ioi I have a question...Whats the World Hardware Section for??

[Takashii360]

To make my question a little clear...In the World Section..when you click Hardware you have a section that shows shipments...Whats this for??

 

Console Maker Date Japan Americas PAL Total Nintendo Mar-2007 4.50 / 16.02 4.23 / 11.74 4.73 / 12.52 13.46 / 40.28 Sony Mar-2007 1.43 / 25.42 2.82 / 47.68 2.39 / 44.79 6.64 / 117.89 Nintendo Mar-2007 2.00 / 2.00 2.37 / 2.37 1.47 / 1.47 5.84 / 5.84 Sony Mar-2007 1.26 / 1.26 2.62 / 2.62 1.62 / 1.62 5.50 / 5.50 Microsoft Mar-2007 0.19 / 0.39 3.34 / 6.96 1.42 / 3.61 4.93 / 10.94 Nintendo Mar-2007 0.04 / 16.66 2.00 / 41.10 0.66 / 21.71 2.70 / 79.47 Sony Mar-2007 1.55 / 6.92 0.01 / 9.58 0.89 / 8.89 2.45 / 25.39 Nintendo Mar-2007 0.00 / 4.02 0.37 / 12.81 0.01 / 4.76 0.38 / 21.59 Microsoft Mar-2007 0.00 / 0.53 0.08 / 16.42 0.03 / 7.81 0.11 / 24.76 Nintendo Mar-2007 0.00 / 32.47 0.00 / 44.06 0.00 / 42.16 0.00 / 118.69 Sony Mar-2007 0.00 / 21.59 0.00 / 40.78 0.00 / 40.12 0.00 / 102.49 Nintendo Mar-2007 0.00 / 19.23 0.00 / 34.00 0.00 / 8.56 0.00 / 61.79 Nintendo Mar-2007 0.00 / 17.15 0.00 / 23.35 0.00 / 8.58 0.00 / 49.08 Nintendo Mar-2007 0.00 / 5.55 0.00 / 20.63 0.00 / 6.75 0.00 / 32.93 Sega Mar-2007 0.00 / 3.59 0.00 / 17.80 0.00 / 9.36 0.00 / 30.75 Sega Mar-2007 0.00 / 1.79 0.00 / 5.54 0.00 / 3.34 0.00 / 10.67 Sega Mar-2007 0.00 / 2.32 0.00 / 4.60 0.00 / 2.21 0.00 / 9.13 Sega Mar-2007 0.00 / 5.74 0.00 / 1.87 0.00 / 1.15 0.00 / 8.82 NEC Mar-2007 0.00 / 3.92 0.00 / 0.00 0.00 / 0.00 0.00 / 3.92 Sega Mar-2007 0.00 / 0.40 0.00 / 1.45 0.00 / 0.39 0.00 / 2.24 NEC Mar-2007 0.00 / 1.92 0.00 / 0.00 0.00 / 0.00 0.00 / 1.92 3DO Mar-2007 0.00 / 0.72 0.00 / 0.54 0.00 / 0.09 0.00 / 1.35 NEC Mar-2007 0.00 / 0.40 0.00 / 0.00 0.00 / 0.00 0.00 / 0.40

All figures are in millions of units sold. The first figure in each region (italics) shows the fiscal sales in the 6 months since the last reporting date and the second figure shows the LTD (life to date) sales