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Xbox 360 Still in Short Supply
Spad writes "The Register is reporting that the Xbox360 is likely to remain scarce well into the spring, citing component shortages and a lack of manufacturing capacity. In an interview with USA Today, Circuit City said that due to the shortages they won't be promoting the console, as there's no point throwing resources at a product it can't sell. Microsoft had hoped to ship 2.75m consoles in the first three months, but are currently well short of that mark, having shipped a mere 600,000 units since its launch two months ago." Supply issues continue to harm the system's sales, moving back the Australia launch of the console until late March. Update: 01/27 15:19 GMT by Z : Despite these setbacks, Next Generation reports that Microsoft expects to ship their goal by the end of their fiscal year.
-Eric
SJW: Someone who has run out of real oppression, and has to fake it.
Wow, it's really too bad no other large companies had recent experience with IBM's chip production capabilities and could have illustrated to Microsoft that supply might be a problem.
Certainly nobody was disappointed that the PPC970 failed to reach 3GHz within the roadmap, or that supplies were short, or that power consumption and heat expelled was at the back of IBM's mind, and was so distressed by this that they, say, changed architecture for more reliably available, lower-wattage, cooler-running chips.
If only there had been someone in the tech market to warn Microsoft about the bed they were making...
I've just checked ebay and there seem to be lots of consoles for sale there... Many don't seem to be selling. Perhaps you can inform your dozens of waiting people...