| tombi123 said: Microsoft could be doing it for the publicity. You know, "the 360 is sold-out and can't meet demand". Makes it look like the popular console. |
I keep hearing this but it doesn't make any sense. MS wants to sell consoles. Any customer who walks into a store and doesn't find an Xbox is possibly turned into a PS3 sale. MS loses out doubly on the deal. The person wanted their console, couldn't find it, and moved to the competition.
As someone who spent a fair amount of time working in advertising, it's a completely bass-ackwards notion. You want the hype and unfulfilled orders in the beginning of your product's lifecycle to maintain demand as you ramp up production, not in the middle of the lifecycle when the market is loaded with similarly priced competitors and your product's hype has already gone through its initial phases and is now selling on merit alone.
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