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PS3 Bundle Causes Costco.com to Crash!

Well, the PS3 bundle available this morning at Costco.com has caused the site to essentially crash. Many people were able to add a PS3 bundle to their carts, but just simply could not check out.

As of 1:00 EST, a full two hours after the PS3 bundle was available, the site was still down.

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Marty83707120d ago

So much for people saying PS3 won't sell cause it's expensive.

scriptkiddie7120d ago

No one is buying it to play, they are all buying to resell it on eBay. so of course the cost doesn't matter. Who cares if the console cost $600.00 if you can resell it for $2,000. 6 months from now see how well they sell... how many mom's and dads will buy a $600.00 console for their kids.. i know of none.

Tut7120d ago

Come to my area haha! There were a ridiculous amount of parents asking if there was going to be another shipment in before Christmas (so they could get one for their kids).

At my Best Buy there were more people over the age of 35 camping than younger people.

You seriously underestimate the power of bratty kids and parents who want to buy their children's love.

Steve5197120d ago

I was going to do a story about this but I decided not to, turns out it was already done.

After getting shut down at other stores I figured this would work for me, but about 2 mins after it was posted the whole site just quit working pretty much

splintercellman7120d ago

Crazy thing is, I got one from costco.com 20 minutes ago. It took me almost 4 hours to checkout ( yes 4 freaking hours). It was a total of $858 ( had to buy a membership), but it still beats waiting outside for a unit. Now time to put it on ebay :-D

DJ7120d ago

Yeah, just like how Sony didn't REALLY sell 100 million PS2s. Everyone just replaced their systems 3 times, right? =P

Islandkiwi7120d ago

Dj, please look at software sales. I'm not arguing that Sony sold that many consoles, just that there's not that many Sony owners.

A lot of people bought it to sell it. Look at Ebay, right now 35,000 are on the auction block, and I don't know how many have sold already. In my line of 8 people at Gamestop, half were planning to sell.

Islandkiwi7120d ago

I was one of the many who had a console in their cart, and couldn't get to checkout. Four hours of back and forth, praying it would go through. No such luck. Oh well, better than standing out in the cold for three days.

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Final Fantasy X 25th Anniversary Website Launches With New Nomura Artwork and Merchandise

Square Enix launches Final Fantasy X 25th anniversary site, revealing new Nomura art, books, music releases, and merchandise.

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-Foxtrot18d ago

Look I know VIII has its issues and all that but how on earth can the do big anniversary events with new artwork and merchandise for VII, IX and X yet VIII got sweet f*** all.

They could have given it something during its 25th anniversary yet all it got was a single Happy Anniversary post on their social media.

solideagle18d ago

they should know that we are OG fans of VIII as it sold truckload as well. not as much as VII or X. I personally didn't like IX but X and VI are my personal fav.

Shadow Hearts 2 covenant is another game I love. I hope one day someone can make remake, I would be delighted

Relientk7718d ago

Final Fantasy VIII is great and you are always the first to defend it in the comments

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15 Years Ago, Mortal Kombat (2011) Saved Gaming’s Biggest Fighting Franchise

A brutal reset, a smarter story, and a return to what made it great—Mortal Kombat (2011) revived the series.

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italiangamer27d ago

"Gaming’s Biggest Fighting Franchise"

Press X to (seriously) doubt.

DarXyde25d ago

Underrated comment. I used to hate that game so much that any time my siblings asked me to play it, I just picked Hom and shut myself down mid-match.

Soy25d ago

And then MK1 killed it again.

DivineHand12525d ago (Edited 25d ago )

15 years went by so fast. I remember playing through the story mode at launch.

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PlayStation legend Shuhei Yoshida says Jim Ryan fired him because he didn't listen to him

Why did Sony push Shuhei Yoshida out of his role leading PlayStation's first-party games? He'd overseen some huge successes. Well, apparently, he didn't listen.

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Relientk7726d ago

Yeah I can see that for sure. Shuhei Yoshida should have been in charge not Jim Ryan.

Cacabunga26d ago

It should be free highway for him now.. but Sony are too stupid to see this, especially that moron Hulst

S2Killinit26d ago (Edited 26d ago )

Wtf why all that anger. PlayStation is dominating on every level. Besides I think there is a little more to hiring a CEO than just who is available. Its not like its a athlete your team wants to buy.

neutralgamer199226d ago

S2Killinit

live service failures, chasing trends, closing studios. yes dominating

Cacabunga25d ago

Sony is Dominating because competition is not existing. Compared to previous gens this is the poorest in terms of software offerings.

Last gen we got Uncharted 4 Lost Legacy and TLOU2 from ND alone.

This is so far a remasters gen, with no competition to lift up the quality

1nsomniac25d ago (Edited 25d ago )

..."PlayStation is dominating on every level"....

...Really???

PlayStation are soon heading into a new generation in the not to distant future. They currently have the worst customer satisfaction they've ever sustained as a company. The company is heading for a huge crash while at the same time they'll need to be planning how they are going to try and win back that favour and the build up to their new releases.

Yes financially they're winning but they're going to have to ride out this complete public corporate disaster. No one has faith in the company or the product anymore. They've damaged their public image so much this generation. Greed can kill anyone.

medman25d ago

Hulst is a disaster......

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blacktiger25d ago

He would've done the same thing and fire Jim Ryan and Shuhei would be the villain. Why?
Because Elite creates the narrative and distraction for gamers, users and citizens.

Outside_ofthe_Box26d ago

More confirmation that Jim Ryan is the culprit for what has happened to Sony. Hulst needs to go too. What sucks is that a lot of the good top heads at Sony are no longer there. I wish that guys that were forced out prematurely by Dumbo Jimbo like Shuhei and Layden came back.

robtion25d ago

Yep. Yoshida was responsible for bringing one of the best games of this generation to playstation (Stellar Blade). He is an actual gamer and is in touch with what gamers want (creative, fun games, not GaaS and agenda pushing). He also seems like a genuinely nice guy if you watch some interviews. Of course they got rid of him.

darthv7226d ago

Makes you wonder if MS even thought about hiring him after Phil and Sarah were leaving. He certainly couldn't make their situation any worse.

Agent7526d ago

Microflop. After Windows XP and Xbox 360, it all went floppy.

S2Killinit26d ago

Floppy 😆
No pun intended

badz14926d ago

Yoshida for President! Jim Ryan was and always be a hack! Sony should get Shu back

Lightning7726d ago

All the gamer/consumer lead heads are gone across PS and Xbox. shuhei gone phil's gone (questionable) but gone. The future of gaming is somewhat uncertain across the board.

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