People Not Lining Up For PS3 (Japan)

IGN can report today that no one has started to line up for the PlayStation 3 in Japan. This is based on a tour they took today of Tokyo's biggest game shops. That's right, the Bics, the Yodobashis, the Tsutayas, the Sakurayas, the Don Quixotes. No matter where they looked, no one was lining up for the 11/11 launch.

[GamerX2]

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[Tut]

And that proves the citizens of Japan are not as needy/idiotic as the citizens of America!

Or it's going to tank (highly doubtful).

[shysun]

You didn't even read it did you?They are turning ppl away from lining up.One store has a crazy lotto system(you get a ticket and they hold a drawing) to stop the long lines.The Wii lines are for Pre-orders not for the launch line ups!.....you ppl :(

[Tut]

No, I didn't Shy. The first sentence of my comment was entirely sarcastic and the second was just poking fun.

I wouldn't take it personally =)

[shysun]

Well you forgot to add the Sarcasm part.We can't read minds you know!:(

[Tut]

I know =/

I hate text for that very reason. It is insanely difficult to perceive meaning when there is no tone or hint of context =(

[LiquifiedArt]

is so lame...rather just keep the ps2.

[God of Gaming]

News finally got to Japan that NBA Live 07 was cancelled for the PS3. They love that NBA over there!

[THAMMER1]

It's goin DOWN. We have people in line here and it is 7 days away. And in Japan no one is hype. Looks bad.

[shysun]

Read the damn article! :(

[andy capps]

Yes, read the article. One store is doing a lottery system, the others are telling people to leave that started to line up yesterday and today. They want them to start the lines tomorrow, apparently. It's going to be crazy over there.

[kingboy]

don`t waste your time man,haters gonna always be haters.camping for 7-10 consoles pair store is a no no..

[THAMMER1]

I will read the article tonight. But I love Ps2. Ps3...um still waiting for a reason out side of Oh the new PS3 is comming out. Sorry if you guys are fan boys or do not like the fact that the launch of your new console is lame.

[shysun]

If you didn't read it yet....don't post!!!

[highps3]

What is this based on? IGN driving around? lol great story. Mabe they should update there PS3 section how about that?

[THAMMER1]

You will come to learn that You can not control me "BOY".

[DC RID3R]

b4 your sun sets!!!!

ps3's full of sh*T and NOT worth the wait bro!!!

stop taking things SO personal!!!!

ps3's garbage

[TheBeginningOfTheEnd]

y does japan tortures itself? only 80000 ps3 this year. not a lot of games that appeal to them. very pricey. y dont they just buy 360s?
thats the $1000000 question. jump in japan.

[highps3]

OKay i just ran to Japan and they stated they are hyped!

[Agent VX]

It makes perfect sense why they are not lining up for the PS3. Nobody can afford to take the day off and lose a day or 2 wages because of the high cost of the PS3.

[EnforcerOfTheTruth]

Please explain why should somobody with a brain jump in? Do you think somebody with a brain likes to get screwed and betrayed? Do you think somobody with a brain want to pay $99 for 20GB? Do you think 20GB will be enough for the next 4 years? Do you think somobody with a brain likes if his console gets killed after just 4 years? Do you think that somobody with a brain want to buy a high definition player that can be only used for a limited time? The answer is nope. Only MS zombies have nothing against it. MS will release someday 40GB for $99 and MS zombies will say, WOW thanks MS lol You MS fanboys are pure comedy.

[Islandkiwi]

I'm sorry, I was playing Gears of War...were you saying something?

Japan has a population half the size of the US, but have 80,000 units to divvy up. Even I, a stupid 360 owner, can do the math. And the math says stay home.

[TheBeginningOfTheEnd]

tell me, how have weve been screwed and betrayed? tell me please, cuz i certantly dont feel like that. M$ only charged me the HDD in the premium pack and the extra stuuf was free. not betrayed yet. my 360 hasnt died or anything and i put it triugh heavy use. not screwed yet. can u look into the future? apparently all fanboys can. ' Do you think somobody with a brain likes if his console gets killed after just 4 years?'. well c, but i dont think so. i bought my 360 for HD games. not the HD-DVD. and it has awesome games with awesome graphics. not screwed or betrayed yet. and if ur console dies M$ will kindly replace it. what a dumbass u r

[UNREAL-T]

they didn't line up for the 360.
they don't even want it.

for japan

wii

[videl]

this story is senseless, it seems ign has nothing to do than searching something to bash the ps3. looosers. ps3 is cooooool. xbox360 is crap ! oh, and gears of war is pure sh!t (only halo was more overhyped).

