Circuit City to sell xbox 360 early

[Inky]

from joystiq.com

 

Whoa whoa whoa, what’s going on here? Circuit City’s website has promised that Xbox 360 units will be avaliable at 2pm ET this Friday. That’s a good 3.5 days (82 hours) ahead of schedule.

 

Better call in sick to work on Friday if you intend to snag one, though, because that line will be forming on Thursday at some locations. Also, be prepared to shell out more than you may have budgeted, as Circuit City will only be selling systems bundled with games.

 

Of course it’s entirely possible that Circuit City’s web team has just messed up with their updates of two separate pages (1, 2). We’ve seen bigger blunders, so it’s not out of the realm of possibility.

 

Update: more details. According to a Circuit City customer service rep we just spoke to when we called 1-800-843-2489, every physical Circuit City location will be selling the console this Friday at 2pm ET. Just to be sure, we called again and spoke to a second rep at 1-800-843-2489: “Yes, it will be available this Friday at 2pm ET online as well as at our stores.”

 

hmm.....

[Weirdy]

cool, but it will probably be more expensive

[Inky]

yeah they are talking about package deals only. :\

[Gryph]

Hmm...if Cicruit City actually goes through this there could be a chance that other stores break the street date.

[OverlordMondo]

Woah, last I knew that was against business practice. I remember that Gamestop was very particular about not selling games before the release date. Halo 2 was in nearly two weeks before the release date, and we still didn't sell them.

[Wizard]

Correction. They aren't selling them per-se. Via their online store it's for pre-ordering early and getting them on 21/22 of Nov.