Microsoft Manufacturing as Many Xbox One X Units as Possible; Response was "Overwhelming"

Microsoft is working hard to meet demand for the Xbox One X during the Holidays, after the "overwhelming" initial response from the fans.

[Gazondaily]

Beastly

[Deep-throat]

Good for Xbox fans and console only gamers who want the best verisons of FF15, RDR2, COD and other games on consoles.

[WilliamSheridan]

Can't wait for Red Dead with the power of X

[OffRoadKing]

Maybe we wait to see the comparisons first before we make unsubstantiated claims on games that dont even exist yet for a console that hasn't been released.

[zackeroniii]

with a lesser install base and absolutly boring exclusive games that are not even really exclusives...yeah good for xbox fans seeing you guys like to settle for the mediocrity microsoft is selling u guys

[Chris12]

@zackeroniii - at least the Xbox fans can make their mind up and aren't swayed by the crap written by trolls on N4G who have an irrational hate of peoples choices.

[Zero_Suit_Samus]

“Microsoft Manufacturing as Many Xbox One X Units as Possible; Response was "Overwhelming"

Source: Aaron Greenberg.

All that come out of this guys mouth is lies. Best exclusives and now this?

[darthv72]

I think he said biggest exclusives and even that is a bit of a stretch. Unless he was referring to the relative number and popularity of Forza, Gears and Halo. I mean those are the biggest exclusives on xbox.

[slavish0]

Your comment is a lie he said biggest. The guy is a idiot but you lying does make it better.

[Cy]

What do you expect? He's the marketing guy, he's always going to twist things to put Xbox in the best possible light. That's literally his job. If you want more down to earth honesty from an Xbox guy, go with Phil, but you're never gonna get 100% objectivity from anyone who works for a company when they're talking about their company's products.

[Kiwi66]

So should he have said that they can't manufacture enough Xbox X's and that they have the worst exclusives because people don't like what he says

[DoubleM70]

Yeah just like Sony say they have sold over 60 million consoles. Think about it.

[Ding]

darthv725h ago
I think he said biggest exclusives and even that is a bit of a stretch. Unless he was referring to the relative number and popularity of Forza, Gears and Halo. I mean those are the biggest exclusives on xbox.
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All of which

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have gone down like lead Titanics this gen compared to last gen.

[Elda]

LOL!

[russo121]

It's a very vague statement, it can be overwhelming if they reached maximum factory capacity, that we don't know. If they can produce 100 or 1000 XOX per day it could be overwhelming...
Aaron Greenberg smoky smoky, this guy lives in the cloud, a smoky one.

[Atanasrikard]

I'm sorry you don't agree with his opinion, that doesn't make him a liar however.

[rainslacker]

This would be more impressive if they actually opened up the pre-orders for the non-limited edition and it sold out just as quick.

If MS was overwhelmed by selling out of pre-orders on a limited edition console, then they need some new people in their research department.

[Obscure_Observer]

Congratulations Xbox Team! I hope the higher ups at Microsoft to recognize Xbox One fan´s passion and provide them with great new exclusive games, new ips and first party studios. ;)

[CaptainObvious878]

Sorry greenburg, you're about as credible as kangaroo droppings.

[DoubleM70]

Very Beastly!!!!! The Hardcore are buying them. Plus the people that sat on the fence the last few years. Also the people that switch and bought PS4, but they back now.

[jokerisalive]

Look how many pathetic people disagreed with your comment? Wait this is n4g and the more I read here the more I see just how anti ms this web site is. Pretty pathetic guys.

[yellowgerbil]

lies. You know how I know it is lies. "Manufacturing as many as possible" Microsoft is worth 80billion dollars, so it is possible for them, at a 400 dollar cost to manufacture, to manufacture 200 million xbox32x's. clearly they won't be manufacturing more than 2 million, likely only a million due to the extreme lack of sales they've already dealt with this year.

[moegooner88]

Well, it is Greenberg, so he is just doing his job.

[modelgod]

You have absolutely no idea how business works.

[modelgod]

Let me ask you a question, why do you think Nintendo always seem to have limited stock when they release a new console?

[Zeref]

This is not nintendo.

