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superchunk on 23 July 2008
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azrm2k said:
superchunk said:

2. For all non-currently selling systems, basic logic would dictate that those shipped figures must be equal to sold figures after a year.

 

Actually that's not neccessarily true.  I remember back when the Wii was passing N64 in Japan first we heard that it passed N64 sales.  Then it passed N64 shipments. 

It seemed odd but somebody else explained that a bunch of N64s that never sold were tossed.  Can Source or somebody more familiar with the matter clarify or just tell me i'm remembering a weird dream and it never happened?

Sorry, but retailers don't toss items like this. They sale them at massive discounts. I worked over 10 years in Sears, Circuit City, and Home Depot. Nothing working ever gets tossed. It always has some value.

@anubis679 - I was never considering the machines that are still available. Notice I mentioned that those numbers should be 100% after a year or so since the last fiscal update. Since that one is March of 2007 and the Genesis has been gone for 10+ years, I'm sure it is correct.