20 million PS2 on store shelves out there?

[Louie]

FilaBrasileiro said:

DKII said:
And yes there's a lot of PSPs on shelves, small handheld boxes get set at higher stock levels. If the DS wasn't selling so fast that it couldn't build up a huge inventory you'd see similar there as well.

3.5 million? I'm skeptical.

Here's a link from someone who send me a PM
http://www.scei.co.jp/corporate/data/bizdataps2_e.html
Basically, through Mar '07 (when FY 06 ends) PS2 shipments = 117.89FY 07 = 13.73Q1FY 08 = 1.51Total shipped (as of June 30th) = 133.13

 

 

 

That´s completely in line with our numbers. 3.5 million is a worldwide number and the PSP is seeing roughly the same amount of sales in each territory. That means there are about 1 million consoles in stock in each major maket which isn´t even that much. You know what the word stockpiling means? Sony won´t raise PSP production by 300% in November / December because that´s nearly impossible. Therefore retailers need a good amount of stock to be able to satisfy Christmas demand. That´s why there is so much stock. The same applies for most other consoles as well.