Camping out for Playstation 3?

[slayer202]

I have never camped out before for anything, so I am wondering when would be a good time to start for PS3. How does closing time on Thursday and 16th sound? too early? Not really sure what 360 was like...

 

[ElFenix]

how about now?

 

[StevenYoo]

closing time on thurs is too late, imho. not for a console with this much hype and expected shortages

 

[BDawg]

Sounds like there won't be many. I would say as early as they'll let you.

I'm taking my chances online or will wait until they're more plentiful. I'll still have FFXII to play while the PS3 is out.

 

[Queasy]

Depends on where you go. Best Buy seems to be the major magnet for campers followed by Wal-Mart. I'd check out slightly more obscure stores like Costco...

 

[sswingle]

Never

I would rather sit at home and play games on my PC.

 

[Thraxen]

Get a Wii instead.

 

[PricklyPete]

You'll be lucky if that is enough time. I have a hard time believing they will make their production goals...but hopefully Sony can pull it off.

 

[So]

Why?!??! What is so great on ANY console that you're willing to give up more than 24 hours of your life for?

 

[slayer202]

so, what, start camping out early thursday? lol, just seems so weird picturing camping out when they are still open

 

[Yossarian]

Sony would have to camp out outside my apartment for me to even consider buying their overpriced POS.

 

[slayer202]

i honestly don't care if you guys dislike sony or the ps3, i don't really wanna hear it.

 

[CVSiN]

Originally posted by: slayer202
I have never camped out before for anything, so I am wondering when would be a good time to start for PS3. How does closing time on Thursday and 16th sound? too early? Not really sure what 360 was like...

i started for the 360 over a day before the launch and still was 8th in line...
most stores in houston area had people in line 2 days before..

 

[EngenZerO]

if i told you i would have to kill you

 

[Queasy]

Originally posted by: CVSiN

Originally posted by: slayer202
I have never camped out before for anything, so I am wondering when would be a good time to start for PS3. How does closing time on Thursday and 16th sound? too early? Not really sure what 360 was like...

i started for the 360 over a day before the launch and still was 8th in line...
most stores in houston area had people in line 2 days before..

I camped out at a Super Wal-Mart starting at about 2:30PM. I was 13th in line (this was one of the few Wal-Marts in my area that was getting an abundant supply of Premiums). I left Super Wal-Mart after midnight and landed at a Sam's Club at around 2AM. I was 5th in line there.

 

[slayer202]

sounds like this will be harder than i thought. will any of the smaller stores get them? like gamestop, or maybe the mom and pop stores?

and i assume there is no way to buy online?

 

[CVSiN]

Originally posted by: Queasy

Originally posted by: CVSiN

Originally posted by: slayer202
I have never camped out before for anything, so I am wondering when would be a good time to start for PS3. How does closing time on Thursday and 16th sound? too early? Not really sure what 360 was like...

i started for the 360 over a day before the launch and still was 8th in line...
most stores in houston area had people in line 2 days before..

I camped out at a Super Wal-Mart starting at about 2:30PM. I was 13th in line (this was one of the few Wal-Marts in my area that was getting an abundant supply of Premiums). I left Super Wal-Mart after midnight and landed at a Sam's Club at around 2AM. I was 5th in line there.

yah but sams require a membership =(
all the freebe places were mega camped..
and after all that time i still only got a core system.. Target only got 4 premiums outa 20..
they told us they were all premiums.. but the manager was dumb and didnt know the difference.

 

[ElFenix]

Originally posted by: slayer202
so, what, start camping out early thursday? lol, just seems so weird picturing camping out when they are still open

if it comes out on friday morning and you really want one you better get there wednesday at closing time. many stores will probably sell them at midnight.

or you could pre-order now and hope that they get enough that your ticket gets punched.

Originally posted by: slayer202
sounds like this will be harder than i thought. will any of the smaller stores get them? like gamestop, or maybe the mom and pop stores?

and i assume there is no way to buy online?

i guarantee you that gamestop will have pre-sold every console they expect to get for the first 4 months.

 

[Queasy]

Originally posted by: slayer202
sounds like this will be harder than i thought. will any of the smaller stores get them? like gamestop, or maybe the mom and pop stores?

and i assume there is no way to buy online?

The EB Games/Gamestop managers I have talked with said they aren't expecting any more than 5-10 PS3s per store.

You could also try places like Meijers.

 

[dotcom173]

i camped for the 360. i was planning on going around 6:00 AM when the store opens at 9AM. but around 5pm, the night before, my dad called and said he saw like 10 people outside bestbuy.....so i figured maybe i'd go around 8 or something. then one of my friends called and said there was an assload of people....so i got there at 6pm. i forgot my sweatshirt.....and i was wearing shorts.....i almost died. there was like 60 people in front of me....but people left here and there. finally, in the morning, i got one....but the ****** one without the harddrive.

if i wanted a ps3 bad enough to camp.....i wouldnt. so not worth it. i still regret not selling it on ebay the next day.

 

[jagec]

Just wait a few months for the price to go down and more games to get released.

 

[Queasy]

Originally posted by: CVSiN

Originally posted by: Queasy

Originally posted by: CVSiN

Originally posted by: slayer202
I have never camped out before for anything, so I am wondering when would be a good time to start for PS3. How does closing time on Thursday and 16th sound? too early? Not really sure what 360 was like...

i started for the 360 over a day before the launch and still was 8th in line...
most stores in houston area had people in line 2 days before..

I camped out at a Super Wal-Mart starting at about 2:30PM. I was 13th in line (this was one of the few Wal-Marts in my area that was getting an abundant supply of Premiums). I left Super Wal-Mart after midnight and landed at a Sam's Club at around 2AM. I was 5th in line there.

yah but sams require a membership =(
all the freebe places were mega camped..
and after all that time i still only got a core system.. Target only got 4 premiums outa 20..
they told us they were all premiums.. but the manager was dumb and didnt know the difference.

It's even better than that with Sam's. Only people with business memberships can get there at 7AM. Everyone else has to wait until their normal business hours. Fortunately, both my wife and I have business memberships.

The distribution was screwed up at Wal-Marts too though. Most were getting more cores than premiums (like 2 Premiums and 10 cores). I just lucked out that I decided to stop at that one Wal-Mart on my home and found out that they were getting 23 Premiums and 7 Cores.

 

[slayer202]

ok so bestbuy and walmart probably aren't the best places to go? man this is gonna be crazy

 

[Ramma2]

I went out around 3 AM for the 360 launch, and was 2nd in line for the 10AM opening.

<3 for late November in Minnesota and wimpy people.

 

[Queasy]

Originally posted by: slayer202
ok so bestbuy and walmart probably aren't the best places to go? man this is gonna be crazy

Yeah, I would avoid Best Buy like the plague. Talking to a cop while camping outside of Sam's Club, most of the incidences of fights and what not in the Atlanta area happened at Best Buy stores.