[BadTaste]

I think this saddo is Achira, Gears is pure crap huh? it got a 10 on 1up and they are strict with scores. So shut it.

[Kratos12]

Since 1UP is strict with ratings let me give you some of the ratings they gave some recent PS2 games

Guitar Hero - 9.2
Final Fantasy - 9.2
Marvel: Ultimate Alliance - 7.9
Tales of the Abyss - 8.5
Destroy All Humans! 2 - 7.5
Splinter Cell Double Agent - 8.0
Bully - 10.0
Valkyrie Profile 2: Silmeria - 8.2
Okami - 9.1
King of Fighters 2006 - 8.0
Madden NFL 07 - 8.0
NCAA Football 07 - 9.0

And there are many more. This just goes to show the quality stuff that comes out on the PS

[Grown Folks Talk]

also from 1up the xbox ratings. splinter cell: da 8.9 marvel: ua 8.1 destroy all humans 2-8 madden 07-8.3 ncaa 07-9.1 i don't know when people are going to learn. virtually any argument you make for 1 or the other system can go both ways. they all have great games, they all have crappy games, and they always will. all these people that like to talk crap about games don't seem to understand that the 360, the ps3, the wii, ect don't make games. devs make games. if it sucks, b*tch about the devs.

[HyperBear]

Its about time to see some people in Japan with some common sense. People here, dont give a sh!t, and have no lives. People there, they care a lot that they dont want nerds/geeks/fanboys/no lives/guys who live in their mommies basement lining up there, so they are taking care of business. EVERYDAY. Takin care of business, ITS ALRIGHT.....

[THAMMER1]

I still say lottery sytem or not, If the PS3 was supposed to be so great the line would be crazy no mattee what. Here in the U.S. people are buying 360 like bread and water. Where has the PS3 hype gone.

[The great 1]

YEA I HEARD THEY SOLD LIKE 6 M IN 1 YEAR LOL, THAT'S A CONFUSING STATMENT YOU MAID, THERE GOING LIKE BREAD AND WATER DON'T U MEAN LIKE A FAT BAS*ARD EATING A PIECE OF FRUIT!

[Tut]

I would have to disagree with the latter part of your statement regarding the purchase rate of the XBox 360. Come to any store in my area (Central Oregon) that sells the 360 and you will find their shelves completely stocked with 360's that have barely been touched in quite some time. They may be selling well enough to keep it above water, but they are hardly a huge seller.

If anything, I think the Wii will bring in more business purely because of price and convenience. But that is purely speculation from my standpoint.

Regardless, people in my area aren't buying the Xbox 360 at bread and water (people really buy water that much?) pace but more like molasses. The holiday seasons will probabaly boost sales a little bit but I doubt in a HUGE way that some people think it will. Not because it is a crappy machine or whatever people want to make up, but it just isn't appealing to everyone yet.

[UNREAL-T]

dude! wazz wrong wit u? u said GOW looks like crap, that's whatchu say? u must be crazy man!
even though i'm a sonyfan, i own a 360 and let me tell u what i think about it. It is a great conlsole and i cant wait to play the best game out there GOW even though i think RESISTENCE will be as good as GOW (my opinion). So please stop saying that GOW looks like crap.

micosony.

[UNREAL-T]

look at my avatar.

[MadMax]

Kratos your on crack, GOW is amongst the best game ive ever played. Ive been gaming since atari. You have no idea, anyone that bashes on that game is full of sh@t. I dont care what system you wanna side with. GOW will be a hard one to top for a very long time.

[Kratos12]

I never said its crap!!!! Infact I told my friend that GOW is pushing me to get myself a 360!!!

[MadMax]

Videl you are the one smokin crack, sorry bout that Kratos. I was lookin at the wrong name.

[FeralPhoenix]

So the 6 mil+ people who've decided to buy a 360 are all "brainless" because the 20gig HDD costs $99...have you ever considered that proprietary formats are always more expensive than generic brand formats and that eventually it will be cheaper, there will be larger HDD's in the future, ahh -I remember you saying 360 wasn't capable of 1080p support too -you were wrong then, so its likely that you will keep repeating your same mistakes of underestimating the 360.....your whole post is just flawed thinking, maybe because of your Sony bias.

Sorry bro, but that name seems to suggest that you are UN-bias and that you are here to make sure the "Truth" is told, well unfortunately you are niether "un-bias" or "truthful"....so you might want to consider a more appropriate name like "Super Sonyfanboy" or "EnforcerofSonyLogic" ;, I'm sure you have probably used other names on this site, so why not go back to the drawing board again and come up with something more appropriate with your position.

