kotaku.com— The story tracks the death of the Playstation 3 grey market on both eBay and in retail stores. According to the story, the best day to sell the PS3 was a day before the launch.
Dec 29, 2006View in Crawl 4
"Too bad they got their money back- just returned to the store with receipt."Not exactly true. Unfortunately, they also got stuck with eBay fees and s**t. A friend of mine lost $180 with his two 20GBs. 5 eBay auctions with Gallery Featured and other expensive features. A few of the auctions didn't reach reserve and then we got a Nigerian assh**e and one non-payer. Keep gloating.
"I like the idea that Sony expects us to upgrade the hard drive on our own :). That's a brilliant idea and I'm glad they (Sony) think we (geeks, nerds, etc.) are smart enough to actually replace a hard drive."Then couldn't they have saved us a ton of money and offered the Blu-Ray player separate for us "geeks" to install?
If Final Fantasy were to jump to the 360, 1/2 the people planning to buy a PS3 would now buy an Xbox 360.If Metal Gear Solid 4 were to jump to the 360, the OTHER 1/2 of people planning to buy a PS3 would now buy an Xbox 360.It's really bad when the success of an expensive console depends on only 2 games. If either one of those 2 were to announce a release on the Xbox 360 (even if there were a 1 year delay for the Xbox 360 release) the PS3 would be dead. Period. The shift of one would cause other companies to re-evaluate their commitment to each system.Yo bet Sony better be paying Konami and Square-Enix a s**tload to keep that stuff exclusive otherwise the PS3 is going to be the fastest boat to sink since the Titanic!Edit: Maybe the 3DO and Virtual Boy sunk faster... but people have long forgotten about them. :P
Wow Babywookie, i didn't think that anyone would be stupid enough to be openly rascist on Digg, but you seemed to do that with your insult of Polish people.
If MicroGates is so great how come i don't see them gunning for Ps3 titles than hmmmmm or why theres no explanation to why the Wii is kicking there ass and has already sold out and is being reordered by retailers much like the PS3 hmmmmmmmOr why the Wii has sold half as much as what took the 360 one year to achieve and the Wii did it in 6 weeks !!! And still is climbing ...I guess you 360 marks have some explaining to do yourself as Gears of War wasn't enough to save you marks from the sales of the Wii ! While more of the 360 bricks sit on the shelves this Xmas and collected DUST !!!! At least the PS3 had an excuse they were put of production and making more !!360's have been out on the shelf and the Wii was the top seller this holiday season mo the Litterbox 180 !!!!
Bwyond31 exhibts pure ignorance. Sony will make the million mark, at what cost. How many buyers will they retain, how many were specualtors? How many will actullay turn around and buy a game, which incidentally is where the money is, not in console sales.Making the million market and not making any game sales will translate into a serious ass banging.Of all the people I know who have PS3's in their home I do not know one single person who has purchased a games since christmas. Actually, the only one who play the PS3 console are those who did not previously own a XBOX 360. Until Sony relases games better than gears of war the ps3 will look like san diego real estate :)Beyond needs to go back to devry...
Closed AccountDec 29, 2006
Not looking at all promising though, with a heap of other exclusive stuff that was once sony only, being released on xbox.
babywookieDec 29, 2006
"Too bad they got their money back- just returned to the store with receipt."Not exactly true. Unfortunately, they also got stuck with eBay fees and s**t. A friend of mine lost $180 with his two 20GBs. 5 eBay auctions with Gallery Featured and other expensive features. A few of the auctions didn't reach reserve and then we got a Nigerian assh**e and one non-payer. Keep gloating.
babywookieDec 29, 2006
Hah. Congrats man. The people calling you an "asswipe" really wish they could have made as much money that fast. Jealous little bitches. :)
babywookieDec 29, 2006
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babywookieDec 29, 2006
Good for you. Yeah, the eBay prices for the 360 crashed really bad right before xmas too.
drgamezDec 29, 2006
"I like the idea that Sony expects us to upgrade the hard drive on our own :). That's a brilliant idea and I'm glad they (Sony) think we (geeks, nerds, etc.) are smart enough to actually replace a hard drive."Then couldn't they have saved us a ton of money and offered the Blu-Ray player separate for us "geeks" to install?
dagamer34Dec 29, 2006
If Final Fantasy were to jump to the 360, 1/2 the people planning to buy a PS3 would now buy an Xbox 360.If Metal Gear Solid 4 were to jump to the 360, the OTHER 1/2 of people planning to buy a PS3 would now buy an Xbox 360.It's really bad when the success of an expensive console depends on only 2 games. If either one of those 2 were to announce a release on the Xbox 360 (even if there were a 1 year delay for the Xbox 360 release) the PS3 would be dead. Period. The shift of one would cause other companies to re-evaluate their commitment to each system.Yo bet Sony better be paying Konami and Square-Enix a s**tload to keep that stuff exclusive otherwise the PS3 is going to be the fastest boat to sink since the Titanic!Edit: Maybe the 3DO and Virtual Boy sunk faster... but people have long forgotten about them. :P
jaquestrapDec 29, 2006
Wow Babywookie, i didn't think that anyone would be stupid enough to be openly rascist on Digg, but you seemed to do that with your insult of Polish people.
Closed AccountDec 30, 2006
If MicroGates is so great how come i don't see them gunning for Ps3 titles than hmmmmm or why theres no explanation to why the Wii is kicking there ass and has already sold out and is being reordered by retailers much like the PS3 hmmmmmmmOr why the Wii has sold half as much as what took the 360 one year to achieve and the Wii did it in 6 weeks !!! And still is climbing ...I guess you 360 marks have some explaining to do yourself as Gears of War wasn't enough to save you marks from the sales of the Wii ! While more of the 360 bricks sit on the shelves this Xmas and collected DUST !!!! At least the PS3 had an excuse they were put of production and making more !!360's have been out on the shelf and the Wii was the top seller this holiday season mo the Litterbox 180 !!!!
jonnysakoJan 28, 2007
Bwyond31 exhibts pure ignorance. Sony will make the million mark, at what cost. How many buyers will they retain, how many were specualtors? How many will actullay turn around and buy a game, which incidentally is where the money is, not in console sales.Making the million market and not making any game sales will translate into a serious ass banging.Of all the people I know who have PS3's in their home I do not know one single person who has purchased a games since christmas. Actually, the only one who play the PS3 console are those who did not previously own a XBOX 360. Until Sony relases games better than gears of war the ps3 will look like san diego real estate :)Beyond needs to go back to devry...