The PS3 launched at midnight last night, with many people getting PS3s, and some getting robbed, some getting a trip to the hospital, and some getting their cars broken into. Auction site ebay shows about 6,500 PS3s for sale and "ready to ship" many ending within the next 24 hours to make a quick buck. Since some stores haven't opened yet, the full supply isn't out there yet, but with over 100 pages of PS3... well, it doesn't take a genius to figure out that most of the ones on ebay are just being resold.
6,500 out of 200,000... that's about 3 percent... and given that some are holding onto it until the week before Christmas? I'll do another survey at the end of the day -- I fully expect anywhere from 5 to 10 percent, given the restrictions of listing it on eBay.
Here's your daily dose of PS3 violence:
Robbery at Elk Grove, 4 PS3 and 4 Xbox 360s taken
In Englewood, 5 PS3 Robbed at Gunpoint from Gamestop
In Atlanta, Fry's Employees poke fun at their campers
Best Buy Camper target of car thieves
Man shot while waiting for the PS3
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