Suhit Gupta
11-13-2006, 09:00 PM
<div class='os_post_top_link'><a href='http://www.kotaku.com/gaming/top/foreigners-and-fights-ps3-jpn-launchs-dark-side-214130.php' target='_blank'>http://www.kotaku.com/gaming/top/foreigners-and-fights-ps3-jpn-launchs-dark-side-214130.php</a><br /><br /></div><i>"At the worldwide sales debut of PlayStation 3, Sony's newest console attracted dozens of media outlets and thousands of people willing to camp outside overnight for a chance to score the 60,000 yen game system. Minutes before the clock struck 7:00 A.M. and Sony's new PlayStation 3 console would officially go on sale, a company representative addressed the crowd of media and the new face of early bird game console buyers - Chinese nationals. "Everybody, the PlayStation 3 is the door to a new world of interactive entertainment," the spunky Japanese rep trumpeted as SCE CEO Ken Kutaragi joined her on stage."</i><br /><br /><img src="http://www.digitalmediathoughts.com/images/ps3launch.jpg" /><br /><br />This is a long post about how crazy the lines are for the PS3. Reminds me of the XBox 360 rush from about a year ago. The PS3 finally launched and about 88K+ devices flew off shelves in Japan in less than 2 days. Unfortunately, due to blue-ray problems, Sony only released 100K devices so it will be interesting to see how Sony keeps up with demand. Anyways, Gizmodo has a <a href="http://www.gizmodo.com/gadgets/home-entertainment/extensive-ps3-interface-walkthrough-214180.php">nice and quick UI walkthrough of the PS3</a> that you might be interested in seeing.