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Article: Mistake or Not, Xbox 360's Disappearing Act Feeds Cycle of Hype
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- The Washington Post
- Article date:
- December 17, 2005
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Are they trying to taunt us? Every other commercial on TV these
days seems to be for some Xbox 360 video game. At local electronics
retail stores, displays for the new Xbox are taking up premium front-
and-center floor space, complete with kiosks offering a hands-on look
at the product. There's only one problem -- nobody has the thing in
stock.
Many local big-box stores say they haven't gotten any new consoles
since the product's Nov. 22 launch, and some have gotten just one or
two. The Target in Germantown got four units Monday night and sold
them almost immediately. As of yesterday afternoon, Web stores
Amazon.com, ToysRUs.com, EBGames.com, CircuitCity.com and WalMart.com
were all sold ...
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