Xbox 360 games already on sale in the USA
Posted by Dice on 09 November 2005 - 21:21 · 23 comments & 3040 views
Reports in the US are telling us that Xbox 360 games are already shipped to stores, despite the fact that the console will not release until November 22nd. Both GameStop and EB Games are listing Kameo: Elements of Power as available to ship within 24 hours, and various gamers report receiving it. Meanwhile, Perfect Dark Zero and Project Gotham Racing 3 are expected to go on sale more than a week in advance of the console's US launch.

So far there's been no sign of the same happening on this side of the Atlantic, however, where Xbox 360 is set to launch on December 2nd, although most shops are full of placeholder boxes and other point-of-sale promotions. Retailers are expecting actual stock closer to release.

Games going on sale this far in advance of their home platforms is unusual, but it's not the first time games have made it out before consoles - some PSP games, for example, were widely available in the few days prior to the console's launch in the US and similarly in the UK.

News source: gamesindustry.biz

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(5 replies) Quote this comment Reply to this comment #1 Posted by Rudy on 09 Nov 2005 - 21:27
its good for people like me who will get it before nov 22nd
Quote this comment #1.1 Posted by Post-It Note on 09 Nov 2005 - 22:48
You're the same guy on RFD right? Good thing all that work entering PINs didn't go to waste! I only had to enter 900 pins .
Quote this comment #1.2 Posted by Ryster092 on 10 Nov 2005 - 14:12
Why is that good? You cant use it till you get a console, and your money is now generating interest in THEIR bank account instead of your own.... doh!
Quote this comment #1.3 Posted by Post-It Note on 10 Nov 2005 - 22:40
You don't necessarily have to pay to preorder, and you don't necessarily have to pay to get an Xbox 360. Ever heard of www.bethefirsttoplay.com or the american counterpart www.everytenminutes.com ?
Quote this comment #1.4 Posted by Rudy on 10 Nov 2005 - 23:57
yes it's me from RFD

Ryster092: lots of people are getting their XBOX before Nov 22nd
Quote this comment #1.5 Posted by Fantaz on 11 Nov 2005 - 17:30
damn, I wish I could've won.
Quote this comment Reply to this comment #2 Posted by ahhell on 09 Nov 2005 - 21:43
I thought PDZ had been pushed back?!? Good to hear that it hasn't been.

God i hope that game doesn't suck.
Quote this comment Reply to this comment #3 Posted by 2xSilverKnight on 09 Nov 2005 - 22:48
my friend and I will got the xbox 360 premium a week early. That's illegal but hey .. the system is right here in front of our faces ... we have the permission to get it but the companie must not know about it I'm near Montreal and they are starting to show up .. I can't wait !

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(1 reply) Quote this comment Reply to this comment #4 Posted by coolkyatt on 09 Nov 2005 - 22:53
Kameo:Elements of power was release yesterday (November and more on the 15,16,17,18 ahead of the hardware. Why? I don't know
Quote this comment #4.1 Posted by threedaysdwn on 09 Nov 2005 - 23:46
Well, there's not much of a reason not to.


And it could help with shipping out the actual systems. And with lines at some retailers.
Quote this comment Reply to this comment #5 Posted by Liaqat_ali on 09 Nov 2005 - 23:58
yeap, I saw a few titles for sale on Virgin.

Quote this comment Reply to this comment #6 Posted by slimy on 10 Nov 2005 - 00:25
pretty smart of ms actually
Quote this comment Reply to this comment #7 Posted by j0j081 on 10 Nov 2005 - 01:21
Doesn't seem to be too much hype about the system where I live.
(4 replies) Quote this comment Reply to this comment #8 Posted by mr.roberts on 10 Nov 2005 - 06:09
Thanks, ms for making us, Australians, wait! It's not fair that USA get the things first. Why can't you freaking do a world wide launch like you did for the first xbox.
Quote this comment #8.1 Posted by dolimite35 on 10 Nov 2005 - 06:39
calm down man. Did you ever think that they might not have enough units for a world wide launch. You will get your new Xbox when it comes out. Its just a console the world still turns 360.

You dont see us crying because The Crocodile Hunter comes out first over there, crikie mate.
Quote this comment #8.2 Posted by Flawlesstyle on 10 Nov 2005 - 06:43
HAHAHAHA...i'm sorry, this is just classic stuff


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Quote this comment #8.3 Posted by Xerxes on 10 Nov 2005 - 06:44
Yeah it sucks that us Aussies have to wait...but a world wide launch is not possible the cost alone would be astronomical! not to mention the volumes of consoles (and games) that would be needed to be produced to supply a launch of that size...Xbox 1 did not launch world wide, it was much like it is now with Xbox 360 except Europe and Japan also had to wait (and we waited longer )..and what is wrong with US getting it first? it's thier console! it was made by an American company so of cause they will release it in thier home teritory first, just like Sony and Nintendo launch thier systems in Japan first etc that's my two cents
Quote this comment #8.4 Posted by uber_noob on 10 Nov 2005 - 10:19
you only got 2 cents?
me wants 360 now
Quote this comment Reply to this comment #9 Posted by hajj_3 on 10 Nov 2005 - 14:02
let the hacking begin !!!

hopefully hackers can remove the HDCP protection so people without hdcp tv's can play it in full resolution and not a scaled down resolution.
Quote this comment Reply to this comment #10 Posted by Sphinx Myth on 10 Nov 2005 - 14:41
It's idiot.
Quote this comment Reply to this comment #11 Posted by DrIndianaJones on 10 Nov 2005 - 17:26
Best Buy is selling the games early to help relieve some of the "crush" on Nov. 22nd.
Quote this comment Reply to this comment #12 Posted by aniv on 10 Nov 2005 - 17:53
well i preordered from my local Ebgames store in August, when they insisted i should if i want it on the launch day. Now they called me yesterday to tell me that i wont get it in the first shipment and i have to wait for the second shipment. something is fishy..bitchessss
Quote this comment Reply to this comment #13 Posted by Englishkid on 10 Nov 2005 - 20:43
Unlucky aniv but if i was getting a X360 i would have mine midnight launch date
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