# Saw an XBOX 360 yesterday. **URL:** \ **Category:** NYSpeed Off Topic\ **Created:** [November 6, 2005, 10:18pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/saw-an-xbox-360-yesterday/4258 "2005-11-06T22:18:02Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![JaysGreenLX](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/jaysgreenlx/32/7321_2.png) [@JaysGreenLX](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/JaysGreenLX)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2005, 11:32am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/saw-an-xbox-360-yesterday/4258/41 "2005-11-07T11:32:34Z")
> [@Jack](#): > > why not just steal? Shhhhh ---
**Author:** ![bamfer9duce](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/58956e/32.png) [@bamfer9duce](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/bamfer9duce)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2005, 12:08pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/saw-an-xbox-360-yesterday/4258/42 "2005-11-07T12:08:53Z")
Anybody think Target or Walmart will have a couple systems on the release date? ---
**Author:** ![JaysGreenLX](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/jaysgreenlx/32/7321_2.png) [@JaysGreenLX](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/JaysGreenLX)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2005, 12:09pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/saw-an-xbox-360-yesterday/4258/43 "2005-11-07T12:09:32Z")
> [@bamfer9duce](#): > > Anybody think Target or Walmart will have a couple systems on the release date? Certainly, but you may have to elbow and shove to get to them. ---
**Author:** ![bamfer9duce](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/58956e/32.png) [@bamfer9duce](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/bamfer9duce)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2005, 12:11pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/saw-an-xbox-360-yesterday/4258/44 "2005-11-07T12:11:09Z")
I’ll have a 500,000 volt tazer so that shouldn’t be a problem. EDIT: I can’t really picture anybody waiting outside of a Target or Walmart but we shall see. ---
**Author:** ![SilencingMachine](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/silencingmachine/32/7593_2.png) [@SilencingMachine](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/SilencingMachine)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2005, 12:11pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/saw-an-xbox-360-yesterday/4258/45 "2005-11-07T12:11:22Z")
most likely… no. > US Xbox 360 Launch Stock Overview > \>\> The amount of theories, opinions, rumors and articles about the Xbox360 launch and more specifically the amount of stock is growing with the minute. Here I try to give you some kinda of overview. > From [kotaku.com](http://kotaku.com), [joystiq.com](http://joystiq.com), [shanghaidaily.com](http://shanghaidaily.com), [spong.com](http://spong.com), [ve3d.ign.com](http://ve3d.ign.com): > > - Electronics Boutiques: Store managers at EB are calling customers to bump them off of the first allocation of Xbox 360 pre-orders. > EB Games is facing severe shortages of Xbox 360 stock according to one employee who wrote in. The employee stated that his Arizona store has had over 90 pre-orders, 32 of which were guaranteed to be fulfilled, until today when the EBG head office revealed that the store would receive just 16 units on November 22nd, leaving another 16 “guaranteed” pre-orderers bitterly disappointed, and another 60-odd sod out of luck for who knows how long. > The company as a whole will supposedly only receive around 35,000 (VE3d source) / 40,000 (Kotaku source) its to distribute to all outlets across North America. Total pre-order is around 75,000 (Kotaku source) > > - GameStop: Kotaku reports 18 at one store, despite 90 pre-orders. VE3d on the other hand reports that GS employee told them that everything’s fine and they will be able to fulfill all preorders. > > - Wal-Mart’s site tells people to go to a store at midnight on November 22, the day Xbox is released in the United States. A Wal-Mart employee broke down how that fine chain would be handling the big day: > -All stores are supposed to open at midnight to sell their limited supply of 360s and games. > -Specific store’s 360 supply will be dictated by corporate based on how their game sales are in general. > -Store supplies will likely be similar to what Target stores will be getting. (10 to 50) > -Only one 360 can be sold per a transaction. > > - Target: 10 to 50 Xbox 360s depending on average volume of store. Every store will print up tickets representing the number of 360’s and core systems they have in stock. Starting at 6:00 a.m., employees are supposed to go out and hand out tickets to people in line on a first come first serve basis. > > - Best Buy: 20 to 60 Xbox 360s with a larger shipment coming “later that week.” They decided to handle it like the PSP launch, handing out tickets at the door to line-waiters. > > - [Amazon.com](http://Amazon.com) Inc says the system is unavailable in the United States and warned UK buyers they may not get it by the holidays. Bids are as high as US$4,100 on EBay Inc, 10 times the suggested price of as much as US$399.99. > > - Research analyst Mike Wallace predicted that only 1.5 million Xbox 360s will ship this calendar year, with less than a third of those (400,000) available in the United States on launch day. > > - Opinion Spong: Nose-tappers are claiming that Microsoft is trying to organise what has been described as a ‘Holiday Stampede’ for 360 by keeping shipped-through hardware from retail at peak periods and snatching headlines in the process. > SPOnG thinks this highly unlikely. Microsoft would much rather be announcing strong sales over the coming busy period than high, unfulfilled demand. > > - Opinion JoyStiq1: Conspiracy theory? It just makes too much sense for Microsoft to play the product launch like this. Heck, Sony did it with the PSP by talking about Beanie Baby / Cabbage Patch Doll shortages during their launch party for the PSP (turns out, there was no shortage after all). > The bottom line: if people were rational, you’d be able to walk into just about any store on November 22nd and obtain an Xbox 360. But all it takes is a little, good, old-fashioned FUD (Fear, Uncertainty and Doubt) to drive sales through the roof and make this rumor a self-fulfilling prophecy. > > - Opinion JoyStiq2: This is super-savvy marketing. Selling a product isn’t always about creating enough to fill immediate demand. It’s about sustaining demand over the long term. If this launch is played out correctly, long-term sales of the console should prove stronger than the typical console launch. > If someone has run the numbers on this, and if it can be determined that lower supply will result in higher long-term sales, they why not do it? > Crackpot conspiracy theories aside, maybe those Xbox 360 factories just had some glitches and didn’t produce as many units as expected. That’s the official line from Microsoft. ---
**Author:** ![bamfer9duce](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/58956e/32.png) [@bamfer9duce](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/bamfer9duce)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2005, 12:19pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/saw-an-xbox-360-yesterday/4258/46 "2005-11-07T12:19:16Z")
I can already see these systems selling for twice as much on ebay. I definitely need a few. ---
**Author:** ![Jack](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/jack/32/7613_2.png) [@Jack](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Jack)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2005, 12:19pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/saw-an-xbox-360-yesterday/4258/47 "2005-11-07T12:19:24Z")
well that inconclusive. ---
**Author:** ![sureshot](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/sureshot/32/7578_2.png) [@sureshot](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/sureshot)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2005, 1:49pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/saw-an-xbox-360-yesterday/4258/48 "2005-11-07T13:49:00Z")
i need one. if i have to wait outside i just might do so ---
**Author:** ![Daddie](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/daddie/32/7621_2.png) [@Daddie](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Daddie)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2005, 2:22pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/saw-an-xbox-360-yesterday/4258/49 "2005-11-07T14:22:40Z")
Multiplayer takes any game and makes it a lot better. For example : Half Life great single player AMAZING MULTIPLAYER. ---
**Author:** ![Jack](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/jack/32/7613_2.png) [@Jack](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Jack)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2005, 2:31pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/saw-an-xbox-360-yesterday/4258/50 "2005-11-07T14:31:20Z")
But I never gave HL2 the chance to be good cause it sucked so bad in the beginning. ---
**Author:** ![sureshot](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/sureshot/32/7578_2.png) [@sureshot](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/sureshot)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2005, 2:53pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/saw-an-xbox-360-yesterday/4258/51 "2005-11-07T14:53:30Z")
howie, jack, are you guys getting xbox360 pretty much asap? im getting it mainly for live what games to play? ---
**Author:** ![RedGoober4Life](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/redgoober4life/32/7610_2.png) [@RedGoober4Life](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/RedGoober4Life)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2005, 3:09pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/saw-an-xbox-360-yesterday/4258/52 "2005-11-07T15:09:21Z")
> [@JaysGreenLX](#): > > I bought an N64 off eBay for like 60 bucks a few years back just for that game. > That $60 included Goldeneye. You would like Perfect Dark, too if you already don’t have it. Although it’s got a bit more fluff, its much better than the sequel to Goldeneye. And I remember playing Mario Party with that stupid rafting thing where you would have to turn the joystick as fast as you could in the palm of your hand. :mad: ---
**Author:** ![Fetter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/c2a13f/32.png) [@Fetter](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Fetter)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2005, 3:38pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/saw-an-xbox-360-yesterday/4258/53 "2005-11-07T15:38:39Z")
> [@bamfer9duce](#): > > I can already see these systems selling for twice as much on ebay. I definitely need a few. Because of quantities, yes I can see that too unfortnately. Sony avoided that with the PSP by saturating the market with enough to go around so that they weren’t being over-priced on ebay. I also agree with Jack, Call of Duty looked very impressive on the 360 when I saw it yesterday. And it wasn’t on a great screen or anything. :tup: to the next generation of gaming. ---