[Christopher]

Right now, it surely is Microsoft taking one from Nintendo's book.

[BlackTar187]

Nintendo does it on purpose. That's why

[septemberindecember]

@Christopher

I think that's rather presumptuous of you. We should wait for more information before declaring this.

[_LarZen_]

You can't explain business to these kids.

[denawayne]

There's a reason why they're worth $80 billion

[Christopher]

Monopoly on business software and infrastructure allowing them to buy up competitors with valuable patents?

[Death]

@Chris,

Isn't that how successful businesses operate? Sony acquired Gaikai the same way. Large companies like Microsoft and Sony take on risks like this all the time. Sometimes they pan out, sometimes they don't.

[Christopher]

Isn't that what I said? Did I say anything inaccurate to the response of why they are worth billions (technically way more than $80 billion)? Did I say they were the only ones or did I keep it just about Microsoft because no one brought up how Sony became worth whatever they're worth until you?

[babadivad]

Microsoft is worth more like 561 Billion dollars[ Fiscal year revenue was about 86 Billion]. But that's kind of besides the point. As much as Apple is worth, they still struggle to secure supplies to fulfill orders for their iPhones nearly every year. And the iPhone is where about 70% of their profit comes from. It's their halo product.

[Christopher]

That's man made scarcity to get people waiting in lines to create artificial demand by making it look hard to obtain and therefore more desirable as a luxury.

Do people really not understand how this works?

[babadivad]

@Christopher

Dude, Apple's new iPhone is the reason why RAM and NAND prices are so high in the PC space right now. They seriously strain supply channels and manufactures that is felt across the industry. Not just smartphones, the entire supply and manufacturing tech industry.

Hell, the iPhone is also the reason why Nintendo is having such a hard time securing NAND for the Switch. That's just one product having such a huge ripple effect. You clearly have no idea what you are talking about.

[morganfell]

"Do people really not understand how this works?"

Just look at some of the remarks here and elsewhere. No they do not understand. They also are unfamiliar with the tactics of MS since their founding.

[Death]

Just because someone has money, it doesn't mean they have the budget to do whatever they want. You guys also have to take manufacturing into account. No one is going to make enough of a product to satisfy demand for a long period time. They are going to try to create enough to sell without having to warehouse inventory or risk shutting down due to excess inventory. You can't just tell workers to go home and call them back when you need more product.

Keep in mind this is their first mid-gen upgrade. How many do you think they should make for November and December?

[WilliamSheridan]

LoL look at this guy suddenly knowing about production, cost of scale, and ability of Microsoft financially... LoL

[yellowgerbil]

I may not know much about anything, but neither does microsoft :/

[Lennoxb63]

@yellowgerbil

Well if MS doesn't know much about anything, I wanna be just as ignorant and rake in all that dough.

[Kribwalker]

https://www.windowscentral....

Lies I tell ya

[bennissimo]

Yeah, companies don't operate like that, yellowgerbil.

[yellowgerbil]

Clearly. I find it funny how up in arms so many of these comments got. I was pointing out the hyperbole of his statement, as we all know how false it rings.
I expect they'll launch with about 1 mil systems, because it's stupid to make more because even MS aren't idiots. This thing at best will sell 2 million by the end of its life.

[Chris12]

Another dumb as rocks comment. You know absolutely nothing, do you not know how all these assumptions make you look stupid?

[lukejd1088]

Microsoft's net worth and its ability to manufacture consoles are not equal. I have 50,000 but I cannot manufacture a single console. You have to have supply for the thousands of components as well as factory capacity. Your comment makes you look moronic.

[PhoenixUp]

Wish Microsoft were as enthusiastic with their franchises as they are with this new piece of tech

[Zeref]

Phil did promise that exclusives are the next problem to be solved. As that is the one issue that is likely to take more time.

[BlackTar187]

They said that 3-4 yrs ago as well.

They said new games are 2-3 yrs out we're talking 5 yrs of nothing

[Zeref]

phil wasn't in charge 5 years ago. He has been head for just 3 years.

[Death]

@Tar,

November 22nd of 2013 to November 22nd of 2017 will be 4 years. Xbox One has been out for 3 years and 9 months. I'm not sure if it's more impressive that you talked for 5 years in 3 years time or that you believe "nothing" has come out on the Xbox One.