[TheBeginningOfTheEnd]

that dude's a douche

[kornbeaner]

but, as far as enforcer goes even though he might not have presented his comment in the most polite of ways, the one thing that has always griped my 00's is the fact that microsoft seems to nickel and dime wherever possible to try to make money on the huge losses they take from they're gaming division (96 million last time i checked) Like with the first Xbox, "yeah our console plays DVD's but you need a $30 remote to play them" and with the 360 "yeah our machine is somewhat backward's compatible,but you need a $100 HDD".
Yeah i know these things are labled Accessories but their not "Accessories" if they are required to enjoy you machine to their full potential.

[Trickedbullet]

Every one knows that hard drives fail way before any other part of a computer normally. With the ps3 you have a built in HD that may need replacing. This means that unless sony lets you open it up and change it yourself, you are screwed or at the very least need to send the console in for repair. The 360 and computer can be replaced rather easily. 360 HD replacement takes only seconds and you can have as many HD's as you want. The 20g size will be upsized, that is just common sense.

[EnforcerOfTheTruth]

I wouldn't call all 6 mil+ brainless, some of them are unexperienced or blind.
Proprietary formats are always more expensive than generic brand format? Yeah I know that, but twice the price for half the size? Oh man, even the dumbest MS fanboy should see that he's getting screwed bigtime here. It's a freaking slow 20GB junk here for which you are paying $99 LOL

http://www.joystiq.com/2006...

FeralFanboy I never said 360 isn't cabable of 1080p. I just said "what happened to the announced 1080p native games, isn't 360 capable of it?" And I'm saying this again, where are true 1080p games and not this upscaled $hit?
My name doesn't just suggest I'm unbias, everybody that's not a fanboy knows I'm unbiased. On which freaking earth are you living that you try to excuse $99 for just a cheap and slow $20GB HDD? Take your head out off MS ass, what you are saying is simply ridiculous. You will be probably the first that will praise MS for releasing a 40GB HDD for $99 LOL
Open your eyes first and then come back here ;-)

Trickedbullet - Open your eyes MS fanboy. Sony buyers can easily change their HDD. They get unlike you 80GB for $99. That's the usual price buddy, have fun getting screwed ;-)

[FeralPhoenix]

because you make statements like this:

"My name doesn't just suggest I'm unbias, everybody that's not a fanboy knows I'm unbiased."

-It sounds like you are trying to convince yourself, because anyone who clicks on your name can see your posts common theme is to bash M$....it would be OK, if you had just been honest and said that you are a Sonyfanboy who hates M$....then at least everyone could know exactly where you stand and thus it would be clear that your comments are just your OPINION only with NO Creditability because you are "extremely biased."

Ironically a "extreme fanboy" like you wants to label me a fanboy, which really I don't mind since my history speaks for itself and I have repeatedly said that I favor the 360, but I do give credit where credit is due....I make points, not simple bashing comments with no logic, thats a big difference, I like to think that makes me a "360 fan" who likes the PS3 too or a "gamer"....like I said bro, you should just go back to the drawing board and come up with a "more appropriate screen name" -its not that hard, you probably have already done it before.

[MySwordIsHeavenly]

where the HECK is that coming from?

How retarded are you? Dude, did you read that article...or just shysun's post? Honestly...cuz i know you're going to lie to me. They're doing the same thing to the wii fans...it's to reduce riots. You get crazier and crazier every day...

[MySwordIsHeavenly]

oh yeah...the ps3 harddrive is removeable...so...if you don't want to look like a complete IDIOT...put another post up...

[MySwordIsHeavenly]

thank you

loved your post.

Finally, someone says that GOW and Resistance are in the same ranking. I just played GOW and it's a pretty good game. I mean...doesn't live up to the hype for me...but thank you for not being a biased deuschebag...like...that guy from washington...the one who rides...on his 360...hehe...

yeah...lata

[DJ]

No wonder there's no lines. America could learn a thing or two.

[agent864]

Would be great for business, they could start handing out lottery tickets at 8pm and keep the store full of shoppers till 12am when they start announcing the numbers. Have a dj, set up demos, etc. No more waiting outside in the cold overnight. Of course they'd have to still limit the lottery so the store doesn't pass capacity, so who knows maybe there still would be a line for the lottery !

