Official PLAYSTATION 3? thread

[blurredvision]

SOOOOOOOOO..........anyone here actually played one yet? We're still waiting......

 

[eelw]

Yeah, SmashMyPS3 was better than the SmashMyXBox. Not many people were in line to witness the destruction as compared to this one. The XBox one was shot at the Best Buy at the Scarborough Town Centre. This one was at the downtown location at Dundas. Let's hope they will do the SmashMyWii at the Richmond Hill location since that's where I will be to get my Wii.

 

[Slew Foot]

Originally posted by: blurredvision
SOOOOOOOOO..........anyone here actually played one yet? We're still waiting......

Yeah no kidding.

Though Im not sure what's lamer, people lining up for a week to buy it for resale, or people lining up for a week to actually play it.

 

[Kilim]

I manage a Gamestop and the launch was pretty uneventful.

We received 10 total, 8 60 gig, and 2 20 gig. Sold all the 60 gigs, of course, but only one 20 gig since all the people would rather wait. I have to hold on to it to see if another store in my district needs it.

Only sold seven games to a total of two people. Um.....yeah. Hello Ebay! lol.

 

[mugs]

Originally posted by: Kilim
I manage a Gamestop and the launch was pretty uneventful.

We received 10 total, 8 60 gig, and 2 20 gig. Sold all the 60 gigs, of course, but only one 20 gig since all the people would rather wait. I have to hold on to it to see if another store in my district needs it.

Only sold seven games to a total of two people. Um.....yeah. Hello Ebay! lol.

Damn, are those people who'd rather wait for the 60 GB retarded? It's not like the difference between the 360 and 360 Core System... the 60 GB PS3 offers very little over the 20 GB PS3.

 

[Kilim]

Originally posted by: mugs

Originally posted by: Kilim
I manage a Gamestop and the launch was pretty uneventful.

We received 10 total, 8 60 gig, and 2 20 gig. Sold all the 60 gigs, of course, but only one 20 gig since all the people would rather wait. I have to hold on to it to see if another store in my district needs it.

Only sold seven games to a total of two people. Um.....yeah. Hello Ebay! lol.

Damn, are those people who'd rather wait for the 60 GB retarded? It's not like the difference between the 360 and 360 Core System... the 60 GB PS3 offers very little over the 20 GB PS3.

We also did not sell a single controller! We have sixteen pre-orders, two of which were allowed to be held for employee's, but only two. Employee's are last unless they want the 20 gig. There goes the advantage of working there!

I did not reserve one by the way, and I am the store manager, I do not want one. I know firsthand how spotty Sony Hardware is quality-wise.

We are going to be replenished Wednesday though, so that lessened the sting for the rest of the people. Looks like Sony kept its promise of weekly shipments this time.

And please dear God, I hope none of you ask the poor clerk to sell you the display kiosk, and then argue with him when he refuses.

I also got the brother in the hospital line today from a guy who would be categorized as scumball by about 99% of the population. Same guy who demanded, yes demanded, we sell him the one in the PS3 kiosk. I loved how brutally, but professionally!, rude my assistant treated him. It was artistic.

 

[blurredvision]

Originally posted by: mugs
Damn, are those people who'd rather wait for the 60 GB retarded? It's not like the difference between the 360 and 360 Core System... the 60 GB PS3 offers very little over the 20 GB PS3.

Yes, very little difference. Only 40GB more hard drive space, memory card reader, some chrome trim, and integrated wireless. It's the integrated wireless that would make me hold out .

 

[sonoma1993]

I was just searching ebay too see what the bids are on the ps3. I came across one that at $20,000. What kind of f**k idiot would bid 20k for a $500,$600system

http://cgi.ebay.com/Sony-Playstation-3-...05QQcategoryZ62054QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

 

[Queasy]

Originally posted by: mugs

Originally posted by: Kilim
I manage a Gamestop and the launch was pretty uneventful.

We received 10 total, 8 60 gig, and 2 20 gig. Sold all the 60 gigs, of course, but only one 20 gig since all the people would rather wait. I have to hold on to it to see if another store in my district needs it.

