"Xbox is absolutely on plan for our Nov. 8 release date here in North America, just as we announced at [gaming conference] E3," said David Hufford, marketing manager for Xbox. "We're still anticipating an allocation on that day of 600,000 to 800,000 units and 1 million to 1.5 million by the end of the year."
Market watchers have suggested that the firm would delay the console's launch based on Microsoft executives focusing on the Oct. 25 release date of its Windows XP operating system, reports The Street. Other rumors involved talk of a possible shortage of components to build the device.
Microsoft has strongly denied such reports, and Hufford said the company didn't anticipate any of the component-related shortages that Sony experienced last year with PlayStation 2.
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