[rainslacker]

He's been saying that for years. They were saying that before he even took over. Before Phil took over, there was more promise that that was the case. Since then, I'm left wondering where that one billion in game investment went.

[PhoenixUp]

You notice how there were more Xbox exclusives during Don Mattrick's reign compared to Phil Spencer's

[Auron]

PLEASE! All those exclusives were helmed by Robbie Bach, J Allard and Peter Moore! All Dumbass matrick did when he came on to scene was casual the f*** out of the 360 and Kinect the f*** out of everything he single-handedly almost killed the Xbox brand with his stupid comments and the direction of the brand. Phil Spencer was given the task to revive Humpty Dumpty and put back all the pieces give Phil Spencer more credit and f*** Don mattrick that's why EA didn't want his ass! Mattrick was so out of touch with gamers it was unbelievable!

[Lennoxb63]

Phil Spencer was head of game development when Don Mattrick was head of Xbox. I don't know what the head of game development is doing now.

[-Foxtrot]

I feel this is going to be another Kinect and by that I mean make out it's a bigger deal then it is and stretch that positive attitude out as long as they can.

It's like they are going to make so many and people are going to find Day 1 editions years on like the Xbox One Day 1 editions which people can actually still find.

[Kribwalker]

You do realize the Kinect sold like 26 million on the 360 alone

[-Foxtrot]

But did people give a shit about it? I mean core fans after a year

Nope...instead of we got "Everyone loves Kinect" or "Kinect is something we are focusing on for the fans" when we were all like "Please...please don't"

[4Sh0w]

Fox,

They are releasing new hardware, of course they are going to upsell it ---What do you propose they do? I mean sure we all can say it needs more meat from 1st party but this news is about response to the recent preorders becoming available ---And I bet if Microsoft were silent you and many more ps folks would be pointing the finger asking why are they NOT saying anything, oooooohhh sales must be terrible? Haha...

[xX-oldboy-Xx]

Kribwalker - how many of the 26 mill had buyers remorse? I'll put money on more than half.

[TheGamingArt]

It was bundled -_-. No one really gave 2 shitz.

[Kribwalker]

@the gaming art

https://www.gamespot.com/ar...

The 360 was a bundle.....

[BeOpenMinded]

I felt like Kinect worked better on the 360. It was more responsive. Haven't plugged in camera for a while because I'm paranoid so don't know how much better it is now.

[Kribwalker]

I consistently used my Kinect. I played a lot of dance central whenever we had parties, and people loved it, I used Xbox fitness on my Xbox one pretty consistently. If they would have implemented things better it could have been different, the problem was, for every good game there was an endless pile of shovel ware (much like what we are seeing now with PSVR)

[Death]

The problem with Kinect is the same problem PSVR has. With an attach rate of anything less than 100%, devs won't support an accessory. Microsoft had the balls to include Kinect with every Xbox One, but they weren't thinking about PlayStation gamers that had zero Kinect units. Devs look at all PS4 and Xbox Owners (except Cliff) :( There was no incentive for third parties to support Kinect since it eliminated the entire PS4 userbase. Same happens with PSVR which is why we see mostly patched in support and indies. Microsoft has focused on making Xbox One X as idiot proof as possible so it's harder for devs to skip it over taking advantage of it.

[rainslacker]

The problem with it this gen is MS isn't supporting it hardly at all, and no dev seems to care that much. Kinect features are scarce in games.

Last gen I agree with you though. Good tech, I made some cool tools for it for my portfolio which eventually landed me a job. I liked it, and could see the potential, but like you said, most of the attention didn't really fall on making compelling content for the hardcore.

[bluefox755]

That is the Xbox business model.

[freshslicepizza]

Kinect is a bad example to make to the XB1X because you are implying its marketing helped make it a success and later on consumers quickly found out the limitations it had. The XB1X is the most poerful console, consumers know what they are getting and the power is real.

[2pacalypsenow]

I hope they don't have any shortages.

[modelgod]

They won't. Unlike Nintendo whose on the lower end of distribution intensity just to keep a buzz surrounding their childish ass console.

