What are your plans for making sure you get a PS3 friday?

Teal · Post by **Teal** » Fri Nov 17, 2006 7:52 pm

I say the whole shebang is damn dumb myself. Standing in some line for a system you won't get unless you're lucky, getting all hot and bothered about a videogame system...none of it makes a damn lick of sense.

I like to play games, but I don't worry about it that much...it's just my opinion, but it's a strong one.

Rodster · Post by **Rodster** » Fri Nov 17, 2006 7:57 pm

matthewk wrote:

Oh great. This is only 2 miles from my house. Way to represent.

What's ever sadder is that the clutz that ran into the pole is going to sue Wal Mart.

What's even funnier is he said he was a Soccer player who's athletic, that even made me laugh harder when I saw him run straight into the pole. I knew even before the end of the video a lawsuit was coming at Walmart. Sure enough his brother says they've sought legal action.

sfz_T-car · Post by **sfz_T-car** » Fri Nov 17, 2006 8:00 pm

It's gotten to the point Teal, where it's not about the games. It's about hype and greed. Maybe both will die down so there can be some meaningful discussion about the games. It probably won't happen until early next year when the supply/demand curve normalizes. But even that will get colored by PS3 vs. 360 culture wars.

Diablo25 · Post by **Diablo25** » Fri Nov 17, 2006 8:02 pm

Any doubts I had about not trying to get a PS3 at launch were cleared up today. I wouldn't want to be a part of this fiasco.

Atxj · Post by **Atxj** » Fri Nov 17, 2006 11:58 pm

Don't keep it or sell it...

http://www.planetboredom.net/video.php?id=2944

dbdynsty25 · Post by **dbdynsty25** » Sat Nov 18, 2006 12:07 am

AtXj wrote:Don't keep it or sell it...

http://www.planetboredom.net/video.php?id=2944

That is just not very fiscally responsible.

Teal · Post by **Teal** » Sat Nov 18, 2006 1:46 am

sfz_T-car wrote:It's gotten to the point Teal, where it's not about the games. It's about hype and greed. Maybe both will die down so there can be some meaningful discussion about the games. It probably won't happen until early next year when the supply/demand curve normalizes. But even that will get colored by PS3 vs. 360 culture wars.

Yeah, we were talking today about how the media creates hype, then does stories on the mayhem associated with the hype THEY CREATED. The Lemmings attitude is just foreign to me for the most part.

That's kind of like the Ford v. Chevy debate. No matter who is loyal to what, both Ford and Chevy are laughing all the way to the bank...

sfz_T-car · Post by **sfz_T-car** » Sat Nov 18, 2006 3:49 am

tealboy03 wrote:
sfz_T-car wrote:It's gotten to the point Teal, where it's not about the games. It's about hype and greed. Maybe both will die down so there can be some meaningful discussion about the games. It probably won't happen until early next year when the supply/demand curve normalizes. But even that will get colored by PS3 vs. 360 culture wars.

Yeah, we were talking today about how the media creates hype, then does stories on the mayhem associated with the hype THEY CREATED. The Lemmings attitude is just foreign to me for the most part.

That's kind of like the Ford v. Chevy debate. No matter who is loyal to what, both Ford and Chevy are laughing all the way to the bank...

...ruptcy in the case of Ford and GM

K_Mosley · Post by **K_Mosley** » Sat Nov 18, 2006 12:13 pm

wco81 wrote:Who's dumb, the thugs who shot and stabbed people or the stores for not managing the situation better?

They shouldn't have let people camp out.

They could have tried to create a more orderly situation, like having people sign for a drawing weeks ahead and then drawing for just the number of units on hand.

If they paid attention to the speculation from just the preorders on eBay, they'd know there was a potential for incidents like this.

Why not hold people accountable for their actions instead? I don't care what the stores do or don't do; it doesn't give people the right to shoot or stab someone over a video game console.

Kevin

RobVarak · Post by **RobVarak** » Sat Nov 18, 2006 12:19 pm

K_Mosley wrote:
Why not hold people accountable for their actions instead? I don't care what the stores do or don't do; it doesn't give people the right to shoot or stab someone over a video game console.

Kevin

Kevin,

You have to remember that WCO is from California. Personal responsibility went out of fashion there about the same time as the studio system

wco81 · Post by **wco81** » Sat Nov 18, 2006 12:37 pm

Right, and the people who claimed to be about personal responsibility and bringing honor back to the office have done such a great job demonstrating accountability.

Of course the criminals are to blame. But in every big city in this country, there are areas people know to avoid, especially at night. Who's to blame if you go to such areas and get mugged or worse after being warned? Sure the mugger but the foolish victim won't elicit as much sympathy as he would have otherwise.

I'm not blaming the campers at all, although the guy who refused to hand over the money to gun-wielding thugs needs to have his head examined.

But the stores, at least some of them encouraged camping, created this explosive situation. They encouraged these people to wait out there by themselves. At least in some places, there was security. You got so many people out there, waiting to buy a $500-600 product, not all of them with credit cards, many waiting with iPods, fancy phones, laptops in hand.

Is it really surprising that some predators were going to be drawn to these campouts?

The Wisconsin store which encouraged the stampede was irresponsible and should be held to account.

GameSeven · Post by **GameSeven** » Sat Nov 18, 2006 1:01 pm

wco81 wrote:Of course the criminals are to blame. But in every big city in this country, there are areas people know to avoid, especially at night. Who's to blame if you go to such areas and get mugged or worse after being warned? Sure the mugger but the foolish victim won't elicit as much sympathy as he would have otherwise.

That sounds scarily like the "she was aking for it" justification of rape cases. Just my .02

-G7

wco81 · Post by **wco81** » Sat Nov 18, 2006 1:20 pm

If don't live there and you go down south of Cottage Grove in Chicago at night, what are you doing there?

RobVarak · Post by **RobVarak** » Sat Nov 18, 2006 2:11 pm

wco81 wrote:If don't live there and you go down south of Cottage Grove in Chicago at night, what are you doing there?

Usually listening to music or going to a Harold's Chicken Shack...or Moo and Oink.

pk500 · Post by **pk500** » Sat Nov 18, 2006 3:01 pm

If you're going to get robbed while waiting in line for a PS3, you should just sit back and enjoy it.

Love,
Bob Knight