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Intrinsic on 16 November 2017
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zorg1000 said:
Intrinsic said:

Again... as I have said before. You are RIGHT. But that ONLY applies to consoles that aren't limited by stock to begin with.

It doesn't matter how much more consoles a manufacturer wants to provide for december if they simply can't. They all try and meet demand as quickly as possible and as cost effectively as possible. Thats why shortly after launch you see things like air freighting hardware.

Explain this though, did the NS sales drop the nxt month compared to the first month? If it did, can we call that a drop if it was still out of stock everywhere for the next 4 months that followed said drop? Is it safe to say that its drop wasn't tied to the launch window but instead to the availability of stock?

No its true for consoles with limited stock as well. Here is NPD data.

PS4 Nov 2013-1.14m

PS4 Dec 2013-860k

 

Wii Nov 2006-470k

Wii Dec 2006-600k

 

360 Nov 2005-320k

360 Dec 2005-280k

I'm lost..... so all that data suggest what exactly? 

The consoles had limited stock? Cause  what I am seeing is a drop in all those consoles second month. I don't see how that refutes my claim.... they still sold all the stock they had available. They just had less stock the following month than the month prior. With exception to the Wii (and there is a reason why things like that happens too). They sold what they made..... so the drop in those cases are related to the availability of stock. Not because of a launch window.

It only applies to consoles that aren't limited by stock. Here's an example. Take the XB1 for instance. In december 2013 it wasn't stock starved like the PS4. It still sold well, but in its case only cause it was released in the holiday window. Lots of presents being bought. If it was just as successful as the PS4, then it would have ben stock starved too. And it wouldn't have mattered if it was in the holidays or not.

Lets just leave this alone though. At this point theer is no need to continue. I believe we have all put our cards on the table, everyone will believe what they wanna believe.

Its possible though that you didn't quite understand what I was saying. Especially if you are referring to the part I bolded.

Last edited by Intrinsic - on 16 November 2017