It just dawned on me why MS has had shortages...

[TheRealMafoo]

rocketpig said:

Username2324 said:

rocketpig said:

DKII said:
Or, because they stuffed the retail channel in Xmas 2006, they had to shut down their production a bit in the first half of 2007, and then underestimated how much they would need to Xmas 2007, and now are behind in getting production back up again.

Ding-ding-ding, logic wins again. That makes the tally on this board:

Logic: 147,292

Fanboys: 2

How hard is it to push a button to go back into full production?

After dealing with Chinese production lines, the Chinese New Year, and other factors in my last job, it's a simple answer:

Very hard. 

I agree that slowing down and speeding up production is more then "pushing a button", I don't think this all has to do with overproduction in 2006. 6 months into 2007 there were no 360's for sale that didn't have an HDMI port, and they never made one with it in 2006. Also with all the new motherboards and cooling derivatives hitting the market, it's clear that a constant stream of 360's have been in production.

It could be however that they thought they pushed enough over Christmas 2007 to handle the next few months (because that’s how it worked in 2006), but to think 2006 production has spilled over into 2008 unit shortages is, imo, just wrong.