Comment Information from the local game store (Score 1) 79
I've been told by my managers at the local game store to continue taking preorders for the 360 although we're already well into reserving units from the second wave. The first wave is targetted to come at the release date, an unspecified number of units as far as I know. The second wave is supposed to come immediately following Christmas, again this is all second hand from my manager who talked to the Xbox rep a couple days ago.
What this does say to me is that there is going to be a shortage before the holidays, what it doesn't say is whether the shortage is intentional on Microsoft's part or just high demand. Regardless I recommend everyone going out and reserving a unit if they want one anytime soon because I've been told to tell customers that I can't promise a unit for them until March unless they reserve one now. Of course that could just be my manager taking advantage of a lonely retail associate just to make a few more dollars.
What this does say to me is that there is going to be a shortage before the holidays, what it doesn't say is whether the shortage is intentional on Microsoft's part or just high demand. Regardless I recommend everyone going out and reserving a unit if they want one anytime soon because I've been told to tell customers that I can't promise a unit for them until March unless they reserve one now. Of course that could just be my manager taking advantage of a lonely retail associate just to make a few more dollars.
