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Is OP's theory plausible?

Yes 25 75.76%
 
No 8 24.24%
 
Total:33

They likely airlifted the last Christmas shipment just like Nintendo was doing for Wii in 2006 (normal boat shipping is cheaper but longer)



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9087 said:
A theory is not an explanation

Yes it is, what you mean to say is it's not necessarily what actually happened, but a theory can explain things.



other theory, another theory. all day see the amazon,s charts. Now a theory for xone...please...hahahha



DietSoap said:
9087 said:
A theory is not an explanation

Yes it is, what you mean to say is it's not necessarily what actually happened, but a theory can explain things.


i think it is a try to explain.until not proven right and verified by tests 



gergroy said:
9087 said:
bigjon said:
9087 said:
A theory is not an explanation


Yes it is. Evolution is a theory that explains our origins. This is a theory that explains massive shipments. Neither are proven and their plausibility is left up for interpretation.


The theory of evolution does not explain our origins. It's just a theory.

 

A theory is a theory. 

A theory does explain things, that is the nature of theories.  However, a theory is also not proven to be true... So the title of the thread is a bit misleading...

The nature of theory is well substantiated explanations. An explanation is a statement that makes something clear, kinda like a theory. Its not exactly the same but its also not completely different. I wouldn't call either of you wrong, but anyways...on with the topic.



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It's an hypothesis not a theory. A theory has been tested through collection of objective data and evidence, this suggestion has no data or evidence to back it up.

besides it's Xmas not Cmas, so that blows all credibility out the water.



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No you guy have it all wrong. Sony Just wanted to find a minute on Amazon where PS4 outsold the Xbox One's record for fastest selling minute



enrageorange said:
bigjon said:
9087 said:
A theory is not an explanation


Yes it is. Evolution is a theory that explains our origins. This is a theory that explains massive shipments. Neither are proven and their plausibility is left up for interpretation.

You can't compare your theory to the theory of evolution. I think some people in this thread don't know what a scientific theory is. For all intents and purposes evolution is a fact. It has been methodically proven over decades.

I think some people are confused over the fact that there are scientific theories and laws. Theories do not eventually become laws. A scientific law tells us what happens. A scientific theory tells us how and why something happens. There are laws of evolution that tell us what happens and the theory of evolution that explains why those laws happen.

Anyway while your idea sounds reasonable, it assumes constant sales throughout the thirteen hours. The ps4 is very supply constrained so it's first hour of sales are going to be much much greater, than its second hour, which will be greater than its third hour, and so on because people were initially worried it would sell out quick. It probably did have a very large shipment. But I don't think it will be anywhere near 26+ times as high as it would have sold sold in half an hour like you are assuming. 

Thankyou... I hope people using it incorrectly read this and never do that again. 

His idea is a hypothesis. Of which it's reasonable.



My explanation in one word...

DOMINATION



9087 said:
bigjon said:
9087 said:
A theory is not an explanation


Yes it is. Evolution is a theory that explains our origins. This is a theory that explains massive shipments. Neither are proven and their plausibility is left up for interpretation.


The theory of evolution does not explain our origins. It's just a theory.

 

A theory is a theory. 


Obviously, you know very little about theory, and how hard it is to come to that point in science. Einstein's relativity is a good example of this.