Next Gen..of slackers

Sony's Playstation 3 gets released tomorrow. It is the latest in "next gen" console gaming. It's also something that all the hardcore console gamers apparently want to get their hands on.

I went by Best Buy (by Best Buy? sounds weird) to browse today. There were a bunch of guys camped out (literally...they had tents and everything) at the front of the store. I was confused, but only for a moment. They were there apparently to get their hands on a Playstation 3 the next day.

Why do it? Why camp out in front of a store for over 24 hours so you can be one of the first to shell out 300-something odd dollars for a game console? So you can have bragging rights? "Hey, I got myself a Playstation 3?" Because you have to experience the "next evolution" in console gaming? (at least until the Nintendo Wii comes out) More importantly, do you have jobs? Are you calling in sick to buy a Playstation? Are your rich parents paying for one?

Who knows. But they're certainly enforcing the stereotype of the hardcore console gamer. The stereotype of a person who just sits around for hours on end punching buttons on a controller. The stereotype of a slacker. So well done, guys! I suppose I''ll see some of you on the evening news tonight, eh?

EDIT: Yep, there were some news stories on these people. Apparently some of them don't even care about playing the Playstation 3. They want to buy one so they can turn around and sell it on EBay for a hefty profit. Yay capitalism!