From gameshout.com(i don't know how to do hyperlinks)
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Microsoft admits Xbox 360 delays over lack of chips
Posted Dec 10, 2005, 9:22 AM ET
Microsoft Xbox 360 shortages are now being caused by a lack of chips.
Microsoft's CEO Steve Ballmer said, "in these new consumer electronics devices based on new chips, there's always the question of what yield will you get out of the manufacturing process of the new chip. We're getting a little less, but not much less than the yields we expected, and we know that the yields we expected will probably outrun supply. We decided to go ahead and launch rather than wait until post-Christmas and get a few million units out into the hands of users. We're doing our best."
Okay, so to weed through all of this "corporate mumbo-jumbo"
and "CEO-Talk", Microsoft is basically putting the blame on a lack of chips that are responsible for the Xbox 360 shortages, but we noticed how he stops short on saying, "delaying shipments."
If Microsoft knew they were expecting their "yields" to outrun supply, why did they ask the retailers to take so many pre-orders?
Will Microsoft wait until December 24 to admit that Xbox 360 shipments are delayed for Christmas? They are saying everything else on why there are shortages in supply. There are people waiting on the pre-order list since mid-November that have not received their new Xbox 360 yet.
Shortages will mean delays. Maybe it would be better if Microsoft just announces that a few shipping delays will cause some of the November pre-orders to be postponed until after Christmas. Or, would it be better just to announce that on December 24th?
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Is this the playstation 2 all over again?
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Microsoft admits Xbox 360 delays over lack of chips
Posted Dec 10, 2005, 9:22 AM ET
Microsoft Xbox 360 shortages are now being caused by a lack of chips.
Microsoft's CEO Steve Ballmer said, "in these new consumer electronics devices based on new chips, there's always the question of what yield will you get out of the manufacturing process of the new chip. We're getting a little less, but not much less than the yields we expected, and we know that the yields we expected will probably outrun supply. We decided to go ahead and launch rather than wait until post-Christmas and get a few million units out into the hands of users. We're doing our best."
Okay, so to weed through all of this "corporate mumbo-jumbo"
and "CEO-Talk", Microsoft is basically putting the blame on a lack of chips that are responsible for the Xbox 360 shortages, but we noticed how he stops short on saying, "delaying shipments."
If Microsoft knew they were expecting their "yields" to outrun supply, why did they ask the retailers to take so many pre-orders?
Will Microsoft wait until December 24 to admit that Xbox 360 shipments are delayed for Christmas? They are saying everything else on why there are shortages in supply. There are people waiting on the pre-order list since mid-November that have not received their new Xbox 360 yet.
Shortages will mean delays. Maybe it would be better if Microsoft just announces that a few shipping delays will cause some of the November pre-orders to be postponed until after Christmas. Or, would it be better just to announce that on December 24th?
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Is this the playstation 2 all over again?
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