I’m not sure why people waited in line to buy a system.
The system was released on time for christmas. They planned this in order to sell the most units possible. The intention is for parents to buy this for thier kids. You dont have to worry there will be many more units for sale. Microsoft is not going to miss the christmas rush.
As for buying the system on ebay for $12oo… i find that pretty ridiculous, especially considering most people who do this dont earn that much per year. Not to sound elitist but $1200 is not that much money for me and I would regardless not do this as I would feel completely gullible.
Also another thing that confuses me… why does everyone rush to buy a new system when new systems have barely any games?