PS3 preorders flood Amazon Japan
With news that Playstation 3’s launch date was pushed back to March next year for PAL territories, it seems that everyone who hoped to get their hands on Sony‘s much awaited console is now scrambling to make sure, or at least try, to reserve a unit for themselves. One of the popular methods is to preorder.
CheapyD of Cheap Ass Gamer pre-ordered his PS3 from Amazon Japan. His “edge” is knowing Amazon Japan’s “1 Click” shopping system that is similar to Amazon USA site. Confident in his familiarity with the site even though it’s in Japanese, CheapyD pushed through in preordering his own 60GB PlayStation 3 for 62,980 Yen (US$529, including tax and free shipping) along with a couple of PS3 games like Resistance: Fall of Man and Genji.
He may have successfully preordered the elusive PS3 unit, but it wasn’t smooth sailing. When he checked his order history to review his account page, he was greeted with a Japanese message that roughly translates: “There is no excuse. There was error inside the system. Problem already with the record being completed, is the schedule which in the future advances investigation. We applying annoyance, there is no excuse.”
Talk about BIG disappointment. It seems that online shopping has suddenly become popular to Japanese consumers because of the PS3. So many people tried to get in line to place their PS3 pre-orders at Amazon Japan that it literally flooded the site’s order processing. Anyway, it good to know that everything was fixed in time. The next question is: Will Amazon deliver CheapyD’s PS3 unit? The saga continues…
With news that Playstation 3’s launch date was pushed back to March next year for PAL territories, it seems that everyone who hoped to get their hands on Sony‘s much awaited console is now scrambling to make sure, or at least try, to reserve a unit for themselves. One of the popular methods is to preorder.
CheapyD of Cheap Ass Gamer pre-ordered his PS3 from Amazon Japan. His “edge” is knowing Amazon Japan’s “1 Click” shopping system that is similar to Amazon USA site. Confident in his familiarity with the site even though it’s in Japanese, CheapyD pushed through in preordering his own 60GB PlayStation 3 for 62,980 Yen (US$529, including tax and free shipping) along with a couple of PS3 games like Resistance: Fall of Man and Genji.
He may have successfully preordered the elusive PS3 unit, but it wasn’t smooth sailing. When he checked his order history to review his account page, he was greeted with a Japanese message that roughly translates: “There is no excuse. There was error inside the system. Problem already with the record being completed, is the schedule which in the future advances investigation. We applying annoyance, there is no excuse.”
Talk about BIG disappointment. It seems that online shopping has suddenly become popular to Japanese consumers because of the PS3. So many people tried to get in line to place their PS3 pre-orders at Amazon Japan that it literally flooded the site’s order processing. Anyway, it good to know that everything was fixed in time. The next question is: Will Amazon deliver CheapyD’s PS3 unit? The saga continues…
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