Hype Hype Hooray

I literally didn't believe the hype around the launch of Microsoft's second foray into the video game industry the Xbox 360. Apparently in the UK it has been the fastest selling console ever (beating the *cough* gamecube). The problem is Microsoft got greedy and decided to launch the machine in not only America and Europe but Japan as well, and this has left machine's in short supply. Frustratingly while there are serious shortages in the states and in parts of Europe the machine is selling poorly in Japan. There is quite a bit of bad feeling among the geeks I mean people who use forums on the internet (so, geeks). There was a story in the news about people who had pre-ordered consoles from Amazon.co.uk way back in August but never received there console on launch day, yet people who pre-ordered at the end of Nov received there's, there was also a report in a local newspaper that some twat, or twaticusmaximus who pre-ordered 30 consoles off Amazon and received every single one and then put them all for sale on eBay the next day. Here is one site where people are venting there rage and dismay and here more importantly is a site that aims to help people get hold of a console. It's weird I didn't even want a 360 till they were in short supply, but now they are like gold dust I am lusting after one like a Bill Gates obsessive (and I like OMG hate Bill Gates). So, there you go hype must be like some kind of parasite clinging on to more and more victims, sucking the life (or, money) out of them till they die (or, cave in and by one).