SCEA: increase of 130 percent of PS3 hardware sales for holiday season

[Jordahn]

NJ5 said:

Jordahn said:

NJ5 said:

Jordahn said:

 

As a retailer, would you order something you didn't thing was worth the effort selling?  Bigger picture here...

Jordahn you're spinning the situation... Did anyone say the shipped PS3s would be on shelves forever? No one said it wasn't worth selling either. The point is that retailers can overestimate demand.

 

 

You're quick to accuse me of spin, but didn't accuse johnsobas of spinning when he said...

"who cares about shipped numbers, sold numbers are what sets trends and shows consumer demand..."

...by giving a negative spin of the shipped numbers.  Go figure.  Sorry, I give a realistic biger picture scenario.

I don't see anything wrong with that statement. The demand which matters most is the demand from customers, not retailers.

For example, I remember in holiday 2006 (if memeory serves me right) the 360 was drastically over-shipped... then in the next quarter, Microsoft couldn't ship almost anything. Without data from VGChartz / NPD / GfK / etc, you'd never know about it until three months later when the shipped figures come.

 

So you not seeing anything wrong with it makes you automatically correct???  And not everyone will see anything wrong with my statement.  But again... go figure.  Demand from customers are ultimately important so retailers have to estimate demand from previous experience.  So the reason why retailers order more PS3's is because more consumers are wanting it.  Makes perfect sence.  And yes, retailer can overestimate - anywhere from 100% (no sales) to 1% (almost all sales).  And SONY can report of increasing PS3 shipped demand because of increased retailer orders stemmed from increased consumer demand.  And I'll bet ya that the overestimating is closer to the 1% half.  So please stop spinning because you are not in favor of the PS3 and good news associated with it.