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Or is it just one of Phil's balls in my throat?
Now up to #35 and series s #17

Just 1 day of availability has done them wonders.
Last time I saw you can buy Series X on MS's Canada site direct from them.
Problem is you are forced into a bundle buying a digital game and an extra controller, so you'll end up paying $700 or more depending on what bundle stuff you buy.
They've probably improved it by now but I remember when the consoles launched, if you weren't in the pre order window, if you placed an order for the console after the console had launched, you would need to wait a month or more before MS would start shipping out consoles.
I was able to get in that, but fortunately I was also able to secure one of the 3 AM stock drops from Best Buy so canceled the MS store order when I picked it up from BB.