So I guess you guys would have paris hilton sitting around right now without her free 360? Evil, cold-hearted fiends...
Listen, they aren't losing any money. They're creating tremendous buzz about their product. When it's in stores, whether that's tomorrow or in january, they will sell them. They lose money on hardware anyways, it could be construed that they're minimizing losses for Q4...If you can't get little johnny a system for christmas you'll end up buying him a few games and such so you have something to give him. More $ for Mr. Gates.
We're wrapped around their fingers here guys...