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The Xbox 360 began production only 69 days before launch, on September 14, 2005,<ref name="bottleneck">{{cite web |url=https://money.cnn.com/2006/07/05/commentary/column_gaming/index.htm?section=money_latest |title=Nintendo's Wii may get early launch |access-date=March 23, 2009 |last=Morris |first=Chris |date=July 5, 2006 |website=CNN Money |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090213065641/http://money.cnn.com/2006/07/05/commentary/column_gaming/index.htm?section=money_latest |archive-date=February 13, 2009 |url-status=live |df=mdy-all }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.gamespot.com/news/6235933.html |title=Microsoft cooking 360 figures? |date=April 16, 2007 |access-date=July 26, 2008 |website=[[GameSpot]] |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100111180230/http://www.gamespot.com/news/6235933.html |archive-date=January 11, 2010 }}</ref> and Microsoft was not able to supply enough systems to meet initial consumer demand in Europe or North America, selling out completely [[Xbox 360 launch|upon release]] in all regions except in Japan.<ref name="Shortages spoil Xbox 360 launch">{{cite news |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/4462744.stm |title=Shortages spoil Xbox 360 launch |work=BBC News |date=November 23, 2005 |access-date=December 31, 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091117185708/http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/4462744.stm |archive-date=November 17, 2009 |url-status=live |df=mdy-all }}</ref><ref name="Xbox 360 Launch Takes Europe by Storm">{{cite web|url=http://www.xbox365.com/news.cgi?id=GGPPLLiddi12060836 |title=Xbox 360 Launch Takes Europe by Storm |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070810190504/http://www.xbox365.com/news.cgi?id=GGPPLLiddi12060836 |archive-date=August 10, 2007 }}</ref><ref name="Retailers Sell Out of Initial Xbox 360 Shipments">{{cite web|url=http://www.tgdaily.com/content/view/21759/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080106182754/http://www.tgdaily.com/content/view/21759/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=January 6, 2008 |title=Retailers Sell Out of Initial Xbox 360 Shipments |access-date=October 14, 2008 }}</ref><ref name="bbc-soldout">{{cite news |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/4491804.stm |title=Xbox 360 sells out within hours |access-date=July 26, 2008 |date=December 2, 2005 |publisher=BBC |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090115214837/http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/4491804.stm |archive-date=January 15, 2009 |url-status=live |df=mdy-all }}</ref> Forty thousand units were offered for sale on auction site [[eBay]] during the initial week of release, 10% of the total supply.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.next-gen.biz/news/40000-xbox-360s-sold-ebay |title=40,000 Xbox 360s Sold on eBay |access-date=July 26, 2008 |last=Svensson |first=Christian |date=December 2, 2005 |publisher=Future Network USA |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110701091716/http://www.next-gen.biz/news/40000-xbox-360s-sold-ebay |archive-date=July 1, 2011 }}</ref> By year's end, Microsoft had shipped 1.5 million units, including 900,000 in North America, 500,000 in Europe, and 100,000 in Japan.<ref>{{cite press release |url=http://www.microsoft.com/msft/download/FY06/MSFTQ2_06.ppt#14 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060225181443/http://www.microsoft.com/msft/download/FY06/MSFTQ2_06.ppt#14 |archive-date=February 25, 2006 |title=Microsoft FY2006 Quarter 2 report |access-date=July 26, 2008 |date=January 26, 2006 |format=Powerpoint |publisher=Microsoft}}</ref>
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