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ZenfoldorVGI on 20 August 2008

http://kotaku.com/5039194/japan-is-totally-sold-out-of-xbox-360s-new-shipment-next-month

Kotaku reports there that 360's are sold out across the country and won't be restocked for 10 days, at least.

This is an unfortunate move, as it appears that any momentum, temporary as it may have been, would have been haulted by supply contratints of the console.

I think this might be considered pre-damage control, but due to this supply constrain, there is no doubt that the 360 will probably perform very poorly in the coming weeks in Japan.

Due to the small static amount of units that MS Japan would have needed to meet supply, it pains me to see how they didn't have at least a few extra units waiting in the wings. There was no doubt that eventually the console would sell 50,000 units in Japan, so making them wouldn't have been a loss to the company.

Statement from Microsoft is:

 

To all customers

We truly thank you for all your patronage in the past.

Currently, the Xbox 360 is sold out, and retailers are unable to restock their supply. This is a result of our own sales targets being exceeded by the actual customer sales. We deeply apologize for this inconvenience to our customers, retailers and business partners.

Here at Microsoft, we are moving forward quickly with console production, and plan to ship the standard Xbox 360 model out this September. Furthermore, we will sequentially be shipping out the Elite and the Arcade models. We ask that you please patiently wait until the console is shipped.

We truly thank you for your patronage hereafter.

Microsoft
Home and Entertainment HQ



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It feeds the rich while it buries the poor.
You're power hungry, spinnin' stories, and bein' graphics whores.
I don't need your console war.

NO NO, NO NO NO.

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FinalEvangelion on 20 August 2008

http://vgchartz.com/forum/thread.php?id=38546



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Shadowblind on 20 August 2008

Go Tales of 360! Whoo!



GOTY Contestants this year: Dead Space 2, Dark Souls, Tales of Graces f. Everything else can suck it.

S.T.A.G.E. on 20 August 2008

Clever girl. That was genius. Build up the demand for the product and let it burst during the moment you drop the price of the console. This is the same concept Nintendo used in the US.



patjuan32 on 20 August 2008
S.T.A.G.E. said:
Clever girl. That was genius. Build up the demand for the product and let it burst during the moment you drop the price of the console. This is the same concept Nintendo used in the US.

 

What are you talking about?



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Maynard_Tool on 20 August 2008

:O u have to be fuckin' kidding me!!!



03/10/09 HUGE day in my life:

http://www.vgchartz.com/forum/thread.php?id=63437&page=1

brute on 20 August 2008

tales is a system seller



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puertoecuanama on 20 August 2008

wow!!!!!!!!!bad microsoft, really bad!



                 


 

S.T.A.G.E. on 20 August 2008
patjuan32 said:
S.T.A.G.E. said:
Clever girl. That was genius. Build up the demand for the product and let it burst during the moment you drop the price of the console. This is the same concept Nintendo used in the US.

 

What are you talking about?

 

I'm talking about holding back whatever demand is left in Japan, until September when the 360 price drops. MS most likely will commercialize it to hell with the price drop and boast JRPG's (Even though timed exclusives). In simplistic terms, think about overly expanding Japan's balloon with hype and allowing the anticipation to weld up before it bursts until September when they ship the models to Japan. September is the month of the price drop, so it is the perfect time to give the Japanese a treat of this magnitude.



Picko on 20 August 2008
S.T.A.G.E. said:
patjuan32 said:
S.T.A.G.E. said:
Clever girl. That was genius. Build up the demand for the product and let it burst during the moment you drop the price of the console. This is the same concept Nintendo used in the US.

 

What are you talking about?

 

I'm talking about holding back whatever demand is left in Japan, until September when the 360 price drops. MS most likely will commercialize it to hell with the price drop and boast JRPG's (Even though timed exclusives). In simplistic terms, think about overly expanding Japan's balloon with hype and allowing the anticipation to weld up before it bursts until September when they ship the models to Japan. September is the month of the price drop, so it is the perfect time to give the Japanese a treat of this magnitude.

 

 

So basically they will hold back units now so they can sell them at a lower price later and make less money? Clever plan. I'll let you work out for yourself where the plan stops making sense.



 
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