MS predicts 25 million sold (through to customer) by end of November.

[darthdevidem01]

DKII said:

darthdevidem01 said:
@freebird4

no it isn;t

"Mount says that by the end of this month, Microsoft predicts Xbox 360's global installed base will reach 25 million units, surpassing that of the first Xbox."

Same thing happened last year with ps3 as a previous person mentioned. where it had said "install base" it had obviously meant shipped.

The article doesn't specify through to consumers anywhere....if CAPS means I am angry then you are wrong...I use a LOT of CAPS..just like that

 

Installed base means number of consoles at home and plugged in/useable. Generally it's interchangeable with sell-through to consumers that we track. Late in the console's life of course it goes down as systems break and get thrown out/sold off/what have you. Now marketing types may misuse the term to mean whatever number they're trying to spin, but that doesn't change what it actually means. Since all we're given here is an indirect quote, it could mean just about anything, but they aren't likely to refer to worldwide shipments in the middle of a quarter like that. It's likely just a rough internal estimate.

ok