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Kotaku's PS3 Launch Coverage

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The PS3 launch a cakewalk? Far from it. We don't usually let readers take the reins (fearing y'all would rub us out of a job), but Tokyo-based reader Dirk Benedict sent us this doozy of an email, complete with first hand reporting, a pic and video. His observations struck a cord with me: Things that I saw at launch, which at the time seemed small, but in hindsight, really, weren't. Hit the jump for video of the PS3 chaos and Dirk's email in full: More »
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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. More »
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Bashcraft's coverage continues. More »
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Moving south. On foot again. Bic Camera is around her somewhere. There's a line. Must be over 100 people here, 120 at most. They're not waiting for a chance to buy the PS3, but a chance to enter a lottery to get a chance to buy the PS3. (In the span of the next hour, the line will grown to a couple hundred.) More »
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Bashcraft's coverage continues: In front of Yodobashi Camera in Osaka. Around 7am. More »
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Bashcraft's coverage continues. Here we are in front of Yodobashi Camera in Umeda. More »
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More of Bashcraft's coverage. More »
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]]> http://kotaku.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=213928&view=rss&microfeed=true The middle of the night. There are over a thousand people in line. Yodobashi in Osaka just closed sales. Can't wait until the trains start running, and a face wave of disappointed faces appear. Brian Ashcraft More »
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While Ashcraft has you covered for all the PS3 launch madness in Osaka, I just biked over to the main Bic Camera store in Tokyo's Ikebukuro district — I specify "main" because there are 5 of them here, which I believe is where the chain started — to have a look, and what they've done is set up a line in the back of the store, inside a park. As of midnight, I can say that there are already several hundred people queuing, quite possibly a thousand. What you see here is the start of the line, with more after the jump. More »
]]> http://kotaku.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=213906&view=rss&microfeed=true French blogger and Kotaku reader Thomas Bertrand sent along this video of the line at Osaka's Yodobashi Camera. It's at 9pm, earlier tonight, and will hopefully give you a good feel of what it's like out here on the front lines. Hint: It sucks. Brian Ashcraft More »
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Bashcraft's PS3 Japan launch coverage continues. More »
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Bashcraft 's relatively live coverage of the Japan PS3 launch continues. More »
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First and foremost, I'm working off of Japanese stereotypes here. Old leathery skinned men, who have beards, smoke and drink sake from paper boxes are typically thought to be winos. Old leathery skinned men, who have beards, smoke drink sake from boxes, smell like a dumpster and have bags of old magazines are typically regarded as homeless or homeless winos. More »
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This is the beginning of Bashcraft's PS3 Launch coverage. Check back for regular updates. More »
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