Who would have thought, even a year ago, that one would see a headline like the one for this post. The fact is though, according to a post at Fudzilla, Microsoft is warning retailers not to expect any new shipments of the 250GB size Xbox 360 in time for Christmas.

Apparently, the spike in sales that is leading to the shortage is due to the incredible response over the release of Kinect for the Xbox.

According to retail sources that we spoke with, supplies of the other varieties of the Xbox 360 consoles should be enough to satisfy demand for the holiday season. As one source told us, “The situation isn’t ideal, but we still have significant inventory of the Xbox 360 4GB model, and in fact, we have a good number of the 250GB slim upgrade hard drives if buyers want them. It isn’t ideal and it costs a little more, but if you had to have a 250GB model for Christmas, we could sell you one; it just would cost a little more and come in two parts.”

Makes me almost feel better that I can’t afford an Xbox yet.

[Cross-posted at Winextra]