Lines Already Forming for PS3 Launch Day

Hardcore campers to spend next week counting down to release.

The camping begins for the PS3

The camping begins for the PS3

So you missed out on the pre-order festivities at EB, GameStop, and Toys "R" Us, but you're bound and determined to get your mitts on one of Sony's expensive new boxes the instant it hits the streets on November 17. What do you do?

If you live near Burbank, CA, you better get a move on, because the line's already started. Though members of the queue won't have to brave the inclement weather that other parts of the country get subjected to during November, they will presumably have to forage for everything from food and water to restroom facilities. (We wouldn't want to be working the loading dock area this week, if you know what we mean.)

Reactions to the camp out range, predictably enough, from simple disbelief, wondering how these folks can afford to spend more than a week doing nothing but holding a place in line, to full-on conspiracy theories that suggest Sony is paying people to wait in line as part of some sort of twisted astroturf campaign. Whatever the truth, there are guaranteed to be more than a few disappointed souls when those 400,000 launch units disappear into homes and onto eBay.

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