gHacks technology news » playstation-launch http://www.ghacks.net A technology blog covering software, mobile phones, gadgets, security, the Internet and other relevant areas. Thu, 11 Mar 2010 09:49:03 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 Playstation 3 in the newshttp://www.ghacks.net/2006/11/17/playstation-3-in-the-news/ http://www.ghacks.net/2006/11/17/playstation-3-in-the-news/#comments Fri, 17 Nov 2006 17:12:36 +0000 Martin http://www.ghacks.net/2006/11/17/playstation-3-in-the-news/ The PS3 has arrived in North America. The crazy thing is, if you ask me, that you read and hear more about shootings, shortages and systems that are not working than from the number one thing that should leave everything behind: Games that are fun to play. Did anyone actually buy the Playstation 3 for himself or did they all want to make a fortune by selling the system on Ebay ? With fake biddings reaching a million and more dollars Ebay decided to pull the plug and allow only auctions where the seller was able to prove that he did own the system at that time.

This is by far the craziest launch I ever witnessed. How far do people go for a gaming machine ? I decided to collect the most interesting articles in the categories Crimes, Hardware and Games. Please add your links if you want to join the fun.

Crimes:

Man shoot waiting to buy Playstation 3
PS3 Fight shuts down Walmart
PS3 Riot
Texas Gamestop Robbed at Gun-Point

Hardware:

One Man’s HDMI Issues
PS3 dead on arrival
PS3’s disc loaders defective ?
PS3 does not do 1080i ?

Ratings:

Gundam – 2 of 10
NBA 07 – 4.9
Resistance 9.3

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