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MS Worried About Meeting 360 Demand
GamesIndustry.biz has an article up right now indicating that, at least in the UK, Microsoft is worried about meeting demand for the 360 because they think so many people are going to want to buy the console. From the article: "We feel as a company we've done the groundwork to get to a point where we can do the global release; we feel we're going to deliver and have a great Xmas...Will we execute well so retail will have good volume? Yes. But I don't think we're going to meet demand as people are going to come into this platform in a big way."
Is that your intent? Thought so.
Don't blame Durga. I voted for Centauri.
we're going to struggle carrying all tho cheques to the bank, especially if we are laughing at the time...
oxymoron of the day - Xbox gamer
Think of the children!
You are good luck, two only not sold out in time for your pleasant surprise. You are please to wire the $2000 immediately to my account at First Latvian Bank, wire number is 12174-39233.
Pleasant business to you also.
Hype? No way! The Xbox 360 is the most anticipated launch of a product in human history! I know it is. I read it in a trade rag. It was in an unbiased article sandwiched right between two huge glossy paged Microsoft ads. Could hype explain the massive groundswell of public interest this story has generated? Eight hours on Slashdot and almost 50 comments. Taco probably had to made arrangements with Akamai to handle the load. I'm almost afraid to hit the submit button because I don't want to be the straw that broke the camel's back, but if I don't hurry my post might get lost in the multitude so with fingers crossed here goes nothing!
Liberals call everyone Nazis yet they are the closest thing to it.
I think this lets us in on the third step..
Step 1) Buy an xbox as soon as you can
Step 2) Sell it on eBay near Christmas for $100s over list price to some Midwestern mother who doesn't know any better and just has to have it for her spoiled kid.
Step 3) PROFIT!
I don't think the world launch is really that big of a problem for Microsoft here. Europe isn't as large of a gaming market as the US or Japan, so it's not a big factor. And with Japan, the only way MS will be short units is if the boat, carrying the one container of XBoxes, sinks. Even then, they could stick someone on a commercial flight with the two new Xboxes in carry-on luggage, for all of their loyal Japanesse customers.
This is 100% hype. They want people to buy an Xbox 360 before the PS3 hits, so that they can have an large install base before competition exists. This "article", and others like it for the PS3 and Revolution (what is it with going in circles this generation?) are just marketing tripe designed to get people excited about a system, when the real important part is the games. Yet, people will fall for it, and it will all happen again next generation. Sad really.
Necessity is the mother of invention.
Laziness is the father.