The demand is higher at this point than people were expecting.

It's been a full five years since people have been able to get their hands on next-generation technology. So there's much more pent-up demand than [during] the release of the last generation's cycle.

It was a mutually beneficial learning experience. Although I was taking a lot out of the experience, the people I interacted with got a different perspective of what Americans were like. Having a white person stay with them was atypical for that culture. I was very warmly welcomed.

People will have to go to extreme measures to get an Xbox 360.

People are going to have to go to extreme measures to get an Xbox 360, ... From Microsoft's perspective, they would have liked to get out more units.

While Nintendo has experienced market share declines in the console and handheld industries, their moves are very important for third party publishers.