Consumerism at its most laughable

[Hunter21]

OK everyone here knows all about the PS3 situation. You all heard about how people stood in line for days just to get one. And how they cost a couple thousand dollars on e-bay right now because you won't be able to get one anymore for a long while.

So I walk into Best Buy this morning to pick up volume five of My Hime and the first volume of FMP: The Second Raid when I past by the Playstation area. Sitting on the shelf was six PS3's. And they actually had several more in back. So remind me again about how hard they are to get and why they are selling for over twice their original cost on e-bay.

I would feel sorry for all the suckers who stood in line or doled out copious amounts of cash to get one if I wasn't laughing so hard.

And no I didn't buy one. There is no way in hell I am going to pay $600 for a video game consule. I may be half off my rocker but I am not stupid.

[drinian]

Somehow I'm guessing that's not the case elsewhere.

But still, the whole thing is crazy. I think that the friendliness of the Wii launch compared to the PS3 shows the difference between the types of people who buy the two consoles :).

What really gets me, though, is the Tickle Me Elmo TMX madness. I know someone who's flipping those things on Ebay for over $100 apiece. It's not even a fun toy, as far as I can tell! People just think that it must somehow be the best thing for their children, since it's "in demand" (read: intentionally understocked).

[poetic_assassin]

I stopped trying to buy any game system. As soon as I do a newer and better one comes out.

[drinian]

I don't buy consoles, I buy games. I'll buy a Wii so I can play Twilight Princess. I bought a Dreamcast (my last system) for Crazy Taxi and Shenmue. So I'm not really too concerned about having the most powerful system, more about playing the games I want to.

[The Eva Monkey]

Somehow I'm guessing that's not the case elsewhere.

Yeah.... I did an IP trace, and looked up his city to find it had a population of 3,700. Not too big, which makes sense. The PS3s probably should have been sent to a more populous area.

[Hunter21]

You IP search skills are not very "l33t" Mr. Monkey. The town I live in is a suburb with a population over 30,000 and the town where that Best Buy was at has a poulation over 50,000. And the Twin Cities area put together has a population over 2.8 million.

Plus there is the fact that while the release of the PS3 was limited to 400K that was only the release. By the end of the year another 600K will be out on the shelves so it won't be as hard as people think to find them. I wonder if this was all just a ploy by Sony to increase sales and get the gullible to hand over their money faster.

[drinian]

Sony? Prey on the gullible? Never!

This VGCats strip seems appropriate:
http://www.vgcats.com/comics/?strip_id=212

[Reichu]

What gets me is why folks rush to get game consoles when they first come out in the first place. First Edition: complete with bugs!

[Hunter21]

What gets me is why folks rush to get game consoles when they first come out in the first place. First Edition: complete with bugs!

Couldn't agree with that statement more.

I usually wait for at least a year after a consule has been released to buy it. That way most of the bugs are gone and the system is cheaper. Plus from what I heard the Chrono Cross/Trigger sequel won't be coming out on the PS3 for a long time and right now that is the only game that could influence me enough to buy one.

[BobBQ]

I don't buy consoles, period. If I wanna play something, I get the PC version.

[Mundane]

I don't think there's a PC version of Devil May Cry.

[felineki]

I'm too busy playing my old video games to bother with any new ones. :P

Besides, Gradius VI, the one game that had me interested in the PS3, has officially been cast into development hell. :x

[Anonymous_Evafan]

Let's be honest here, it's not really surprising people do stupid shit like this. When they have to return them due to massive bugs I shall laugh my ass off.

[Trigger's Elysium]

http://lolzifatyomommainaclubinz.ytmnd.com/

lol

[Faußtin]

I don't think there's a PC version of Devil May Cry.

The case is the same with StarCraft: Ghost, or will be. But I sincerely hope that they won't be naughty and obey the almighty consumers... we/they are right for once... :P

[Kaysow]

I don't think there's a PC version of Devil May Cry.

Ha ha ha ha ha ha that's the single worst game ever conceived. I'd much rather play Aerogauge for the N64 or just go sniff some ammoniak.
DMC1 - mediocrity at it's most boring. DMC2 - abysmal, laughable and saddening. DMC3 - plausible. It's the only franchise I'm following sheerly out of spite.

EDIT: I mean it. DMC2 was such a debacle that I lost all hope for gaming for a good two years, until MGS3 came along and set me straight again.

My favorite part was in the end; Lucia is dying for some reason and they go on about some stones or amulets or some shit that they haven't finished gathering to stop whatshisface. First I rolled on the floor a while, inable to comrehense the stupidity before me, and how the fuck they could make this game so goddamn incoherent. But after a while, the effect sank in and the market lost an avid customer.
This is why I'll sneer and spit at games like Viewtiful Joe and Okami, which are just repackaged DMC's.

[Mundane]

I don't think there's a PC version of Devil May Cry.

Ha ha ha ha ha ha that's the single worst game ever conceived. I'd much rather play Aerogauge for the N64 or just go sniff some ammoniak.
DMC1 - mediocrity at it's most boring. DMC2 - abysmal, laughable and saddening. DMC3 - plausible. It's the only franchise I'm following sheerly out of spite.

EDIT: I mean it. DMC2 was such a debacle that I lost all hope for gaming for a good two years, until MGS3 came along and set me straight again.

My favorite part was in the end; Lucia is dying for some reason and they go on about some stones or amulets or some shit that they haven't finished gathering to stop whatshisface. First I rolled on the floor a while, inable to comrehense the stupidity before me, and how the fuck they could make this game so goddamn incoherent. But after a while, the effect sank in and the market lost an avid customer.
This is why I'll sneer and spit at games like Viewtiful Joe and Okami, which are just repackaged DMC's.

No, and yes. Yes to DMC2, a failure.

I don't think there's a PC version of Devil May Cry.

The case is the same with StarCraft: Ghost, or will be. But I sincerely hope that they won't be naughty and obey the almighty consumers... we/they are right for once... :P

That game will never come out as long as World of Warcraft continues to prosper.

Guaranteed.

[CyborgZeta]

What gets me is why folks rush to get game consoles when they first come out in the first place. First Edition: complete with bugs!

Haha, that's usually true. Of course, Nintendo's consoles are very reliable. Think: The people who purchased their Wii at launch and have problems make up a pretty small minority compared to people who had problems with the Xbox 360 and PS3 at launch.