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What The Heck is Going on with the Xbox Supply?

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It looks like there are some strange things going on over at Microsoft with the Xbox. It ends up the shortage of Xbox 360 systems have dramatically hit system sales for two months in a row. Having the supply problems last this long might mean that there is a problem with the parts supply or manufacturing. This is with the current "Falcon" Xbox 360 and is going on parallel to the development of "Jasper", "Opus" and "Valhalla" Xbox 360 systems.
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HighDefinition - 657 days 19 hours ago
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1 - What going on with it?
A. MS doesn`t want to own up to getting beat lately.(which would be why they cut their prices)

B. They are trying to make a more "reliable" system and are having troubles.

Those are the only 2 possible reasons and both of them aren`t good.

If they successfully achieve B. then it`s great. But as it stands, having troubles doing that is bad.
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Lord Vader - 657 days 18 hours ago
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1.1 -
I agree. The only thing that makes any sense, assuming there is truth to the shortages, is either A or B.

My money's on B.
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ip-student - 657 days 18 hours ago
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1.3 - My guess is (B)
I am not sure about troubles but probably the normal issues of ramping up production with a new SKU (the 60 gig version).

Still - you have to expect sales to trail off at some point as there have not bee a big price drop yet and the price is still pretty high for mass market. Once things drop to about $250 we will see supply problems (and I am not talking about the silly arcade - that model should be dropped so we can all use the HDD for something other than demos).
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ColdWinter - 657 days 18 hours ago
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1.4 - There are no supply issues
this whole shortage thing is BS. I mean why would they make a price cut if there is a shortage.
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sonarus - 657 days 18 hours ago
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Its a combination of 4 things A, B,
the C. RROD could be taking from their supply. It would make sense for them to slow down supply if they are receiving returns at an overwhelming rate. However MSoft has deep pockets so i doubt the decreased supply is due to that
D. They are stocking up supply for GTA4 which is showing some tremendous confidence for MSoft. With sony's momentum rolling into this yr i fully expect GTA4 to have a bigger impact on PS3 hardware than on Microsoft.
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travelguy2k - 657 days 17 hours ago
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1.6 - The "Shortage " excuse is bogus
How stupid does Microsoft think the consumer is?

I mean, they are in the middle of a shortage crisis and they go and do a huge price drop in Europe?

Really? Thats the answer to a shortage... Nintendo should have thought of that as they have had a shortage every month since release and they haven't dropped the price yet. I guess Nintendo doesn't know what there doing...stupid Japanese. <sarcasm>
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zane_7849 - 657 days 17 hours ago
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Has anyone actually seen this shortage? I work at a larger department store in my area and we have not run out of Xbox 360's all year. Wii's sell out within an hour or so, DS's don't last more than a a couple days, PS3's sell out about every 4-5 days, there is a case full of 360's at all times. The only thing that I have noticed is the backstock of Arcade units is getting larger, so no I don't think there is a supply problem but they might have oversaturated the market with an unwanted gimped version of the system that is not selling. Then again I don't really think 2008 is going to be a good year for the 360 overall, it might have to deal with last year being it's peak and try to move on humbly.
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Ju - 657 days 16 hours ago
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I was just gonna say, well last time I check at my local Best Buy they had 3 times more 360s on shelf then PS3s. But I never believed in this "my local shop" stuff. So, who knows. I find it hard to believe, though, considering they are lowering the prices in Europe - and sold the least since a while there (they simply could have had re-allocated shipments from Europe to US).
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fanboi hater - 657 days 4 hours ago
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1.9 - @ zane
same dude i've been to my target and best buy recently and the 360 case was full while there were no wiis and only 1 ps3. The 360 wasn't just full of arcade models either. They had two elite, 3 premium and like four arcade (target).
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UnblessedSoul - 657 days 19 hours ago
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My guess is there's too many RROD's and they are taking longer to fix them
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SIX - 657 days 18 hours ago
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There are no shortages! OMG! Who keeps writting this stuff?
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HighDefinition - 657 days 18 hours ago
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3.1 - 8bitjoystick?
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Premonition - 657 days 18 hours ago
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MS is very smart, making these sites their puppet, making other sites believe there are shortages so they write these claims and they become news and then it spreads through the internet, and BAM MS says we have done our jobs the masses think we really have shortages even though most of the stores say otherwise.
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dale1 - 657 days 18 hours ago
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trying to copy the wi only trouble is there new designs are more flawed than the last as they are finding out
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DADO - 657 days 18 hours ago
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MS is trying to create demand for the 360 as Nintendo is doing with the Wii. Once GTA4 is out there will be no shortage.
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OnslaughtX - 657 days 18 hours ago
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How many units did MS sell LAST February, as opposed to his one? Are they comparable numbers? If so, no shortage.
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Hentai - 657 days 18 hours ago
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Are you onslaughtx from gamefaqs?
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OnslaughtX - 657 days 17 hours ago
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Why yes Hentai, yes I am.

