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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.
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.
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, joystiq.com, shanghaidaily.com, spong.com, 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 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.
I can already see these systems selling for twice as much on ebay. I definitely need a few.
well that inconclusive.
i need one. if i have to wait outside i just might do so
Multiplayer takes any game and makes it a lot better.
For example :
Half Life
great single player
AMAZING MULTIPLAYER.
But I never gave HL2 the chance to be good cause it sucked so bad in the beginning.
howie, jack, are you guys getting xbox360 pretty much asap? im getting it mainly for live
what games to play?
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:
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.
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.
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
hehe… I know :lol:
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.
Wrong.
Perfect Dark > Goldeneye > *****************.