Rumor: Paris airport gets some serious PS2 and PS3 lovin'

by Peter Vrabel { Jun 20th 2007 at 5:30PM }

All Paris PS3 fans would be wise to book all future flights out of Charles de Gaulle International Airport. According to a translated story off PS3 site Playfrance, on June 27th, 14 PS3 consoles will be connected individually to Sony Bravia 1080p HDTV sets in the "Galerie Parisienne" terminal. A slightly easier-to-read translation mentions the stations will be spread amongst "three comfortable" sections and "able to accommodate up to 28 players simultaneously." On an even harder to swallow note, "80 PS2 consoles" were deployed in the same airport, in order to allow a new generation of potential gamers to "discover the new plays of PlayStation 2." Wait, 80 PS2 consoles already deployed, and now 18 PS3's connected to 1080p Bravia HDTV's? Hmm ... something sounds awfully fishy about this. Until we can confirm it with more reliable sources, we're labeling this as "rumor." Although not the first case of gaming in airports, if it proves to be true it would certainly make flight delays a whole lot more enjoyable. By chance, would any of our French readers happen to be on their way to the Charles de Gaulle airport? Screenshots, or it never happened!

[Via PS3 Forums]

Tags: airport, charles de gaulle international airport, charles de gualle, CharlesDeGaulleInternationalAirport, CharlesDeGualle, galerie parisienne, GalerieParisienne, playfrance

Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

Andy @ Jun 20th 2007 5:56PM

Peter are you Canadian?

I think it would be much more appropriate to those high class lounges. I mean if a 40 year old businessman sees the PS3 he might buy one for his kids or himself. He could afford too. Any PS3 exposure is a good thing especially outside of retail areas like malls.

Peter Vrabel @ Jun 20th 2007 6:12PM

That "eh" was bothering me ever since the post went live, so I removed it.
I'm not Canadian but went to college awfully close to the border and frequented the Montreal bars. Perhaps Canadian influence penetrated the deep recesses my brain during those visits, eh?

/sigh

Peter

Andy @ Jun 20th 2007 7:28PM

I just figured you were with the Canadian red PS3 post and the eh. Oh well.

robert @ Jun 20th 2007 8:26PM

In canada we dont say EH! maybe a few people in newfoundland

wisemanleo @ Jun 21st 2007 3:04AM

Robert, my ass! I'm in southern ontario and everyone here says eh whether you're a newfy or not!

doctort @ Jun 21st 2007 3:33AM

the charles de gualle airport is quite possibly the worst on the planet. spread out across 5 terminals that you need busses to get between.

do not get stuck there overnight - they close it down at night, and there are zero vending machines inside - hope you brought some snacks.

and yeah, nothing sounds more fun than trying to play some ps3 that you most certainly have to pay for, with a bunch of french kids.

no thanks