Are you the adult animated films from Japan? If so, you rock. ;-)
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Charlie2688 - 657 days 16 hours ago
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But are you onslaughtx from gamefaqs the guru from the MGS4 forums that pwns fanboys left and right?
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OnslaughtX - 657 days 16 hours ago
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The very same. Fanboys have it coming! Kinda funny that I'm known outside those boards... then again kinda creepy too. ;-) Just wait till MGS4 hits, that sticky topic is going to be updated to be totally inclusive. Should be fun.
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The Wood - 657 days 18 hours ago
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7 - What The Heck is Going on with the Xbox Supply?
Its not selling quick enough, simple
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HighDefinition - 657 days 18 hours ago
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7.1 - yup.
that`s C.

lol.
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Marceles - 657 days 18 hours ago
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Meh, they're just trying to be like the Wii and say "see? our console is in just as much in demand as the Wii, and here's the shortage to prove it". They're not fooling anyone..I see the 360 console pyramid behind them, and it'll magically appear for them in April. I just hope their plan doesn't backfire and the PS3 still sells more worldwide when GTA4 comes out. The 360 version is the "complete version" but it's not coming out in 2009, and not only that...how many gamers besides us who pay attention to gaming news everyday actually know or care about the DLC? It's gonna be a fun week seeing the software sales of that game.
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Ramzadel - 657 days 18 hours ago
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That's like answering the question "How many licks does it take to get to the center of a tootsie roll pop?", Castags......No one will ever no
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kewlkat007 - 657 days 18 hours ago
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9 - who really cares
I need the good games to come out..soon with all the talks of Blu-Ray winning(PS3 sale spike IMO) and sh^t these last 2 months have been somewhat boring.

Shortages or not, I have a 360, sucks for those wanting the updated ones, which might be a reason.

Once everything is back in supply, then, we'll come to our own conclusions.

I'm in dire need of a next-gen fighter.
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spandexxking - 657 days 16 hours ago
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virtua fighter 5. best fighter to date and if youve already got then ehy arent you playing it? :P
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meepmoopmeep - 657 days 18 hours ago
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sorry what shortages? no shortages of propaganda, here.
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lodossrage - 657 days 18 hours ago
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12 - These articles are tiresome
There IS no shortage.

There NEVER was one. There wasn't one in January. There wasn't one last month. MS themselves said the 360 was in ample supply. Then turn around and say "supply" issue just before the NPD numbers became public for the second consecutive time.

And before any of you says I'm lying about MS saying they have an ample supply of 360, here is the link:

http://n4g.com/industrynews...

The ONLY shortage issue here is the Wii. You can't just go to any store and pick up a Wii. And you don't always see it in online stores, amazon, etc. THAT is the real console shortage.

