In America, people lined up days, no weeks, before the PS3 launched. People with eBay stars in their eyes and money to burn. In England, we are hours away from the console's launch. Retailer GAME canned its midnight launch and will be selling the console early Friday morning. The Virgin Megastore has already opened its doors to "campers," turning the ground-floor into a makeshift "campsite." How many people are in line? Hint: You can count them on one hand. Kat from Shiny Media swung by the Virgin on Oxford Street and has this to report:
The three who were camping inside at 6pm today were keen, the first to arrive, Rititsu Thomas (pictured with me) had turned up on Virgin's doorstep at 5am that morning, but he had many more hours to wait out before someone else joined him, at 11.45am. The third, and last (when I arrived at 5pm) to rock up was Omar, who had got there only a few hours prior to me, was planning on buying six consoles to sell on eBay. Although goodness knows if he'll go through with it, as after hearing me discuss the low profits made by reselling the consoles on eBay with Retitsu, he took me aside and asked me nervously if I recommended he go through with it or not...
Wow, does Omar live under a rock or what? It's still early, but it's not yet what we would call widespread PS3 mania. It's not even a passing fancy. Fear not! There is still time. Brian Ashcraft