Kotaku: Meet The Guy Who Got The Xbox One Early

Before Monday, André Weingarten figured he was out of luck. A devoted Xbox user from day one—he replaced two red-ringed 360s—Weingarten didn't have a preorder down for the newest console. Then, lo and behold, Target had them in stock online. And then, incredibly, Weingarten had an Xbox One on his doorstep four days later...

[Bigpappy]

Target you S.O.B's. Why him? I guess I never pre-ordered anything from you, but you got some good advertising from this.

Now lets say I pre-order a PS4 from you tonight, can you make a similar mistake? Just to keep things balanced, know what ah mean.

[NukaCola]

I tried to preorder a PS4 from the style and they didn't do those. They on it did day one first come first serve. Oh well. Had to go somewhere else.

[mikeslemonade]

Pics or it didn't happen!

The guy doesn't exist. Microsoft staged the whole thing!

[shivvy24]

its funny cause his the first guy to get banned on the X1 and on the next gen consoles

[Dagobert]

What?

[Mr Pumblechook]

I think it's very wrong of Microsoft to block the un boxing video claiming copyright. For the videos that displayed ui I get, but what copyright do they have over the box?!

[tweet75]

naughty target should not be allowed to carry xbox product anymore

[Pascalini]

This has been great advertising for xbox, target and this twitter guy.

[christocolus]

great job ms...this guy is now a celeb...damn..next time i use target.

[TocaCannaBowl]

Does he really deserve all of this attention ? I mean come on.

[xPhearR3dx]

Well he did get a next-gen system 2 weeks before launch and revealed a lot of information and screens MS has failed to do over the past 6 months.

[BobBelcher]

Really? Go home internet, you're drunk.

[5eriously]

Feel good Now? I do, while you lambasted Moonlightswami I supported him. I am glad for him in that M$ fixed another PR disaster and by doing so vindicated our support.

Lets look at your viewpoint for old time sake

BobBelcher + 22h ago
Putting something like this on the internet was worst thing he could do... I feel very little sympathy for him.
I'm sure it's a temporary ban, but all the same- he's an idiot.
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5eriously + 21h ago
Not such a BIG IDIOT as you gauged from your posts! How does it feel to be in right up to your neck in M$ poo? Your not a gamer you are a wannabe MS shill. I am a Sony fan but will stand by Moonlightswami all the way. M$ are an A$$ just like you!

@Moonlightswami: Sell your story and just get a new Xbone! You will have lots of change. You are now famous so handle it well. Hell I am sure you can auction that console in a few years as a artefact as the first Xbone ever banned! Leak all the info you can and just buy another console with your proceeds. Good luck son!
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BobBelcher + 21h ago
first off- if you're a sony fanboy--- OF COURSE you're going to side with Moonlightswami. Anything that brings 'bad press' to MS is just fine w/ you.

But who are you to gauge what I am and what I'm not? I'm getting both consoles, so this who 'fanboy' craze is for the birds as far as I'm concerned. I'm just an adult on these matters. Play dumb all this guy wants, he knew what he was doing and he knew that there was a chance that he would get in trouble. I'm all for him releasing the information- power to the people, but it comes at a cost and one that he was well aware of.

Well done Moonlightswami and M$.

[BobBelcher]

1) this is kinda creepy, but I get where you're coming from.
2) yeah, I've been pretty consistent about my feelings about this whole matter. Purchasing a console is an agreement that the consumer makes w/ MS that includes policies and such. Sure it was a mistake and sure he took advantage of it, but how anyone should be the least bit of 'outraged' over what MS did is beyond me. But this whole thing celebritized this random person who got lucky, then over-extended his reach by putting this stuff on the internet and suffered the natural consequences for doing this. Beyond the pictures of the UI, everything about this should be easily forgettable.

[5eriously]

All ends well. Peace!

[4lc4pon3]

"Target mailed out some 150 consoles as soon as they hit a distribution center."

knowing M$ even tho they can block users from accessing the Xbox im sure target will be sued

Until he can reconnect to Xbox Live, Weingarten still has a usable machine—just not fully operational. "I can still play offline,"

[Sadist3]

This shows how people don't use common sense. C'mon, if you get a product you're not supposed to have, why the hell would you put it on the internet so everyone can see? That's like going to Best Buy, getting a $500 off deal on a TV you weren't supposed to get, then telling the world about it. These new age boys don't know how to keep their mouths shut.