Microsoft's marketing firms are whispering in the ears of news outlets to provide the world's software monopolist with free publicity, hopefully leading up to a frenzied-look of buying when Microsoft allows retailers to begin selling the games computer.
(Dunno it this is significant, but the intro screen to Futureshop.ca no longer illustrates the 360. The parent company's Web site at Bestbuy.ca, however, still does.)
Here's the sorts of things Microsoft's PR firms have been whispering:
Microsoft Hopes That...
Xbox hopes for 360 success - USA Today seems to think computers are already sentient
Xbox 360 to the Rescue - ABC News appears to have filmed the xbox helping in New Orleans
Xbox 360 to debut with 18 new games - MSNBC, a news station owned by Microsoft
Retailers prep for Xbox 360 - Punch Jump
Microsoft expects solid debut for Xbox 360 - from the unbiased Reuters.uk
Microsoft expects high Xbox 360 sales - Reuters repeats itself
Microsoft expects solid Xbox 360 debut - CNET News.com was lazy about rewriting the headline
Microsoft Expects High Xbox 360 Sales - PC Magazine repeats the matra
Microsoft has big hopes for Xbox 360 - Greensboro News Record joins the bandwagon
Xbox 360: European launch line-up revealed - Spong promotes gnosticism
Now let's build up the panic demand...
Microsoft Xbox 360 is nigh - p2pnet.net needs a new headline writer
Of Course You Want a Microsoft Xbox 360! - I4U reads minds
Of Course You Want a Microsoft Xbox 360! - addict3d.org is in an echo chamber
Microsoft plans to unleash Xbox 360 - Guardian doesn't know that retailers unleash products
Microsoft's Xbox 360 selling out on Web - Inside Bay Area falls for the artificial shortage gimmick
Xbox 360 is the talk of the game world - Akron Beacon Journal is self-referential
Can’t Get an Xbox 360? Will a Manual Do? - RealTechNews
Circuit City Sells Xbox 360 Early? - I4U adds the question mark to cover its bases
EBay Bids for Xbox 360 Pass $4,000 - CIO Today reports on prices only a CIO can afford.
Retailers Struggle with Xbox 360 Demand - Top Tech News fuels the panic
Microsoft expects gradual Xbox 360 sales - Punch Jump is contrarian
The Console Microsoft is Worried About
PS3 May Cost Twice AS Much As The Xbox 360 - Xbox Today
Microsoft Xbox 360 may win console battle with PS3 - Telecom Paper
MS chief confident of beating Sony - Shanghai Daily
Microsoft sees up to 3 mln [million] early Xbox 360 sales - Reuters.uk
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