Xbox 360 hits Europe, sells out within hours
WinInfo | at | by Mike
Microsoft's next-generation Xbox 360 video game console went on sale in Europe at midnight this morning and, as with the US launch two weeks ago, it was sold out within hours. Part of the problem is demand, of course, but Microsoft earmarked just 500,000 consoles for the continent, far less than it could have sold. Duplicating the midnight madness events that occurred earlier in the US , Xbox 360 fans lined up outside retail stores hours before they opened in order to be among the first to get the hot new console. Many of them were happy to get the console, but some were no doubt trying to turn a profit: Thousands of Xbox 360 consoles turned up immediately on online auction site eBay, selling for two to three times the retail price. But fear not video game fanatics, as Microsoft says more Xbox 360's are on the way before Christmas. I'm sure there's still time to profit. Plus, we have the December 10 launch of Xbox 360 in Japan to look forward to as well.