chakkra said:
If you ask me, I suspect those "supply constraints" will be magically fixed once the ABK deal is approved. |
I think you're right. I've been suspicious for awhile that Xbox may be self-sabotaging supply in order to give Sony a hugely better Holiday season and 1st quarter 2023 than Xbox, just so that Xbox looks like a sad wounded puppy in the eyes of the regulators, in order to help get this acquisition through. If Xbox looks like it's getting curbstomped by Sony in the 2 most recent quarters, the regulators might see it and be more inclined to think that Xbox needs ABK in order to compete. What if they've just been storing up tons of Diablo 4 and Starfield Series X bundles, instead of selling those Series X chips in Q1 and Q2, just to make Xbox look wounded, then they unleash those units as soon as the acquisition is closed, in June for Diablo bundle and September for the Starfield bundle? And if they announce a Series S price cut down to $250 on the June Xbox showcase too, even better, it needs a sales boost too. Would be great to have a huge Q3 and Q4 after how poor the first two quarters of the year are looking to be.
Last edited by shikamaru317 - on 25 April 2023
