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Title: X-box lines
Post by: KillaX on November 15, 2001, 01:40:50 PM: anyone see any lines for X-box like there were for the PS2? I was working all day so I didnt get out to see anything....... or am I a day early?

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Title: X-box lines
Post by: Living-In-Clip on November 15, 2001, 02:19:17 PM: I got mine at Wal-mart and there was a line for \'em and they said they had been overwhelmed with calls and questions all day, still it was nowhere near the hysteria of the PS2 launch..

On a not so related note, the manager of Wal-mart said they did not expect any sort of line for the GC , they also stated that they would have "more than enough GC units , to go around for everyone".
Title: X-box lines
Post by: Majin Prince on November 15, 2001, 02:49:30 PM: yep i saw lines over at walmart around 8:00 last night...nowhere near the lines that ps2 had!:D
Title: X-box lines
Post by: mm on November 15, 2001, 02:53:12 PM: yeah, nothing like me standing in front of best buy last year at 5 AM with 200 people for my PS2
Title: X-box lines
Post by: KillaX on November 15, 2001, 06:46:55 PM: yeah I went to the mall where my Software ETC is (that is here I pre-ordered it).....they told me I wasnt on the first list the night before......I went anyways.......mostr of the people were going to KayBee (which is also in the mall) tho.....before they opened the gate to the store they asked for our names and guess what...I was the LAST person on the first list......Someone didnt know what they were talking about or didnt know how many they actually had.......I would have been happy with my games...........I was expecting BIG lines waiting before the mall opened but nope about 10 people....at the Best Buy,Toys R US, and Target (Best Buy and Target were next door to each other) was a different story.......LOOOOOOOONG lines...I went to alot of stores looking for a memory card since Software ETC DIDNT have mine (I wont get into that fiasco)............

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Title: X-box lines
Post by: KillaX on November 15, 2001, 06:50:02 PM: I forgot a couple of things........X-box started their TV Commercials (some time within the last month) last week......the PS2 had almost no TV Commercials......that I can remember....I cant wait to see the first day sales compared to the PS2........ :) :) :)

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Title: X-box lines
Post by: SwifDi on November 15, 2001, 07:01:27 PM: The cubes coming out tomorrow and I\'m curious as to see how much "hype" it will get.

I doubt it will get very much.

That\'s where I\'m putting my money.
Title: X-box lines
Post by: Majin Prince on November 15, 2001, 07:03:41 PM: i remember last year having to wait outside of target with some friends from 11pm to 8am for the ps2 while people who were getting Xbox had to wait in a line of 10 people for about an hour!:mad:
Title: X-box lines
Post by: THX on November 15, 2001, 07:06:51 PM: I got in line at 7pm this year, but Best Buy opened at 8am to serve the Xbox people before the store opened at 10am. So...

PS2
Where: Best Buy (Woodbridge, VA)
When: 8pm - 10/25/00
Units avaliable: 144
How Many People: A little over 220 at 10am 10/26
Position in line: #43
Hours waiting: 14

Xbox
Where: Best Buy (Woodbridge, VA)
When: 7pm - 11/14/01
Units available: 98
How Many People: A little over 30 at 8am 11/15
Position in line: #4
Hours waiting: 13

I thought more would show for the Xbox but what the hell. The only positive part of me waiting overnight was that I got one of the very few DVD kits and HD packs on launch. Worst part was the 3 people in front of me had been waiting since 10 AM!! That\'s 22 hours that were pretty much wasted since they didn\'t get a DVD kit. :surprised
Title: X-box lines
Post by: SwifDi on November 15, 2001, 07:11:47 PM: Wow, you really wanted that X-box.

I don\' t have that kinda patience, to come to think of it, I got my PS2 in October, therefore I\'m pretty damn patient, I waited a whole year longer than you all! DAMN YOU ALL!! MWUAHAHHAHAHAHA!

Ahem.
Title: X-box lines
Post by: videoholic on November 16, 2001, 03:14:35 AM: Quote
Originally posted by mm
yeah, nothing like me standing in front of best buy last year at 5 AM with 200 people for my PS2

Why didn\'t you get Clyde to do that for you?
Title: X-box lines
Post by: mm on November 16, 2001, 04:05:49 AM: i wish i could

that little primate wont lift a finger to help any human

he\'d rather ridicule us, and plan his "world domination" plan

plus, can you imagine the pandimonium that would occur when a chimpanzee turned up in line and tried to use my debit card?
Title: X-box lines
Post by: Joker on November 16, 2001, 04:28:21 AM: I remember waiting in line for my PS2 in a small country town who was getting 13 units.

this town was 5 hours away from where I live, I spent the WHOLE night under the stars and didn\'t get one. I was however lucky enough to get a ticket stub for the next batch to come in. Only 5 stubs were handed out. Out of over 250 people so I was lucky.

and thats how I got my PS2...and it was worth BOTH nights that I slept under the stars cause the people who got stubs had to come back the next week again and you had to claim your PS2 that night or they would give it away.
Title: thats funny
Post by: kirath on November 16, 2001, 05:37:00 AM: Cause I was thinking the same damn thing. The hype and hysteria just did not seem like it was there..

Even people on the radio this morning were saying the same thing..

