Xbox 360 in stock hard to find

With the Xbox 360 console due to go on sale in North America in under 3 hours, finding an Xbox 360 console in stock is becoming quite a challenge. Many retailers have had their initial Xbox 360 allocation eaten up by preorders, while others are forecasting a limited initial stock of the Xbox 360 console.

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26 Comments

  1. Nov 22, 2005 @ 7:44 am

    Sim Said,

    im really upset at this whole shortage fiasco - i’ve been to 2 walmarts (one had 6 in stock and the other had 9 in stock), 1 bestbuy (180 in stock), 1 […] more

  2. Nov 22, 2005 @ 4:42 pm

    VC ERAD1CATOR Said,

    ya my dad went to to diferent stores, they should have done there research a little more to see wich stores would need more and wich that would need l […] more

  3. Nov 25, 2005 @ 7:23 am

    doo doo Said,

    Yea it’s insane. I stopped by the Walmart in my town and they onlygot 14 of them! I pre ordered one from a trusted site and they said they were shor […] more

  4. Nov 28, 2005 @ 3:51 pm

    cb Said,

    costco. . . Limit one per member/household/membership. The Xbox 360™ will be available in the Spring of 2006. Best Buy . . . called, new hard re […] more

  5. Nov 29, 2005 @ 6:46 pm

    jeff Said,

    I think its stupid mircosoft didnt make enough for aleast half the people who are trying to buy one. Please make more by christmas.

  6. Dec 2, 2005 @ 2:20 pm

    rob Said,

    microsoft i hate you now im going to buy a playstation 3 just so i can ruin your company i hope all of you go bankrupt.

  7. Dec 2, 2005 @ 6:46 pm

    BJ Said,

    Hey SIM, i totally agree with you about Microsoft whole marketing scheme. I’m so pissed off at them that I too will buy a ps3 instead. Why support a c […] more

  8. Dec 6, 2005 @ 12:16 pm

    nondragonfly Said,

    there are no more stores that have the xbox 360 left for christmas

  9. Dec 6, 2005 @ 4:47 pm

    Andy Hogg Said,

    Here in the UK, the shortages of 360’s are also severe. I ordered one for my kids back in October through Amazon (left it late) and the kids think the […] more

  10. Dec 8, 2005 @ 6:02 pm

    YoYoma Said,

    this is bullshit, they knew this was gonna be a hot item this holiday season and didnt release enough on purpose, its nice to explain to a kid that th […] more

  11. Dec 10, 2005 @ 7:26 am

    Josh Said,

    they are out there. it is not all MS. MS is however taking advantage of the situation because it is free advertisement. stores are using it so that yo […] more

  12. Dec 10, 2005 @ 8:24 pm

    JDS Said,

    I don’t know if anyone is aware of this but Microsoft is making very LITTLE money off of these systems. It costs almost as much to produce them as you […] more

  13. Dec 11, 2005 @ 8:03 pm

    F Ces Said,

    look for second shipment at bestbuy on december 18th

  14. Dec 14, 2005 @ 9:01 pm

    SCARFACE Said,

    December 18th release is such a lie, i went to a best buy store in Brooklyn and i asked the guy who works there, he said they won’t be getting it unti […] more

  15. Dec 18, 2005 @ 11:43 am

    Small Town USA Said,

    You think there are “hick towns” out here in the Midwest perhaps with toms of consoles - dream on. Best Buy’s in towns if several hundred thousand pe […] more

  16. Dec 18, 2005 @ 3:23 pm

    give a rats ass Said,

    Who cares about getting an Xbox 360. If you cant just walk into any given store and pull one off the shelf like any other product, then forget it. I c […] more

  17. Dec 18, 2005 @ 10:36 pm

    creighton Said,

    well we have time to wait now…..time to wait til Feb 06 for play station 3.

  18. Dec 19, 2005 @ 8:32 am

    kal Said,

    I really wanted one for my kids for Xmas….and even though I placed my order over a month ago….still not shipped. Purchased accessories and games […] more

  19. Dec 19, 2005 @ 8:55 am

    chato Said,

    I Agree w/ everybody on microsofts failure/plot regarding the xbox 360, but I’m sure not alone to conclude that ultimately we , the consumers are to b […] more

  20. Dec 23, 2005 @ 4:16 pm

    Enrique Said,

    I went to 5 different stores and I could’t find an Xbox 360. I couldn’t even find 1. Icalled stores to see if they had any in stock and they said no. […] more

  21. Jan 2, 2006 @ 5:01 pm

    struggle80 Said,

    You do realize that the PS3 is probably gonna be short at launch too… Just like when the PS2 came out?

  22. Jan 6, 2006 @ 3:03 pm

    OMGWTF RUSSIANS Said,

    OMGWTF RUSSIANS, they stole all of our consoles!! THE RUSSIANS!!! they have thousands of 360’s in Russia only 25% of them bought, the rest could suppl […] more

  23. Jan 9, 2006 @ 7:33 pm

    brian Said,

    i got the xbox 360 way b4 it even came out and i got it for 300$ you just gotta have connections thats all btw mines working just fine dont know what […] more

  24. Jan 28, 2006 @ 3:34 am

    rapscallionize Said,

    I have yet to play the 360, but i am looking forward to it! If you think it is hard to find an xbox 360 in the u.s.; try living in hong kong, only a […] more

  25. Mar 14, 2006 @ 3:54 pm

    Carlos Said,

    I hate those jerks that buy the Xbox 360 only to sell it on ebay. over 5000 xboxes were sold on ebay. They said it would come in stock at january, Its […] more

  26. Jun 28, 2006 @ 9:21 pm

    GT Said,

    Xbox 360 isnt hard to find now. I see the last post in this forum was in March. Here it is the end of June and most of the stores I have went to had q […] more

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