[VGN] PS3 Launch in the US of A

Ueber einen PS3-Raub und die PS3-Camper. Heute am Freitag, den 17. November, soll es endlich so weit sein: in den USA wird die Sony Playstion 3 veroeffentlicht, weswegen sich schon seit einigen Tagen einige Videospiel-Begeisterte zu friedlichen Grueppchen formen - aber es gibt auch weniger friedliche Freunde der elektronischen Unterhaltungsindustrie. Ehrlich gesagt, genau sowas habe ich befuerchtet und auch vom amerikanischen Launch erwartet. Irgendwelche Deppen, die zu viel GTA gezockt haben, werfen schon wieder dunkle Schatten auf unseren Ruf. Aber naja, watt will man machen, ne? [...]
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11.16.2006
The Great PS3 Robbery
An Elk Grove Gamestop store was robbed at gunpoint this morning, the two gunmen making off with four PS3s and four 360s.

Local police contacted nearby stores and warned them to "keep an eye out for anything suspicious". What, like crowds of grown men waiting in a line outdoors for days, on the brink of winter, for a video games console? Yeah, that's normal.

No word yet on any leads, but anyone in the area trying to sell a 360 for $30,000 should be treated with extreme caution....Luke Plunkett

Armed Gunmen Steal PS3 Consoles in Elk Grove Video Game Store Robbery [News10]
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PS3 Shanty Town Map: It's Its Own Sovereign Nation
I'd expected to be at SF's Metreon for the PS3 launch as less a gadget journo, and more an anthropologist/ Zookeeper. Instead, I've become an explorer, and cartographer.

I've named the four sections of the PS3 Launch party lines as they've formed up like some sort of mini Burning Man. They're a rightful sovereign nation, even if no one recognizes them except Sony's flacks, Mel's Diner who is donating shakes and cheeseburgers, and a lone blogger too bored with standard news reporting to give you just the facts. Here are the four lines of people who are getting PS3s. Anyone else, isn't getting a console tonight.

Minna Kitchen, population ~300: The Green Section named after the alley its on (Minna) and Hell's Kitchen, in NY. The dark road is behind the Metreon Garage, and actually, blogger Paul Boutin was mugged only a few blogs away from here. Here's the shanty in this shantytown. People playing lots of DS Lite, PSP, and cards, underneath cheap tarps, behind crowd control barricades as if they were animals. The last guy in line is the last guy guaranteed a PS3. He'll probably get the 20Gb piece of shit. Likely, most of the slackers in this line will get those.

Jillian's Camp, population ~100: Named after the bar/restaurant this is behind, this little square area is filled with tents, and decent lighting. Think of it as the suburbs of this temporary little settlement.

Style Row, population 200: Here are the working middle class geeks. They're in front of the Sony Style store, pretty densely packed. Some game journos here, and other people die hard enough to be in line, but not as hardcore as the people in the front section.

VIP Place,Population 50: These are the guys who've been in line since Wednesday morning/afternoon. They'll likely all get premium 60GB PS3s.

The event is starting. BRB with more posts. -Brian Lam

PS3 [Gizmodo]
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