Strategically holding back production on some games has created more time for Ubisoft to develop new products.
The only thing holding back production of Canada's oil sands are environmental concerns.
Moreover, in some commodities, particularly those that are mined or pumped, producers can reduce supply simply by holding back production.
The manufacturing employers' group EEF warned many firms were holding back production and investment while customers at home and abroad remained "jittery".
Prices have also moved higher because of worries that a legal dispute involving the Unocal Corporation's patents for certain reformulated gas is holding back production at some refineries.
It was also hit by supply constraints, as shortages of components held back production of the credit card-sized Raspberry Pi, which costs about £20 and is designed to get young people interested in computer programming.
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However, said analyst Charles T. Maxwell of Cyrus J. Lawrence Inc. in New York, "Norway has the means to intervene and stop the strike". "They were just looking for a good excuse to shut those fields," he said, which would serve the dual purpose of giving the unions a slap and holding back production while prices are so low.
Meanwhile, hopes were raised last week that Russia and Saudi Arabia may agree at a meeting next month to hold back oil production in an attempt to push up energy prices.
To increase its oil revenue and support a growing population and a generous welfare state, Saudi Arabia has chosen to hold back some production and let the price of oil rise, said Leonidas F. Drollas, chief economist with the Center for Global Energy Studies, a London consulting business.
