Ioman
02-03-2003, 03:46 PM
http://www.designtechnica.com/article.php?sid=2699
Sales of Microsoft's Xbox video game console are likely to scrape the low end of current company forecasts, based on recent reports involving key component suppliers. US chipmaker Focus Enhancements, which last year signed a contract with Microsoft to become a secondary component supplier for the Xbox, said in a financial update statement released late last week that Microsoft has yet to order any chips. The Xbox is to use Focus' FS454 chip, which decodes video signals so they can be displayed on a TV screen.
In the statement, Brett Moyer, CEO of Focus, said: "Microsoft has informed us that although Xbox met its holiday season sales estimates, the unit sales were on the low end of Microsoft's forecasted range, reducing Microsoft's component procurement requirements in the first half of 2003. As a result, Focus Enhancements has been told by Microsoft not to anticipate purchases of the FS454 chips for Xbox in the first half of 2003."
I personally think that once there are more Xbox live games hitting the market, then sales of the Xbox will more than likely pick up. If anyone has compared Xbox live to PS2 online, you know how much better the Xbox live service is.
Sales of Microsoft's Xbox video game console are likely to scrape the low end of current company forecasts, based on recent reports involving key component suppliers. US chipmaker Focus Enhancements, which last year signed a contract with Microsoft to become a secondary component supplier for the Xbox, said in a financial update statement released late last week that Microsoft has yet to order any chips. The Xbox is to use Focus' FS454 chip, which decodes video signals so they can be displayed on a TV screen.
In the statement, Brett Moyer, CEO of Focus, said: "Microsoft has informed us that although Xbox met its holiday season sales estimates, the unit sales were on the low end of Microsoft's forecasted range, reducing Microsoft's component procurement requirements in the first half of 2003. As a result, Focus Enhancements has been told by Microsoft not to anticipate purchases of the FS454 chips for Xbox in the first half of 2003."
I personally think that once there are more Xbox live games hitting the market, then sales of the Xbox will more than likely pick up. If anyone has compared Xbox live to PS2 online, you know how much better the Xbox live service is.