So, it’s nice to see that Microsoft is so flippant about the fact that most of its customers can’t purchase the XBOX 360.

Money quote from 1up.com:

1UP: So, you guys launched in North America and Europe. How did that go? What are your thoughts on that?

Peter Moore: Spectacularly well.

1UP: Spectacularly well?

Moore: Unless you’re a guy who hasn’t got one, and then you’re anxious, frustrated–

“Anxious, frustrated.” I’m not anxious, because that implies I fear never buying one of those “magical” silver boxes, but I am frustrated, Mr. Moore. Annoyed, yes. After supporting the XBOX and XBOX Live for years, I look at how the company purposefully held back supply to generate demand, and I see that there is little to no concern for the gamers who fiercely supported their system throughout the last generation. Our word of mouth could have carried the system, but it was more important they you make us “anxious” and “frustrated.”

I’ve said before that I didn’t buy a PS2 for four years because of their artificial shortage. I’m seriously beginning to wonder if my old XBOX won’t hold me over until I at least see what the PS3 and Nintendo Revolution have to offer.