[xX-oldboy-Xx]

That childish ass console will receive more 1st party support over its lifetime than this thing.

And I've pre ordered this thing on the slim chance I'm wrong.

[yomfweeee]

You must have forgot they did exactly that with the 2TB S. Created a limited supply on purpose. It was news everywhere that it sold out.

[WePlayDirty]

From Xbox fans.....

[Death]

I'll be honest, it's really nice having something that is aimed at the fans. I think all products should be focused towards fans instead of made for everyone.

[modelgod]

You have to focus on everyone because EVERYONE is a gamer given the right kind of game. Obviously the majority of your content should be for specific Target Markets, buy it doesn't hurt to throw sone thing to the norms once in a while. Xbox did it with the Kinect, Playstation did it with " Sockboy," and there's candy crush.

[4Sh0w]

Nah, I agree with Death, not everything needs to be made for the mass market. In fact many of the best products the world are expensive items just made to target a very select group. I mean of course a BMW i8 sports car is never gonna sell like a Ford Mustang but it's not meant to, it's meant for enthusiasts.

[rainslacker]

Appealing to the largest demographic possible it typically better....at least with the console. However, these mid-gens are kind of different, but I feel Sony has aimed more at a general audience with the PS4P, as opposed to MS focusing more at the hardcore.

This kind of makes their marketing a bit more confusing to me though, because I don't know how much more they need to convince the hardcore. It doesn't take long for them to make up their minds. MS power talk isn't going to do much for the casuals at this point in the gen, and they're likely more about price.

Content is another issue though. Content should be focused at specific markets, however, it should be varied enough to attract as many of the different markets that exist in gaming.

[XiNatsuDragnel]

Most likely Xbox fans.

[DivineAssault]

"Its the best year ever!'"

[Zeref]

In terms of games. Yeah I admit it has been a bad year. There has been some great games but not enough of them.

We need moar dammit!

But everything else has been top notch. Xbox as a platform is better than ever.

Play anywhere is growing healthy.
Xbox Game Pass introduced.
Games With gold hitting it out of the park.
New Xbox UI.
Crossplay friendliness (minecraft and rocketleague with nintendo switch players). And likely to come to more games.
New Avatars.
Xbox One X support for tons of games probably more than PS4Pro at this point.

[BlackTar187]

you can't be serious can you?

[BeOpenMinded]

This year has been the roughest agreed but the direction they are heading is positive. I hope they change their ethos towards first party being more of a focus for sure. We will see but still I want the X big time. It was sold out for me :(

[Atomicjuicer]

They removed snap. Which I used. A lot.

[rainslacker]

I dunno, 3rd party this year isn't exactly off the charts IMO. Typical yearly releases, a new AC, ME:A fell kind of flat. MS 2nd party is just some indie titles, and their 3rd party is just a Forza, and a couple low-mid tier titles.

While all the features are nice and stuff, the fact the games this year have been so poor by any measure of standards within this community which saw so much hate for Sony's "lean" year when they still had more than MS does this year but with much more to look forward to in the future than MS has for the next couple years, it seems kind of disingenuous to say that the features are what's driving the Xbox and it's OK because MS has some vague plans for the future.

@BeOpenMinded

What direction is that? The only direction I see MS going is backwards in terms of game development, because the past couple years, they've had fewer and fewer exclusives each year. Consider that SoT and CD3 were supposed to release this year, so they should already have something to show for next year already, yet there isn't anything.

Just some vague promises that in 2-3 years they'll have some games to show because they just signed them.

I'd really like to know what direction MS is going, and I'd like to know why they aren't there yet considering when Phil took over, he talked about all the games MS was working on back then, and how they wanted to provide all this great content for their players.

3 years on....where is all that content? What has MS done in that interim to give it's players more? Did it take 3 years for Phil to finally get some contract to have a game 5-6 years after he took over?

Please, explain MS direction to me....because I see none, and they have no defined vision that they can reinforce with any kind of tangible results, and even their promises are hard to take seriously since they haven't proven they can keep said promises.

[XStation4pio_Pro]

badass. thats a good beastie.

[MetalNCarnet]

bs

[King_Lothric]

Can't help to think that this is just another PR manipulate and scripted spin from MS.

