This is the biggest problem facing VG Chartz

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drkohler said:

DonWii said:
^Thats funny. Anyway

Sony is a genius. No one was believing their shipped figures,

You are a bit dense, are you, despite the fact that you yourself quote the picture trying to explain the difference between shipped, sold and sold _to_end_user? Let me assure you that _everybody_ believes Sony's shipped figures in previous financial reports. You don't seem to understand the legal ramifications of false statements in a financial report. Nonethless, it is difficult to estimate the number of units Sony shipped in the first quarter, but a guess of 0.5-1M units seems reasonable by reading between the lines of the first quarter report.

 

I believe DonWii meant that no one was mistaking their 'shipped to warehouse' figures for 'sold to consumers', and the difference was embarrassing for Sony, so they changed to 'sold to retailers' which is a much closer number and can be mistaken by the media for 'sold to consumers'.

Personally I think  it was more to do with embarrassment then any intention to actually mislead (within the law)...then again PR (read Spin) is a major part of Business.