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SageTech
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Posted: 22nd Nov 2006 02:52
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That is, unbelievable how unlucky yet lucky I am. Today while out looking for a wii, my step brother and I went into a local gamestop and once again were told the wii was out of stock. However, after hearing my brother talk about the ps3, the man behind the counter asked if we wanted one. So, using my wii money and his spare change, we bought one! Now it went on eBay immidietly, as my interest purley lies in the wii, but amazing I could find that console yet not find the one I was looking for! Oh, and Im of course luaging at all people who camped out weeks in advance for it

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QuothTheRaven
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Posted: 22nd Nov 2006 03:25
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yuo'er luaging at who for waht now?

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Cash Curtis II
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Posted: 22nd Nov 2006 05:53
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You probably got sold a fake console full of drugs and needles.


Come see the WIP!
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CattleRustler
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Posted: 22nd Nov 2006 12:53
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and then will be busted by ebay for selling fraud
haha



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soapyfish
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Posted: 22nd Nov 2006 19:41
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I'll be honest - I hate the fact that people buy consoles purely to sell them on.

It would appear I've been bitten by the coding bug yet again...
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Siolis
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Posted: 22nd Nov 2006 21:05
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He's lieing. Wanna prove me wrong? Post a picture with todays paper. Otherwise, he's lieing.

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Seppuku Arts
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Posted: 22nd Nov 2006 21:11
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Quote: "He's lieing. Wanna prove me wrong? Post a picture with todays paper. Otherwise, he's lieing."


Please elaborate, some of us don't have American newspapers.

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Chris K
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Posted: 22nd Nov 2006 21:22
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He means to prove the date.

Man, haven't you ever held someone randsom?!

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Seppuku Arts
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Posted: 22nd Nov 2006 21:38
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Well once, but I totally screwed it up, man the Britney Spears fan club wasn't pleased.

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SageTech
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Posted: 22nd Nov 2006 22:10
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Id post the ebay auction, but I think that violates the AUP.

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Matt Rock
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Posted: 22nd Nov 2006 23:07
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Sony is shipping as many units as they can each week to the U.S., and on both CNN and G4 (I didn't see it on G4 but a friend said he did) they've said that some analysts are saying they'll get 750,000 to 2 million units shipped by January 1st 2007. They're saying the Wii is going to be harder to find in the week's to come, mostly because Nintendo shipped everything they could (around 450,000 units) during the initial launch, rather than shipping in doses as Sony does... so Nintendo now has to scramble to mass-produce more of the Wii for shipment, and they cornered themselves for the holidays... they might get as many as 500k more units shipped, but it isn't looking good, or so CNN claims. Stupid move, but you won't hear me complaining


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Cian Rice
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That's funny. Because that's not even close to being true on Nintendo's part.

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Matt Rock
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Posted: 22nd Nov 2006 23:54
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I'm just reporting what was reported I dunno, I think I'll take CNN's word over nextgenwars.com, call me crazy but I tend to follow the people with the most research money


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Hobgoblin Lord
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Posted: 23rd Nov 2006 00:06
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Not quite the numbers I have seen Matt, but they seem so varied from site to site, newscast to newscast I won't quote any. I will say this though people are definately not buying the Ps3's to play with right now, just looking to make cash. Two of the guys in my game production class work at Gamestop and they sold 24 PS3's only 1 extra controller and 2 games total, that says people are trying to cash in.

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Kentaree
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Posted: 23rd Nov 2006 00:13
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Actually, Sony themselves have said they hope to ship 1 Million units.

I believe Nintendo was hoping to ship 2 Million upwards (Trying to find url for that one too) before the end of the year, and has already shipped nearly 700,000 units

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Kaurotu
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Posted: 23rd Nov 2006 02:30
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The way I see it, Sony is going to be hurting for a while. I don't think they can make (or sell) PS3 units fast enough.

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Krilik
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Posted: 23rd Nov 2006 02:48
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I walked into EBGames and bought a PS3 today with no problems. Except I can't take it out and show pictures because its supposed to be for Christmas (a present to myself, and brother).

I don't know about the Wii though, I didn't bother asking.
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Jeku
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Posted: 23rd Nov 2006 07:09
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Considering 2 more former PS3 exclusives have switched over to the 360 side due to PS3's lack of production (Koei), I can honestly say Sony is in trouble

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Cian Rice
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Posted: 23rd Nov 2006 20:38
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Yeah but who was counting on Fatal Inertia and Blade Storm : The 1000 Year War to be killer-apps?

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Ri karou
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Posted: 23rd Nov 2006 20:47
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dont forget GTA4 and Assassins creed were supposed to be exclusive for the Ps3 and are now on the 360 as well....Ps3 also completly lost SvR 07.

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Jeku
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Posted: 24th Nov 2006 04:11
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And Sony should have jumped all over COD 3 and made it exclusive--- but didn't.

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