Sega-Sammy Q3 results UP: they shipped 1.1 million copies of Bayonneta

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DevilishSix said:

outlawauron said:

DevilishSix said:

Joystiq is reporting 1.1 mill SOLD for Bayonetta is Q3 ending 12/31, and thus would be Japan Only.  So, either SEGA is lying or VGChartz estimates of around 250,000 combined (PS3 & 360) sales for Japan are off.  Who is right here, well being in the financial sector as a career and knowing laws that govern reporting, I'm siding with SEGA and saying VGChartz is WAYYYYYY off on its Bayonetta sales estimates.  Good Day. 

 

Or just maybe you don't understand the concept of shipped vs. sold and the incompentant 'video game journalists' who also lack the knowledge.

Sorry to disagree but "Sales Units" = sold units for reporting purposes, there isn't an underlying meaning that means shipped when it comes to financial reporting.  No publisher consigns their inventory to retail, they sell to retail, I don't give a crap how many copies are in gamers hands and neither do publishers, they only care how many units sold TO retail  and thats whats reported on financial statements.

Just so you know, VGC tracks sellthrough, not shipped figures. You may not give a crap, and the financial reports may not give a crap, but there is a big distinction between the two, and it is possible that both Sega's financial numbers and VGC's sellthrough numbers are entirely correct.

One last point, I've been led to believe that publisher deals with retailers often do include clauses that reduce the publisher's income if the game doesn't sell through at full price. So if half of Bayonetta's shipment needs a $30 price cut to sell to consumers, Sega will see less money than if the whole shipment had cleared at full price.