In anticipation of the PS3's UK launch, police are fearing mugged fanboys, stolen consoles and everything short of the ground opening from under the doomed European gamers, swallowing up their soon-to-be-melted-by-molten-lava PAL PS3s. Authorities told GameIndustry.biz:

If the launches do go ahead, we have to negate the issues as far as we can, but we can't remove the risk factors for people coming to or going away from the store.

The police seriously pulled out the old, "If the launches do go ahead" verbage?

Then they added:

Plus, the Boogie Man comes out at night.

Ahh, the truth at last. Apparently Sony and their retailers are meeting authorities "half-way" to keep customers safe. Lines are moving inside, and Sony is pissing off European fans with poor PS2 emulation to give them "that killer instinct" needed to ride the subway home after midnight.

Please disregard my use of quotations through most of this article. Mark Wilson

Police Explain Concern over PS3 Launch [via maxconsole]

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