Why is it sad that there won't be any shortages?

 LoL!! xD

You mean selling more than their competitors combined, right?

It seems very odd that this shortage occurred because sales are so very low for the Xbox 360. Sure, there maybe 10K units per week above what MS may have expected, but are you seriously telling me that they couldn't come up 60,000 units over the first couple of months of 08?

This will hurt the 360's sales over the long term.

One hopes that they are doing this in preparation of a GPU shrink on its way. Otherwise, it's just stupid.

Since there are no rumors of a 65 or even an 80nm Xenos, I'm inclined to believe it is the latter.

Hopefully their NPD numbers won't be down too much in January because of the shortages.

Such is life. Sounds like the underestimated demand pure and simple. In modern "Just in Time" supply chains this can happen often. I would rather see it undermanufactured then over manufactured... My BestBuy has dust on PS3 boxes and it isn't warehouse dust. It's air dust from sitting in the store so long. How come cleaners don't deal with that? Must be paid 360 fanboys.

 We should know for sure in about 90 minutes, or even earlier if Matt spills the beans again early.

Its official, Matt of IGN has the NPD numbers and just posted this:

"For the month, Wii was the winner. Barely. Guess who was number two? I'll give you a hint: It wasn't Microsoft. Indeed, 360 was technically the worst seller of the month, although the race is close.

Matt"

 I was meaning the sadly part as sarcasm... I was defending the point that they have the facilities to up the supply as much as they want. They could flood their warehouses with 40 million consoles by the end of the year if they wish.So really its not a shortage, its just them not realizing that typically when a console gets cheaper it sells better then the last year. Just inexperience in the market, thats all.

Consumers choosing not to buy a particular model of 360 doesn't mean that the 360 is in a "shortage." It's Microsoft's fault for having 238942384726 SKUs, Not the market's.