Went to Walmart just as they opened the store... apparently you needed to get a ticket for the consoles that they had. No one said anything. Then we went to BestBuy and they had a sign out front saying that they had 81 consoles, tickets started to be given out at 6am. There was about 50 people ahead of us so I had hope.
We got there about 7:20 ish and waited. I heard rumors that all the tickets were gone, but I stayed. It had nothing to do with Laura going back to pick up a winter jacket 'cause I didn't bring a warm enough coat and I had no way to go home. At about 7:55 a guy from came out and confirmed that all tickets were gone, but we were able to stay around in case "anyone's cards didn't go through". So we left.
The thing that bothers me is the people in line talking about how they are just going to flip it on ebay or something. People looking to make a profit are driving up the damand. It's cyclic.
Oh well. I'll just have to wait a couple of weeks I guess. Hot chocolate makes everything better. ;-)
I walked over to the Walmart, and got there around 6:55 AM, right before opening. Well, I didn't get all the way to walmart. I saw the parking lot, and I knew it was bad news. Then I saw the front of the store, and the line went all the way to the end of the building. I was meeting Scott and TL for breakfast, and didn't feel like waiting in line. We went around to EB in the mall after breakfast. There was about 20 people standing outside. I may have been able to get one there, but I had made up my mind that it's probably better to wait anyway. I may wait for a price drop, or at least until after christmas when the rush dies down. Even though the console is only $280, you still have to get an extra controller $60?? and i'd probably want to buy at least 1 game, another $60. I don't really need to spend $450 on gaming, because I still have a few games I haven't beaten on my GC.
ReplyDeleteI feel that I've beaten all my NES games as much as I want to at this point.
ReplyDeleteI like a regular upgrade schedule, every 15 years like clockwork. Time to upgrade. ;-)