This very disturbing article of the Chinese being exploited in Japan to buy the launch PS3 in Japan by major retailers in Japan. Those that bought the PS3 didn't even buy a game with it let alone hardly ANY "Japanese" people in line spoke Japanese. This is a very eye opening article from Kotaku that is not written by any Kotaku staff but a member. See the videos to see whats happening.
*P.S.* When you get your PS3 next Friday, please... be careful. Have some extra friends with you to help you protect your PS3.
Wow, that's really distrubing. Although I can half understand what I read because I'm tired as hell right now, I understood enough to know that s*** ain't right.
It doesn't sound right...but am I missing something? Why would they hire Chinese people to buy the PS3?IAmRodyle
Due to the fact that there is over population in China, the Chinese will move to Japan in hopes of finding jobs. Some are so desperate that they do anything for money. This is a fine example of the Chinese doing anything for money like illegal immigrants being hired for jobs but not getting paid on full wager while they work longer hours.
As biased against Sony as Kotaku is, that was a really eye opening and interesting article, and definitely the best I've seen on the site.
It figures that people would attempt to hoard PS3's to sell at auction to rich (or crazed) gamers, but exploiting poor Chinese people to do it? That's not right. I guess you could say it wasn't exploitation since they were paid a pretty nice sum (a third of the price) but still, if those businessmen wanted to stockpile PS3's they should've used other means to do so. I guess it was inevitable that something like this would happen, what with the mass shortages for launch. I guess it's only a matter of time before this happens in the US.
Even though Kotaku is baised sometimes (readers post most stories), this one isn't anti-Sony. How dare the rich men try to hire poor people to get a PS3! It isn't right and you are hurting the real gamer's chances on getting the system. Thank god Wii is plenty and cheap... >_>
Edit: I know a way they can stop most of that. They can make someone buy a game to be able to get a console, that might stop it.
Even though Kotaku is baised sometimes (readers post most stories), this one isn't anti-Sony. How dare the rich men try to hire poor people to get a PS3! It isn't right and you are hurting the real gamer's chances on getting the system. Thank god Wii is plenty and cheap... >_>
Edit: I know a way they can stop most of that. They can make someone buy a game to be able to get a console, that might stop it. BlazeDragon132
How could that stop wealthy business men from doing that? :?
What, you've never heard of scalpers hiring homeless people to wait on long lines for them? Its been happening for a very long time, both here and in Japan.
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