They talked the same way about the Xbox one and as today they refuse to reveal real sales numbers.

[LAWSON72]

I preordered it just because it is nice to have the option open. I am fairly certain the only way I keep it is if a friend wants one or if I some how manage to get a lot of money. I just can't support Xbox in its current state

[Lionalliance]

Call me ignorant, but without some killer exclusives, why is it selling out?

[ElementX]

I guess people want to play the blockbuster third party games in the best way

[yomfweeee]

Hardcore fans. Just like the S release. Just like the Switch sales. They've sputtered already.

[Death]

@Lion,

When I read your comment it instantly reminded me of the part in How the Grinch Stole Christmas where the Grinch finally realized Christmas still came without ribbons, tags, boxes, packages or bags. Xbox One has "some killer exclusives". You just don't want to see them. I think if you opened your mind a little, your heart could grow three sizes too.

[BeOpenMinded]

I like early access and PC games. I also want better performance and the few exclusives coming in the pipeline. Thats just me.

[B1uBurneR]

Don't Nintendo us at launch MS.

[modelgod]

They can't because unlike the little kids, we have money and a voice!

[ElementX]

Yeah some of the excitement is from Xbox fans, it's to be expected. Many people own multiple consoles or buy the hardware revisions. Do you really think every console sells to a new buyer?

[Skankinruby]

Riiiight, they sound like politicians now. Silliest way to fluff up hype on a product that's not out yet. This sounds exactly like the kinect and nes classic all over again

[Sm00thNinja]

Lot of people were holding out til the X came out so it's understandable

[Pantz]

Microsoft does what Nintendon't

[2600Thunder]

Greenberg lies again.

[talocaca]

And Trump's inauguration was the biggest ever.

Release numbers and then we will see....they don't even discuss regular Xbox sales anymore due to damage control.

[V0LT]

$500, only the serious will buy this intitally. After that its dead. Watch.

[thexmanone]

i could say the same about the PLSVR

[Tankbusta40]

500 dollars is not expensive...why does this keep being brought up? Sure its the price ceiling for a console, but its within the boundary of acceptability. It includes a 4k UHD blu ray player which in itself is a 150-200 dollar value.

[modelgod]

And it will have a price cut, people fail to realize that.

[modelgod]

What happens after the price cut? Don't v think it's going to be 500$ forever.

[AmUnRa]

Yes it will have a pricecut, next year when the sales of the XbXoneX go down the hill.

On the other side you can bet on it that when the XbXoneX comes out Sony will cut $50 off of the price of the PS4Pro.......

[OffRoadKing]

The "overwhelming response" for a very limited number of special edition units, the actual number of which we will never know. The other number we wont know is the number of how many people bought them not because they actually wanted one but just so they can scalp it for many times the price on e-bay. But we get it, "overwhelming response", not unlike saying people buy xbone cause "it has the best exclusives".

[Tankbusta40]

The scalper excuse kinda doesn't hold merit in this example. Microsoft is behind this gen for reasons,this new console has a lot to prove to get people back on board the Microsoft hype train. You wouldn't say buy season tickets for the LA Rams this year thinking you could flip them at a good price. Most people who were anticipating this release were the ones buying it up. Whether or not it continues good or decent sales is all up to the work Microsoft puts into making it exceptional.

[OffRoadKing]

Actually its not an excuse its a reality, maybe you'd like to pretend it doesn't happen but after any major console release take a look at e-bay and you'll see. And with the Project Scorpio edition being in limited supply people are guaranteed to do this.

[Tankbusta40]

@OffroadKing, its not a reality just something you are saying to defect on the decent sales of a box for whatever reason you hate , the project scorpio edition comes with an extra stand and some green lettering, its not a huge advantage that entices the masses to buy. The fact is the majority of gamers are not early adopters.

[modelgod]

That's a horrible example, Xbox had/has recent success, the Rams haven't been relevant since Warner!

[OffRoadKing]

It doesn't require a huge advantage its limited numbers is what makes it desirable to scalpers, it is a reality and it has nothing to do with hate, I dont hate the xbone x, I find it sad the hyperbole and propaganda people spout off with and others like yourself buy into.