I am going out Sunday Morning to find me a GameCube. Im not standing in line. But I will find one. K-Mart, WalMart, Circuit City, I will find one somewhere.!!!
Title: X-box lines
Post by: juslight on November 16, 2001, 06:08:41 AM: Quote
Originally posted by KillaX
the PS2 had almost no TV Commercials......that I can remember....I cant wait to see the first day sales compared to the PS2........ :) :) :)

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Did you forget the PS9 commercial with the little ball?
Title: X-box lines
Post by: GmanJoe on November 16, 2001, 11:08:32 AM: Quote
Originally posted by juslight

Did you forget the PS9 commercial with the little ball?

Yeah...once. MS really went for broke with the ads. I saw them everywhere. As for the PS2, I that one and it was ambiguous to say the least.
Title: X-box lines
Post by: ooseven on November 16, 2001, 11:33:29 AM: It was absolute MURDER for me when it came to getting my PS2

that reminds me dose anyone know how yo get rid of Human Blood from a PS2 unit ?
Title: X-box lines
Post by: Joker on November 16, 2001, 02:10:44 PM: Quote
Originally posted by ooseven
It was absolute MURDER for me when it came to getting my PS2

that reminds me dose anyone know how yo get rid of Human Blood from a PS2 unit ?

NO! leave it on...its a PS2 war scar.
Title: X-box lines
Post by: Seraphim Pride on November 17, 2001, 02:53:09 PM: I had no problems getting my ps2 I just walked in the store gave them my preorder slip and it was a done deal. took about 2 min. Then again it was Nov 2nd 2000 heheh second shipment memories. As for Xbox no lines around here but my friend has 5 GC\'s on hold...that\'s sad he needs help. :rolleyes:
Title: X-box lines
Post by: GmanJoe on April 12, 2004, 07:17:11 AM: Hmmm....I wonder how many people will line up for Xbox2.
Title: X-box lines
Post by: Kurt Angle on April 12, 2004, 08:20:23 AM: It took me a while to suss out what the hell this thread was about until I saw it was old. :D
Title: X-box lines
Post by: videoholic on April 12, 2004, 09:27:00 AM: When is XBox 2 coming out?
Title: X-box lines
Post by: videoholic on April 12, 2004, 09:27:45 AM: Quote
Originally posted by mm
yeah, nothing like me standing in front of best buy last year at 5 AM with 200 people for my PS2

HAHAHAHAHAAAAAAAA

mm use to have the :ghey:
Title: X-box lines
Post by: GmanJoe on April 12, 2004, 10:21:13 AM: Quote
Originally posted by Kurt Angle
It took me a while to suss out what the hell this thread was about until I saw it was old. :D

That\'s coz your brain is still running on the old intel 286 processor with 2 megs of RAM. :p
Title: X-box lines
Post by: unfocused on April 12, 2004, 10:36:48 AM: I couldn\'t figure out why people would be in line for XBox until I looked at the date.
Title: X-box lines
Post by: GmanJoe on April 12, 2004, 11:15:36 AM: I brought this up coz I was searching for something. But since Xbox2 will launch in about a year, I thought it would be nice to bring back some historical comparison. Hopefully, this will be re-bumped when the time comes.
Title: X-box lines
Post by: ooseven on April 12, 2004, 11:40:32 AM: /me wonders if mm will Queue for this one ;)
Title: X-box lines
Post by: THX on April 12, 2004, 08:14:35 PM: Make this a sticky to make sure he sees it :P

Here\'s that old webpage I made ages ago comparing the two lines at the same place:

http://mywebpages.comcast.net/donaldbl/kungfu52/vg/

Just for reference sake, many of the dweebs waiting for the PS2 were trailer trash and people with rimz and civics. The Xbox line was basically 100% computer dorks.
Title: X-box lines
Post by: QuDDus on April 13, 2004, 06:34:16 AM: Quote
Originally posted by THX

Just for reference sake, many of the dweebs waiting for the PS2 were trailer trash and people with rimz and civics.

Not true. And I don\'t see how you can even come up with such a statistic.

Many of my friends waited in lines for ps2 none of them hardly trailer trash. And 1000 ppl that line uped at the target I use to work at I would hardly characterize as trailer trash.

Many ppl waited in lines for ps2 because it was the biggest hype console to ever hit gaming industry. I never seen anything like it ever before for a console.

Are store opened up at 9am and ppl where gathering as early as 4am to get a ps2:eek:
Title: X-box lines
Post by: GmanJoe on April 13, 2004, 06:44:14 AM: I ain\'t no trailer trash. And I waited in line for a PS2. I\'m the sexiest bitch that ever owned a PS2! DAMMIT! :p
Title: X-box lines
Post by: THX on April 13, 2004, 04:43:43 PM: Maybe it\'s just my ghetto southern-wannabe area. Lotsa loudass tards in my line for the PS2 compared to the Xbox.

Quote
Are store opened up at 9am and ppl where gathering as early as 4am to get a ps2

That\'s nothing ;)
Title: X-box lines
Post by: Bladez on April 13, 2004, 05:54:00 PM: I wonder how good the xbox2 will be I can\'t imagine what halo 3 (if there is one) would look like.