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 SEATTLE (AP) - Microsoft Corp. said Tuesday that it will significantly ramp up the availability of its Xbox 360 video-game consoles, following production problems that have made the popular game systems difficult to find on store shelves.
Beginning this week, the Redmond software maker said it would distribute two to three times as many Xbox 360 consoles to retailers each week than it did before. The uptick comes as the company has added a third manufacturer, Celestica Inc., and brought component supplies up to full production levels.
In late January, Microsoft conceded that it suffered some production woes after the game system's late November launch, forcing the company to reduce slightly its original sales forecast for the first 90 days after the console's launch.
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