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1 Million 360s a Month By Year's End

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the cue-the-stirring-march-music dept.

GameDailyBiz reports that Microsoft plans to have one million 360's produced a month by the end of the year. From the article: "As has been previously reported Xbox 360 production and availability has already been significantly increased in recent weeks. In the period through Microsoft's fiscal year ending in June, the company expects to pump out 2 to 3 times the number of units it did previously. With Sony's PlayStation 3 launching this November across the globe, Microsoft still has a window of opportunity during which it can extend its lead in the next-gen race considerably."

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  1. That's no moon... by voice_of_all_reason · · Score: 4, Funny

    It's an XBOX Manufacturing station...

  2. Re:Commodity parts == Fast time to market by mikeisme77 · · Score: 3, Interesting

    When you decide to build from commodity parts, you're deciding to sacrifice performance for development speed. Maybe the XBox 360 won't be as good as the PS3, but it will certainly be more available and cheaper than it. Which is the same reason Nintendo's "underpowered" system shouldn't be ignored. They're parts are even more readily available than those in the 360 (with the possible exception of the controllers) so they should be able to roll them out quickly right out of the gate and with some EXCELLENT first party titles. If they can just get Konami, Square Enix, Capcom, et al to fully commit to at least one launch game (or soon after launch) than they may be able to reverse their recent console fortunes.

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  3. XBox 360 Production Schedule, 2006 by menace3society · · Score: 3, Funny

    April: 1
    May: 2
    June: 3
    July: 4
    August: 5
    September: 7 (kickin' into overdrive)
    October: 10
    Nover: 12
    December: 1,000,000

    Good plan.