Dead console walking?

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@Untamoi

Shipped is not the same as sold to consmuers. It is a standard practice within the industry to both stockpile and to stuff. In other words they are a poor indicator of true sales. In fact they are fairly worthless. I think Microsoft did a fairly good job a couple years ago of showing just how many consoles retailers will gladly take. Probably in no small part due to the fear that they will not have big ticket holiday items in stock. Better to be bloated then famished I suppose.

@Kzoellner

Speaking to the seventy percent figure. I think it is erroneous, or at least the understanding of what was said is erroneous. I think launch does not refer to the cost of console manufacture as of the time of the consoles retail launch, but as of the time production of the console launched. Which means the first consoles off the assembly line were probably running over $1300. Which I could believe, because Sony had early production issues. This is the only reasonable way that the comments from both Stringer and Oneda can be reconciled.

Otherwise one man or the other must be terribly wrong. Even the bizarre wisdom that a slim had a massive price reduction impact doesn't hold water. For the console to be on table to arrive in the next few months the console had to have begun production in late spring. Before Stringer made his comments. So we are left with a paradox one man must be wrong. So who's word shall we take.

In the end the lack of a clarification of the word launch is the simplest rational explanation. That doesn't involve some degree of deception. For me the math just isn't adding up with what we know, and what has been supported by previous statements.