Xbox II: quest for the game - The Boston Globe

Xbox II: quest for the game - The Boston Globe "After four years without a new video game console hitting the market, Microsoft's radical new Xbox 360 is one of the most sought after gifts for this holiday season.
But the company didn't make enough to satisfy demand, leaving desperate shoppers like Castaldo empty handed with fewer than two shopping weeks left before Christmas. Others have turned to the Internet, where systems that would normally cost $400 are being bid as high as $1,700 on eBay.

If Xbox 360 is really going to be sold out until Feb/March, as this article suggests, Microsoft will be doing Sony a huge favor.