I live in Potsdam, germany. First of all: amazon.de has the playstation 3 available. I walked in a Media Markt. No more people than usual I guess and no more people in the gaming section than in the other sections. The few minutes I was there, nobody picked a Playstation 3. But Wii, Xbox360 and ps2 also nobody take. I saw only someone buying a DS. Then I walked in a MediMax, some people were standing around the ps3 that could be played in the store. (The player was actually bad, it was a formula 1 game, he played Michael Schumacher and was only 12th.) Some teenager looked for PS3-games and stuff. So overall I saw no big hype, but I dont know how many came at midnight and how many will it be after work or tomorrow. Funny thing: I came back home, turned on TV and saw advertising for the DS. Not only one, the whole block was dominated by ads for different games and even an stuffed animal designed after nintendogs, that McDonalds sells.