Is Microsoft Already Manufacturing the Next Xbox?

[JEMC]

superchunk said:

JEMC said:

Still I don't think these consoles are "real" consoles. I still think that mass production will be made in China, not in USA, simply because the manufacturing costs.It makes little sense (from a business point of view) to do it otherwise.

Well, they could make a small number in Texas for testing and what not and then turn on full production in China. I.e. this could just be a really small run of a few thousand or so machines for use internally at MS.

And I agree.

But using them internally is another way to say "being build for test purposes". And Microsoft must do it right this time. Until they have done it they won't know if the cooling is enough (for example). And after that comes the mass production of the console and get enough stock to meet some of the initial demand.

We're already in May, will they have enough time to do all that (and more) until Christmas?