[Atanasrikard]

So because I scalper buys it and sells it to someone else it doesn't count as a sale? Nice logic.

[OffRoadKing]

I never said it doesn't count as a sale but it gives a false representation of demand based on desire for the console itself as it was only purchased to resell for more money. Rather you find its nice or not is irrelevant, its sound logic but I wouldn't expect you to understand that.

[Atanasrikard]

No it isn't sound logic. What you are trying to say is that if it wasn't for a scalper buying the system just to sell it, that system wouldn't be sold. That is what you are trying to say. It is fanboy logic, but I wouldn't expect a blind fanboy to understand how his statement is illogical. Here's sound logic: Scalper buys product with the intent to resell product for a profit. Logic would dictate that if someone is purchasing something for the sole purpose of reselling the product, there must then be an actual demand for the product. Or, are you telling me that if we eliminated all scalpers and the only purchases that were made were people who actually wanted the product that they would not have sold out of a LIMITED EDITION item?

How bout some more logic: If the scalper succeeds in selling said product for a profit, wouldn't that mean someone demanded said product enough that they are willing to pay MORE for the product? So again I say, your statement has no basis in logic, it is just blind speculative fanboyism. Good day sir!

[opinionated]

They don't want the xbox one x. They want the one that has project Scorpio written on it because it's a real name.

[TheGamingArt]

The WiiU demand was overwhelming too. Oh, and Microsoft has the best exclusives!

[LexHazard79]

It already outsold the PS4 Pro this yr. Damn!

[Silly gameAr]

So it sold over 5 million in 2 days? Are you Aaron Greenburg by any chance?

[trooper_]

Uh...what?

It just came out.

[Silly gameAr]

We'll see.

[jojo319]

"We are concerned about warring about who is first and who is second, but that’s like saying, Pepsi doesn’t sell as much cola as Coke does, why not just shut down? Or Burger King doesn’t sell as many hamburgers as McDonalds, so why not shut down? They’re both profitable, who cares? The only people who care are fanboys"

[dennigo]

xbox one x is the most powerful console i agree.
but it has such weird timing, if it came out alongside ps4 pro i could understand. I'm sure people will buy it, they always do. I'm also pretty sure we're only 1 maybe 2 years away from the next generation on playstation, what's xbox gonna do then? are they gonna follow: pissing off the xboxox buyers or are they just delay their next console. Then that makes playstion the most powerfull console (at that moment).

[modelgod]

Quick question, this is the first time Sony and Microsoft has done a mid-gen upgrade correct? You do know that these are 2 mega cooperation w/lots of smart ppl at the helm, correct? Do you really think that one company decided to do a mid-gen upgrade and the other company was monkey see monkey do? NO!! Cooperations wor together whIle we argue over which is better!

[chris235]

PR babbeling at its best

[segamaniaco]

Another case of artificial demand

Ms is a liar, aaron mostly

[Richhard1]

It's a shame Microsoft always fuck up on release. This could have been a lot better!

[modelgod]

@Offroadking as much as it pains me to say this....your 10000000% correct. Also, bwing that the limited edition has the name "project scorpio;" the UNOFFICIAL name of the product, it quadruples the appeal and adds extra value to it as a collectors edition. Let's say they made a blur limited edition " X1x," it wouldn't have the same value, or value over time as a "Project Scorpio" edition. Even if I have no intentions on purchasing the X1X, I'd be a fool not to purchase the limited edition and keep it as is. I for sure wouldn't open it!!

[jokerisalive]

That's very interesting especially when so many experts here said no one would buy one and it would be DOA......okay guys then why are people actually preordering it at the rate they are??? Silence.

[robleroy]

Read through the lines!!
Is everybody this dumb?
1) MS did not state the numbers they made available for pre-orders (Maybe they gave Amazon 5 pre-orders for launch date...so that after 5 pre orders the xbx would theoretically be sold out)
2) MS did not state the number of total pre-orders whether there were units available or not.(total pre orders incl deliverable and (non deliverable) postponed ones)
Sony was/is always open about the numbers. So why isn't MS???
3) MS statement "trying to manufacture as many as they possibly can." is like the "power of the cloud" statement
You just can't round up an extra AMD facility and employees within a month to supply extra units.Financially it would be catastrophic for MS...and logistically a pain in the a** for AMD.

