amirnetz on 24 November 2008
| darconi said: Or they rounded the numbers in their press release... |
They cannot round it up. It is a illegal for a company inflate its business results in public statements. People can go to jail for doing something like that (see Enron).
Remember - this information may used as input for financial analysts and investment brokers as part of their assessment of the Microsoft business. Investment Buy/Sell decision are made based on these inputs. This is why no one will play with these numbers. What Microsoft (and Sony and Nintendo) report in public statements is pretty much exactly what they have in their books.
Prediction made on 11/1/2008:
Q4 2008: 27M xbox LTD, 20M PS3 LTD . 2009 sales: 11M xbox, 9M PS3
