thismeintiel said:
Do you actually have a link that proves that MS only counts it as a sale when a product arrives at the store? Because I really doubt that. Most likely, as with most companies, it is either when they get the order in or when they actually ship off the product to retailers. I know for a fact that Sony changed its reporting methods in '06/'07 from counting units sold as units shipped from factories to their warehouses, to "recorded sales." Now, I don't know if that means when a retailer puts an order in or when they actually ship it to the retailer. Either way, it's a definite sale to retailer. http://www.sony.net/SonyInfo/IR/financial/fr/07q2_sony.pdf The info for their new method of reporting is found on page 4, under Game. |
I looked for a link, honest, but I couldn't find it. All I have on hand is experience at comparing VGchartz to MS financials and the same for Sony.
I remember reading that actually, its a good refresher. I remember someone from MS telling me, though as it stands Sony = orders, Microsoft = fulfilled orders. They only count as shipments to Microsoft when they are on their way or have already arrived. Whereas Sony can have orders and a discrepency with retail between shipped/sold with no actual product on the shelves.
From what I remember of accounting a few years back both are kosher methods. There are actually a variety of ways they used to measure things like this which I have forgotten. ooops. :-o
Tease.