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ruby
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Oct 31, 2005, 4:59 PM
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The Xbox 360 may get off to a slower start than initially expected, but the software giant's plan to keep production steady and expectations low may help it win against rival Sony. Xbox sales have slowed ahead of the launch and Microsoft cautioned that early Xbox 360 sales would not be as high as expected, sparking an initial sell-off in the company's shares.
The shares have recovered after analysts noted that Microsoft would benefit from avoiding a big sales spike after the November 22 launch. Disgruntled customers were a problem for Sony when it launched its best-selling PlayStation 2 console in 2000.
"They want to have more of a constant supply," said Matt Rosoff, analyst at Directions on Microsoft, an independent research firm.
Microsoft's Chief Financial Officer Chris Liddell said there wouldn't be a big initial spike and promised that the software giant would be able to ship between 4.5 and 5.5 million Xbox 360 consoles by the end of the business year to June 2006. For the launch in a month, analysts expect Redmond, Washington-based Microsoft to ship between 1.5 million and 2 million consoles.
Microsoft is expected to have another factory producing Xbox 360
consoles in January, which will also increase supply ahead of Sony's
spring launch of its next-generation PlayStation 3 console.
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Nov 8, 2005, 8:57 PM
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Microsoft will have 3 million of its new Xbox videogame consoles within 90 days of the console's launch. They plan on selling between 2.75 million and 3 million consoles worldwide within 90 days following its Nov. 22 debut in North America. The North American debut will be followed by a Dec. 2 launch in Europe and a Dec. 10 launch in Japan.
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Nov 11, 2005, 5:44 PM
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Some have suggested, again, that Microsoft might be trying to increase demand by creating fake shortages. Regardless of shortages all I care about is my copy....
Many have posted that EB games has even started calling folks around the US informing first shipment folk that they will now be getting a copy at the second or third shipments some coming even after Christmas. Not much being reported about Gamestop to this extent. Reportedly, EB took too many pre-orders. We've pretty much confirmed that every store will get about 25 copies of the hardware before launch with other shipments to follow. After reading all of this, I didn't know what to believe.
How about all of you? Still set for launch date?
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