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Man. Remember when people actually cared that much about the PS3? Those were the days. Although when I interviewed several campers on launch night, most of them were planning to turn around and sell it, and one girl who had camped out in line for 5 whole days didn't even want any games for it. She just wanted it because it was "the new thing." *sigh* I would make a sheep noise, but I'm afraid Workman will come running toward my cubicle with his pants around his ankles.
 
Anyway, as a result of the PS3's lackluster sales in the US, Best Buy has begun reducing games for the console to a Dynasty Warriors-worthy price range of $39.99 . Titles in this offer include Virtua Fighter 5 and Tony Hawks Project 8, making them now 20 and 10 dollars cheaper than their MSRP, respectively. Honestly, they may want to consider slashing the price of the console before expecting there to be anyone to buy the games.
 
Hit the jump for more completely unrelated riot footage.
 
 
 
And one more, this time with black people! 
 

[Special thanks to DJ Jazzy Joe Burling for the tip, and for spitting hot fire like no other!]


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Das Inchworm's Avatar
Das Inchworm at 06/12/2007 23:11
As for the last " more black" riot,as an african american i am disgusted at the fact that i was not informed about this riot. I guess my cleats will stay in my closet for another day.
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Das Inchworm at 06/12/2007 23:13
oh yea, this was about ps3 games...cool i guess
William Haley's Avatar
William Haley at 06/12/2007 23:19
Next time there is a riot, I will make sure the entire Dtoid army is there to contribute.
sexycommando's Avatar
sexycommando at 06/12/2007 23:28
"I would make a sheep noise, but I'm afraid Workman will come running toward my cubicle with his pants around his ankles."

baaaaaah
domataos's Avatar
domataos at 06/12/2007 23:39
See, this proves the PS3 is the best /scarcasm
BlueWolf72's Avatar
BlueWolf72 at 06/12/2007 23:41
on a more serious note more people died to get a ps3 over a 360
bigfatton's Avatar
bigfatton at 06/12/2007 23:44
wait, so was the first guy in line also their reporter? or did this station just go up to the guy and say "hey, wanna be a news reporter?"
William Haley's Avatar
William Haley at 06/12/2007 23:47
Wow, do you think that little of us Californians?
John Martone's Avatar
John Martone at 06/12/2007 23:58
This makes me a little sad, hopefully getting burned on some launch junk games doesn't burn out Best Buy on continuing to supply.
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monosylabik at 06/13/2007 01:27
hahahahahahaha she lost her wig...o man i think i peed myself.just a little.

o there was an article.
dark_inchworm's Avatar
dark_inchworm at 06/13/2007 02:08
...Das Inchworm?

I feel...

myself at night
cbebop007's Avatar
cbebop007 at 06/13/2007 02:15
In unrelated news, Circuit City has *raised* the price of Wii games to $99.99
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liqideos at 06/13/2007 03:16
CHAOS BABY! CHAOS!

Would be awesome if the real reporter quipped in: "Heaven or Hell, Lets Rock!"

But hey, this was Fresno, and as Lewis Black once said: "In Fresno, once you masturbate....the day is pretty much shot."
Tron Knotts's Avatar
Tron Knotts at 06/13/2007 05:41
Whats wrong with masturbating in Fresno?

Anyway, I almost feel bad for Sony at this point. But at the same time, I feel totally satisified by the fact that $600 game machines with only one or two good games have not become the "industry standard"



Jim Sterling's Avatar
Jim Sterling at 06/13/2007 06:06
Wow ... that's beyond pathetic.

Thanks for helping to make gamers look smart, you army of pitiful, disgusting douchebags.
BluDesign's Avatar
BluDesign at 06/13/2007 07:04
In TOTALLY unrelated news...

There's still PS3's up for auction on ebay.
DrXym's Avatar
DrXym at 06/13/2007 07:54
@dvddesign, is that really surprising? There are also XBox 360s and Nintendo Wiis for sale.
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Joe Burling at 06/13/2007 09:09
I tried to sell my PS3 on ebay but no one would buy it. I ended up returning it. =(
TheStripe's Avatar
TheStripe at 06/13/2007 09:14
What a pity. I had high hopes for Sony's hardware, but when the retail end of the game industry is slashing prices in lieu of the console manufacturer doing the same thing, it's a dark day.
Angry Irish's Avatar
Angry Irish at 06/13/2007 09:48
Sweet Jesus.

We really did evolve from monkeys.
Diamondblade's Avatar
Diamondblade at 06/13/2007 09:48
I predicted this riot.......see what I did there!
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savagesaladin at 06/13/2007 10:05
Oh sweet dude, black people!

Remember the end of the Sopranos? I thought those blacks were going to cap Tony Soprano. But they didn't. Sopranos made me look racist!
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thunderleg at 06/13/2007 10:06
Quote Nick Mata, First in Line, big football fan:
"everyone was jockeying for position, you know, but, you know, but only the strong survive, and like I wah duh, I was number one, you know what I'm saying"
"but, you know, hey, you know, ev-ev-every everybody everybody earned their spot here. Everybody earned their spot here and I'm happy that I'm number one."
"but, you know, that's what happens when you got a bunch of people going here and there, there and here"
"It was Chaos, it was Chaos, but, you know, um, we had to jockey for position and uh, I ended up number one as you can see"

You can have your PS3 video game, Nick. You sicken me.

Since when did geek games become popular with the masses?
s0lesurviv0r's Avatar
s0lesurviv0r at 06/13/2007 10:20
It wasn't the games, it was the promise of moolah by reselling on ebay and whatnot at the time.
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NbsAlex at 06/13/2007 11:00
Haha, I was gonna go there!! I live just south of Fresno in Stockton... I decided final exams were a little more important that the ps3. Yea thats right Sony. You can't brainwash me. Go fuck yourselves
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RicoSuavez at 06/13/2007 11:44
These videos are old. They have nothing to do with Slashed prices at best buy. They are from the Plastation 3 launch. And the last video is also old. It was during a holiday rush. Has nothing to do with the PS3.
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synce at 06/13/2007 12:02
I'm glad that Sony is suffering. Hopefully this will teach them to never release anything like the PS3 again.
mrsamuel's Avatar
mrsamuel at 06/13/2007 13:52
Those videos chipped away my last pieces of hope for humanity. What a pack of morons.
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stevenjazz787 at 06/13/2007 13:59
Rico, the point of the videos was to contrast the demand and excitement (both real and artificial) to the fact that they now have to........

Why am I doing this to myself.
B-Radicate's Avatar
B-Radicate at 06/13/2007 16:59
Don't worry Jim Sterling, video game players don't look like idiots. Blu Ray movie watchers look like idiots. Everyone knows no one plays games on the PS3. No worries.
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Jark212 at 06/13/2007 18:49
360 people arnt as crazy as PS3 people
sonyhater's Avatar
sonyhater at 06/13/2007 19:01
Jim Sterling has testicular cancer? I Fold@Home for him.
TheStripe's Avatar
TheStripe at 06/14/2007 00:40
"Hit the jump for more completely unrelated riot footage."

Blog commentors that don't read the blogs look like idiots.

Also, cock cancers?!
pixelsword's Avatar
pixelsword at 06/16/2007 17:28
Of course Best Buy would; Bill Gates owns Best Buy... just like he owns Comcast.
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