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famousringo on 21 January 2008
rocketpig said:
I keep seeing this and the only logical reason I can think of for this shortage is an improved model is on its way.

Why else would MS be undercutting supply so badly? Last year, they stuffed the channel so you know that production is capable of meeting demand easily.

 I think MS may have simply been caught off guard by the sheer quantity of people who want to upsell to the elite model. I think they were expecting that more people who picked up a 360 over the holidays to grab the cheaper model, so their manufacturing churned out tons of arcades while elites flew off the shelves.



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kingofwale on 21 January 2008

that's what happened if you have 235325432 SKUs. One of them is for sure to be sold out, since a store can't have enough storage space for 20 of each.



Soriku (Feb 10/08): In 5 years the PS3/360 will be dead.

KH3 bet: "If KH3 comes to Wii exclusive, I will take a 1 month of sig/avatar by otheres open a thread apologize and praise you guys' brilliance." http://vgchartz.com/forum/thread.php?start=50&id=18379
Original cast: Badonkadonkhr, sc94597 allaboutthegames885, kingofwale, Soriku, ctk495, skeezer, RDBRaptor, Mirson,

Episode 1: OOPSY!
selnor: Too Human I even expect 3-4 mill entire life and 500,000 first day. GoW2 ( expect 7 - 9 million entire life and over 2 mill first day), Fable 2 (expect 5-6 million entire life and 1.5 mill fist day) BK3 (expect 4 - 5 mill sales entire life and 1 mill first day).. Tales/IU/TLR should get to 2 or 3 million! post id: 868878
Episode 2:
Letsdance: FFXIII (PS3+360) first week in NA = 286K
According to pre-order rate in week 13 (post id: 2902544)
rocketpig on 21 January 2008
kingofwale said:
that's what happened if you have 235325432 SKUs. One of them is for sure to be sold out, since a store can't have enough storage space for 20 of each.

By "235325432", I assume you really mean "3".




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rocketpig on 21 January 2008
famousringo said:
rocketpig said:
I keep seeing this and the only logical reason I can think of for this shortage is an improved model is on its way.

Why else would MS be undercutting supply so badly? Last year, they stuffed the channel so you know that production is capable of meeting demand easily.

 I think MS may have simply been caught off guard by the sheer quantity of people who want to upsell to the elite model. I think they were expecting that more people who picked up a 360 over the holidays to grab the cheaper model, so their manufacturing churned out tons of arcades while elites flew off the shelves.


It's possible, but I doubt it. The Core/Arcade has never sold in big numbers for MS so I doubt they would start churning out those units in favor of the Pro.

Plus, they make far more money on the Pro and Elite; they want people to buy those models. 




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superchunk on 21 January 2008

I don't think I have ever walked into my local wally world and not seen at least a couple 360's in stock. As a point of curiosity whenever I go there I always swing past the game sections to see what is in stock. I go there at least once a week as well.



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kingofwale on 21 January 2008

>By "235325432", I assume you really mean "3".


Arcade, Pro, Elite, Halo.

No, I don't mean "3"



Soriku (Feb 10/08): In 5 years the PS3/360 will be dead.

KH3 bet: "If KH3 comes to Wii exclusive, I will take a 1 month of sig/avatar by otheres open a thread apologize and praise you guys' brilliance." http://vgchartz.com/forum/thread.php?start=50&id=18379
Original cast: Badonkadonkhr, sc94597 allaboutthegames885, kingofwale, Soriku, ctk495, skeezer, RDBRaptor, Mirson,

Episode 1: OOPSY!
selnor: Too Human I even expect 3-4 mill entire life and 500,000 first day. GoW2 ( expect 7 - 9 million entire life and over 2 mill first day), Fable 2 (expect 5-6 million entire life and 1.5 mill fist day) BK3 (expect 4 - 5 mill sales entire life and 1 mill first day).. Tales/IU/TLR should get to 2 or 3 million! post id: 868878
Episode 2:
Letsdance: FFXIII (PS3+360) first week in NA = 286K
According to pre-order rate in week 13 (post id: 2902544)
rocketpig on 21 January 2008
kingofwale said:
>By "235325432", I assume you really mean "3".


Arcade, Pro, Elite, Halo.

No, I don't mean "3"

So, limited editions SKUs count now? By your reckoning, how many PS2 SKUs have there been? 247?




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fkusumot on 21 January 2008
rocketpig said:
kingofwale said:
>By "235325432", I assume you really mean "3".


Arcade, Pro, Elite, Halo.

No, I don't mean "3"

So, limited editions SKUs count now? By your reckoning, how many PS2 SKUs have there been? 247?


 They had that many SKU's out for the PS2 in stores at the same time? Wow. I did not know that. Now if you're talking about the DSLite, then you're talking about some limited edition SKU's, but only two different hardware models so far.



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rocketpig on 21 January 2008
fkusumot said:
rocketpig said:
kingofwale said:
>By "235325432", I assume you really mean "3".


Arcade, Pro, Elite, Halo.

No, I don't mean "3"

So, limited editions SKUs count now? By your reckoning, how many PS2 SKUs have there been? 247?


 They had that many SKU's out for the PS2 in stores at the same time? Wow. I did not know that. Now if you're talking about the DSLite, then you're talking about some limited edition SKU's, but only two different hardware models so far.


I don't even think MS is making the Halo console anymore. As far as I know, what we're seeing is leftover stock. Not really a surprise considering the god-awful color they painted the thing.

How many DS Lite packages are there right now? Seven? Ten?

In any case, I don't really see the point of complaining about multiple SKUs, as long as they offer the same functionality (which they do, excepting the Arcade with no BC). 




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Coca-Cola on 21 January 2008

Microsoft might be coming out with a new bundled Pro and Elite. (maybe Halo - 1, 2, and 3)