It comes down to platform 'excellence'. What I mean is when Spider-Man (the game) launches on all three consoles on the same day, that it looks better or plays better on one of them than it does on the others. |
The network allows them to do worldwide testing without running into hacker attacks. |
We believe that many reasonable investors will look at yesterday's news and wonder if all the bad news is out. |
We heard commentary from several retailers that is consistent with what we have heard from industry contacts over the past six weeks: Inventory is expected to flow better in late February, and by late March inventory levels should be consistently filled. |
We surveyed 125 retailers late last week, and 21 percent had at least one Xbox 360 Core ($299 version) console in stock. Most also reported receiving shipments last week and are now seeing a relatively steady flow after stock-outs abounded for most of December and January. |