Chicagoist: Crazy Homeless Video Game People

geekgrrl

Sun, 19 Nov 2006 22:38:01 -0600

@brad: great article. almost makes me wish i'd stood in line for a wii.. not just for the machine, but the experience... btw, tried to leave this comment on your site, but it gave me an error.

Brad

Sun, 19 Nov 2006 20:02:32 -0600

Photo Essay on PS3 Wackiness at Elston Ave. Best Buy and Misery at North Ave. Best Buy. Rumors are cleared up. Deals are made. Tents are pitched. And an investment banker outmaneuvers every gamer in Chicago. Chicago Gamers Create Utopia on Best Buy Sidewalk

richie rich

Fri, 17 Nov 2006 15:29:00 -0600

if you missed a couple of days of work the $2,000 extra dollars more than makes up for it. Maybe at your job, not mine.

Ed Knittel

Fri, 17 Nov 2006 13:57:55 -0600

Some of the PS3 units are going for more than $3,000 on eBay now. THAT'S why these people camp out and if I had half a brain I should have done the same thing. That's easily a 300% profit and if you missed a couple of days of work the $2,000 extra dollars more than makes up for it.

jk

Fri, 17 Nov 2006 12:17:09 -0600

More tales of craziness at Slashdot.

Mr. Smith

Fri, 17 Nov 2006 11:18:34 -0600

A pic of the Best Buy on Elton and Ashland: http://deadlinepublishing.typepad.com/fighting_the_suburbs/2006/11/ps3_lines_in_ch.html

geekgrrl

Fri, 17 Nov 2006 11:11:15 -0600

i love this. ps3 rollout for launch = 400,000 units wii rollout for launch = roughly 1 million units like i read on one site, the wii's gonna sell like crack in a rehab clinic... and it'll be about as plentiful.