@drkohler,

Just wondering, do you really mean those prices in $ or should they be €? Which would make more sense seeing how MediaMarkt is a German company that (As far as I know) only operates in Europe.

they are in russia and turkey as well as example, maybe he used the ruble converting it in dollar or so.

€dit: ok he is from swiss maybe he converted the swiss franc.

Ah alright, not only in Europe then, thanks for clearing that up. . Could be yeah.

it is europe as well^^ but not the euro zone. sounds better

I'd be doubly surprised then, because fuck me is switzerland expensive. 

- It's an xbox360 exclusive unlike call of duty

- It's also a kinect game which has the potential to bring in more brand new casual gamers then the 7th call of duty game of this generation, which has already reached market saturation point. If you were a fan of call of duty you'd already own an xbox360, unlike star wars kinect which is something new

- Kinect is very important to microsoft, they see it as the way they're going to 'win' this and future generations, they're hyping and marketing star wars kinect more than call of duty and getting as many star wars xbox's out there is part of that.

- Hands down it is the best limited edition console that has been released this generation, for the simple fact it looks, sounds and works great it will sell a lot.

- Star wars is much more than just a game, it has a huge following and this star wars console will be snapped up by many, many star wars collectors even if they're not gamers

- This is the first major huge exclusive game of the year that has been released for xbox and it's been all most 6 months since the last big xbox exclusive came out so microsoft are pushing this game and bundle hard

- Every shop or online retailer i go to has stacks of these limited edition star wars 360's on display, i can't say i saw any where near the amount of call of duty limited edition bundles over the holidays

When i gave a list of potential shipment numbers i was making the point that nobody knows how many were shipped, 500,000 was just an extreme example. My personal opinion is it's roughly 200,000-300,000.

sure for many things but not for everything and if the recommended 360 price in swiss is the same like in the euro zone, let's say 299 euro and franc, this would mean it would cost less there. and if media markt can sell the 360 for 199 in both countries, 199 franc would be only 160€ or so. and if they sold it for even less there because of full stocks, it could be true.

It also helps that 1SFr = 1$. MediaMarkt is part of a huge retailer group that operates over 600 (?, mostly large) stores on mainland Europe. It may well be that only Switzerland was heavily overstocked but I somewhat doubt that. Also each MediaMarkt operates semi-independantly so prices can vary on almost a weekly basis, and each country may very well have its on ideas on how to sell overstocked stuff.

A lot of PS3 hate for no reason in this thread, shame.

I don't think it's that easy to say MS hasn't overshipped because of one quarter, whose nos are still lower compared to the previous year. Next quarter will be important as well. I am sure it's not as simple as "company shipped to shops, shops sell it and ask for supply again, MS ships again" scenario everyone seems to be imagining.

btw i searched for it:

http://konsolenschnaeppchen.de/43630/qd-super-schnappchen-fur-schweizer-xbox-360-slim-250gb-inkl-halo-reach-fable-3-xbox-live-gold-fur-ca-140-euro/

xbox 360 250gb +reach+gow2+fable3+3monthh xbox live for 160 swiss franc.