No, it is true. My father bought an Xbox 360.

While I don't know if he is intendin to flip it, he certainly put down money for the machine. That said, it is a core machine. The idea that 360 units are just now becoming available for the second wave of the early adopters is unimaginable.

Theoretically the people buying now are the people who would have shown up within the first week to get one after all of the preorders had gone out. I suppose my father fits that bill.