Gamers bemoaning the North American and European shortages of consoles may soon have less to moan about, with big-cheese promising an end to supply problems in the near-future. "Within the next four to six weeks, anybody will be able to walk into a store and buy an Xbox 360," the man promised at the resent DICE gaming convention. Next-Gen reported Moore's promise, in which he also revealed that component shortages were responsible for the stock issues, a pitfall that MS chiefs conceded was possible even before launch.

Depsite the chronic shortages then, Moore stated that a simultaneous worldwide launch was the right thing to do, and had been a success. "It's what we needed to do to bring next-gen gaming to a global audience. There have been short-term shortages, but we're driving a clear advantage as we go forward," he reportedly told the conference. Moore even stated that Microsoft are building the 'business model of the future', which would prove Redmond's now the component shortages are resolved.

Moore also announced that 54% of Xbox 360 purchasers had so far used the service, whilst the had so far provided more than two-million game downloads. Moore drew particular attention to the success being enjoyed by Geometry Wars, with 34% of demo downloaders paying for the whole game, advocating Microsoft's attempts to drag "gaming into the era" apparently. More soon.

By Luke Guttridge

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  1. David Howser--CEO Unregistered 3 years ago

    its a box....big deal...i hear the phantom will take over online gaming as we know it and with attractive pricing on shares....its a steal for now