Old Faithful (PS3)
In Vinnk's Village reports, we learned of Hiro, owner of small game store Famicom Dojo. Â He was very proud to get a PS3 for his store at launch, considering how low supply was. Â And then... it didn't sell. Â And didn't sell. Â After enough visits seeing it, Vinnk began to refer to it as Old Faithful. Â Eventually, Old Faithful was sold.
However... it was then sold back to the store by the owner.
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Years later I was wondering what became of it. Â Vinnk reports:
2009-09-04, 7:44 PM EDT
Old faithful sold pretty quick after the BC models were discontinued. I think the store owner sold it on yahoo auctions for a fairly nice profit. After that he got a 40 gb white one that stayed for about 2 months. A several used PS3s have come and gone since then but he no longer stocks new units. Despite the hype he decided not to stock the slim at all. I am still kicking myself for not buying old reliable. When I finally did buy a PS3 I could only get an 80gb with no BC. The 60 and 20gb models were going for hundreds more at the time (they have since dropped a bit but are still expensive).