Just seen <a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/entertainment/new_media/newsid_1936000/1936791.stm" target="_blank">THIS </a> on the BBC's website and it is backed up <a href="http://www.xbox.com/uk/news/0025.htm?det=1" target="_blank">here</a> on the official MS X-Box UK site. Looks like they are offering compensation to those who paid full price for it by offering a choice of 2 free gaes and an official controller to those who bought before April 26.

Australian link is <a href="http://www.xbox.com/au/news/0204/XboxPrice.htm" target="_blank"> Here </a>