October 28, 2005

Xbox 360 Off to Slow Start

This happens every new console generation. The companies always proclaim how they are going to have multi-million unit launch, but due to last minute difficulties they are forced to back track big-time. 1.5-2.0 million Xbox 360s at launch is pretty puny if you think about it. That's world-wide. Nuts.

Microsoft's Chief Financial Officer Chris Liddell said there wouldn't be a big initial spike and promised that the software giant would be able to ship between 4.5 and 5.5 million Xbox 360 consoles by the end of the business year to June 2006. For the launch in a month, analysts expect Redmond, Washington-based Microsoft to ship between 1.5 million and 2 million consoles.