Master-Mold
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Yes, I know who cares, but I need to vent. After a long night of driving, standing, freezing, and making about 500 phone calls I dont have an Xbox 360.
I dont understand why they are supposedly launching 200,000 units in Japan. I can assuredly tell you if they were here in the states every one of them would have sold last night. Everywhere I went was pure insanity with about 3X as many people wanting 360s compared to the stock that was available. I understand supporting Europe since they actually buy Xbox stuff, but the Japan issue infuriates me. You know for a fact they will be lucky to sell 50,000 by the end of the year there and the rest will be getting dusty on shelves.
Anyway I return home at about 8:45 this morning having lost a ticket draw at Wal-Mart as a last ditch effort and whats on my TV? A bunch of celebrities walking out of an Xbox party with what looked like 2 free 360s per person. They were being interviewed and rich yuppies like Paris Hilton were so out of touch with gaming when asked what she was waiting to play she froze up and stuttered "that one shooting game". Here I am dying to get one and willing to pay and that spoiled nit-wit has one before me at no cost. I am sure at this party they gave away maybe 250 max, but so what.
Finally lots of people are speculating this is all a marketing ploy, you know the shortages. Well it worked since it has been all over the news. However if indeed it was just a big scam and 360s start rolling in daily its going to be hard to forgive them after the night I went through.
So now I have 3 games, 2 Faceplates, 1 Memory Card, and no system to use them with. Yes I do have a pre-order from June at Gamestop, but they arent promising anything since I am #62 on a list that exceeds 200.
What a crappy night
I dont understand why they are supposedly launching 200,000 units in Japan. I can assuredly tell you if they were here in the states every one of them would have sold last night. Everywhere I went was pure insanity with about 3X as many people wanting 360s compared to the stock that was available. I understand supporting Europe since they actually buy Xbox stuff, but the Japan issue infuriates me. You know for a fact they will be lucky to sell 50,000 by the end of the year there and the rest will be getting dusty on shelves.
Anyway I return home at about 8:45 this morning having lost a ticket draw at Wal-Mart as a last ditch effort and whats on my TV? A bunch of celebrities walking out of an Xbox party with what looked like 2 free 360s per person. They were being interviewed and rich yuppies like Paris Hilton were so out of touch with gaming when asked what she was waiting to play she froze up and stuttered "that one shooting game". Here I am dying to get one and willing to pay and that spoiled nit-wit has one before me at no cost. I am sure at this party they gave away maybe 250 max, but so what.
Finally lots of people are speculating this is all a marketing ploy, you know the shortages. Well it worked since it has been all over the news. However if indeed it was just a big scam and 360s start rolling in daily its going to be hard to forgive them after the night I went through.
So now I have 3 games, 2 Faceplates, 1 Memory Card, and no system to use them with. Yes I do have a pre-order from June at Gamestop, but they arent promising anything since I am #62 on a list that exceeds 200.
What a crappy night
