PS2 fever grips Europe
Posted by @ 5:39 PM, EST
C&VG posted an article about the European PS2 launch last Friday.
Here’s a bit of the article:

Near-riots ensued in the French capital and three people – reportedly in their late teens - were hospitalised in the crush to be the first to grab the next generation hardware. Thousands of prospective customers crammed Parisian stores, eager to nab one of the 70,000 machines available in the country, a situation compounded by 20,000 consoles being sold outside of the French pre-order system. Violence erupted as the deadline for launch passed. The shots below were taken from a Virgin MegaStore in Paris.