Crazy stuff with the PS3

I hate to read those stories about people waiting in line all night only to have some jerks cut in front of them right before the store opens and end up with whatever they were waiting for. Decent people always lose out in these cases. The PS3 thing is probably about greed -- buying it to sell for a quick profit on eBay. And what is with the goofballs who wait in line to buy one, then take it outside and smash it with a sledgehammer in front of a whole bunch of other people who are waiting in line for one?

PS3 comes and goes at Costco.com

I checked Costco.com last night for the PS3 and it wasn't there. This morning, I should have checked earlier, but came across a link from dealnews.com that Costco would start selling the PS3 online at 8 AM PST. It was already 8:25 when I saw it. I was able to get online and see the price -- $699 for the PS3 with 60 GB drive & wireless model, 1 game, and 1 additional controller. A better deal than the $1079 bundle at Fry's which comes with 8 games. Anyway, I tried for a while but was never able to place an order and soon after costco.com became inaccessible. After about an hour, they were sold out. I guess we could try to find one at the local Costco, but I have no way of knowing if they actually have any and I think at this point I'd rather wait until there are plenty of them and the price isn't inflated.

PS3 in ten days

SFGate has a long article about the new Playstation 3, coming to the U.S. on November 17th. At $499 and $599, it's very expensive. Sony hopes that people will appreciate the fact that it includes a Blu-Ray DVD player, which currently sells for around $1000. I don't know about that since those players should start dropping in price quickly and the PS3 probably won't drop too fast. With a limited supply available, the price will stay high and they will be for sale on eBay at even more than list price since so many people won't be able to get them. I have seen only one review of a PS3 game and it wasn't very positive. The game didn't take much advantage of the 1080p resolution. I'm sure there will be some great games eventually, but I think we will wait before buying the PS3. At least I'm hoping we will wait...