[Nyororin]

Complete hilarity yesterday.

Yesterday, Christmas eve, I went shopping to buy a chicken for dinner. The department store I went to was full of "trendy" parents, picking out gifts for their children - often with the children in tow, telling the parents what they wanted. I apparently got there just after they`d had their drawing for Wiis. (To discourage lines and crowding, they gave out little tickets for days ahead and then sold the Wiis they had to those with matching numbers. Far more random than lining up - whether you get one is all luck, not thanks to days waiting.)

Anyway, everyone was checking the number board as I passed, and I heard a wonderful conversation.
Child: Oh no... What are we going to do... We should have come earlier!
Father: That wouldn`t have helped. Our number wasn`t called.
Child: (cries)
Mother: What about those? (pointing to leftover PS3s on the shelf) There are still some of those left.
Father: HAHAHA. Nobody is buying THAT anymore!

I think that just about sums up the current PS3 market in Japan. Used game shops have even stopped buying them, as there are so many people trying to get rid of them that they can`t sell them.