Microsoft will increase its supplies of next-gen gaming console the Xbox 360 to suppliers by two to three times this week.
Apparent production or shipment problems have meant that many potential customers have been unable to source any highly anticipated consoles, but this should soon end following this announcement.
Microsoft had been accused by some of deliberately creating a false demand situation by slowing shipments although this has been strongly rebuked by the giants from Redmond.
The console launched in November 2005 and analysts estimated only 1.3m units shipped worldwide by the end of 2005 and predicted Microsoft would miss its target of 3m units shipped by the end of last month.
Microsoft has fallen back to a target of 4.5m to 5.5m units to be shipped by its fiscal year-end in June, a figure that looks achievable now that component shortages have been resolved.
Games publishers have apparently held off distributing a number of highly anticipated games until they feel that there is a large enough installed user base.
The Xbox 360 will have a lead of a year over rival PlayStation 3, after Sony said last week its console was being delayed until at least November.