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Gamestop Managers Worried Over PS3 Launch
The Opposable Thumbs column has commentary today from some managers who attended the annual EB/Gamestop preview event. The reaction from the attendees to the PS3/Blue-ray presence is not inspiring. From the article: "The difference between HD DVD and Blu-Ray was striking as well. 'Blu-ray had a tiny presence in the very back of the show floor, while Microsoft had large displays and surround sound systems in their hospitality suite so you can take a look at what their HD DVD drives would look like. It was impressive, and gave the feeling that HD DVD was real and Blu-ray wasn't ready for the show.' I asked him his feelings going into the PS3 launch with no word on allocations or preorders, and no news on what will happen towards the holidays. 'It's going to be ugly, there is no way this launch is going to go well.'"
Quickly, Sony fans, tag this story as FUD or your favorite company may end up looking stupid.
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(...finished typing This text; as adapted to a skit easily found at Google Video of the Ol' Big Man ranting about Starbux. Enjoy...)
Hey, the big customer's back. www.bestbuysux.org.
The big customer got up this morning, you know.
Felt like buying a video-game system for my child,
with an extra controller so I or his friends can play along.
I wound up in one of them Best Buy's, you know.
I knew the joint wasn't right soon as I walked in, you know.
I seen these blue-shirted people walking in circles around the entertainment Screens, chanting for some idiot, walking around the isles then stopping to pose, and acting like they was too fuckin' busy to be bothered unless they caught you looking at them, you know.
Finally I arrive to the register at a girl.
Before I say a word, she asks "Do you want to buy a Warrantee, pick-up your property in the Tech, or attend an employee-hiring session?"
I say, "Listen honey, I don't know what kind of fuckin' place this is, I just want to buy a fuckin' good video-game system and extra-controller for my child."
She says, "The PlayStation 2 and XBox 360, either with an extra controller is US $600 dollars."
Plus, she had the fuckin' balls to ask if I wanted to purchase a Best Buy warrantee on top of that for an extra US $200 dollars."
I says, "Seven-hundred fuckin' dollars for a fuckin' console and a fuckin' extra controller? Fuckin' stick it!"
I went right around the corner to a fuckin' video-game shop, I take an oath to my son, I buy the fuckin' Wii special: two wireless controllers, Wii console, network adapters, two game titles, with all the ease of on-screen multimedia features you can use, threw in a extra demonstration game as I walked out the door, and for an extra buck and a half they gave me a fuckin' issue of Nintendo Power.
I walked out of there fuckin' buffed.
Cost me US $300 and a Grover (US $50) for the whole fuckin' ball o' wank.
I couldn't stop playing for 2 months.
What's a fucking working man supposed to do?
You go to one of them fuckin' Best Buys; the poor working guy, what do they think they're fucking selling over there?
Fuckin' golden bars of DRM?
Fuckin' console and an extra controller for US $600?
Stick it up your ass, fuckin' Worst Buy!
What about the fucking workin' man?
Anyway, think about it
this is the ol' customer. he he!
www.bestbuysux.org
and the customer's always happy to see ya!
I am the nightmare of nightmares.
I don't know, do you need to? All I know is that in every single game-related story, there is a cabal of Sony fans who spend as much time as possible astroturfing. I just wanted to give a heads-up to you guys so you can get your fud tag in. My work was successful.
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