Reports: Japanese PlayStation 3's largely bought by hired homeless to be sold on eBay
According to Tokyo-based Kotaku reader Dirk Benedict, many PlayStation 3’s sold on launch in Japan went to homeless and poor Chinese people ; hired to stand in line and purchase the console for more wealthy individuals who are selling the units on for exorbitant prices online.
If Benedict’s letter to Kotaku, and the images he captured, are to be believed then the foul-up that was the 80,000 - 100,000 "strong" PS3 launch in Japan really went far, far worse than expected ; with the first person to be congratulated for purchasing a PS3 in fact being a hired Chinese line-waiter who didn’t buy any software for the console.
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