PS3 Survey

Professor S · 11-18-2006, 12:23 AM

Our tech department at work spent most of today bidding on PS3's under false identities. They told me they had pushed a bunch of auctions over $10,000 just to jerk around with people that wait in line only to sell them.

Crash · 11-18-2006, 12:50 AM

heh, now that's wrong. Professor S.

That's being an @$$hole for the sake of being an @$$hole.

Professor S · 11-18-2006, 07:32 PM

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heh, now that's wrong. Professor S.

That's being an @$$hole for the sake of being an @$$hole.

I don't think so. I think its giving those people their just desserts. If you wait in line for days on end for a system, it should be out of joy, love and enthusiasm for the product... not the profit you you'll make from it.

Just think if you were some guy who waited in line for days dreaming of a new PS3, only to have the store run out right before your turn, and then you find out that most of the people before you that got one just wanted to sell it on e-bay.

I hope all those auctions are jacked up under false pretenses.

Jason1 · 11-18-2006, 11:26 PM

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I don't think so. I think its giving those people their just desserts. If you wait in line for days on end for a system, it should be out of joy, love and enthusiasm for the product... not the profit you you'll make from it.

Just think if you were some guy who waited in line for days dreaming of a new PS3, only to have the store run out right before your turn, and then you find out that most of the people before you that got one just wanted to sell it on e-bay.

I hope all those auctions are jacked up under false pretenses.

Time for me to butt in. I disagree. Those people that waited in line, but were still denied their PS3's, have nobody to blame but SONY. Its SONYs fault for not having enough available at launch. Its their fault for releasing a system before they could meet demand.

Null · 11-19-2006, 12:30 AM

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Originally Posted by Professor S

I don't think so. I think its giving those people their just desserts. If you wait in line for days on end for a system, it should be out of joy, love and enthusiasm for the product... not the profit you you'll make from it.

Just think if you were some guy who waited in line for days dreaming of a new PS3, only to have the store run out right before your turn, and then you find out that most of the people before you that got one just wanted to sell it on e-bay.

I hope all those auctions are jacked up under false pretenses.

say you were the guy that stood in those lines, and waited and waited, out of sheer love and enthusiasm for the product, and couldn't wait to play it because you've been dreaming of it since it was announced....

say you finally got it after that long wait, you paid your $600 and you got it.

then say someone offered you $3000 for it. are you SERIOUSLY telling me you would say no way and take it home instead of the money?

i mean its basically a few thousand dollars give or take, just to wait a few months to buy one at its regular price.

im sure MANY those people on ebay really really WANT the ps3, but when you can get the money the morons are willing to pay on there, they'd be idiots not to.

and jason is right, its sony that is the one they should blame. but certainly not because they couldn't make more, because they could and most likely did. its because they release a limited number for JUST this reason..... to create this kinda hype and demand for the system. its sony that is doing this, not the people on ebay.

(but i have nothing against messing with the people on ebay either, im just saying that many of them probably planned to keep it originally )

Professor S · 11-20-2006, 05:46 PM

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then say someone offered you $3000 for it. are you SERIOUSLY telling me you would say no way and take it home instead of the money?

Hell no. I'd take the money. But the difference here is in intent. If someone came up and offered such crazy money for it, I would accept it, but my intent was still to be in the moment and be a part of the culture of the product. This is far different from someone who just waits in line to sell it.

Case in point: I camped out for Eagles playoff tickets a few years ago (for the infamous Falcons games where 10,000 people campoed out). Everyone there was camping out because of love of the team and wanting to see them in the playoffs the year they were SUPPOSED to win it all. Needless to say, I never got a ticket because I was one of 10,000 waiting for a ticket when only 2,000 were available. I didnt care that much because I got to share in the experience with a bunch of like-minded and equally passionate fans.

That said, if any of us there knew that one of those that got tickets only did so to sell them at a profit, they would have found him in a ditch somewhere. That is a betrayal and a bastardization of everything an Eagles fan is.

The true FANS who wait should be rewarded... not the vultures.

manasecret · 11-20-2006, 09:15 PM

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The true FANS who wait should be rewarded... not the vultures.

And if there were any true Sony fans, I'm sure they'd care.

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Since when is gaming all about rushing retail outlets to land some easy cash? It used to be about young men in tights striking down big lizards with the aid of their faerie allies, and watching as they explode into a plume of rainbow dust...
What happened to those days, mana? What happened to those days?

They're still here -- it happened Saturday night on 'til early Sunday morning. You just have to want a Wii.

It's amazing what can happen when a company provides enough units for everyone who wants it.

Professor S · 11-20-2006, 11:26 PM

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And if there were any true Sony fans, I'm sure they'd care.

Thats an odd statement considering [i]true/i] Sony fans have been sabotaging ebay PS3 auctions since launch. Obviously they DO care. Its kind of rediculous to say that there are no true Sony fans, anyway, considering the rabid fanbase that brand has with most video game players.

After all, the PS2 was by far the worst console of last generation, even behind the Dreamcast in many technical catgories, had a vicious hardware failure rate and yet it crushed the competition by millions of units sold. I'd say there are legions of Sony fans.