Electronics stores in Japan have sold out of PlayStation 3 consoles after thousands of gamers queued for hours in the cold to buy them.
Large queues meant some shoppers were turned away even before stores opened at 0700 local time (2100 GMT).
The console officially went on sale on 11 November but Sony only made 100,000 machines available on launch day.
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BLG writes, "Some of the most popular games have had a rough start, with some of them being downright unplayable.
Despite that, developers have managed to turn it around for them and make their game worth playing. Here are some games that had a rough start but were pretty great."
Sea of Thieves... I'm not disagreeing that the game has improved in terms of content. But I feel that the most significant change between now and its release is actually the public perception. Nowadays, most people are aware that the game is a multiplayer PvP-focused experience first and foremost, and not "Black Flag made by Rare". Consequently, people dismissing the whole experience because the single-player aspect is lacking or the story is plain are much less common.
Several years ago, i submitted an idea to Rare that would change up the mechanics of battling opponents in the game. whereby if you died in battle, you turned into a skeleton warrior and had to fight your way back to the land of the living. It was an interesting twist on respawning and would allow the player to experience both sides of a battle.
I keep hoping to see something like that get added to the game.
It's sad that this quick retort is more often than not true... The industry's acceptance of release and patch has gone too far.
Days gone! By the end of the game I couldn't drop it down! I went around so many hours killing zombies! It was addictive by the end.
I don't know, I got it abit late, and struggled for a few days, and then all of a sudden it just got good!!
WHOW!! WHAT A SUPRISE!!! I NEVER IN A MILLION YEARS THOUGHT THIS WAS POSSIBLE!!!!! AND IN JAPAN OF ALL PLACES!! Gee, Thanks Sony.
A country of almost 1 billion population and it sold out of it's 100,000 machines, lol, never would of guess, WOW! this is impressive, no wait, NOW THIS IS LIVING!!!
Thanks PS3fan, you alway's post the important and life altering articles. B/C this one was a total shot to the world.
Meanwhile, on ebay.
Well, isn't that the point of releasing a limited about of consoles? Not everyone buying a game console knows that only 100,000 were released, what they're going to think is that the product must be good, because it's hard to find. This is not the first time a company uses shortages to create hype. I just hope this does not last a long time.
The PS3 might sell out in North America too. I can't remember, but I believe when the PS2 was launching it was all over the news with live footage of people rushing in stores as they opened at midnight. The high price of the system could turn people off this generation though.