Microsoft to increase Xbox 360 production
Microsoft aims to have shipped at least 4.5 million Xbox 360 consoles by summer , said Peter Moore, Corporate Vice President of Microsoft, at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas.
Microsoft has been criticized for the lack of supply since the Xbox 360’s launch in late November last year.
Moore revealed that Microsoft had teamed up with manufacturer Celestia and were building a new factory to increase production and availability of the new console. The factory should commence operations early next month.
“In the first 90 days we will have launched Xbox 360 in nearly 30 countries, and Xbox 360 is on track to ship between 4.5 and 5.5 million consoles by the end of June.”
“To further bolster our capacity for output, I’m happy to announce that next month Celestica will join both Flextronics and Wistron as our third manufacturing partner. We need to meet the consumer demand worldwide and having this ability now to do that with three manufacturing partners helps us do that,”
he said.
It is believed that 1.3 million Xbox 360’s have been shipped worldwide so far.
Microsoft Chairman, Bill Gates, told USA Today that he was optimistic output would improve.
“We are making them as fast as we possibly can, and we do expect over the next three to four months availability will get a lot better.”
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Jan 6, 2006 @ 12:18 pm
fronthome Said,
I think availabilty would be a little better if people were not allowed to buy more than one system so they could put the console on ebay to try and […] more
Jan 7, 2006 @ 12:23 am
MoBDEEPoNET Said,
I think that this whole situation is ridiculus. Microsoft had more than enough time to prepare for the launch. It is not a good feeling to wake up on […] more
Jan 7, 2006 @ 9:05 pm
weasel Said,
i havnt been able to find a reason for the alte release date, my guess thats why? if it is, they should have prepared for it, cause att he people in a […] more
Jan 30, 2006 @ 9:14 am
trick Said,
THis was a shrewd move on Microsoft,s part. Yes the demand is high because of a total lack of systems. Anytime you keep the supply low, the demand is […] more