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Sony PSP Launched With Long Queues In Akihabara

Posted by timothy on from the modern-epic-tale-of-survival dept.

Juergen writes "At 7 a.m. JST, the first shops in Tokyo's 'Electric City' Akihabara opened their doors and sold the brand-new Sony PSP to the long queues of gamers (Mirror) who had waited already for more than 24 hours in a chilly 5 degrees Celsius."

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  1. What's a queue? by mollyhackit · · Score: 5, Funny

    Is it longer than the battery life?

    1. Re:What's a queue? by bsharitt · · Score: 4, Funny

      Yes, but my DS lasted through the line.

  2. weee by bLindmOnkey · · Score: 2, Funny

    Tailgate party, Anyone?

    1. Re:weee by ajservo · · Score: 2, Funny

      I'd rather a Kogal party if you don't mind...

  3. Slashdot is too Eurocentric! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Funny

    "JST"? "Queue"? "Celcius"?? And why do I not see any RED in this "games" color scheme?

    1. Re:Slashdot is too Eurocentric! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

      Oh, in about 43.75 cubits of 20 stone movement towards the sun from 86 million rods at rest.

  4. humph by EGSonikku · · Score: 5, Funny

    Back in my day, our portables ran off 4 AA batteries, and ran for 45 minutes! And no fancy polygons, no sir, we had black and yellow sprites! And the dot matrix screen even had a motion blur feature! And we liked it! We used to carry it to school, up hill in the snow both ways, and they were heavy mind you! Of course, color had yet to be invented in those days....

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    - "Scientia non habet inimicum nisp ignorantem"
  5. CHILLY?! by themoodykid · · Score: 2, Funny

    Come on. It's -2C right now here in Calgary and it's comfortable.

  6. Re:Translation for Americans by calibanDNS · · Score: 2, Funny

    ...and the PSP gets 40 rods to the hogshead, and that's the way we likes it...

  7. Welcome to 'English' by caitsith01 · · Score: 4, Funny

    Named after its country of origin 'England', English is a little known dialect used by up to 1.5 billion non-Americans worldwide. Some interesting but obviously incorrect features of the language include:

    - queues of people
    - wonderful coloUrs
    - the useful metal aluminiUm
    - the exotic herbs (h-urbs), basil (ba-zil) and oregano (o-re-gaa-no)
    - specialiSed books called 'dictionaries' that tell you how to spell words correctly

    Many people using this bizarre gutter speak also subscribe to the pagan belief that water freezes at 0 degrees and that distances should be measured in the forbidden mathematical system of base-10...

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    Read Pynchon.
    1. Re:Welcome to 'English' by Maserati · · Score: 2, Funny

      The English language is the unintended progeny of the attempts of French speaking soldiers to pick up German speaking barmaids.

      --
      Veteran, Bermuda Triangle Expeditionary Force, 1992-1951
  8. Stop the presses! by Barto · · Score: 4, Funny

    Hot new gadget launched, long queues in Akihabara!

    In other news, the sun rose yet again this morning and a woman gave birth to a child - 9 months after having sex!

  9. Re:That line isn't as hardcore.. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

    I just thought you should know, you are my god.

    thank you :)

  10. Re:Don't know if PSP can catch up by calibanDNS · · Score: 2, Funny

    Spend about 30 seconds in an Apple store and it will change your mind.

  11. Re:In Minnesota... by Propagandhi · · Score: 2, Funny

    I thought satan kept the lands outside America warm all year round?! This is most confusing news..

    Canawah!?

  12. Re:Since geometry class by pommiekiwifruit · · Score: 2, Funny

    Yeah, but that Webster fellow wanted Americans to make up their own language instead of using English, and had some success.

  13. Re:That line isn't as hardcore.. by kuzb · · Score: 2, Funny
    People were out there in sub freezing temperatures, some for over 24 hours.

    Well, they *are* Mac users. Confirmed certifiable if you ask me.

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    BeauHD. Worst editor since kdawson.
  14. Re:That line isn't as hardcore.. by zeno_2 · · Score: 3, Funny

    Last night on the news I saw people in line to buy tickets for the first Boston Red Sox game vs. the Yankees. I believe they said the tickets will go on sale in about 5 months...

  15. Re:That line isn't as hardcore.. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    Some people waited in line for Lord of the Rings tickets for something like a month in some Scandinavian country. You've got a lot to learn from us.. :-)