Only sold seven games to a total of two people. Um.....yeah. Hello Ebay! lol.

Damn, are those people who'd rather wait for the 60 GB retarded? It's not like the difference between the 360 and 360 Core System... the 60 GB PS3 offers very little over the 20 GB PS3.

Well, with the way that the PS3 installs game files (like a PC!) on to the HDD to lessen the load times, it would take just four games to fill up the 20GB HDD....

 

[Queasy]

Nexgen Wars is estimating only ~240k PS3s sold to this point. Just under half of Sony's predicted 500k launch.

 

[Thraxen]

Originally posted by: eelw
Yeah, SmashMyPS3 was better than the SmashMyXBox. Not many people were in line to witness the destruction as compared to this one. The XBox one was shot at the Best Buy at the Scarborough Town Centre. This one was at the downtown location at Dundas. Let's hope they will do the SmashMyWii at the Richmond Hill location since that's where I will be to get my Wii.

I disagree. There was better shock value for the 360. We all knew this one was coming, so with no shock value left all you're just left with a stupid pointless stunt.

 

[randay]

Originally posted by: Thraxen

Originally posted by: eelw
Yeah, SmashMyPS3 was better than the SmashMyXBox. Not many people were in line to witness the destruction as compared to this one. The XBox one was shot at the Best Buy at the Scarborough Town Centre. This one was at the downtown location at Dundas. Let's hope they will do the SmashMyWii at the Richmond Hill location since that's where I will be to get my Wii.

I disagree. There was better shock value for the 360. We all knew this one was coming, so with no shock value left all you're just left with a stupid pointless stunt.

qft. whats the first thing you ask when you see it? "Why would someone do that?" now when you see it its "hahaha they did it again!". not the same. the grief is not there anymore now its just a spectacle.

 

[mugs]

Originally posted by: Queasy

Originally posted by: mugs

Originally posted by: Kilim
I manage a Gamestop and the launch was pretty uneventful.

We received 10 total, 8 60 gig, and 2 20 gig. Sold all the 60 gigs, of course, but only one 20 gig since all the people would rather wait. I have to hold on to it to see if another store in my district needs it.

Only sold seven games to a total of two people. Um.....yeah. Hello Ebay! lol.

Damn, are those people who'd rather wait for the 60 GB retarded? It's not like the difference between the 360 and 360 Core System... the 60 GB PS3 offers very little over the 20 GB PS3.

Well, with the way that the PS3 installs game files (like a PC!) on to the HDD to lessen the load times, it would take just four games to fill up the 20GB HDD....

If they're installing 5 GB worth of stuff NOW, that number could go up, so I don't think that even 60 GB would be enough. Hard drives are cheap to upgrade.

 

[n7]

Originally posted by: frankgomez75
Well, I'm back from camping since Wednesday afternoon and landed (7) 60GB PS3's.
I waited a total of 44 hours! But I had my 2 bro's in line with me and one friend.

My plan was to buy 3 at Circuit City, 2 at Gamestop on Reserve and 2 at EB Games on Reserve.

At 12 PM Wednesday I landed with my crew and camping gear: (2) 4 man Tents, (4) Slumber bags rated for 30 degree weather, (2) Air mattress with memory foam, tent heaters, portable dvd player, Creative Zen Vision M MP3 Player, Laptops, Blankets, Ice Chest, small table, extension cords, power strip and some other protection stuff like knives.... for the Rotessiere chicken of course

Wednesday:
We camped at 12 at CC, and were numbers 1 - 3 out of 6 being given out. My other buddy keeping one for himself bought one.
First night was relatively cool with some gusty winds. Killed time browsing the web, since CC had an open Wi-Fi connection along with some other homes across the street broadcasting a signal.
Slept like a baby in my warm tent watching movies and "the office"

