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| shootemup 2005-03-30, 8:13 pm |
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Xbox pull confirmed at retail and by publishers
Leaked info points towards complete withdrawal
30th Mar 2005
Link to This Article http://news.spong.com/x?art=8507
SPOnG has received emails that indicate a complete withdrawal of Xbox
hardware in the coming months, with claims surfacing today of a total end to
generation one Xbox production.
According to senior sources within publishing, retailers are being
instructed not to list Xbox hardware in their next catalogue publications.
"They are telling us that they have reached their targets and want to clear
the way for the next machine," we were told, with our source speaking under
terms of anonymity. "It's reached the point where the amount of money they
lose per unit, combined with the fact that they might well eat into their
own [Xbox 360] market share, means that continuing the run is just not
feasible."
Of course the big question remains of exactly how many Xbox hardware units
are still available. "There are only two million units left and no more will
be produced," continued our source. "There are 400,000 allocated for the
whole of the European territory. After that there will be no more. It was
confirmed to me that Microsoft has no plans to manufacture the original Xbox
once the new console hits the market."
However, Microsoft has indicated to key retailers that it plans to having
around a million Xbox 360 hardware units available in time for Christmas of
2005, as reported by MCV last week and recently confirmed to SPOnG.
Microsoft's official line on the matter is that the Xbox supply situation
will improve, offering a six week wait-and-see window to retailers. Some
cynics may argue that six weeks brings the welcome distraction of a
360-powered E3 show in Los Angeles. The Windows giant also claimed that
manufacture of the original Xbox unit continues, although this end-of-cycle
production run is likely to comprise the two million figure offered by our
source today.
We will bring you updates on this story if anything changes.
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| Wild Man ^^ 2005-03-30, 8:13 pm |
| Uh huh. And right after that, they plan to announce they will stop selling
all the games too saying "Halo 2 wasn't really a big seller anyway, so why
not just cut off sales for all that stuff at the same time."
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"shootemup" <shootemup@shooters.com> wrote in message
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> Xbox pull confirmed at retail and by publishers
> Leaked info points towards complete withdrawal
> 30th Mar 2005
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> Link to This Article http://news.spong.com/x?art=8507
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> SPOnG has received emails that indicate a complete withdrawal of Xbox
> hardware in the coming months, with claims surfacing today of a total end
> to generation one Xbox production.
>
> According to senior sources within publishing, retailers are being
> instructed not to list Xbox hardware in their next catalogue publications.
> "They are telling us that they have reached their targets and want to
> clear the way for the next machine," we were told, with our source
> speaking under terms of anonymity. "It's reached the point where the
> amount of money they lose per unit, combined with the fact that they might
> well eat into their own [Xbox 360] market share, means that continuing the
> run is just not feasible."
>
> Of course the big question remains of exactly how many Xbox hardware units
> are still available. "There are only two million units left and no more
> will be produced," continued our source. "There are 400,000 allocated for
> the whole of the European territory. After that there will be no more. It
> was confirmed to me that Microsoft has no plans to manufacture the
> original Xbox once the new console hits the market."
>
> However, Microsoft has indicated to key retailers that it plans to having
> around a million Xbox 360 hardware units available in time for Christmas
> of 2005, as reported by MCV last week and recently confirmed to SPOnG.
>
> Microsoft's official line on the matter is that the Xbox supply situation
> will improve, offering a six week wait-and-see window to retailers. Some
> cynics may argue that six weeks brings the welcome distraction of a
> 360-powered E3 show in Los Angeles. The Windows giant also claimed that
> manufacture of the original Xbox unit continues, although this
> end-of-cycle production run is likely to comprise the two million figure
> offered by our source today.
>
> We will bring you updates on this story if anything changes.
>
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| Khee Mao 2005-03-30, 8:13 pm |
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"shootemup" <shootemup@shooters.com> wrote in message
news:RKydnUb5_-ZquNbfRVn-qA@comcast.com...
quote:
>
>
>
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> Xbox pull confirmed at retail and by publishers
> Leaked info points towards complete withdrawal
> 30th Mar 2005
>
>
>
>
>
> Link to This Article http://news.spong.com/x?art=8507
>
>
>
> SPOnG has received emails that indicate a complete withdrawal of Xbox
> hardware in the coming months, with claims surfacing today of a total end
> to generation one Xbox production.
>
> According to senior sources within publishing, retailers are being
> instructed not to list Xbox hardware in their next catalogue publications.
> "They are telling us that they have reached their targets and want to
> clear the way for the next machine," we were told, with our source
> speaking under terms of anonymity. "It's reached the point where the
> amount of money they lose per unit, combined with the fact that they might
> well eat into their own [Xbox 360] market share, means that continuing the
> run is just not feasible."
>
> Of course the big question remains of exactly how many Xbox hardware units
> are still available. "There are only two million units left and no more
> will be produced," continued our source. "There are 400,000 allocated for
> the whole of the European territory. After that there will be no more. It
> was confirmed to me that Microsoft has no plans to manufacture the
> original Xbox once the new console hits the market."
>
> However, Microsoft has indicated to key retailers that it plans to having
> around a million Xbox 360 hardware units available in time for Christmas
> of 2005, as reported by MCV last week and recently confirmed to SPOnG.
>
> Microsoft's official line on the matter is that the Xbox supply situation
> will improve, offering a six week wait-and-see window to retailers. Some
> cynics may argue that six weeks brings the welcome distraction of a
> 360-powered E3 show in Los Angeles. The Windows giant also claimed that
> manufacture of the original Xbox unit continues, although this
> end-of-cycle production run is likely to comprise the two million figure
> offered by our source today.
>
> We will bring you updates on this story if anything changes.
>
should I take this as a confirmation of backwards compatability?
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| shootemup 2005-03-30, 8:13 pm |
| games will continue to be produced for Xbox1, naturally. and new games will
still come out. perhaps even for years to come, like with Dreamcast (there
are still DC games coming out even this year) but hardware production is
ending, if not massively massively drastically scaled back. If MS is
still producing Xbox consoles, were talking about a few thousand at most.
"Wild Man ^^" <selphj@gmail.com> wrote in message
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> Uh huh. And right after that, they plan to announce they will stop
> selling all the games too saying "Halo 2 wasn't really a big seller
> anyway, so why not just cut off sales for all that stuff at the same
> time."
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> "shootemup" <shootemup@shooters.com> wrote in message
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