Walk-Ins Get 360 In April?

IGN has a piece talking to retail stores across the country about the upcoming 360 launch, and it doesn't look good. From the article: "According to retailers in San Francisco, Chicago, New York, Miami and Houston, there will be mass shortage of Xbox 360 units on the targeted launch date of November 22. IGN contacted dozens of stores around the country, including Gamestop, EB Games, Electronics Boutique, Target and Walmart. One short-tempered clerk at a Gamestop in New York estimated that Xbox 360 units will not be available for walk-in customers until April. That's right, April."

Comments

Rush Job.

[Brantano]

Not enough consoles to keep up with demand...check
Lie and say your doing it on purpose, only shipping a certain amount to each business...check
Give developers only 3 months to work on finished dev kits..check
Have most of the major launch titles pushed back out of the launch list...check
Have most of your games look hardly next gen on a normal tv...check
Have a game that cannot even reach 30fps at 720p and must upscale...check
Make ebgames/gamestop screw over most of your fans...check

Make your new incredibly powerfull console look like a rush job...priceless

Re:Rush Job.

[Guppy06]

Perhaps we should stop comparing this to the Dreamcast and start comparing it to the Saturn.

Woo Hoo!

[indytx]

Just in time for my income tax rebate!

GameStop

[tprime]

One short-tempered clerk at a Gamestop in New York estimated that Xbox 360 units will not be available for walk-in customers until April


I've had folks at GameStop tell me that the PS3 might still make s "surprise" arrival by the end of this year. I am certain they all have their finger on the pulse of gaming.....

Re:So what...

[Chosen Reject]

there won't be any good games for it until then anyways.

You must be on the inside! How did you find out that was when Halo 3 would be released?