Thursday:
In the morning I left to go home about 15 minutes away to take a shower, shave and eat a nice warm fresh breakfast. Put on some fresh clothes and head back to the camp site. No clouds and temps were in the upper 60's. During the afternoon I posted some ads in Craigslist and recieved a couple phone calls. Later that night I left again around 11PM to pickup my fiancee because we had 2 pre-orders and were #1 and #2 at Gamestop. We got to Gamestop around 12AM Friday (Thursday Night) because the manager was doing a midnight launch. I picked up 2 more there and took off to drop off my first sale for $1800 cash! We met at a Walmart (lol) inside a Mcdonalds. Called him when I got to Walmart and concealed the stupid PS3 inside a bag and put it into a push basket. lol, felt like a drug deal going down. 2 guys showed up... said this was their 5th PS3 that their boss had bought. Boss was gonna give them away as an incentive promotion for his employees and gifts. Boss was apparently loaded, since he sent he workers to pick them up. Got my cash and went our seperate ways. Went back to Circuit City and chilled until the manager came out around 5AM and gave us vouchers so we could leave and come back to pick them up later.

Friday:
Friday Morning (6AM) went to eat at Denny's. Then went back to Circuit City for the 8AM Launch. Picked up 3 more for $610 EACH after tax! I had a coupon from Fat Wallet "$40 off any $199 purchase or more" I asked the manager if we could use these and she said "Sure, why not!" WOOT!!! Walked out of CC with 3 PS3's and received about 8 phone calls and some guy wanted 2 for Xmas gifts. Met him at a bank where he pulled up in an BMW M5 with his 2 kids. Sold 2 more to him for $3000 together! Second transaction completed smoothly. 3 PS3's down, 4 to go...... got some more phone calls and someone wanted 2 PS3's. Told them to meet me at my office at 10:30 AM were we have security and cameras. Guy showed up and sold 2 more as a bundle for $3400! Third transaction completed smoothly. 5 PS3's down 2 to go.
11AM recieved 2 phones calls.... I told them $1700 first come first serve. A guy and girl show up and fork over $3400 for both systems. Final transaction completed! (7) PS3's all sold within an 8 hour time frame.

Total Revenue: $11,600
My Investment: $4430
Profit: $7170

Not bad for 44 hours of waiting which I took 1 and 1/2 vacation days for. Overall the 44 hours I spent came out to a profit of $162.95 per hour of my time.
Thats a 381% Return On Investment in a 48 hour period. Only other thing I can think of that makes those kind of ROI's are drugs! :shocked:

This money is going towards Xmas gifts, Savings for a new home and my final year of college tuition.

Holy ****** jesus christ :Q

That is sickening, just sickening.

 

[imported_Imp]

Ok, why am I spending that much a year going to school if I can make that in a day...

 

[GZeus]

Its now 24hrs since launch and most EBay prices have 'dropped' to $1500 with some going for $1000 with 5 minutes left.
I hope the early buyers are happy they paid that extra $1500+ for that extra 24hrs of 'fun'.
In a week the will be selling for cost!

 

[CorCentral]

**LMFAO**

200k+ for two consoles, ending in about 20min with 21 bids. Last bidder so far has 354feedback! HERE


EDIT: Well it was 200K a few minutes ago, I swear!

 

[Staples]

Originally posted by: blurredvision
SOOOOOOOOO..........anyone here actually played one yet? We're still waiting......

Yes, I bought one to keep. I may be the only one on these forums. Other forums I visit I seemed to be like one of two.

Anyway, it is a decent system. The games I have played are not the best but I am sure there are great ones to come. The Blu Ray player works exceptionally well.

 

[ThaGrandCow]

Originally posted by: sonoma1993
I was just searching ebay too see what the bids are on the ps3. I came across one that at $20,000. What kind of f**k idiot would bid 20k for a $500,$600system

http://cgi.ebay.com/Sony-Playstation-3-...05QQcategoryZ62054QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

It's a fake account bidding up a ps3 to take it off the market so they can sell theirs for more.

 

[imported_goku]

Originally posted by: frankgomez75
Well, I'm back from camping since Wednesday afternoon and landed (7) 60GB PS3's.
I waited a total of 44 hours! But I had my 2 bro's in line with me and one friend.

