Beau and I took a walk to the Metreon for lunch today, partly to get something new to eat (I almost always get the same thing at Whole Foods every day) and partly to gawk at the line forming around the Playstation store. Aparently tonight at midnight is when they throw open the doors and the line to be there stretched down the block, twists around, then jumps to the other side of the street!
We found the front of the line and found out that these guys have been waiting since yesterday morning. They were being interviewed on camera and taunted by a man wearing (for some reason) a Nintendo Wii controller costume.
There seemed to be a lot of support for these people though. Aparently Starbucks was
bringing over coffee for everyone in the morning and while we were walking by, there were two taco trucks pumping out trays of burritos for people in line. There didn't seem to be money passing hands (and they certainly didn't get out of line to order) so I'm wondering if Sony just bought food and coffee for the first X people in line. I suppose spending $8 on someone who is about to pay you $600 isn't too bad a deal.
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