PS3 Pre-Orders Came and Went

Warlock7 writes "Well, it's official. The pre-orders have begun ... and mostly ended. I just got mine ordered and four hours later there are already units on eBay. Some acutions have already gone north of $1000 USD. The guys at EBGames told me that the most units going to any one store was 36 and that there were an average of 8 units being distributed to each store. The one I went to reported that they were going to be getting a total of 16 units. They waited this long to take pre-orders because they wanted to be sure that they weren't going to get burned like they did for the XBox 360 launch." The reports from across the internets are varied, with long lines netting nothing for some, and others reaping the sweet rewards.

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Re:Pre-orders are a scam

[drinkypoo]

It's not really a scam to me. The way I see it, I am forfeiting the interest from that $100 in exchange for a) waiting outside in the chilly October cold rather than the frigid November cold and b) not having to wait for more than 24 hours outside.

Or c) not being a rabid fanboy and waiting until the console becomes more available and there are more games, and perhaps some issues have been fixed.

I mean, it's okay to be a fanboy, but actually getting in line to suck Sony off before they even unzip seems awfully... eager. This is the company that gets a gleam in its eye whenever it gets a chance to fuck its customers in the ass. This is the company that has to take the bulk of the blame for the demise of Sega, and they did that by out and out lying about the specs of the PS2 when they knew it was pure bullshit. And now you're preparing to tithe to them again? Takes all kinds, I guess.