My plan was to buy 3 at Circuit City, 2 at Gamestop on Reserve and 2 at EB Games on Reserve.

At 12 PM Wednesday I landed with my crew and camping gear: (2) 4 man Tents, (4) Slumber bags rated for 30 degree weather, (2) Air mattress with memory foam, tent heaters, portable dvd player, Creative Zen Vision M MP3 Player, Laptops, Blankets, Ice Chest, small table, extension cords, power strip and some other protection stuff like knives.... for the Rotessiere chicken of course

Wednesday:
We camped at 12 at CC, and were numbers 1 - 3 out of 6 being given out. My other buddy keeping one for himself bought one.
First night was relatively cool with some gusty winds. Killed time browsing the web, since CC had an open Wi-Fi connection along with some other homes across the street broadcasting a signal.
Slept like a baby in my warm tent watching movies and "the office"

Thursday:
In the morning I left to go home about 15 minutes away to take a shower, shave and eat a nice warm fresh breakfast. Put on some fresh clothes and head back to the camp site. No clouds and temps were in the upper 60's. During the afternoon I posted some ads in Craigslist and recieved a couple phone calls. Later that night I left again around 11PM to pickup my fiancee because we had 2 pre-orders and were #1 and #2 at Gamestop. We got to Gamestop around 12AM Friday (Thursday Night) because the manager was doing a midnight launch. I picked up 2 more there and took off to drop off my first sale for $1800 cash! We met at a Walmart (lol) inside a Mcdonalds. Called him when I got to Walmart and concealed the stupid PS3 inside a bag and put it into a push basket. lol, felt like a drug deal going down. 2 guys showed up... said this was their 5th PS3 that their boss had bought. Boss was gonna give them away as an incentive promotion for his employees and gifts. Boss was apparently loaded, since he sent he workers to pick them up. Got my cash and went our seperate ways. Went back to Circuit City and chilled until the manager came out around 5AM and gave us vouchers so we could leave and come back to pick them up later.

Friday:
Friday Morning (6AM) went to eat at Denny's. Then went back to Circuit City for the 8AM Launch. Picked up 3 more for $610 EACH after tax! I had a coupon from Fat Wallet "$40 off any $199 purchase or more" I asked the manager if we could use these and she said "Sure, why not!" WOOT!!! Walked out of CC with 3 PS3's and received about 8 phone calls and some guy wanted 2 for Xmas gifts. Met him at a bank where he pulled up in an BMW M5 with his 2 kids. Sold 2 more to him for $3000 together! Second transaction completed smoothly. 3 PS3's down, 4 to go...... got some more phone calls and someone wanted 2 PS3's. Told them to meet me at my office at 10:30 AM were we have security and cameras. Guy showed up and sold 2 more as a bundle for $3400! Third transaction completed smoothly. 5 PS3's down 2 to go.
11AM recieved 2 phones calls.... I told them $1700 first come first serve. A guy and girl show up and fork over $3400 for both systems. Final transaction completed! (7) PS3's all sold within an 8 hour time frame.

Total Revenue: $11,600
My Investment: $4430
Profit: $7170

Not bad for 44 hours of waiting which I took 1 and 1/2 vacation days for. Overall the 44 hours I spent came out to a profit of $162.95 per hour of my time.
Thats a 381% Return On Investment in a 48 hour period. Only other thing I can think of that makes those kind of ROI's are drugs! :shocked:

This money is going towards Xmas gifts, Savings for a new home and my final year of college tuition.

The real question at hand is, HTF did you manage to get more than one PS3?


Also

I'm wondering about multiple things.

1. I have 6 games at the moment, 2 more are coming, should I sell the console with all of them, sell the console with three games or, sell the console with 1 or 3 games of their choice(depending on selling price)?
2. Should I wait to sell it as ebay has been flooded? Is it only going to get worse? I was hoping that there would be a lull in availability and thats when I'd sell.

