CES: New manufacturer to address 360 shortage

by Jennie Lees on Jan 5th 2006 10:00AM

One interesting snippet to come out of Microsoft's CES keynote is the addition of a third manufacturing partner--Celestica will join Flextronics and Wiston manufacturing 360s. Hopefully this will help the shortage somewhat.

Microsoft's Peter Moore also said that 50 games will be available for the 360 by June, giving a glimpse of the 360's plans for dominance.

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Reader Comments (3)

I know there has been a shortage of Xbox 360 systems here in the U.S. (I barely got my "premium" system on launch and I pre-ordered in MAY!). So I'm glad Microsoft will be beefing up production by adding an additional manufacturer. But I belive the shortage is limited to JUST the United States. If I'm not mistaken, the Japanese have yet to deplete their initial allotment! Wasn't their launch date around the same time as ours?! This is depressing news as the Japanese are not warming up to Microsoft's new box (like the original Xbox). What will this mean for U.S. 360 gamers? Little Japanese support means we'll never see TEKKEN 360, VIRTUA FIGHTER 360, DRAGON QUEST 360, and a plethora of "could've been" Japanese titles to hit our console. Looks like we'll still need that PS3 after all.

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I know there has been a shortage of Xbox 360 systems here in the U.S. (I barely got my "premium" system on launch and I pre-ordered in MAY!). So I'm glad Microsoft will be beefing up production by adding an additional manufacturer. But I belive the shortage is limited to JUST the United States. If I'm not mistaken, the Japanese have yet to deplete their initial allotment! Wasn't their launch date around the same time as ours?! This is depressing news as the Japanese are not warming up to Microsoft's new box (like the original Xbox). What will this mean for U.S. 360 gamers? Little Japanese support means we'll never see TEKKEN 360, VIRTUA FIGHTER 360, DRAGON QUEST 360, and a plethora of "could've been" Japanese titles to hit our console. Looks like we'll still need that PS3 after all.

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Theres shortages here in UK too. Also i want one of those factory suits, they are cooooool.

Shortages in the Netherlands seem mostly resolved, was problematic until Christmas but now you should be able to find one in shops here if you try hard on shipping days.