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Old 12-21-2006, 09:17 PM
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holy crap... woot sold out 80 PS3s in 4 minutes :eek3:

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Woot Sells PS3? Wii, Wii!

So, hey, check it out: there’s this awesome new gaming system that we just can’t stop playing. Too bad it’s so hard to find in stores – we guess they just didn’t make enough of them. It’s called the Nintendo Wii, and holy mother of Zelda, is it ever a blast. If the Wii is cool with polygamy, we might ask it to marry us.

The controller – so easy! No more intricate push-this-twice, pull-that-three-times trickery, just easy waves of the hand. The console – so cute! It actually makes our gaming room look better, unlike the bulky, ugly consoles we could mention. How does Nintendo keep the price so low on that thing, anyway? And the games, good Lord, the games! Not to mention those adorable avatars. We’ve already created virtual versions of the entire staff, so we can beat each other virtually-bloody instead of actually-bloody, like we usually do. The only problem is that none of the nose options are as big as Jason’s actual nose. But that’s a minor quibble.

In fact, we love the Wii so much, we want to give a Wii to everybody on our payroll. To fund this Wii-for-the-People program, we're selling this Sony PlayStation 3. The SIXAXIS wireless controller is basically the same complicated gazillion-button-style controller you know from past PS models, but at least you won’t be fighting Grandma for gaming time. Along with the usual roster of ho-hum games, the PS3 can play CDs, DVDs, and Blu-Ray discs, and the 20GB hard drive can store music, videos, and music videos. It’s certainly, er, rather full-figured, for those of you who want a lot of heft for your money. And its HDMI capabilities give you polygons and frames-per-second out the wazoo, if you prefer that stuff to having fun.

Best of all, for every PS3 you buy, we can buy Wiis for two of our employees. So when you get frustrated by those intricate combo-button moves, or bored by the underwhelming game offerings for the PS3, keep the spirit of the season in mind. Remember all those happy Woot staffers whose lives have been changed by their super-fun Nintendo Wiis, paid for by you. Heartwarming, isn’t it?
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Old 12-21-2006, 09:19 PM
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Between you and me, the PS3 sucks right now :shhh: Keep it on the DL
Old 12-21-2006, 09:19 PM
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How many tickle me elmo's did they sell?
Old 12-21-2006, 09:20 PM
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:rofl::rofl:

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Old 12-21-2006, 09:21 PM
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Originally Posted by 2001TEGGSR
How many tickle me elmo's did they sell?
THX Elmo was still on shelves when I went through Toys R Us the other day.
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Old 12-21-2006, 09:48 PM
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Originally Posted by Jani
holy crap... woot sold out 80 PS3s in 4 minutes :eek3:
Amazon's 360 was more impressive h:
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Originally Posted by b00gers
Amazon's 360 was more impressive h:
true... but woot has a smaller customer base thats up at 1am est
Old 12-21-2006, 09:57 PM
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yea...... before i stupidly created a repost i was realy confused.. i checked woot to see if the gps was sold out yet.... but a sold out ps3 for 500 bucks was there instead
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I was just reading it on Woot...:rofl: pure comedy!

The PS3 does kinda suck. My friend got one, and I was playing Resistance: Fall of Man the other day, I was pretty unimpressed.
Today I was watching somebody play Gears of War on the 360, though...now that looks hot!
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I'll stick with duck hunt on NES.



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