[DJ]

ok yeah. probably. =P

[kornbeaner]

I Mean why would people in general wait for 2-3 days in the cold japanesse air when japan is only getting 80,000 units at launch, and this is including what was already pre-ordered online. Honestly i really wouldn't see a point here in the states to wait if we weren't getting 5x the amount. But just because there are no lines doesn't mean that those 80,000 are gonna last because as long as one is availible cash registers are not gonna stop ringing till their sold out.

[EnforcerOfTheTruth]

Actualy you try to say you ain't a fanboy? You are pure comedy, thank god they changed the spam system and you can't censor the truth so easy like you did before. Here is once again me nice post for which you had no answer and as a fanboy you are, you just censored it:

"26.1 - FeralPhoenix
EnforcerOfTheTruth - 2 Minutes ago | Let him/her speak
When questioning somebody's comprehension you should first better take a closer look at yourself. I never said Vista is only for games, I said Vista has high hardware requirements. I don't know what you are tryin to sell me here, but business applications doesn't need high end CPU/GPU and even if there are some, the OS doesn't make it run much faster or work more efficient. You can run any application you want on Xp and you will notice next to zero difference when compared to Win98. And please spare me this that OS is more important, it has nothing to do with making such comparisons. All MS/Sony or any company are caring about is $$ and to make the big dollars they have to release their product ready, well at least when they don't have a monopoly. But you know what, you was right, this is a bad comparison. People should bash MS and give Sony a freeride. Sony must have their product ready, they doeasn't have a monoploy and they can't patch their final product like MS can, as it's hardware. BTW MS never delivers ready products, you surely forgot that Xp was filled with bugs and also had strong security issues. After so many years Xp still has bugs and still has secutrity issues, but thank god MS got ridd of the major ones.
You are the typical fanoy, on what do you base saying "so they could add up all these features just to show on paper how much more they had than the competition.....with no intent to actaully deliver"
I'll tell you, on nothing. There is no truth in it and no facts behind it. You are just assuming and speculating, but you are selling it here like it would be some facts. And to be honest you are very bad at speculating. Do you really think Sony wanted to fool anybody with it? Do you really think 2 HDMI ports made such a differance on paper? There were surely many gamers that were like "WOW 2 HDMI ports, now that's spectacular, I jump in" LOL
Didn't ever come to your mind that Sony maybe underestimated the PS3 costs, so they had to downgrade it a little, thank god only from some not so important features? Of course not, as a Msfanboy and Sonyhater you are, you accept only the negative possibility. When it comes to MS you come up with ridiculous excuses like "Os is more important, it's a bad comparison" or "it was only something M$ said they were considering very early on, it doesn't count" I know, Sony is the devil and MS is the noble knight that cares so much about our world, right?
As a closing comment I might add that first you should better take a closer look at youself before accusing somebody of beeing fanatic. I'm interested in the PS3, so I visit a PS3 site and I love my PS2, so I defend Sony from all these lies and ridiculos rumours/speculations these pathetic MSfanboys are throwing at them. I'm just a gaming fan that doesn't give a broken $hit about MS, but you my friend, you are fanatic. Unlike you, I don't waste my time reading news about a console I dislike or that doesn't interst me. Unlike you, I don't waste my time going to a site of a console I hate or dislke and bash it there. Putting time and effort in things you hate or dislike is fanatism my friend ;-) As pathetic you are, have fun censoring it ;-)"

You are a blind MS fanboy of the purest sort that disses Sony without any logic and that defends MS without any logic. You diss Sony for taking out 1 HDMI slot and other ridiculous stuff, but in the same time you defend the price of the 360 HDD.
I'm not a Sony fanboy, I put a powerful PC always over PS3. I don't bash MS constantly without a reason, I'm just bringing the ugly truth here about MS and because you are such a fanatic fanboy you hate it and are desperate that you can't censor it like you did before. You just can't live with it that somebody is delivering the ugly truth about your beloved company. Fanboy in denial, that's what you are ;-)

[FeralPhoenix]

Now you are getting desperate, which is why you are making up lies....you say that I tried to censor you in the past, I'm assuming you are talking about me clicking the spam/offensive button under your post....uhm nope, in fact I think when I see "over the top" out of line posts, I just laugh at it because I think it shows what kind of person they are and they are only embarrassing themselves, so the readers get to judge and eventually they will have NO Creditability because of their overwhelming bias just like you. In fact I think the mods should be able to display records from a member profile of anything that has ever been reported as "Spam/Offensive".... .that would be helpful if possible, but either way, the bottom line is that I've never used it for you or any other member.

