Because no videogame company knows how many units actual gamers bought.

Look at Vgcharts numbers for the same week for Wii, 360, PS3 - the numbers are all below shipped numbers, because shipped numbers are the maximum that can be sold.

The faster the console sells to actual gamers the more shipments stores order, because they get a small cut of money on selling the system. That is why Wii sales are so close to shipment numbers - since the sales volume is great and demand is so high shipments remain similar, but slightly higher than sell through.

So basically you are saying The Source that an enthusiast website knows more so then the company that manufactures and sells a product exactly what it's sales numbers are?

I'm calling shenanigans.

Read Sony's financial statement guys. It says that Sony is now reporting units sold. The 5.5 million unit total came when Sony was saying how many PS3s were made to try to explain their huge loss in the gaming division, while also trying to meet their shipment goal of 6 million. The same report also says Sony had only sold 3.57 million units through March.

Doesn't it seem odd to you that only 4.28 million PS3s were sold to retailers through June 30 if 5.5 million were sold on March 31? It is a different system now.

5.5 million were made. Of those, 3.6 million made it to retail. Now, 3 months later, another 700,000 units made it to retail.

Again, don't trust an article that can't add 3.57 + .71

I don't think the 5.5 million needs to be changed - for all we know Sony hasn't made a PS3 since March 31. I mean they are trying to get rid of the current model of PS3 for the new model - so that number is accurate.

Sony is not lying here. They changed their system because Sony needed people to realize they are still selling units even though they likely stopped making new 60 gig units - which would have made it seem as if PS3 has stopped selling - which it obviously has not.

Read Sony's financial statement guys. It says that Sony is now reporting units sold. The 5.5 million unit total came when Sony was saying how many PS3s were made to try to explain their huge loss in the gaming division, while also trying to meet their shipment goal of 6 million. The same report also says Sony had only sold 3.57 million units through March.

Doesn't it seem odd to you that only 4.28 million PS3s were sold to retailers through June 30 if 5.5 million were sold on March 31? It is a different system now.

5.5 million were made. Of those, 3.6 million made it to retail. Now, 3 months later, another 700,000 units made it to retail.

Again, don't trust an article that can't add 3.57 + .71

I don't think the 5.5 million needs to be changed - for all we know Sony hasn't made a PS3 since March 31. I mean they are trying to get rid of the current model of PS3 for the new model - so that number is accurate.

Sony is not lying here. They changed their system because Sony needed people to realize they are still selling units even though they likely stopped making new 60 gig units - which would have made it seem as if PS3 has stopped selling - which it obviously has not.