Well thanks for finally putting this up. I've already given my two cents of why it turned out that way (stuffing the market, something Sony has already been known to do with the PSP), and shown how holiday season usually shows more systems being shipped and stored in warehouses/stores than other quarters. Even showed a relation where MS did it way back in holidays 2006. But reason is not necessarily something they want, even if we and Sony are showing the same things.
And that goes for others who every time when new data comes in state how it must be changed right away or such and such. It's rude and it's annoying. Ioi is fully aware of outside data and doesn't need it cluttering the forums.
Thank you for this thread, as some of the more veteran members get tired of it as well.