666joe
03-23-2007, 05:05 AM
Gutted can be my only feelings. The first 100 who waited in the cold outside Londons Virgins megastore not only got a PS3 and a free game but they also got a free 46" HDTV and a cab home ! (to save the US style drive-bys muggings etc)...
From Sky:
Gaming fans have seen their patience rewarded after the Sony PlayStation 3 went on sale just after midnight.
More than 100 diehard gamers attended the official UK launch of the console at the Virgin Megastore in London's Oxford Street.
After an excited countdown, graphic design student Ritatsu Thomas became the first person to buy one of the new machines.
The 17-year-old from Mitcham, south London, who had arrived at the store at dawn on Wednesday, said: "It feels excellent.
http://img83.imageshack.us/img83/1958/ps3go9.jpg (http://imageshack.us)
"I might have to play on it when I get home because I'm so excited I wouldn't be able to sleep."
He said he had become "great friends" with the other people in the queue and planned to organise online PS3 gaming tournaments with them.
http://news.sky.com/skynews/article/0,,30100-1257200,00.html
From Sky:
Gaming fans have seen their patience rewarded after the Sony PlayStation 3 went on sale just after midnight.
More than 100 diehard gamers attended the official UK launch of the console at the Virgin Megastore in London's Oxford Street.
After an excited countdown, graphic design student Ritatsu Thomas became the first person to buy one of the new machines.
The 17-year-old from Mitcham, south London, who had arrived at the store at dawn on Wednesday, said: "It feels excellent.
http://img83.imageshack.us/img83/1958/ps3go9.jpg (http://imageshack.us)
"I might have to play on it when I get home because I'm so excited I wouldn't be able to sleep."
He said he had become "great friends" with the other people in the queue and planned to organise online PS3 gaming tournaments with them.
http://news.sky.com/skynews/article/0,,30100-1257200,00.html