11-17-2006, 07:40 PM | #11 |
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It's getting rediculous.
I could understand the Wii possibly having a wait starting in the morning before. But for a PS3, it's seriously getting stupid. Not only is it the most expensive next-generation console, but it's price is gonig to drop fast. Waiting 5-7 months will mean it'll be cheaper, and you won't be missing much. Anyone who's willing to get the PS3 must have a small collection of PS2 games by now. I'll just play Kingdom Hearts or Star Wars Battlefront until the price goes down, and I'm perfectly content Destroying All Humans(twice!!!!) on my old systems. Last edited by Cody2526; 11-17-2006 at 07:46 PM.. |
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Perhaps I misspoke, I meant that the rush to buy consoles may be artificial because of all the people intending to just turn it over on ebay. In any case, we will know shortly if the real demand for units is actually that high.
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It's called insanity, and I mean clinically. Perhaps they're "happier" hidden away in their cribs going further down and out with their silly games.
They probably wouldn't survive for very long, anyway, out in the bright light and fresh air on a Segway.
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They don't seem to survive very long online either. Self induced sleep deprivation is a bad thing.
http://www.jsonline.com/story/index.aspx?id=31536 http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/4137782.stm
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The rush to buy consoles isn't made artificial just because people intend to turn them over on ebay. The whole idea of selling them on ebay wouldn't be viable unless there were people there to buy them. This is a simple case of supply and demand. The people on ebay are fuelling the demand, and Sony only had something like 300,000 units ready at launch. That's why these people camped out all week. Nintendo had something like 800,000 ready.
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Consider a company IPO. Investor A buys a lot of stock early because he thinks other people feel the company is popular and demand for the stock will be high. This investor buys the stock even though he doesn't think the company will do well in the long run but, it is important for him to buy early when they feel the price is at a low. If enough investors are doing the same thing as investor A, you have a situation where the initial rush is artificial because the demand is artificial. One might call this a bubble and some people will certainly make a few bucks. I can only hope they do since, as I said before, they certainly put in the time. Also note that the latest numbers I can find would show about 40,000 PS3 units and 130k Nintendos still on the shelves if your numbers are correct. Maybe they are the less desirable PS3s or people just don't know where to find them. Either way, it couldn't matter much less to me, I've just been over to planetboredom for a laugh. http://www.planetboredom.net/video.php?id=2944
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I guess I'm still not clear on the functional difference between a false rush and a real one.
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