Xbox 360 S - Sold out in the UK

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yo_john117 on 18 July 2010

Wow I wonder what FW sales in the UK alone will be like.

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dharh on 18 July 2010

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What's interesting is, all the supermarkets are sending BACK phats to Microsoft, because they don't want to offer them at a discounted price.

Because they'd lose money on the phats, or they are seeing this huge demand for Slims and want to sell the more profitable Slims instead to these customers?

Probably due to multiple factors. Some of which being that slim is only slightly more expensive. Slim is going to be perceived as being less likely to die on you than a phat (until we find out the numbers, which could go either way). Slim is the new thing.

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UK is 360 territory.

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wholikeswood on 18 July 2010

Reach said:

Looks like Xbox Brand is becoming HUGE everywhere... Japan left.

UK =/= Europe

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Reach on 18 July 2010

wholikeswood said:

Reach said:

Looks like Xbox Brand is becoming HUGE everywhere... Japan left.

UK =/= Europe

But UK is by far the most important in Europe... Xbox has almost 5M there and Ps3 3M .

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Alby_da_Wolf on 18 July 2010

dharh said:

Slimebeast said:

Seece said:

What's interesting is, all the supermarkets are sending BACK phats to Microsoft, because they don't want to offer them at a discounted price.

Because they'd lose money on the phats, or they are seeing this huge demand for Slims and want to sell the more profitable Slims instead to these customers?

Probably due to multiple factors. Some of which being that slim is only slightly more expensive. Slim is going to be perceived as being less likely to die on you than a phat (until we find out the numbers, which could go either way). Slim is the new thing.

Wouldn't it make more sense to buy a discounted phat? The latest are quite reliable and this summer will kill quite a lot of the older ones still alive, so time will come when MS will only be able to replace broken phats with slims, instead of refurbished phats (not taking into account that slims already enjoy costs reductions, when economies of scale and production process refinement will kick in they'll become cheaper, maybe even than refurbishing old phats).

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JazzyJeez on 18 July 2010

Reach said:

wholikeswood said:

Reach said:

Looks like Xbox Brand is becoming HUGE everywhere... Japan left.

UK =/= Europe

But UK is by far the most important in Europe... Xbox has almost 5M there and Ps3 3M .

So its about 1/3 of 360 and 1/5 PS3 sold in UK from EMEAA? If that's true then its hardly surprising how well its selling here, but that doesn't mean it's going to be replicated all across the rest of EMEAA.

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dharh on 18 July 2010

Alby_da_Wolf said:

dharh said:

Slimebeast said:

Seece said:

What's interesting is, all the supermarkets are sending BACK phats to Microsoft, because they don't want to offer them at a discounted price.

Because they'd lose money on the phats, or they are seeing this huge demand for Slims and want to sell the more profitable Slims instead to these customers?

Probably due to multiple factors. Some of which being that slim is only slightly more expensive. Slim is going to be perceived as being less likely to die on you than a phat (until we find out the numbers, which could go either way). Slim is the new thing.

Wouldn't it make more sense to buy a discounted phat? The latest are quite reliable and this summer will kill quite a lot of the older ones still alive, so time will come when MS will only be able to replace broken phats with slims, instead of refurbished phats (not taking into account that slims already enjoy costs reductions, when economies of scale and production process refinement will kick in they'll become cheaper, maybe even than refurbishing old phats).

The stigma on phats is pretty big. Everytime I turn mine on (and its a late model) I always wonder, is now the time when its going to RROD. Why dance with the devil when you can dance with a new angel. The price difference is not that large.

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