``We just looked at a bunch of things and just simply said, 'You know, Nov. 15 is going to be the right date,''' O'Rourke said. Microsoft also is no longer making firm predictions about how many units will be in stores at launch. Previously, the company said it would ship 600,000 to 800,000 machines for the now-scrapped Nov. 8 launch. O'Rourke said the company was no longer using that number, but wouldn't elaborate. [snip]

So... head to head with GameCube once again. Thanks Teamxbox.com