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| Microsoft to boost Xbox 360 shipments |
| Wednesday, March 22, 2006 at 16:45 by Andy Holliday |
Microsoft will increase its supplies of next-gen gaming console the Xbox 360 to suppliers by two to three times this week.
Apparent production or shipment problems have meant that many potential customers have been unable to source any highly anticipated consoles, but this should soon end following this announcement.
Microsoft had been accused by some of deliberately creating a false demand situation by slowing shipments although this has been strongly rebuked by the giants from Redmond.
The console launched in November 2005 and analysts estimated only 1.3m units shipped worldwide by the end of 2005 and predicted Microsoft would miss its target of 3m units shipped by the end of last month.
Microsoft has fallen back to a target of 4.5m to 5.5m units to be shipped by its fiscal year-end in June, a figure that looks achievable now that component shortages have been resolved.
Games publishers have apparently held off distributing a number of highly anticipated games until they feel that there is a large enough installed user base.
The Xbox 360 will have a lead of a year over rival PlayStation 3, after Sony said last week its console was being delayed until at least November. |
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The Xbox 360 set the price of the PS3, which will be around $400-$500. That's a good thing, since the PS3 is twice as powerful and would probably be priced around $1000 if it's release date was before that of the 360's. |
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| can you base posts on facts, the PS3 is NOT twice as powerfull.
As for the holding back of titles, judging the price of them in the UK (£50), maybe it's better they trickle a few releases at a time. |
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