Now please, no more of these nonsense articles
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PS3GamerFix - 657 days 18 hours ago
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13 - isn't it obvious?!?
MS want to get rid of the current premium 20GB sku available in stores as much as possible before releasing the 60GB premium SKU in April when GTAIV comes out. Notice how MS stated how their supply problem should be over in April. And with those downloadable content for GTAIV 360 version, MS will want to introduce the new SKU with a bigger hard drive to entice prospective 360 owners.

To naysayers, keep in mind this. if there are 2 premium SKUs.... what will be the price of the 60gb version compared to the 20GB SKU and the elite. Its simple mathematics!
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mistertwoturbo - 657 days 18 hours ago
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I also seriously ponder how accurate this whole "shortage" thing is. Since January, I've seen plenty of X360's at gamestop, wal-mart, target, and best buy here. Infact my cousin just got himself a x360 pro in feb come to think of it.

maybe there is shortages somewhere else, but definitely not in my area.
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Jack Bauer - 657 days 18 hours ago
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same in my area
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Truplaya - 657 days 18 hours ago
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fanboy bait, and it was taken like a hungry fish on a line.

I have a 360, so i dont care about this non existant storage. Its very happpy alongside my PS3, and im going to download the Condemned 2 demo on it when i get home.
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GUNS N SWORDS - 657 days 18 hours ago
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16 - the RROD seems to be ms's biggest concern
to fix they would need to start making more 360, the 360 that many people keep buying or seeing are the old ones, there are currently over 10 million 360 that have an 05, and a 06 on them out hear in the US, and lots more in other parts of the world.

the only way is to start ,which they have since the mid of 07, is to out the make the old 05 and 06 360s and distribute the new 07 and up models, it would take till the end of 08 to the beginning of 09 to accomplish that.
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GUNS N SWORDS - 657 days 18 hours ago
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16.1 - also
an easy way to tell if it's an 07 model is if it says it has HDMI, and also an other easy way is to get a 360 arcade, because it was made in the mid of 07.
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Surfman - 657 days 18 hours ago
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17 - wake up
there's no shortageeeee, why a console get shortage when it the depends is not high?
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Nunalho - 657 days 18 hours ago
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Talk about an fanboy articles...why cant he just face than PS3 sales have been superior for the last 2 months? It is that hard to believe?

Get used to it.
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GUNS N SWORDS - 657 days 18 hours ago
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18.1 - was it hard to believe that ps3 was out sold by wii and 360
from the end of 06 to the end of 07, or is that a different subject.

and as far as i'm concerned wii is still out selling ps3.
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XBOX 360 - 657 days 17 hours ago
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If by outsold you mean in the US, yes. But the PS3 outsold the 360 in fiscal year 2007 worldwide.

And since when does someone named "WhiteElite360" care about the Wii? The Wii outsold the 360 too. gg.
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How was my comment 'spam'. N4G.com has seriously gone downhill, if you can't tell the difference.
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21 - The shortage is in the heads of those who want to believe it.
MS has a shortage of credibility at the moment.
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Expy - 657 days 17 hours ago
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They're lying, there are plenty of XBOX 360's for sale.
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Coke-a-Cola - 657 days 17 hours ago
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23 - Here in Toronto Canada they are stacked up like cord wood ..........Hmmmm
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castags - 657 days 17 hours ago
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24 - Hey MOD
I'm just curious why you deleted my earlier post.
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eagle21 - 657 days 17 hours ago
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25 - BS shortages are the new RROD for denial, coma, delusion, and circumstance...
If you can't find a 360 in retail or online, then you must NOT WANT ONE..lol
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cosmos - 657 days 16 hours ago
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26 - Wouldn't surprise me..
if there are severe shortages due to unreliable hardware. When they work they're pretty darn slick machines; unfortunately they are not reliable at all. I agree with the above post that it is probably due to development of better machines. Its probably costing MS less to take more time to create a better system than to continually repair the shoddy machines out there.
PS: I own an 360 so i'm not busting on it without any info to base it on. : )
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