I got a PSP!
I managed to get hold of a PSP in San Fran from the Sony Store in the Metreon Centre. People had been queuing for hours the previous night to get their hands on one at midnight - when they first went on sale. I was talking to one guy who had been there and he told me that a dedicated punter had camped outside the store for 48 hours. In return for this loyalty, the store chauffered him home in a limo. I'm glad I didn't bother with the midnight feeding frenzy though because it was pretty easy to pick one up the next day - I only had to queue for about 30 minutes. Interestingly, two guys were returning their units because of a fault on the screen - at least one pixel remains frozen on virtually all of the initial batch, it's just pot luck where your frozen pixel appears. These guys had theirs right in the middle; mine is at the top of the screen, out of harm's way. Anyway, despite this the PSP rocks - the screen is amazing - like watching HDTV. Wipeout Pure is stunning, and Metal Gear Acid is one of the most addictive games ever; I played it for three hours on the plane home before the battery ran out of juice.
Posted by monoman at 06:38 PM on March 26, 2005
