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It's somewhere between 9-9:30am, and I'm getting on a train. Stop by home, drop off my laptop, say hi to the fam, think about collapsing, grab the car keys and drive.
GEO is a short ride from my house. The parking garage isn't crowded, but the front of the store is. There's about 15 people. All for the PS3?
I see a store staffer, whom I bugged earlier about my pre-order.
"Good morning."
"Hey."
"I think you'll be alright."
Oh?
The doors open, and we pile in. Two PS3s are purchased right away (including mine). The other customers snap up DS Lites. A few PLAYSTATION 3 reserves are made. This store received 7 PS3s total. The others will be held a week for those who reserved them.
59,800 yen later, the clerk hands me a blue bag with a PLAYSTATION 3 packaged up inside. My first impression? It's heavy.
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Hahah. I think they gave you a grill, my friend, not a PS3.
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Congrats, and enjoy it.
good for you!
oh and also lets hope it doesnt explode or anything
According to Google 59 800 Japanese yen = 506.951509 U.S. dollars. So I would say that open pricing did not work out to bad for you there Mr. B Ashcraft. Conga-rats!
PS - Nice foot gear!
At least with the PS3 launch you can feel a real sense of achievement if you can afford one and actually get a hold of one! Have fun!
1st photo: Looks like some one nearly got hit.
Have fun Ashcraft and thanks for the coverage so far! Please DO report on the online system, mkay?
Well done for getting one! I won't be able to get one until March (maybe lol), Also you and Kotaku got a shout out from the BBC check it out: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/6135452.stm
very cool
Why doesn't Ashcraft get his own free PS3? Brah, you need to break free from Kotaku and make your own blog. You're the only reason I come here anymore, since Florian insulted the memory of my dear departed grandfather with his nuclear bomb joke. If only the other half of me was Jewish, he could've pulled off a double combo of pissing me the hell off.
Hurrah! Glad you bagged one without any hassle. Have lots of fun with it and Tell All.
You got scammed. That's just a small fridge! Haha!
Well deserved. Good coverage Bash, it's been some good reading and had some interesting insights into how much corporate stores can steal so much of the market while other smaller stores with the same product are left for the tumbleweed.
Passionate journalism at it's finest.
Ha Ha! More waffle iron jokes...that stuff never gets tired...*sigh*
Good job keeping us all posted on the launch. If you went through all of that and didn't get one, that would have been unfortunate.
Go break that baby in!
Congrats, and thanks. Take some time off and enjoy it. Your posts are not only a great read, but cover Japan and its culture in a down to earth way that I haven't read elsewhere, game content aside.
And you allayed my fear of even walking by a Yodobashi or Bic Camera in the last 24 hours. (And no, I didn't pick one up. I will when there's more than one game I want to play.)
Nice job. What will you play first?
Let me just add my thanks. You do a great job in reporting Japan pretty much like it is.
According to the third picture, he looks like he's in DALLAS, TX Place To Gather!!
shrume: how could you neglect the COWS TEAM bit? yeesh.
Bashcraft: awesome coverage, glad you got your PS3. hope you're resting up good and well now
Congrats Ashcraft! That was a great coverage and you still managed to get the holy grail that half of japan wants!
Take a good rest and later, tell us about how the online works and your impressions on the system. Btw, did you snag any game or you just got the console?
Oh, and thanks for your hardwork for bringing us all the riots! Yay! :P
Its sad to see someone admitting to going through the time & trouble to buy a game system that, well... has no games worth playing at the moment.
"Its sad to see someone admitting to going through the time & trouble to buy a game system that, well... has no games worth playing at the moment."
Or can care less about it as well.
What games did you buy? What games were people talking about in the lines?
The ps3 comes with the best game of all: Telling fools you will give them the PS3 for free if they jump off a nearby bridge, then leave.
Multiplayer kicks even more ass!!
Also, nice shoes! Where'd you get those?!
Congrats, enjoy.
The Future is Here.
Dallas TX:
Place to Gather!
Gots Team
Hmm, lost in translation? And what's that kid playing?
Mission Accomplished! Very well done. These on-the-go articles you always do is great because it's like recording a slice of time that noone else ever does. Maybe you guys should put up an archives section where it just lists all of your first-hand experiences (ie. DS launch dates, Nintendo Headquarters trip, etc.). It's stuff like this that makes Kotaku stand out over "competing" blogs like Joystiq.
It's a shame that these get a 15 minutes of glory/recognition, in general (unless we specifically do a search for them).
Thanks for the coverage!
Judging by the top of the bag, it appears he'll be giving us his impressions on Resistance: Fall of Man here pretty soon.
Yay,now your entire family can experience the joys of Panini Sandwiches.
I love the back of the random japanese guy's shirt.
"Play together!"
Hehe.. standing in line for the place to open and all some of them wanted was to buy a DS Lite.
Congratulations on getting your driver's license (or on having the balls to drive without a license)!
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