J. Allard Predicts Disappointment at 360 Launch

Eurogamer has an interview with J. Allard about the 360's imminent launch. Among other things, he admits that some people will be let down by the console supplies when it goes retail in Europe. From the article: "We decided we're going to take a little bit of heat on allocations, frankly, in all the territories rather than take a lot of heat in one or two territories. So, we're not saying Europe comes four months later, we're saying Europe comes now, but with that combining it with the physics properties of the silicon means we're going to have some disappointment in terms of what we can provide to retail and ultimately to the consumers this year, but that's okay, because we want to get the market started. We want to get started on a worldwide basis, we want to do the right thing for gamers, for our publishers and for consumers."

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Re:Nice Headline

[vcv]

You must be new here

Silicon in short supply

[cgenman]

Power PC chips? In short supply?

I'm glad to see Microsoft continues to follow in Apple's footsteps.

So if you want it this year...

[mildness]

...lube up to get bundle-fucked.

Thanks MS. Yet again.

Bill

Re:wait for it ..... weeee haaave MARKETING SPEAK!

[fwitness]

Call it misspoken. If he had said, "the phyical properties of silicon" then he would have been correct. He's even smarter than I. I knew that lead (Pb), for example, has the physical property of being a solid at room temperature. Unbeknownst to me, silicon (Si) apparently has the physical property of resisting MS game console production.

Thank god fanboys (Fb) have an electrochemical weakness which causes them to be attracted to all things new and shiny.