Re: Australian PS3 launch: no excitement

On Mar 23, 10:16 am, "Jonah Falcon" <jonahny...@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
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On Mar 23, 10:04 am, "Tomcat" <tom_dalla...@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
On Mar 23, 8:32 am, "The King of Gaming" <king.of.gam...@xxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:

LOL, leave it to pile of shit 360 fanboys to *complain* about a free
TV giveaway.

Well, all I can say is by looking at the press releases on the PS3
launch it's not the 360 fanboys complaining about the PS3 launch.
It's the loyal "would buy a PS3 even without games" Sony fanboys that
are rejecting the PS3. Rejecting it by not even showing up at a major
launch.

That's funny, all of the press releases I see say it's going fine.

Huh? All of the press releases there ARE are negative. I don't know which
ones you're reading, but Joystiq, P2P, etc are all reporting a disastrous
launch. A summary:

http://www.gamestooge.com/2007/03/23/what-happens-if-a-console-launch...

In Australia, news outlets hoping to capture hundreds of excited purchasers
queueing up to purchase PS3s during the midnight launch were severely
disappointed. Depsite the reports of 2,000 preorders, stores were a virtual
wasteland. In Franch, a whopping 60 people showed up to purchase PS3s,
leaving 940 units unsold, while Microsoft cheekily reminded those few who
arrived that they loved them, probably as much as Peter Molyneux loves his
dog. French organizers of the launch ominously called it a "non-event". In
England, Sony gave away to the first 100 purchasers Sony HDTVs six times
pricier than the console itself. A publicity stunt, to be sure, but one that
might smack of desperation.

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A simple search of Google News will find both positive and negative
Austraila PS3 launch news. Joystiq is the biggest Xbox fanboy blog on
the web so I hardly take them seriously...

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