Lines Formed for PS3 Release

Fans of Sony PlayStation 3 are forming lines outside electronics stores in Tokyo, Japan, despite the fact that 16 hours remain before the formal release. A store requested all the PS3 customers to the opposite side of the street since the store did not want lines to form at the store.

Sony’s president, Ken Kutaragi, will join the host Bic Camera to celebrate the main launch by selling the first console. Due to the public outcry, most stores in Japan have resorted to a lottery system to figure out who will be eligible to buy the new PlayStation 3 console from the store.

The Sony PlayStation 3 is planned to be released in North America, Taiwan and Hong Kong on November 17th. Unfortunately Europe release date is set to March, 2007. PS3 is Sony’s first console in about six years with the new technologies such as Blu-ray Disc drive, high-definition graphics, wireless LAN support and much more.