Well, they are untouchable for now, as it seems our boys over at the corporate
giant have a few dirty under-handed marketing tricks up their sleeve.

On my way to work I saw what looked significantly like a " Launch" queue...
Being the inquisitive individual I propose myself to be, I had a gander as it
might have been the Wii launching early...

Well, it was more of a surprise than that actually.

The queue stretched considerably far down London' s legendary shopping district -
Oxford Street. After seeing X06, I couldn' t help but wonder.

This the deal, and also the explanation as to why there were so many people in
the queue, for today and today only M$ (or probably Virgin Megastores) are selling the X-box 360 Premium Console Pack for....

£100.00

...However, it' s only for today, and the deal only applies to Virgin Megastores in
London according to the rather large security guard that had the queue bolted
down with his entire left forearm. The Oxford Street store was the only place I
visited as it' s on my way to work, but there are other Virgin Megastores plotted
all over London, I can' t even imagine what the queues are like as the one in
Oxford Street was pretty long.

With M$ delivering quite an astounding showing at X06 followed by consumers
purchasing a 360 for £100.00 a day after, it seems the Redmond Giant (hehe)
sits on cloud 9, and the 360 will see a significant sales boost (even if it is just in
London).

So what do you guys make of this? Or am I assuming M$ had too much to do with
it and it' s likely all down to Virgin Megastores just trying to get rid of stock before
the Nintendo Wii hits launch?

Either way, with everything that has been announced for 360, it' s a damn good
time to be a 360 owner.