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Waiting for the PS3?

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These people are. A line at my local Best buy. Pic is kind of crappy since its from my cell phone. They have tents and TV's.

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wow...They should get jobs. lol
 
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I wouldn't wait in queue for anything....Especially that long.

I'm not inpatient, I'm just not retarded.
 
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I wouldn't waste my time either. I'll wait a few months after the hype dies down. and thats IF i get one. i already have the xbox 360 and its great.
 
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I wouldn't waste my time either. I'll wait a few months after the hype dies down. and thats IF i get one. i already have the xbox 360 and its great.

You got Gears of War for it....Just got mine this morning it's a very good game I'd suggest playing Single Player on Co-Op
 
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Wow.... now that's just sad, doing a drive-by on people camped out at a Best Buy.
 
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Gears of War is a reason to buy a 360.. I beat the game in less than a day's time.. Great gameplay, insane graphics.. Try it on Hardcore, it's well.. hardcore lol..
 
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Shipping my PS3 out tomorrow morning. :D
 
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I just drove by my local best buy a few minutes ago and the police were there making them leave...That sucks for them.
 
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I just drove by my local best buy a few minutes ago and the police were there making them leave...That sucks for them.

Lol! As if...Under what Law? Sony been influencing the Police or was it Microsoft? Dpends how you look at it. :bomb:
 
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I picked one of mine up at Game Stop at 8:00 am this morning, pre-order. The other 2 are in transit.
 
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Got mine this morning at 10. :)

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i dont think ps3 will be very successful in north amarica
 
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i dont think ps3 will be very successful in north amarica

I think it will. However, I think some of it's market share will be eaten up by Nintendo and M$
 

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i dont think ps3 will be very successful in north amarica
I don't know, buying the PS3 with the blue ray DVD player is cheaper than just buying the blue ray DVD player.
 
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Which is a very good point rman...I'd suggest picking that up than a DVD Player at least you get games aswell :)
 
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I'm going to buy a Wii to park next to my XBox 360. I'm not even going to have to wait in line to get one :)
 
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I'm going to buy a Wii to park next to my XBox 360. I'm not even going to have to wait in line to get one :)

Why because you'll be the only one picking a Wii up ;)
 
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I'll wait till next Xmas to pick this thing up.. That way, it'll drop in price quite a bit.
 

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