Tuesday, January 31, 2006

 

Xbox Shortage shunts its launch back almost a month

The Shortage of XBOX 360 devices in the united states has spread to Australia and set back the device's launch in Australia and may cause the company to miss its second-quarter sales forecast. After announcing last year that the Xbox would debut here on March 2, Microsoft has pushed back the date to March 23.

The Xbox 360 in the USA sold out days after it went on sale on November 22 and it does seem that demand for the machine will probably outstrip supply for the next two quarters.

The XBOX mark 1 when it went on sale at a similar price was sluggish on sales at best. However, Microsoft may have been caught down napping as the play station 3 will be released by Sony before Microsoft has the chance to catch up.

Source: The Australian

# posted by Peter Saville - IT Consultant @ 8:09 PM
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