Well, it has been admitted by Target that they mistakenly shipped an undisclosed number of Xbox One consoles due to a “system error”, they told Kotaku.
Target was contacted after one gamer tried to sell his early acquired next-gen console on eBay (the listing has been removed already), while another user posted a video on YouTube… which has also been taken down due to “copyright claim” by Microsoft.
A Target representative had this to say to Kotaku about the matter:
With this issue in mind, Microsoft has taken action and temporarily banned the shipped machines in order to avoid more sharing about the product by these “lucky” gamers. Obviously, Major Nelson has been the one to talk about this matter:
How could this error influence the launch reaction of this console? Could this issue harm the relationship between Microsoft and Target?
