Can Sony Meet its 2009 Q1 Sales Goals? (Math Inside)

[Infamy79]

amirnetz said:

Infamy79 said:
Remember that "sale" for Sony counts as "sale to retailer" not "sale to consumer" so it's highly likely that they would have moved 10million by the end of March

 

 The difference between "shipped" and "sold" is the inventory held by the retailers. There is no reason to assume that the retail inventory of March 2008 will be lower than that of March 2009. Therefore, it is a wash.

What is important is how many units moved through the system and this means "sold to consumers".

 

I agree, but given it's going to be so close it will be easy for Sony to stuff the retail channel with 100-200k systems to ensure that they meet their targets. They can't be seen to fall short of yet another target.