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

[NJ5]

Jordahn said:

NJ5 said:

Jordahn said:

 

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 the PS3 is increasing in 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.

No, I'm saying that I don't see any spin in johnsobas' statement, therefore I don't criticize him. You have yet to explain why johnsobas is spinning anything, when in fact his statement is proven in reality.

And please let's not pretend that me being in favor of the PS3 or not has anything to do with it. We're talking about objective things here, not opinions. Don't start pulling the "bias" card. Apparently you even agree with me.