360 to take a serious development hit next year?

http://www.gamesindustry.biz/content_page.php?aid=23789

Wistron, the Taiwanese device manufacturer currently producing Xbox 360 units for Microsoft, is likely to halt production of the console during 2008, according to a report in the Economic Daily News.

The company is likely to discontinue manufacturing of the console due to the decline in profits and because Microsoft has partnered with rival manufacturer Celistica, reports DigiTimes.

Production of the Xbox 360 currently accounts for around 10 per cent of Wistron's business and it is thought halting production will not have any serious impact on the company.

Now, I'm not one that usually gets involved in these arguments about which system 'pwns' the others and whatnot, but I still found this to be very, very interesting information. All issues about which system has better games/graphics/features/etc aside, I think it's pretty obvious that a games platform cannot succeed if it can't actually be MADE.

Of course, Microsoft no doubt still has the design for the 360 and can take it elsewhere, but it would still put them at a rather large disadvantage if this prediction is true, I'd imagine.

Your thoughts, people?

From what I can see is they are going to have some1 else take over the manufacturing...MS owns the patent to the manufacturing processes so they can have who ever they want make the chips, I don't see the problem??

Whoops, seems you guys are right, way for me to not read the article properly....boy is my face red right now :oops:

Might as well lock this thing then, there's not really much point to it. Though I have to agree with luvbeers, if Wistron IS the group making the faulty 360's, then this is actually good news for M$ and the 360 owners who have to send their console in for regular repairs, which I can imagine would be a pain. =/

Whoops, seems you guys are right, way for me to not read the article properly....boy is my face red right now :oops:

Might as well lock this thing then, there's not really much point to it. Though I have to agree with luvbeers, if Wistron IS the group making the faulty 360's, then this is actually good news for M$ and the 360 owners who have to send their console in for regular repairs, which I can imagine would be a pain. =/

Jagazaar