PSP Launches in Japanland! See Pictures of People Queuing Inside!
Is that a games console in your pocket or are you just pleased to be feeling the cold?
One cold Saturday evening and across Japan there’s the tri-annual sight of mid-twenties males standing in queues outside technology stores.
Casual passers-by may wonder what the allure is, though arguably in urban Japan, awareness of a portable PlayStation 2 console launching will be higher than that of base-level current affairs.
These images, courtesy of The Magic Box show this natural phenomenon passing through its three distinct stages – waiting, buying, and finally scuttling.
Expect updates on final ship-through figures and hopefully European and American availability in the coming days.
Casual passers-by may wonder what the allure is, though arguably in urban Japan, awareness of a portable PlayStation 2 console launching will be higher than that of base-level current affairs.
These images, courtesy of The Magic Box show this natural phenomenon passing through its three distinct stages – waiting, buying, and finally scuttling.
Expect updates on final ship-through figures and hopefully European and American availability in the coming days.
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TigerUppercut 13 Dec 2004 11:48
1/3
From Lik-Sang:
I do know that my girl is angry at me. I just plugged in my phone, got in a little power, and read that she's still upset that I took her batteries (Sony ones, to be ironic and specific), and that I "better come back." I don't think I'm coming back. Though I did lie to a "massage girl" just before entering this internet cafe. She told me she'd make it really cheap. She said this while stinking of baby powder and smiling like a hundred thousand yen. She told me she liked my propellor hat (which, perhaps, accounts for some of the girls' talking to us; perhaps the PSP was not the catalyst in turning the Japanese on this warm, warm winter night talkative), and that I should get a haircut. That's how prostitutes are in Japan -- they give you a compliment and then motherly advice, and then offer you a price. I said, "No, no -- I have a girlfriend. I must get back to her tonight. She's lonely. Come on, FFD." FFD hurred to my side, and the "masseuse" caught an eyeful of the PSP.
"Where'd you guys get that?"
"Store in Akihabara. Goodnight."
"How's the battery life?"
I'm not making that up, I swear."
If only buying games machines offered such thrills in Uxbridge.
[13 Dec 2004, 12:53: Message edited by 'TigerUppercut']
I do know that my girl is angry at me. I just plugged in my phone, got in a little power, and read that she's still upset that I took her batteries (Sony ones, to be ironic and specific), and that I "better come back." I don't think I'm coming back. Though I did lie to a "massage girl" just before entering this internet cafe. She told me she'd make it really cheap. She said this while stinking of baby powder and smiling like a hundred thousand yen. She told me she liked my propellor hat (which, perhaps, accounts for some of the girls' talking to us; perhaps the PSP was not the catalyst in turning the Japanese on this warm, warm winter night talkative), and that I should get a haircut. That's how prostitutes are in Japan -- they give you a compliment and then motherly advice, and then offer you a price. I said, "No, no -- I have a girlfriend. I must get back to her tonight. She's lonely. Come on, FFD." FFD hurred to my side, and the "masseuse" caught an eyeful of the PSP.
"Where'd you guys get that?"
"Store in Akihabara. Goodnight."
"How's the battery life?"
I'm not making that up, I swear."
If only buying games machines offered such thrills in Uxbridge.
[13 Dec 2004, 12:53: Message edited by 'TigerUppercut']
Joji 13 Dec 2004 22:47
2/3
Lucky japanese folk. Mine's a PSP and Ridge Racers please.
I hope Sony are not pulling the wool over our eyes about shortages.
Just hope there will be enough for the uk/eu launch come March 2005.
I hope Sony are not pulling the wool over our eyes about shortages.
Just hope there will be enough for the uk/eu launch come March 2005.
Kaxxx 15 Dec 2004 12:57
3/3
I really doubt we will see a release in March Joji and if we do it will be in serious short supply.