MS: Hi AMD..Remember when I told you to bake 1000 xbx chips a month?...well just make it 3000!
AMD: "sure!! ..Well ..You do know that we did not plan to have resources available for those figures do you??...
..........So because of this there are going to be some extra expenses .you know.....
MS: understandable
AMD: to have that capability within a month or two is going to cost you 70% more per CPU for the first 5 months
MS:...Ok....and to have it available after 5 months?
AMD: just 5% extra for the the first 3 months
MS: Ok,..I' ll take the latter and tell the folks we worked as hard as we could..:)...They believe anything :)

All MS could do is redirect units from other regions to the US at this point (not happening..to expensive). And I don't think AMD is willing or able to pay overtime to get extra units available and if they do they could maybe upscale the quantity with 50% within short notice.

4) MS has never been open about its sales numbers (concerning Xbox one). Ask yourself why....

If the response was overwhelming...they must know the numbers...

[rainslacker]

@ #3

MS isn't trying to manufacture as many as they can, they're ARE manufacturing as many as they can. They planned months ago their sourcing and manufacturing chain to get out what they wanted to get out. Barring some disaster at the manufacturing level, they'll get them out.

MS isn't sitting there scrambling to try and get more sourcing after the pre-order numbers of a limited edition console rolled in. They allocated a specific number which made up part of their total X1X pre-order allotment, and wouldn't be worried about meeting demand unless the next allotment they roll out also sells out, and they actually pushed a lot of allocation due to anticipation.

MS may have been surprised that they sold out in a day, instead of a week as was said elsewhere, but it's the first day of pre-orders for a new console, which itself has a limited edition. They didn't bump up manufacturing when the OGX1 sold out, so why would they themselves don't expect it to sell more than the X1S, which they already have YOY numbers to give them a reasonable expectation of what to sell.

I'm sure MS knows the numbers of how many pre-orders have been sold. I just doubt it has any impact to cause any change in MS expectations at this time.

[inxine]

happy for them. but lets for the actual numbers. if they had 10k in stock of course the demand was overwhelming. even with 100k id say.

[rousseau88]

already beaten ps4 pro sale for 2017 lol

[inxine]

super. still no proof of that

[rainslacker]

I wouldn't be surprised they sell 500K-1 million units in the first week or month. That wouldn't be atypical for new hardware.

I'd be surprised if they manufactured more than 1 million units for the first month though.

[rousseau88]

since you asked here the proof : https://twitter.com/ZhugeEX...

[inxine]

oo u meant amazon orders and not actual sales, riight yea whatever good for them then :)

[syphon32]

I can believe it , you got a lot of Microhaters out there... but some of us don't give a flying fuck about that, we just love tech..

[BcozoftheImplication]

So instead of making 10 consoles they're going to make 12 instead, that's some order to fulfill!!!😂

[rousseau88]

One X does well already beaten ps4 pro on amazon us for 2017!!!

https://twitter.com/ZhugeEX...

[subtenko]

im sure it was

[fiveby9]

MS marketing was never going to say initial demand was underwhelming. So there is no way to know if this is in fact true or just manufactured buzz by PR.

[SaveFerris]

I'm sure MS said something similar at the launch of the Xbox One?

[gedden7]

LMAO LMAO LMAO Sure...

[Condemnedman]

love all the bitter trolls. look don't worry you too can get 4k when you grow up 👍

[zerocarnage]

There's a lesson to be learnt fanboyz and haters, stay under your rocks and don't speak at all with all your nonsense.

There are millions upon millions of gamerz, who will not share your views or listen to you sillyness, who actually enjoy gaming without hateing.

I respect what each and every developer is doing and just because I own one console and not the other doesn't mean I feel the need to hate.

[SixFragz]

Lol, MS PR team is working extra hard to make their console look desirable. The Xbone has been a fail this entire generation, nothing is sold out.

Don't do that MS PR. The real ones can see through the bs and see that this statement is just a sign of desperation, borne out of hopelessness.

This won't be the first lie M$ has ever told.

[hanko14]

wish xbox one x and ps4 pro came out with display port