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Yakuzaice on 05 December 2010
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Seece said:
LivingMetal said:
Seece said:
LivingMetal said:

Oh, sorry about that.  So using common sense, Microsoft overships, too.  Just not as much.  And given the context of the OP, Microsoft is shoving it down their throats as well.  Thanks for the clarification.

No? Shipping more units in Q4 will always happen for obvious reasons (again common sense)

The percentages speak for themselves ... it's amazing some people will argue something when it's staring them in the face ..

Using common sense (again), the OP complained that the Sony was stuffing the channels.  So since console makers will be shipping more units in the 4th quarter, the OP has to also clonclude that Microsoft is also stuffing channels as well.  Why I mentioned Microsoft, because YOU brought them up in the thread, first.  Gratiously, no one else did because it has nothing do to with this thread to avoid flamebait.  It's all common sense.  So calm down, and leave it alone.

Where is your proof MS is stuffing channels? Do you even know what that means? It doesn't mean simply shipping to stores and stocking up, it means OVER stocking.

Edit - If I just posted Sony shipment numbers and percentage increases on their own it wouldn't mean anything, you need to compare it to MS figures to see they are overstocking and have done for the last 2 years. And judging by the fact the outshipped MS last Q, they've done it again, and will be outshipped by MS this Q.

                       360                              PS3
Q4 2006       4.4                             
Q1 2007       0.5 (-88.6%)             

Q4 2007       4.3                               4.9
Q1 2008       1.3 (-69.8%)              2.2 (-55.1%)

Q4 2008       6.0                               4.5
Q1 2009       1.7 (-71.7%)              1.6 (-64.4%)

Q4 2009       5.2                               6.5
Q1 2010       1.5 (-71.2%)              2.2 (-66.2%)

Skipped the first holiday for both since they are both obviously outliers that wouldn't happen outside a launch period.

Anyways, I guess by your logic Microsoft always overships in calendar Q4 since they always have a sharper decline.

Also as for your original point, your data would show they stuff the channels from July to September.  How does that relate to the fact that the OP is getting too many PS3s now in December.