It's full of....Blu-Rays...
Well, that was unexpected.
Since I am still functioning on East Coast time, my lunches are more like breakfast Pacific Time. Before eating, I decided to swing by the local Target just for kicks. My main subject of curiosity revolved around whether the store had received any follow-on Wii shipments. What I was not anticipating was that I just happened to walk in during a window where it was actually possible to buy a PlayStation 3.
The store had apparently just received half a dozen of the 20 gig model. I just happened to wander up to the electronics counter at the right time, there were two people already at the counter and three units left. I would say the total purchase window time was probably five minutes at most.
My path of action was instantly clear. So now I have a heavy box sitting on my floor. I am going to have to figure out what to do with the beast. By all accounts I should flip the thing, it’s an expensive monstrosity. Total sticker price for a game system with one game and an extra controller, $660 after tax? And that’s the cheap version? Ludicrous. And I don’t even own a HDTV set yet.
The mercenary free-market approach does, however, go against my geek core. I can feel the device humming in my mind, beckoning to me like a 2001 monolith. Yeah, I’ve got to get rid of this thing…
Since I am still functioning on East Coast time, my lunches are more like breakfast Pacific Time. Before eating, I decided to swing by the local Target just for kicks. My main subject of curiosity revolved around whether the store had received any follow-on Wii shipments. What I was not anticipating was that I just happened to walk in during a window where it was actually possible to buy a PlayStation 3.
The store had apparently just received half a dozen of the 20 gig model. I just happened to wander up to the electronics counter at the right time, there were two people already at the counter and three units left. I would say the total purchase window time was probably five minutes at most.
My path of action was instantly clear. So now I have a heavy box sitting on my floor. I am going to have to figure out what to do with the beast. By all accounts I should flip the thing, it’s an expensive monstrosity. Total sticker price for a game system with one game and an extra controller, $660 after tax? And that’s the cheap version? Ludicrous. And I don’t even own a HDTV set yet.
The mercenary free-market approach does, however, go against my geek core. I can feel the device humming in my mind, beckoning to me like a 2001 monolith. Yeah, I’ve got to get rid of this thing…
Posted by Nathaniel Trost on
Wednesday November 22, 2006 at 2:12pm