For some it can be annoying to find out that just when you are about to order your 360 from a site such as Gamestop.com, that they place a banner saying they have ran out of 360′s and the next allotment will ship in 2006. Michel Cassius, Head of Xbox Europe, told the Official Xbox Magazine that they were assured that Microsoft had geared its production of the Xbox 360 with a view to continuous stock shipments flowing into stores after launch. It looks like Gamestop cannot guarantee this therefore they are posting red bold letters on each Xbox page to make everyone aware. Microsoft has also previously admitted that some US consumers will be disappointed on November 22, but they have denied claims that stock levels are being kept low on purpose to create a greater demand. A lot of retailers in the UK have posted that their first batch of 360′s have all been pre-ordered but you can “still order yours today in the hopes of receiving it before Christmas“. I hope I can get a 360 for Christmas and not have to wait until god-knows-when for the next shipment.
I found a good comment that tells a person’s first hand experience with their order from HMV.
I pre-ordered my 360 the first of September with HMV and was just told that they will be luck to get 10 per store so I’m going to head to ASDA at midnight and run the gauntlet to get one as I’ve been told they are getting 100′s per store and will not be pre-selling… guess we’ll find out what’s what in a couple weeks!
This is not very encouraging, and to think that they pre-ordered it 3 months ago. Will there be hoards of unhappy people come December 2nd or happy faces? We shall see, not long left now…
You know K2 r118 is out?
Yes but I had made so many modifications to beta r73 that it will take me a while to merge everything together and get it back to normal.