If you’re a long-time gamer, it’s a situation reminiscent of midnight launches and new-platform launches, back before online sales became standard. Queuers chat, play multiplayer games on laptops and handhelds, hold people’s spots during comfort breaks, watch movies on projectors in the back of pickups, and generally have a whole load of fun, forming new friendships overnight. All with the knowledge that a shiny new graphics card awaits, ready to install into their computers the next morning.