XBox 360 trickles out

Are you game?

Wednesday, November 23, 2005 by Frogboy | Discussion: WinCustomize News

The Xbox 360 is now out..sort of if you can find it.  Availability of the next generation gaming console is currently not widespread.  Skinners such as Gabriel have already released WindowBlinds 5 skins that give their take on bringing the Xbox 360 style to the Windows XP desktop.

Meanwhile, Business Week has taken a look at the Xbox 360 business plan, their conclusion: Microsoft loses $126 per unit.  Obviously, the hope is to make that back up on game sales.

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sixshot
Reply #1 Wednesday, November 23, 2005 4:25 PM
And if you have the hardware... take a look at this for some eye-popping and major-drooling view of the 360 running with some... certain display

Link

Bichur
Reply #2 Wednesday, November 23, 2005 5:49 PM
And they're being sold on e-bay for $2,000.

Now there's an option...hold off offering to the public..1st put some on e-bay!

Eroticus Prime
Reply #3 Wednesday, November 23, 2005 9:33 PM
Apparently it's not very stable though. Trust Microsoft to destroy the It Just Works™ factor that's been synonymous with consoles since the beginning.

http://games.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=05/11/23/138200

qrush
Reply #4 Wednesday, November 23, 2005 9:48 PM
I've got one What's all this fuss about? Actually I really want a hard drive. Oh well...

Pogo-
Reply #5 Thursday, November 24, 2005 2:46 AM
An xbox 360 with 2 games sold for $5,550 on ebay last night. talk about profit. 5 grand

Im going to reserve like 3 PS3 and sell them on ebay and make like 4 grand

internetworld7
Reply #6 Thursday, November 24, 2005 2:57 AM
Be very careful if you do find a place to buy one. I read at cnn.com that a Wal Mart had a mini riot over these game consoles and I also read at cnet.com that there are reports of roberies and violence over this new Xbox 360 already. Basicly if I were planning to buy one I'd go armed! You might disagree but whatever you do don't send little old grand ma to get one, she would be a very inviting target for thugs on the look out!

joetheblow
Reply #7 Thursday, November 24, 2005 7:19 AM
Im going to reserve like 3 PS3 and sell them on ebay and make like 4 grand



Not if I do it first.

... I will do it you know... 3,00 profit just becaue someone wants to be first to have a game system...

Back to the story... XBOX doesn't work straight out the box? LOL
That is crazy.

Septimus
Reply #8 Saturday, November 26, 2005 11:26 AM
I've managed to get number six out of 38 Gamestation is getting in Manchester. We have to be ushered in with Security which is pretty mad.

I think the UK is going to have really bad stock issues.

VigilanteKiller
Reply #9 Tuesday, December 13, 2005 5:30 PM
geez this is like hell getting one. but... every single store in town has at least 2 demonstration consoles!

why the hell they havent been nicked yet i dont think ill ever know.

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