Launch Weekend Insanity

There are many people in lines out there already, waiting for their chance tomorrow at Sony's PlayStation 3. Probably the biggest line is at the Metreon, where almost 1,000 people are lined up outside of the official Sony store. Destructoid is carrying stats from eBay's pre-sales numbers. (The average sales price of a PS3 was $1,532.76. 2,165 Wiis have been sold since October 20th.) 1up's intrepid reporters have thoughtfully outlined the dangers of Wiimote use. Somewhat relatedly, Miyamoto reveals in a BusinessWeek article that he wanted the Wii to be even cheaper. From that article: "Originally, I wanted a machine that would cost $100. My idea was to spend nothing on the console technology so all the money could be spent on improving the interface and software. If we hadn't used NAND flash memory [to store data such as games and photos] and other pricey parts, we might have succeeded."

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[antifoidulus]

Sigh, having lived there 6 months I am aware of what time it is(it's almost tomorrow here in Germany). I said "today" because many of the people reading this are still in the 16th. I could have said "It's Miyamoto's birthday on the 16th, which is today to people not in Asia but yesterday in Asia", but what would have been the point?

Parent is not flamebait, it's a flame, please fix.

[donscarletti]

Some troll wanted a reaction and he got one, there's no sense punishing the poor moron who just couldn't help himself and bit. Could someone mod him back up to fix his fledgling karma and his feelings? Thanks.