**Author:** ![Minglor](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/minglor/32/7373_2.png) [@Minglor](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Minglor)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2005, 5:48pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/saw-an-xbox-360-yesterday/4258/54 "2005-11-07T17:48:12Z")
> [@Itagaki](#): > > As for Microsoft (evil empire or not, I don’t care), the boys in charge of development for the 360 are doing things the right way. Granted, they may be rushing it to the market. They could hold off for 4 to 6 months and have HD/DVD or BluRay support, but how long did it take for the original DVD format to catch on and become viable? I Yeah except they would have to pay sony for the bluray tech. they own it. the fucking jerks. bluray = 5x dvd and i like my first post about how internet console gaming isn’t as big as believed, and yeah i agree sonys fucking up on not doing a service You know what i want. A nintendo revolution and im dead fucking serious 🙂 and microsoft i going to fuck up this launch. HARD. I should snag one and ebay the fucker for a G come x-mas. ---
**Author:** ![Fetter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/c2a13f/32.png) [@Fetter](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Fetter)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2005, 5:51pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/saw-an-xbox-360-yesterday/4258/55 "2005-11-07T17:51:26Z")
> [@Minglor](#): > > Yeah except they would have to pay sony for the bluray tech. > they own it. the fucking jerks. bluray = 5x dvd > > and i like my first post about how internet console gaming isn’t as big as believed, and yeah i agree sonys fucking up on not doing a service > > You know what i want. A nintendo revolution > and im dead fucking serious 🙂 lol, they aren’t jerks… just smart. I do wish that they would come out with something. Leaving it up to the developers sucks. Look at the PS2… the developers got lazy and didn’t worry about it. I think the Nintendo Revolution will be sweet. Download any of the old Nintendo games from thier entire library and play it on the revolution. I just don’t like that controller. I guess you could maybe get used to it. ---
**Author:** ![Minglor](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/minglor/32/7373_2.png) [@Minglor](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Minglor)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2005, 5:57pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/saw-an-xbox-360-yesterday/4258/56 "2005-11-07T17:57:31Z")
> [@Fetter](#): > > lol, they aren’t jerks… just smart. > > I do wish that they would come out with something. Leaving it up to the developers sucks. Look at the PS2… the developers got lazy and didn’t worry about it. > > I think the Nintendo Revolution will be sweet. Download any of the old Nintendo games from thier entire library and play it on the revolution. I just don’t like that controller. I guess you could maybe get used to it. Hell yes!!! and yeah awesome move by sony in reality I was just being a sarcastic bastard ---
**Author:** ![Fetter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/c2a13f/32.png) [@Fetter](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Fetter)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2005, 6:37pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/saw-an-xbox-360-yesterday/4258/57 "2005-11-07T18:37:51Z")
> [@Minglor](#): > > Hell yes!!! > > and yeah awesome move by sony in reality > I was just being a sarcastic bastard hehe… I know :lol: ---
**Author:** ![Ovrwrkd](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/ovrwrkd/32/7586_2.png) [@Ovrwrkd](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Ovrwrkd)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2005, 8:48pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/saw-an-xbox-360-yesterday/4258/58 "2005-11-07T20:48:24Z")
> [@sureshot!](#): > > howie, jack, are you guys getting xbox360 pretty much asap? im getting it mainly for live > > what games to play? Perfect Dark:Zero. I’ll have that and probably PGR3 when I pick up the system. ---
**Author:** ![Fetter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/c2a13f/32.png) [@Fetter](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Fetter)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2005, 9:34pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/saw-an-xbox-360-yesterday/4258/59 "2005-11-07T21:34:31Z")
> [@Itagaki](#): > > Perfect Dark:Zero. I’ll have that and probably PGR3 when I pick up the system. I saw the demo of PGR3 in person… wasn’t impressed at all. ---
**Author:** ![Pass\_McGass](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/pass_mcgass/32/7616_2.png) [@Pass\_McGass](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Pass_McGass)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2005, 9:41pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/saw-an-xbox-360-yesterday/4258/60 "2005-11-07T21:41:24Z")
> [@Jack](#): > > GoldenEYE007 for N64 \> \*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\* Wrong. Perfect Dark \> Goldeneye \> \*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*. [Previous page](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/saw-an-xbox-360-yesterday/4258.md?page=2) [Next page](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/saw-an-xbox-360-yesterday/4258.md?page=4)