Instead of trying to short the supply they are atleast exceeding demand. If you want a 360, they are going to be available. I wonder if Microsoft is holding back an ace from the E3 press conference. They must anticipate that getting FFXIII to the 360 is a huge sucess for Microsoft. Not to mention Square is releasing 2 exculisives for the 360. I wonder if that is planning on to drive sales.

Only time will tell.

"traditionally a peak sales period for game consoles."

I've come to this site once or twice in the past because every so often I'll see an article that interests me, but I don't know if the people writing these articles have any idea what they're banging on about. Summer is traditionally not a good time for console sales at all!

Also, wouldn't this article contradict the "Sony Drops PS3's Price - MS in Trouble" one? Sony lowered their forecast for PS3 shipments this year and yet the MS forecast seems to be on the upswing.

Go figure...it's not all doom and gloom!

Only reason they switching them the the benq drive is flashable to play burned games and this drive had fireware on chip cant be flashed jsut to stop piracy.