Now you pulled one of your old post with one line qoutes from me to show that I'm a fanboy....uhm, so through all your babble, because I said that its a "bad comparison" to compare an OS that basicly the whole world will use, to a console thats whole purpose is to "play" videogames for fun -so this makes me a fanboy because I said theres a difference when talking about delays....come on anyone who's objective knows that Sony uses marketing "tricks" to undercut the competition, and again speaking specifically about delays, its NOT just MY opinion but its a "widespread" view that Sony never intended to launch in Spring 06, its was a simple strategy to make people wait and keep delaying, in hope that some would hold out for their console, and yes I said that Sony uses tactics of initially advertising on paper many features; so that they can say "look at how MUCH more stuff you WILL get" only in the end they don't deliver on all those early "paper promises" its not that I'm saying those cuts were significant, no the point is that they often say it will be one thing but deliver something less, its still great but not what they said, which again was only something to "beef up" their console over the competition at the time whether needed or not.....where have you been? lol, its funny you even contradict yourself with the statement you made above:

"But you know what, you was right, this is a bad comparison. People should bash MS and give Sony a freeride. Sony must have their product ready, they doeasn't have a monoploy and they can't patch their final product like MS can, as it's hardware."
-Really, Bash M$ and Sony should get a free-ride?...and now you admit that its a difference between Software and Hardware, but you still compare the two, which is it? should we or should we not compare them?....damm, your delusion is getting bad you are starting to argue with yourself! lol
Sony's PR is terrible, Im not making things up, I'm just pointing them out and every other day there is news post from people "in the industry" saying the same thing in one way or another. Now you may say M$ is not perfect, and I would agree, and yes some negative press are just from rumours and speculation, but alot of it is justified because of Sony's own mistakes.....for example you have pointed out in the past M$ stating that there won't be any 1080p games on PS3 anytime soon....and yep, he was wrong, he was trying to downplay Sony's 1080p capability, he should have kept his big mouth closed....so its perfectly fair to point out his BS....did I ever say, waaaan! don't say that about M$, nope -they deserved it. Does pointing out a bad M$ PR move make you a fanboy?....No, but your other stupid statements like (post #13) calling 6 mil+ who brought a 360 brainless does. BTW, if you are going to pull qoutes I have made in the past out of context then at least provide the reference to that specific post or a link or something to that particular news article, because Im not going to waist my time looking for it....and amazingly those old qoutes of mine are the best you could do to try to make the case that I'm a fanboy, WOW, you mean to tell me that you can't find where I say that I "hate" Sony? lol...do you want me to pull your supposedly "un-biased" statements?

Now do you really need me to go through all the contradictions that Sony has made? theirs countless other posts on here that have already done that, theres some from M$, but its clear who puts their foot in their mouths consistently and when you look at the gross level of "mis-information" on Sony's part....Well this is the reason most objective people including PS3 fans recognize that Sony has BS'ed consumers for at least as far back to prior to the PS2 launch -That perception is Sony's fault, not mine....and again if you actually read my post history you will notice a trend, which is that I'm not knocking Sony's products...I've said many times I plan on buying a PS3, but I am pointing out their "f-up PR strategy" and I will continue to do so, because its very weak to try to beat your competitor with "mis-information".

Now WHY DO YOU LIE ABOUT THE FACT THAT YOU HATE M$? therefore you are COMPLETELY and TOTALLY BIASED?....just admit it, instead of hiding behind a name that implies you are neutral or impartial. No one is completely un-biased, we have preferences, I mean I have said before that I favor the 360, so that does show that I am somewhat biased, but at the same time I've pointed out good things about the PS3 and being the gamer Iam I will buy one when I'm ready....its ONLY "fanboys" like you have NO OBJECTIVITY, -hence NO CREDITABILITY, yeah and you are even worst because you portray yourself as UN-BIASED (post #24) -thats a blatant lie, Why?....because your agenda is to "BASH" the 360 and pretend that you are simply trying to inform other gamers with truthful unbiased facts and it has nothing to do with your motive of hating M$. -I bet you won't respond directly to these last few statements...you just simply ignore it or babble on about how I'm the fanboy with some more old qoutes that only prove exactly what I have already admitted which is I hate Sony's PR tactics, unlike you who only agenda is to "bash" any and everything M$ related. Again Bro, just CHANGE your name so you can "secretly" hate M$ under another user name...unless you call your profile something more appropriate like "360 hater" or "hell I'm not going to lie I'm a biased Sonyfanboy".

[kornbeaner]

that is a F'n good comeback, like no b.s.