I just got back from EB Games across the street from work. I inquired, like I always do about the status the X-Box 360. The guy tells me that for $50 he can put me down for a pre-order for a shipment arriving in the middle of April. I must have looked at the guy like he was out of his damn mind, because he immediately said that I'd have better luck getting one on Ebay right now.

I did a quick inventory check online, and the damn things are still hard to come by. I found several $800 + bundle packs, and some core systems...but the Premium, in other words real system, is still M.I.A.

I never ever though I'd hear the words Pre-order when speaking of a system that came out nearly 5 months ago. I'm sure if I put my mind to it, or didn't mind ordering from someone off of Ebay I could get one relatively easily, but I should be able to walk into a game store and buy a system by now. The fact that I can't doesn't give me a lot of faith in Microsoft. Okay, the system was a big hit, and a lot of people wanted them, maybe you were caught off guard, but you're the richest company in the world! Can't you just make another factory? How about buying an island and making it into X-Box 360-topia with non-stop production until demand is met? It feels like they aren't taking this shortage seriously, and they are riding the wave of "If it's hard to find it must be incredible." That's fine for a few months, but 5-6 months later? You're just being dicks about it.

I wanted one for The Elder Scrolls: Oblivion, but I think I'll just play Morrowind again. I never got around to the Tribunal or Bloodmoon expansions, and who knows how many hours of gameplay those two expansions will yield. That should do me just fine with my limited playing time.