360, Ps3 & Wii

[mad0maxx]

360, Ps3 & Wii

Why does the public riot at launch dates and people shoot other people for a damn gaming console? I just do not get it besides people being so damn greedy... is there any other factors besides greed and the console being a status symbol so you can say you got one when it first came out?

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[CVSiN]

Originally posted by: mad0maxx
360, Ps3 & Wii

Why does the public riot at launch dates and people shoot other people for a damn gaming console? I just do not get it besides people being so damn greedy... is there any other factors besides greed and the console being a status symbol so you can say you got one when it first came out?

to turn around and sell for 500% markup on E-lame

 

[mugs]

Originally posted by: mad0maxx
360, Ps3 & Wii

Why does the public riot at launch dates and people shoot other people for a damn gaming console? I just do not get it besides people being so damn greedy... is there any other factors besides greed and the console being a status symbol so you can say you got one when it first came out?

Money.

 

[mad0maxx]

Originally posted by: CVSiN

Originally posted by: mad0maxx
360, Ps3 & Wii

Why does the public riot at launch dates and people shoot other people for a damn gaming console? I just do not get it besides people being so damn greedy... is there any other factors besides greed and the console being a status symbol so you can say you got one when it first came out?

to turn around and sell for 500% markup on E-lame

Yeah, people so damn greedy now adays...

 

[FoBoT]

I have to blame the EBay Overlords

 

[Mellman]

Originally posted by: FoBoT
I have to blame the EBay Overlords

They wouldn't do it if people werent willing to pay it...

i've no problem with people making a buck , i'd do it too.... so long as its not on our forums. And hey - If some idiot wants to pay $3g+ for a $600 toy...let em, its THEIR loss, if they want to eat cup o' noodles to play a video game, their problem not mine. if they make enough to afford it, their money not mine

 

[nakedfrog]

Were there riotings/shootings for the Wii launch?

 

[daveymark]

Originally posted by: nakedfrog
Were there riotings/shootings for the Wii launch?

Nope, nobody cared about the wii enough to shoot anyone. we did have a fight at Best buy yesterday though

 

[vi edit]

Originally posted by: nakedfrog
Were there riotings/shootings for the Wii launch?

Nope. And you can't get GTA on a Nintendo platform. Coincidence? I THINK NOT!

 

[MemoryInAGarden]

Originally posted by: Mellman

Originally posted by: FoBoT
I have to blame the EBay Overlords

They wouldn't do it if people werent willing to pay it...

i've no problem with people making a buck , i'd do it too.... so long as its not on our forums. And hey - If some idiot wants to pay $3g+ for a $600 toy...let em, its THEIR loss, if they want to eat cup o' noodles to play a video game, their problem not mine. if they make enough to afford it, their money not mine

Little Johnny has to have the perfect Christmas, at any price.

 

[dethman]

$$.

 

[Aharami]

its the rich parents' fault who bend over backward at their spoiled kids' every wish

 

[spikespiegal]

Little Johnny has to have the perfect Christmas, at any price.

"but Daddy....I want an Oompa Loompa NOW!"

It's the rich dorks paying a 5x scalpers fee just to get a PS3 a month before their buddies do that baffle me.

 

[toekramp]

Originally posted by: daveymark

Originally posted by: nakedfrog
Were there riotings/shootings for the Wii launch?

Nope, nobody cared about the wii enough to shoot anyone. we did have a fight at Best buy yesterday though

hardly, people viewed the wii simply as a purchase, not as an item to turn around and sell for a profit. when people saw they weren't going to acquire the ps3 they weren't dissapointed about not being able to play the console, they saw thousands of dollars lost.

lack of greed != lack of interest

 

[ranmaniac]

The OP pretty much summed it up in a word: Greed

Although I wonder about families camping in line for a few days for a video console, makes me wonder how they can afford a $600 game system if they aren't working.

 

[IceBergSLiM]

i think game console and status symbol shouldn't appear on the same page together.