Why is X360 selling worse than the original Xbox?

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Diomedes1976 said: Why ? If they are selling 1,5 million in one month and a half with all the production problems they have they could even without solving the same problems sell 3 in 3 months .If they are ramping up production 4,5 seems a reasonable number .

They may have sold 1.5 mil in approx. 45 days, but they sure as hell didnt produce those all those consoles in that time. Most of those were produced months beforehand, just like the 360 I purchased on launch day was made in september, thats 2 months before launch. Unfortunatetly my PS3 doesnt have the date of manufacture on the back, but I'm sure is was atleast produced in october. And just because they can ramp up production doesnt mean the'll have more units. Yeild problems have already been a source of delays, and if the blue laser shortage continues, all the cells they produce wont have a bluray drive to go with them. However, all this hopla about production only makes a major difference short term, namely the holiday season as in the coming months all these problems will vanish with a drop in demand and increase in supply. Even if Sony can produce enough units to hit 4.5mil doesnt mean people will buy them, and I see that as being their real problem for the next 6 months - supply means nothing without demand. And to the person who said their friend paid 500 bones on an Xbox; he was either ripped off or bought a package deal, it was 300