What’s the best thing you can tell everyone about a new videogames machine? That’s right! That it's not for sale anymore and will be really rare and exciting. Knowing this all too well, GAME Retail in the UK has announced that it can no longer accept any orders for Xbox 360 due to phenomenal demand.
Now of course, we’re not saying that this is bogus, but given production lines haven't even begun to roll over in China, and yield rates have yet to be established, it would seem an odd time to calculate expected stocking levels of the new machine.
Unless of course GAME has taken such a huge amount of pre-orders that even the most industrious industrialised manufacturing plant could not meet expected demand.
GAME mentioned that although the core system would still be available, the premium (actually worth buying) version has sold out following “phenomenal demand”.
Of course, should this prove a PR ruse, and we’re not for a moment suggesting it is, you can at least take comfort in the fact that there will be a supply of new hardware. The “everything is fine with stocking” joke played by Sony at launch each time around is getting a bit old…
Now of course, we’re not saying that this is bogus, but given production lines haven't even begun to roll over in China, and yield rates have yet to be established, it would seem an odd time to calculate expected stocking levels of the new machine.
Unless of course GAME has taken such a huge amount of pre-orders that even the most industrious industrialised manufacturing plant could not meet expected demand.
GAME mentioned that although the core system would still be available, the premium (actually worth buying) version has sold out following “phenomenal demand”.
Of course, should this prove a PR ruse, and we’re not for a moment suggesting it is, you can at least take comfort in the fact that there will be a supply of new hardware. The “everything is fine with stocking” joke played by Sony at launch each time around is getting a bit old…
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J_C_X 25 Aug 2005 19:51
1/7
Seems legit, I was refused A pre-order at my closest GAME so I got one off the comet website here's hoping!
Joji 25 Aug 2005 22:22
2/7
I knew about Comet and Play.com taking preorders already but not Game. Looks like 360 is already on track to sell out.
I'll wait til new year for one.
I'll wait til new year for one.
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Matthewd55 25 Aug 2005 23:13
3/7
Well I work for Game and I can confirm that in my store and all stores in my region we have had no notification from H/O to halt pre-orders. As far as I am aware it is only the website which has stopped doing pre-orders and all stores are to continue as planned with X-box 360 pre-orders.
theleakytoilet9 26 Aug 2005 00:08
4/7
do you know if comet or play ships to the US
YenRug 26 Aug 2005 13:15
5/7
theleakytoilet9 wrote:
do you know if comet or play ships to the US
Why on earth would you want a UK Xbox 360 shipped to the USA??? You do realise we tend to get games behind the American release schedule, don't you? Also that it won't work in the USA without sorting out power supply problems and also making sure it outputs in a format that is compatible with your TV's?
dasnk 29 Aug 2005 11:58
6/7
You can still make pre-orders.... They haven't stopped pre-orders online at all.
What they have said is that they have filled their predicted allocation and cannot guarantee delivery before christmas any longer.
Again, this was their predicted allocation, They said that they have no idea yet how many units they will be allocated so they are not willing to make any promises on delivery.
I suspect most other stores are just taking pre-orders endlessly and there's going to be a lot of dissapointed people who don't get one on release.
What they have said is that they have filled their predicted allocation and cannot guarantee delivery before christmas any longer.
Again, this was their predicted allocation, They said that they have no idea yet how many units they will be allocated so they are not willing to make any promises on delivery.
I suspect most other stores are just taking pre-orders endlessly and there's going to be a lot of dissapointed people who don't get one on release.
merciless_james 29 Aug 2005 12:21
7/7
Your exactly right, shops are just guessing how many they are going to recieve as Microsoft havn't even started full scale production of the 360 yet, so they surely can't tell retailers how many they will get. Im going to wait awhile for my 360, especially since i think the price will fall when the PS3 comes out and also i want to make sure i can get one of the new DVD format drives in it, which wont be available at launch!