Microsoft stated in their press release that they had the xbox in production two weeks ago. They also said they were working on over 100,000 a week. So lets do some math..
Excluding all of september, lets start off with the first week in October, thats 4 weeks, then two weeks in nov, thats 600,000 units and that doesn\'t even include september, nor does it include the "Over" 100,000 units.
So, even after launch there will be plenty to go around, 1 million to 1 million 500 thousand.
There will be xbox\'s available at launch, which was not the case of the PS2. The delay is smart, it gives them an extra week and it doesn\'t cost them anything. Its a smart move on Microsoft\'s part and again, its right before the weekend. I will be having loads of fun that weekend, can\'t wait.