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greenmedic88 on 20 February 2014
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GribbleGrunger said:
greenmedic88 said:
GribbleGrunger said:
greenmedic88 said:
Shipped versus sold to consumers.

This is something that VGC has been separating since they started and yet the site keeps seeing the same questions regarding the difference.

About 100k units in wholesale and retail supply channels worldwide confirms just how tight supplies are due to demand. That's between 2-3 days worth of inventory.

The 5.3 million number is NOT shipped, it's 'sold through'. If it was shipped, I wouldn't be asking the question.

Sony does not track units sold to consumer hands. When consoles leave the factory, they do so upon orders made from distributers. In other words sold to distributors.

VGC, on the other hand, counts unit being delivered from retail outlets to consumers. 

Jesus. When you are selling out everywhere, it's easy to keep track of what you are actually selling to customers.

Can you comprehend the concept that it takes a few days to transport inventory from the factory to distributors and then retail outlets?

Obviously, they're not transported instantaneously into stores and I hope no one is under the impression that factories only spit out inventory every 2-3 days.