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DonFerrari on 27 April 2014

http://www.savecontinue.com/2014/04/xbox-one-production-slowing-whats-next-microsoft/

Actually I don't think MS were expecting to sell 1M per month on the first year since that would be a really high pace. They probably have contracts with less speed turn around time, and maybe they started earlier or the contract had a clause for so many produced before launch.

And if we look at PS4 now selling around 120-150k a week and still supply constrained Sony may have the same kind of deal in place (less than 1M per month contract but a minimum for launch), or else we should think of supply tampering to ensure scarceness or they are holding to release a lot with the next big release (maybe TLOU remaster).



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Normchacho on 27 April 2014

It's probably because we are coming into summer and console sales will no doubt slow down. It wouldn't make sense to keep making as many consoles during the summer as you we're during the holidays. I wouldn't read too much into it.



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DonFerrari on 27 April 2014
Normchacho said:
It's probably because we are coming into summer and console sales will no doubt slow down. It wouldn't make sense to keep making as many consoles during the summer as you we're during the holidays. I wouldn't read too much into it.


Yep that is the most possible. But do you think the contract already had this clause as I think or they had to ask for slowing down?



duduspace11 "Well, since we are estimating costs, Pokemon Red/Blue did cost Nintendo about $50m to make back in 1996"

http://gamrconnect.vgchartz.com/post.php?id=8808363

Mr Puggsly: "Hehe, I said good profit. You said big profit. Frankly, not losing money is what I meant by good. Don't get hung up on semantics"

http://gamrconnect.vgchartz.com/post.php?id=9008994

Azzanation: "PS5 wouldn't sold out at launch without scalpers."

S.T.A.G.E. on 27 April 2014

Dont they have like 500k consoles to sell? I'd stop production for a little myself. Thats a lot of consoles to sell when they've only sold a little over four million.



DonFerrari on 27 April 2014
S.T.A.G.E. said:
Dont they have like 500k consoles to sell? I'd stop production for a little myself. Thats a lot of consoles to sell when they've only sold a little over four million.


It's more like 1M (if shipped and sold are accurate)... but the article indicates they have 3M on the warehouse, and that seems preposterous.



duduspace11 "Well, since we are estimating costs, Pokemon Red/Blue did cost Nintendo about $50m to make back in 1996"

http://gamrconnect.vgchartz.com/post.php?id=8808363

Mr Puggsly: "Hehe, I said good profit. You said big profit. Frankly, not losing money is what I meant by good. Don't get hung up on semantics"

http://gamrconnect.vgchartz.com/post.php?id=9008994

Azzanation: "PS5 wouldn't sold out at launch without scalpers."

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Soleron on 27 April 2014

This is all based on that misquote, right?

The only official word is that there's a lot of channel inventory. Production speed has never been mentioned.



kirby007 on 27 April 2014

The difference bewteen shipped/manufactured and sold is around 700k.
Which with the current pace will last for around 8 weeks or two months.
With the supposed yield issues i would keep producing to meet demand holiday season 2014



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DonFerrari on 27 April 2014
Soleron said:
This is all based on that misquote, right?

The only official word is that there's a lot of channel inventory. Production speed has never been mentioned.


For me the whole article is based on assumptions and misquote... the only thing that could be factual is the call to dowsize made by ms executive (and even that could be misquoted).



duduspace11 "Well, since we are estimating costs, Pokemon Red/Blue did cost Nintendo about $50m to make back in 1996"

http://gamrconnect.vgchartz.com/post.php?id=8808363

Mr Puggsly: "Hehe, I said good profit. You said big profit. Frankly, not losing money is what I meant by good. Don't get hung up on semantics"

http://gamrconnect.vgchartz.com/post.php?id=9008994

Azzanation: "PS5 wouldn't sold out at launch without scalpers."

DonFerrari on 27 April 2014
kowenicki said:
If they have a lot of inventory, which is NOT included in shipped by the way despite what people here seem to think, then that would make sense.


But that IF depends on wether they are just using Patcher possible figures, I don't think MS was shotting to 1M per month until holiday 14. Sony probably wasn't as well if we look at their 5M for fiscal year 13.



duduspace11 "Well, since we are estimating costs, Pokemon Red/Blue did cost Nintendo about $50m to make back in 1996"

http://gamrconnect.vgchartz.com/post.php?id=8808363

Mr Puggsly: "Hehe, I said good profit. You said big profit. Frankly, not losing money is what I meant by good. Don't get hung up on semantics"

http://gamrconnect.vgchartz.com/post.php?id=9008994

Azzanation: "PS5 wouldn't sold out at launch without scalpers."

vivster on 27 April 2014

Stupid article. People just can't wait to jump on every negative article on the X1. We have really no idea how this generation will play out looking at the crazy games market situation right now. But people are extrapolating their brains out with as little data we have so far.



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