X1 And PS4, I Don,t Get It.

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Soleron said:

1. It takes a very long time to ramp up electronics production. Like six months to a year from "final design" to peak mass production. They just launched early.

2. If you overestimate demand, you end up with warehouses full of unsold product costing you hundreds of millions of dollars. That's much worse than shortages.

3. This console launch has the most actual consoles available of anything new I can remember. More than Wii even. Exactly how were they meant to have more?

Ok then fair points and thanks for the explanation.