This Thanksgiving, Amazon ran a special promotion selling the core Xbox 360 version for $100. The core package usually retails at around $300, so you can imagine the amount of people trying to get one, since there were only 1000 units available. The promotion started at 11am, and caused the site to go down for 15 minutes, a significant time for such a large site.

“We saw dramatically more traffic than what we anticipated,” Amazon spokesman Craig Berman said Friday.

The Xbox360 consoles sold out in an outstanding 29 seconds, which is not a surprise, considering the deal. In related news, Amazon shares fell 1.3 per cent on the stock market.

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