PS3 release/purchase/resell

[snoopdawg]

I have a friend that, when the Xbox 360 was released, bought a reserved copy for somewhere in the 400-500 range, and sold it the next day on ebay for roughly 1000. Thats what I want to do with the PS3.

1. Will it have the same kind of return? I mean, it seems like there are more PS2 players than Xbox players (or at least of the people i talk to)
2. How many copies would be appropriate? my immediate answer is "in-freakin'-finity" but there may be something i'm missing.
3. Is anyone else planning something like this? there's not a thread for it, is there?

I kind of just thought of this, so any help is appreciated.