Yep.

This ain't idiocy.

http://www.webhallen.com/list_group.php?avd=1&group=905

The first ten (in either group, which makes it 20) get the PS3 and X360 bundles for free for doing this. (console, and game) and the first 30 get the Limited Edition copies of the game for free.

Your article kinda sucks now because it's misinformed and sensationalist, without going into any kind of facts behind the waiting. And since the PS3 GTA bundle here in Sweden at its cheapest is $750 or so, you can sort of see the point.

They're not sitting in line for the GAME, they're sitting in line for $750

That's not really all that stupid.

Research moar.

@ xenon

Yes, I can understand camping outside for $750.

If I had 3 or 4 friends who would be willing to do it with me, and I lived in Stockholm, yeah, I could see myself doing it as well.

I fuck around most of the days at my home, no reason why I couldn't fuck around in front of a store and get my ass paid for it. Any work I'd have to do I could just as easily do on my laptop from there.

Retards of the week award goes to these people.

Ok, I know we Norwegians usually make jokes about the intelligence of the Swedes (though I know deep down that we Norwegians are probably dumber), but I'm going to defend these fools a little.

6 million copies of the game will be shipped worldwide at launch, and in Norway alone -- a country of near 5 million inhabitants -- there are 100.000 pre-orders for the game. And those numbers came 20 days ago! Just imagine what those numbers are today! And Sweden is near identical to Norway, only they are twice as big! So the demand is probably double there. I pre-ordered the game a month ago, and I'm actually wondering wether or not I'll actually get the game at launch.

I'm not attacking you Jim, I'm merely just reacting to your statements where you claimed that we could probably just walk in to a store on launch day and get a copy. That might be true to you Brits, but not the smaller countries in Europe.

But yes, they're still fools! Free PS3/360 bundle or not, instead of freezing my balls off for 20 days, I would rather make sure I get 20 days of valuable education in school prior the exams! And then I could spend an hour after school working for money to buy that GTAIV bundle. Then I would just wait untill there are enough units in store, because it probably wouldnt be that long until a new shipment arrives.

Peace!

Retarted to the max that is all i can say this guy is the ubertard.

Where is this "stereotype" business coming from? Someone point out the Swedish stereotyping I did please, because I can't see it.

I admit to stereotyping....but it's all in good fun, I know they don't sell video games in Ikea.(But they do sell Swedish meatballs!) Thanks for Opeth.

Thanks Sweden for The Knife! And Love Is All!

Maybe they're just cool like that.

What's with all the bashing, they're just having fun. Who cares if it's 2 days or 2 weeks.

@ Fanatism

Eh. Swedes, Danish, same thing. :/

@ BlackDove: Wait, how are they supposed to go to work and also camp in front of the store? Can they bi-locate? Are they desperate enough to waste their vacation time on this? Or are they basement dwellers who have a job so shitty that this stunt makes financial sense to them?

Regardless, wasting two weeks of one's time in front of a store just to get a game console for cheap is pathetic in my eyes. Granted this is coming from someone who actually has a life, believe it or not. If you think they're totally rad to the max for spending their time this way, congrats on your opinion. Personally, I wouldn't consider having nothing better to do than "masturbate in front of a store all we want" to win a prize something to boast about in regards to your homeland. Better leave that off the tourism brochure.

God damn it, people...

They're young Sterling. Let them dream. When we get older we learn about Uwe Boll, and also cocks.

@Trocadero: You're not that good at reading either, I take it. This has been said before, several times.

Also, I don't get all the "get a life" comments in this thread. As a gamer I've endured remarks like that my whole life, albeit not for doing something like this, but for not being out "jocking it up" with beer, babes, ho's and whatnot. It's one of the worst, most elitistic remarks one can make and shows little or no respect whatsoever. I'm very disappointed to see such a bashing coming from people I presume are gamers themselves and if I were 14 I would fucking jump at the chance to get a free console.

So he's a freeloader as well? It just gets worse.

Thank you for all prejudistic comments about Sweden, most fun I ever read for a long time :D
I especially liked the one "Swede's are the Canadians of Europe" or something like that since we're a friendly people and good at sports. Some of you bastards called us dumb and that really cracked me up, haha! Cheers!

On topic I'd say that the Norwegian guy is half-right on the demand/supply-part but it's really a hardcore social thing and not an act of desperation. If you want to compare it to LOTR or SW-fans who raised some tents for every movie that came out, so be it. But at least our geeks wont get inspired by the game and start a fuckin massacre on some highschool or hijack tank and go on a personal carnage down a street or some of that other stuff you've seen the topshelf-dumbass-american done. And we aint got metal detectors or drugdogs on our fuckin kindergardens, we don't look like we're about to pop and our currency doesn't drop like a brick to the ocean floor. So I guess we aren't all that dumb after all :D
And well, ok, it's not so smart to freeze your arse of for a friggin free console and game but at least you got something to tell your grandkids instead of "Oh I flamed a country on the internet and somebody actually gave a fuck"

@GTA4Sweden I was in Paris this weekend, and our social problems is nothing compared to theirs. Sure, we got outsiders and bums but at least we try to give them options. You should see how they do it in France, you'd be horrified!

Peace! Love reading your stuff by the way. Haven't just written anything yet..