Microsoft last week blamed lingering Xbox 360 shortages in February for its second straight third-place finish in the NPD Group's monthly U.S. console sales data. The company is hoping to head off any suggestion that the Xbox 360 is losing steam in its competition against Sony's PlayStation 3. Microsoft says the shortages were caused by higher-than-expected Xbox 360 sales over the holidays. To help assess that claim, here's a comparison of Xbox 360 sales during the 2006 and 2007 holidays
It sounds really fishy to use that as an excuse. I'll give you my reason too. 1. Those four months from Nov. 06 to Feb. 07 they sold 2,165,000. From Nov. 07 to Feb. 08 they sold 2,515,000. Now thats a difference of only 350,000. You would think that there only being that much of a difference from those months in different years they should have plenty in stock. There was no talk of this in the previous year. 2. I can only think that the amount of call backs on consoles being sent in for repair that they are somewhat losing out on production to repair so many units being sent in. There is no way they should have a shortage so bad like that unless they are selling them like hotcakes like the Wii. I mean the PS3 outsold them last year and so far this year and is far ahead of the 360's selling outlook if you put them head to head. So like I said, this excuse sounds really fishy to me.
"Right now, you can go into retail and find an Xbox (360) pretty much everywhere, today," Greenberg said. "But we don't consider ourselves fully in stock today because there are retailers who want to buy more consoles from us, and we're unable to supply that."
Umm ok...That is an interesting way to think you have a shortage...
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no shortage of propaganda.
ok, the shortage isn't for the consumer but the retailer? wtf?
Thats a pretty random site to find video game news on.