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Analyst Sees 12 Million 360s by Year End

Posted by Zonk on from the that's-a-lot-of-green-circles dept.

Next Generation has a piece predicting the 360's performance for 2006. An analyst with Amtech Research expects 12 Million 360s sold worldwide by the end of the year. From the article: "He continued, saying that he is no longer concerned with any potential adverse effects that an Xbox 360 shortage would have on publishers' March-quarter results. Amtech and McNealy also conducted a survey involving 125 retailers last week. Twenty-six of them had Xbox 360 units in stock, although all but five of them only had the non-hard drive Core units. Stores that did have the $400 Premium Packs late last week sold out of units very quickly."

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  1. My research.. by Rob+T+Firefly · · Score: 3, Funny

    I decided to employ my own preferred research method, which I feel comparable to the one employed in TFA on every level.

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    1. Re:My research.. by Rob+T+Firefly · · Score: 3, Informative

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  2. Here we go again... by ivan256 · · Score: 3, Insightful

    When one analyst says something that is vastly different than what everybody else is saying, that is *not* a cue to publish sensationalst news stories, that is your clue to ignore the crackpot.

    When many analysts agree, then they're probably on to something.

    I know this is the exact oposite of how news sites operate now, but please, for the sake of flame wars everywhere, fix it!

    1. Re:Here we go again... by PFI_Optix · · Score: 3, Funny

      When many analysts agree, then they're probably on to something.

      I always thought it was "when many analysts agree, you should run for the hills because the world is ending."

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  3. Three basic questions by WillAffleckUW · · Score: 4, Interesting

    1. who paid the analyst or his firm?

    2. why would anyone ditch their xBox for an xBox360 when it runs so many fewer games? why not just wait until the price drops?

    3. this assumes people aren't waiting until the PS3 and NR come out - which they are. I have an xBox, and I'm not planning on buying an xBox360 and see no reason to change my decision, unless I compare all three consoles and decide the games I want are only on the 360. but that's not looking likely right now.

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  4. Actually, it was just MS covering their asses by RealmRPGer · · Score: 3, Interesting

    They way I hear it, the 360 actually didn't do very well because...it didn't do very well. The ONLY actual shortages were in big cities. My hometown always had plenty of units in stock, and MS sold 800,000 of a possible 4 million units thus far. If you've been keeping up, a lot of a companies, including EA and Activision, have recently had large layoffs. MS wants to tell you it's because of a slow gaming season, but if you check things out more closely, you'll noticed that the divisions were next-gen divisions...in particular, 360 development. The companies realized the 360 wasn't doing so hot, so they pulled funding and placed the money in more reliable venues.