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360 Sales Slow, Chip Blamed For Issues

Posted by Zonk on from the learning-experiences dept.

Gamasutra has a bevy of information about the XBox 360. Sales seem to be slowing, just as supply issues seem to be resolving. Microsoft has a target for its annoyance regarding those issues. An analyst is blaming German chip manufacturer Infineon Technologies for the slow arrival of 360 units to market. Regardless of past problems, the company is going full speed ahead with more launches. Latin America saw launch on February 2nd, and "The system will launch in Korea on February 24, Hong Kong, Taiwan and Singapore on March 16, Australia and New Zealand on March 23, with a global presence in 30 countries by the end of March."

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  1. OR ... we are all waiting until PS3 and NR come by WillAffleckUW · · Score: 4, Insightful

    I for one, am doing just that.

    I have a GameCube, multiple GameBoys (color, etc), an xBox and ...

    I'm going to wait until PS3 and NR are here and I can see what actual games work on them and what they feel like.

    I'll probably get a PS3 this time, but maybe I'll get a NR instead. But the xBox360 severely underwhelmed me. Maybe if I had an HDTV right now I might be more into it, but from my perspective it's the Games that matter, not the console itself.

    The reason I bought Sims 2 for the xBox was the graphics were better than the GameCube version. I'm still pretty unimpressed with the xBox, and moreso the xBox360.

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  2. The Blame Game by vonPoonBurGer · · Score: 4, Insightful

    ...or rather, blame the games. Want something to pin slow console sales on? How about the fact that Xbox360 still doesn't have a killer title! Perfect Dark Zero was a decent enough game, but by most accounts it fell short of being the must-have title that would drive sales of the hardware. The Xbox had Halo, the Xbox360 has... nothing even close to that in terms of popularity. No wonder they can't sell the hardware, there's no Xbox360-exclusive game that people really, really want.

  3. What i am waiting for by azcoffeehabit · · Score: 4, Funny

    I am holding out for the Phantom Game Console!

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  4. "Chip Blamed For Issues" by Spy+der+Mann · · Score: 5, Funny

    "Chip"? Is that Ballmer's new nickname? *confused*

  5. RTFA by startled · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Wow. There are four posts at 3 or greater, all of them speculating about reasons for slowing XBox 360 sales. The article says: "Needless to say, the main constricting factor for Xbox 360 sales continues to be the poor supply of the console, rather than a lack of consumers to purchase it."

    Interestingly, none of the speculators have given any reason to trust them over Gamasutra, Wedbush Morgan, and Simon Carless. Hey, don't let that get in the way of a pointless flame-fest.

  6. Re:Before fanboys defend the 360 sales figures... by ivan256 · · Score: 5, Interesting

    You can be absolutely positive that if the PS3 sells for $500/unit it will sell nowhere near 500k units in one day in the U.S.

    That's why you can be absolutely positive that the PS3 won't be priced at $500.

    Sony has never gone to market with the most expensive console, even though all the "experts" have always predicted that every upcoming Sony console would be more expensive than the competition.

    Sony wants to let people thing that it's going to cost $500 so people will think it's a bargain when it comes out at $349.