gears of War, Halo 3, Too Human, Dead Rising, and RE5 but by the time those are out the console will be easier to get.
truffleshuffle83
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DopeyFish said:
exactly, im hoping to just sell my place in line for 150 and not have to deal with the hassles of ebay
in the PS2 line there was a thought. Someone in line would charge each person behind him $1-5 to cut in front of him (there were 150 people in line at the best buy for it). If he got, say, 75 people back, that could be as much as $375 he collects from his endeavor. Now go up to the front of the line and offer the first person $375 to be first in line. Of course the outrage when people find out they essentially paid $5 for nothing would be huge...DopeyFish said:
Aika'svyse
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Yeah but if it rains or something they could use it to clean dirt off their shoes with.bitwise said:
truffleshuffle83
Banned
DopeyFish said:
dopey if your serious about the ipod video ill sell you my premium system at cost plus the ipod, thats what i planned on getting with my profit anyways
CosmicGroinPull
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Xenon said:
:lol
krypt0nian
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WOW I guess the mainstream press is right.....360 = BOMBA.
Dumbass fucks! :lol
Dumbass fucks! :lol
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