"Oliver Wong" <owong@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes:
> "Roy Schestowitz" <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
> news:1430799.tS41lsFsCq@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> __/ [ John Bailo ] on Thursday 22 February 2007 01:10 \__
>>
>>> Oliver Wong wrote:
>>>
>>>> But why would I take Sony's claims about how well their
>>>> own products would do seriously?
>>>
>>> Because the PS family line has sold an order of magnitude higher gaming
>>> systems than any other manufacturer.
>
> You don't think that perhaps Sony might be a bit bias, or that it might
> benefit them to over-hype their own products?
>
>>
>> While I agree with some of Oliver's points, bear in mind that the PS3
>> hasn't
>> reached many parts of the world, yet. It's sought after in places where
>> it's
>> still unavailable (don't tell me you see it in the shelves in /YOUR/
>> store).
>
> If you're speaking to me, actually, yes. Or if to be taken literally:
> no, as I don't actually own a video game store. But yes, I see them
> available in almost every videogame store I visit. As I mentioned in other
> threads, I was looking for a Wii. So I'd go from store to store, and see a
> stack of PS3s on display, and I'd ask the shop keeper if they had any
> Nitendo Wiis, and they'd say no.
>
> The PS3s are plentiful, here in Quebec. If you want me to get you one,
> let me know (you'll have to pay the retail price and shipping, of course).
> Or better yet, buy them off of eBay. The systems are selling there at
> *CHEAPER* than retail price. The reason is that people are sorry they bought
> them, and can't get rid of them without undercutting the stores.
>
> http://video-games.attr-search.ebay.com/ps3_Systems_Sony-Playstation-3_W0QQa14Z43932QQalistZa14QQcatrefZC12QQfromZR40QQgcsZ1134QQpfidZ1412QQpfmodeZ2QQsacatZQ2d100
>
I bet they wish they hadn't told Mark Kent about Yellowdog Linux. I bet
it scared half the people away. And "Dog" is the word - no frame buffer
access indeed. What were they thinking????
But one thing came out of this : Mark Kent needs to clean his crystal ball
as his predictions about people throwing away their MS Windows PCs and
using a PS3 for their computing needs seem, as I pointed out at the
time, rather ludicrous.
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