 

[Queasy]

Originally posted by: goku
2. Should I wait to sell it as ebay has been flooded? Is it only going to get worse? I was hoping that there would be a lull in availability and thats when I'd sell.

You might as well wait. There's over 30,000 PS3 auctions right now. Supposedly, Best Buy is going to be hoarding PS3s for another mini-launch in mid-December so it is looking like there'll be a lull in availability. Just not sure if the demand will be there like it was earlier today and before.

 

[jiwq]

if you're bored, search for completed auctions under my name. go me


PIC

 

[frankgomez75]

Originally posted by: Queasy

Originally posted by: goku
2. Should I wait to sell it as ebay has been flooded? Is it only going to get worse? I was hoping that there would be a lull in availability and thats when I'd sell.

You might as well wait. There's over 30,000 PS3 auctions right now. Supposedly, Best Buy is going to be hoarding PS3s for another mini-launch in mid-December so it is looking like there'll be a lull in availability. Just not sure if the demand will be there like it was earlier today and before.

Just woke up and decided to check ebay prices....

This is exactly why I sold mine ASAP instead of waiting. The closing prices have dropped from ~$2500 to around $1000 now. Ebay has gotten too flooded. I made that mistake last year with my (4) 360's. Wasn't going to make that mistake twice.

At this point your best bet is to wait until Tuesday. Run a 3 day auction to close on Black Friday sometime in the afternoon around 7-8 PST PM. This will probably net you the most online shoppers, as many will be in the stores from 5AM - 1PM for door busters and such and would be home finishing up dinner and looking for items they couldn't find in the stores like the PS3's.

Also, the games you shouldn't even bother with. But if you want than I would toss in 1 "FREE" game just to get some more looks. Let them choose from your 8 than return the 7 you don't need. I made the mistake of putting in games last year and noticed it really doesn't help selling your console all too much, but it does get you some more views on you auction.

Good luck!

 

[Queasy]

Originally posted by: frankgomez75

Originally posted by: Queasy

Originally posted by: goku
2. Should I wait to sell it as ebay has been flooded? Is it only going to get worse? I was hoping that there would be a lull in availability and thats when I'd sell.

You might as well wait. There's over 30,000 PS3 auctions right now. Supposedly, Best Buy is going to be hoarding PS3s for another mini-launch in mid-December so it is looking like there'll be a lull in availability. Just not sure if the demand will be there like it was earlier today and before.

Just woke up and decided to check ebay prices....

This is exactly why I sold mine ASAP instead of waiting. The closing prices have dropped from ~$2500 to around $1000 now. Ebay has gotten too flooded. I made that mistake last year with my (4) 360's. Wasn't going to make that mistake twice.

At this point your best bet is to wait until Tuesday. Run a 3 day auction to close on Black Friday sometime in the afternoon around 7-8 PST PM. This will probably net you the most online shoppers, as many will be in the stores from 5AM - 1PM for door busters and such and would be home finishing up dinner and looking for items they couldn't find in the stores like the PS3's.

Also, the games you shouldn't even bother with. But if you want than I would toss in 1 "FREE" game just to get some more looks. Let them choose from your 8 than return the 7 you don't need. I made the mistake of putting in games last year and noticed it really doesn't help selling your console all too much, but it does get you some more views on you auction.

Good luck!

NextGen Wars is estimating that 242k PS3s have been sold. As of this post, there are 35,678 auctions up under "Playstation 3". I'd bet that any where between 1/3 and 1/2 of the total number of PS3s have been resold through eBay, Craigslist, or other methods.

 

[EngenZerO]

man... i am kinda disappointed with my ps3...

it wont output blu-ray movies @ 720p with hdmi it will only do 1080i. while my 360 hd dvd player outpots 720p over component... another gripe is that the menus on the blu-ray discs are slow and clunky compared to the menu system on my hd-dvds

also resistances gfx are not all that... it reminds me more of cod2 last year on the 360... and i do miss the vibration...

also the sony ui is not as slick as the 360s...

hmmm... kinda disappointed... on well... at least i have both...