| Fumanchu said: I haven't seen it suggested here yet, but I'm wondering if all the Sony LCD TV PS3 promotions could account for some slight miss representation of unit sales? I don't know how well the usual trackers adjust their sources for such cross-promotional deals with different retailers, it must be a nightmare to factor. I've also seen it suggested that as these reported quarters end June 30, that there's a possibility that the 360S shipments for European markets may not be included. This could also explain the difference. |
The site owner always had problems including the various Australian Bravia promotions. I think we are past the fourth promotion down under and I think the first 40'000 PS3 went into the statistics eventually. There are probably around 60-80'000 Aussie freebies not counted in the statistics.
As for the "overshipping" argument that seems to be the favourite explanation by certain members to the 1mio gap, there is a very simple number disproving this. 1mio PS3 in Sony warehouses must show up in the fy report in the "inventory" row. It doesn't. Inventory increased marginally - very likely some of it due to around 500'000(?) Move gadgets ready for distribution in the near future. In the end I think the PS3 cousl be undertracked by a few 100'000 units. As Mike B already has shown, software numbers are roughly equal between XBox and PS3 and this is what Software companies are interested in, and not whether a perceived gap is 5 or 4 or 3 mio units.
If you look at the back of a 360s, you can deocde when it was manufactured, on the silver label stuck to the bottom somewhere. It usually takes 6-8 weeks from manufacturing date to the shop. Anything sold in early July was manufactured long before June 30.
