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PS3 – ON SALE IN LONDON'S EDGWARE ROAD!

Some dodgy shopkeeper has spent the afternoon standing in the street, trying to flog PS3s the day before he’s supposed to. Naughty, but desperate times…

And, of course, there was no queue or excitement.

TRAITOROUS SCUM

If you want one (YOU DON’T, we’re being hypothetical) head down to London’s cheap electronics/foreign food district now.

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EBAY PS3 MORONS UPDATE!

Will anyone beat this? 320 pounds for a PS3 + a game and an extra controller! Well done Kanyevil86 that’s cost you 180 pounds, well it would if you’d actually honoured the deal. No doubt your account will be closed by the end of the day? We imagine all the other sellers are currently trying find the button to “End Auction Early”. Ebay is going to be the funniest site on the internet for the next two weeks.

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PS3 FLOPS ON EBAY! JUSTICE FOR ALL!

Beautiful. Absolutely beautiful! Moron pre-orders PlayStation3, then sells it on Ebay for less than he paid for it. Other UK auctions are currently floudering, too. Genius. Global justice. WELL DONE, BRAVE PEOPLE OF GREAT BRITAIN. THE END IS NIGH. THE END IS NIGH!

We can’t wait to read the Sony press release on Monday morning. It had better include a full and frank apology for the global disgrace that is Sony’s current hardware scheme.

PS3 Ebay JUSTICE!

This is the update we’ve been waiting to write for 18 months – AND IT FEELS GOOD. For once, our tears are of joy.

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REPORTING LIVE FROM THE PS3 LAUNCH EVENT!

Here we are! The launch event starts now!

PS3 UK launch event thrills

The excitement is amazing, the crowds…

LAUNCH MADNESS!

Oh.

Jenny, Dave from Sony's sister

There are two people queuing for a PS3. The first one is a woman. All the other people in this picture are journalists and PR people who were probably expecting a better turn out, plus security guards who can’t believe how easy the job is as all they have to do is take the names of a few meek writers who want to take photos for their blogs.

We didn’t bother interviewing her, as she’s obviously (a) a friend of someone at Sony, (b) a friend of someone at Virgin, (c) a COMPLETE FUCKING LUNATIC, or (d) a homeless crack addict glad of a warm place to sleep tonight where she won’t get raped. The rape will instead happen at midnight on Thursday when she hands over her credit card to buy a PS3.

UPDATE: We are reliably informed by a reporter friend that the second guy in the queue is “buying six to sell on Ebay”. Worst. Idea. Ever.

'Reporting LIVE!'

This man’s filming the event!

This is what he’s filming. He’ll have to work one hell of an ‘angle’ to get something decent out of this embarrassing public cluster-fuck.

Heavy demand

We would imagine that there will indeed be some PS3s left over to buy this weekend. Bring a van, you can have 50,000 if you want.

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TWO SHIT CONSOLES FOR THE PRICE OF THREE

This is an old story but we’ve just thought up that headline which we’re proud of. It’s to do with HMV thinking people might like to buy two shit Sony consoles at the same time, then, amazingly, deciding that perhaps they don’t after all.

That’s what’s known as an embarrassing public climbdown in the face of massive disinterest, because you’ve overestimated how stupid the average UK consumer is.

Ken reveals PS3 price cut thinking

That’s all. Today’s proper update will be along in half an hour. It’s to do with ‘Sexy Sudoku’ and is much better than this one which only took 10 minutes and is what we refer to internally as ‘a gonzo filler’.

IN THE MEAN TIME
If you have any ideas for what we can do to disrupt HMV’s midnight opening PS3 launch, please let us know. We’re currently thinking of handing out leaflets to queueing customers letting them know how much they’re being ripped off.

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