Yeah, but then one has to figure out that this could also be a marketing ploy. Make sure you hype it as being costly and then launch at the regular, planned price point that's just about or slightly costlier than the competitor's product and people will rush in to buy them. Sony has lied through their teeth and employed guerilla marketing tactics before, so such a decoy wouldn't be out of their line. As for the X360, there are tons of reasons why you shouldn't buy it now, including the number of bugs that are there in the first few batches (you would be cruelly boned if you get it here and run into a problem), the small number of release titles, and even those that are released aren't getting the best of reviews. Not to mention that this is a HD console and you would either require a HDTV or a TV with VGA to get the best graphics. You WANT to be running this at 1080i, no point running it at a miserable 480p. That would be equivalent of running a 7800GTX SLi output on a 5 year old 14" CRT. Dont be an early adopter for any product unless you know what you are getting into.