Prophetic vision of November 17: Japan launch liiiiiiiiiiiines

Posted Nov 11, 2006 at 2:17PM by QJ Staff Listed in: PS3 Tags: Japan, North America, origami
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Just between us. Did you know that QJ has a magic crystal ball? Yep. We can see into the future. [hesitates] OK, fine. We're just kidding. But hey!, instead of a crystal ball, what we do have are sources. And one of our sources, NewLaunches, posted a vid of what could possibly be a foretelling of the future. These pics and the video below give us a glimpse of what November 17 would be like in North America.

These are the lines for the PS3 launch in Japan. See that sign in one of the pics on top? In English, that's playfully translated as: "Hey kid, you weren't a fanboy enough to have lined-up earlier. And now, you've got no PS3. We're out of stock. Go home and play origami in the mean time." Yes, it's a (very) loose translation, but you get the point.

Now as for the vid, let's just say that it's 1:41 minutes long and all it ever shows is the line. Yup. That's 1:41 minutes worth of walking down the line. Can you imagine how long it actually was? The person who video taped it started at some spot on the sidewalk (we're not sure if he started at the end of the line) and followed the queue all the way around the corner, into an alley, into a building, down a hall, into a lobby, out the other side of the block, down another sidewalk, through an unlit portion of the street... Even by the time the video ends, we're not even shown the end of the line!

So. Is this what we can expect next week for the U.S. launch? Better ready your gear. Seems like we'd have to camp out two to three days ahead or something.



 
 
 

Comments [refresh]

by MIQ - 2006-11-11 09:59
» Woah!

May I be the first to say Bloody Hell! That's one long ass line!

by CeCiL - 2006-11-11 10:01
» Raise ur hand...

Raise your hand if you think PS3 isn't going to sell? ...



Raise your hand if you think PS3 is too expensive and will only sell a few.



If you raised your hand or thought about raising your hand for any of the above - LoL! Your getting pwned fanboy.





PS3 has been out for a day, and has revolutionized the console market - different OS's, homebrew, Connectivity - etc...



Now THAT's ownage.

by Razgoull - 2006-11-11 10:42
» You must wait cause PS3 is the best!

First I want to be clear, I'm not a fanboy! I have a x360 and a PS3 nov.17. But I just came form the Arcadia festival in Montreal (I live there) and It sucks real bad.



--First Sony was not there. No PSP-PS2-PS3.

--The big Hype was about Nintendo Wii. And lots of peoples was disappointed including myself. The BIG problem are the controller. You can't control lots of things in same time like a conventional controller. Buttons are missing and you can play all the games with little movement with your wrist. Not like Nintendo Ads ( with simulating movement). The worst is Wii-Sport, you only control one thing (the raquette, the bat, the punch gloves etc)You can't move the character! Zelda are the same thing in the GameCube. You got to have both side by side to see a little differences. Exci-Truck was the coolest but it get boring to quick. I think the hype for the Wii will be down real fast. You have to play it to see it's a Gamecube for 250$.



Ok! now the X360 as the good games. Call of duty 3 are F***king GOOD! I think I'll buy it for PS3. The Graphic for Gears of war was over the top! But the gameplay is medium and the way you control your character suck. Most of the action moves are on the A button, so when there is an enemy and you are close to a wall, the character don't always do the good action. So you got kill. It still good but i really don't think it deserve a 9/10.



So PS3 I waiting for you NOW!

by PS3's Ralph - 2006-11-11 14:52
» lol

Raises his hand 10 times.. That line is to line up to take a crap on a system that the japanese know will fail.. PS3 is TeH SuX0R!!!!!!! Sonys Secret Blu-ray ninja device.. 0o0o0o0o0o Wahhh were mad because immersion sued us so we no like rumble no more and make excuses that it wouldnt work in the controllers.. Wahhhh



0o0o0o PS3 WEAK SPOT HIT FOR MASSIVE DAMAGE!!

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