Woot's Last Minute PS3 Auction Ends In Minutes
Woot sold out of its stock in record time last night for a very good reason: they were auctioning off 20 Gigabyte PS3s complete with speedy shipping so the consoles would arrive at buyers’ houses on Saturday.
They sold out in less than five minutes.
But the best part is the thinking behind the auction itself. Why sell PS3s instead of, say, a Wii at an affordable price? Take a gander:
In fact, we love the Wii so much, we want to give a Wii to everybody on our payroll. To fund this Wii-for-the-People program, we’re selling this Sony PlayStation 3. The SIXAXIS wireless controller is basically the same complicated gazillion-button-style controller you know from past PS models, but at least you won’t be fighting Grandma for gaming time. Along with the usual roster of ho-hum games, the PS3 can play CDs, DVDs, and Blu-Ray discs, and the 20GB hard drive can store music, videos, and music videos. It’s certainly, er, rather full-figured, for those of you who want a lot of heft for your money. And its HDMI capabilities give you polygons and frames-per-second out the wazoo, if you prefer that stuff to having fun.
Hot damn, I want to go to work for Woot if theyr’e going to buy their entire staff gifts like that for Christmas.
Boy of Tomorrow
Posted to Video Games on 22 December 2006
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Wow, have they ever trashed one of their own deals so blatantly?
well… they do have a point… wii does rox
http://youtube.com/watch?v=OY76LHISdUA
wii basher cough
oops did i say that?
yes