Peter Moore says they're simply being conservative.
In every way, Xbox 360 had outperformed the original Xbox, but despite having a year-long lead on the competition, the machine hasn't exactly sold in gangbusters, as many were predicting. Consequently, Microsoft has quietly scaled back its shipment predictions for June. They had previously aimed for between 13 and 15 million hardware units, whereas now it's simply 12 million, says The Mercury News.
Microsoft exec. Peter Moore, however, says it's the result of the company being conservative, in light of inventory build up at retailers, and to move those consoles would require heavier marketing, which would require more money, and, for now, Moore seems content not taking that step quite yet.
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Name someone that isn't trying to look us these days maybe cdpr.
Take two, ubi and yes even PlayStation are pushing us to own nothing and be happy with our live service ad injected games on a sub so they can raise prices at will and take access away when they see fit.
If it keeps up I'll be a full time retro gamer and this industry will be crashing hard
As rediculas as it sounds we need government reforms to defend consumer rights
Mercury News did the full story and 1Up gaming is just talking about it, so read this story also.
http://blogs.mercurynews.co...
COULD IT BE THAT THEY ARE CUTTING BACK BECAUSE NO ONE IS BUYING THEM AND THEY ARE ALL SITTING ON SHELVES? UMMM... YES.
"He said that inventory built up higher than was prudent at retailers in North America and so Microsoft is going to be cautious and scale back both sales expectations and its replenishment rates. "
plain and simple if everyone bought them then there would be none on the shelves and they would send more.. so obviously they have shipped far more then anyone has bought. I think that's really funny. Finally from the mouth of M.soft themselves they say "Whoa... okay guys, we're making too many of them, let's cut back the stores are flooded"
Case in point. Xbox, good night and good luck, the PS3 is starting to gather momentum and when that beast splashes in late 2007 we'll see some serious waves.
I also expected more from the xbox 360, it is just barely selling more than the xbox 1 here in the USA.
http://www.vgcharts.org/usa...
Why is PS3 listed?
It's not moving quickly enough because $300-400 is still a lot of money for a console. I'm surprised they managed to move as many as they have already.