Toys “R” Us Takes PS3 Pre-orders

Mathew Everett 12 Apr, 2006 at 3:17pm ET Article published in Tech

For $50 Toys R Us will allow you to pre-order your very own PS3. This offer is only available in the stores, so don’t go looking online.

Toys R Us is one of the bigger sellers of consoles and many were thinking they would put a hold on pre-orders of the PS3 for a few months.

Well 50 bucks for a non existent console, sure why not.

Source: The Inquirer

Comments

12 Apr 2006 ~ 4:57pm entropy Hah, watch all the fanboys lose $50, only to be screwed 'cause there aren't enough anyway. WOO!
13 Apr 2006 ~ 3:40pm Leonardo Hmm, "not enough anyway" is an understatement. The PS3 is vaporware. I don't think Sony has yet demonstrated even a prototype. According the Inquirer, working models may not even appear at E3. Sony is betting very heavily on a loyal fan base, or they've performed a colossal blunder.
13 Apr 2006 ~ 3:51pm entropy

Leonardo wrote:

Sony is betting very heavily on a loyal fan base

That they are. And they're right, too. Sony kids will buy anything, just like the Nintendo ones. And hey, I'm not criticizing - you bet your ass I'll be waiting in whatever line (or lack thereof ) there is for a Revolution. Same with the new Zelda whenever it finally comes out.
13 Apr 2006 ~ 4:53pm Sledgehammer70 Im not a huge console fan and may know this... but I will be buying a PS3 in the long. Why you ask? the same reason everyone is buying XBox 360's... but the main reason is the Blue Ray drive....
13 Apr 2006 ~ 5:40pm Cyclonite

entropy wrote:

That they are. And they're right, too. Sony kids will buy anything, just like the Nintendo ones. And hey, I'm not criticizing - you bet your ass I'll be waiting in whatever line (or lack thereof ) there is for a Revolution. Same with the new Zelda whenever it finally comes out.

I'll be right there with you. I'm psyched about the Revolution, and I can't wait to play the new Zelda game.
17 Apr 2006 ~ 11:29pm MAGIC im gunna be preordering 4 ps3s, strait ebay.
25 Apr 2006 ~ 9:51am geek_gurl Hah, watch all the fanboys lose $50, only to be screwed 'cause there aren't enough anyway.

That is until they find out the balance!

I thought Sony was going to be smarter than trying to put something out right at the Christmas rush. No thanks, I'll wait.
25 Apr 2006 ~ 11:23am kanezfan

' wrote:

[V][AGIC']im gunna be preordering 4 ps3s, strait ebay.

I'm gonna pre-order as many as I can, from every store I can. I don't care if I have to spend $10,000, cause once they finally release, you know they'll be going for like $2000 each on ebay.
25 Apr 2006 ~ 4:11pm MAGIC ya if we get a xbox360 repeat which i know it will end up like that it has for every consol for years.