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25 Years Ago Today: A PlayStation Shopping Frenzy – But Would Microsoft’s Xbox Make It Obsolete?

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25 years ago today on Slashdot…

Hemos linked to a site called Joystick101 describing the
crowd camping out to buy the limited number of just-released PlayStation 2 consoles (and games). “500,000 lucky members of the American gaming public are sneaking a few minutes of playing Madden 2001, Tekken, or Ridge Racer V before school or work…” wrote Joystick101. That same day CmdrTaco posted reports PS2s were selling for over $1,000 on eBay. And then Timothy updated that…

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