In response to Kairon's question, I just started writing up a wierd answer. That's what happens when you are up late at night. If you do read this however, I suggested reading it in a Captain Kirk voice. For someone reason, that was the way I started writing it up. Staying up late does wierd things to a person.
Aaah.
Those heady days of Nintendo fans gathering together to do what they can to make the new console a success. Not knowing for sure what the future would hold but hoping that after two console wars dominated by Sony, maybe things would turn around.
And so, gathered together, they camped out to do what they could to combat the Sony hype machine by buying all the systems they could now to hopefully give the Wii a boost in its early infancy. Oh sure. The buzz was that there would be plenty of systems and you could probably walk into a store and pick one up. With the low supply of PS3's selling out instantly, the big supply of Wii's would probably make the PS3 look like the hotter item. But, united in their quest to buy all the Wii's they could now and top the sales of the PS3, Nintendo fans happily gathered together to make their dream a reality. To make the Wii #1.
And then, a funny thing happened. It worked. Wii's sold out. People started showing others, others started playing. Reports started coming in all over about the Wii attracting new players. PS3 prices in ebay were dropping but Wii's were raising. Wii was the top selling console of the month. Suddenly, everybody started hearing about it and wanting one. Yes, it had caught the attention of the media's eye. And now, that dream, that long sought after dream has become abit of nightmare.
Yes, Wii has attracted the mainstream. And, as we all know, for the past while, the mainstream has been with Sony. And now we are seeing the effects of this Sony association as they flock back to Nintendo. Plus, they have a different dream. Their dream is not to put Nintendo on top but to just get themselves a console.
In an actual reply to this thread, I think Pap makes the story sound even worse than it is. Barely survives? Please. She just had a tug of war. In fact, they were only grabbing her bag and pulling. There's no mention of bodily contact. Where did you get tearing a woman apart from that? It sounds to me like a bunch of people just hung around after to make offers to those who bought one. Then, some moron in the crowd got the bright idea that maybe I can force it from her and started pulling the bag. I don't know if any others joined in that. The reporter did say customers so the plural leaves the possibility open. But, it doesn't sound like it got as serious as you write it up to be.
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