Just returned from my local Best Buy without an Xbox 360. Oh, they had tons of them, but I’m still holding out hope that Microsoft is going to get back to me about my complimentary console any day now. The Best Buy down the street had, according to employees, some 60-plus in stock, with about 20% of those being “Core Packs”. No noteworthy crowds, but they did go through about a dozen while I was milling about the store.
Looks like we are closer to a time where these systems will not be rediculously difficult to acquire. Check out the posting at Kotaku.