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Where In The World is the 360?
Chris Kohler's Game|Life column wonders aloud Where is the 360? Despite assurances from Microsoft that more units are making their way to retail channels, it is still effectively impossible to get ahold of one from a store. From the article: "So, uh... where's the press release for Xbox 360? The congratulatory hype over how much cash they pulled in during the first 24 hours? Xbox dot com has nothing. Were it not for that Halo 2 press release, I wouldn't be asking, but... For that matter, where's the 360 itself? It's now been over two weeks since the launch of the 360, and that nebulous ether affectionately referred to as 'the retail channel' has not seen a single additional Xbox 360 unit. How do I know? As has been well-documented here, I had a preorder reservation placed at the downtown EB Games that was originally supposed to be a launch-day unit but got bumped back to 'second shipment.'" Kotaku has commentary on this as well. I'm in a similar situation as Mr. Kohler, since Slashdot is not cool enough to receive a review console.
Hehe, that's rich. After all those years of being so nice to Microsoft, you don't even get a single console to review... Oh, the irony. ;)
I'm in a similar situation as Mr. Kohler, since Slashdot is not cool enough to receive a review console.
This is very surprising considering all the positive press that Microsoft routinely gets out of Slashdot. From past experience I can safely say that most Slashdotters would have been rushing the stores after the guarenteed-to-be-glowing review of the new console produced by such a respectable company.
Microsoft knew they'd lose money on each one they sold at their own devised retail price so I have concluded that their business plan goes as follows:
1. Only release 10% of units produced to retail market to create huge artificial demand.
2. Sell Remaining 90% on eBay at insane prices that desperate parents and fanboys would willingly pay.
3. PROFIT!!!
DEAD DEAD DEAD DELETE ME