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Seece on 28 January 2011
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postofficebuddy said:
Seece said:
jneul said:

so bs sales figures for the 360 in the america saved it, does not vgc ever learn it was way overtracked after we got shipment figures, vgc you need to get your act together

Talk about sour grapes. Whatever MS ship they're close to sold, they airshipped in supply from JAN AND FEB, stock that wasn't even included in that 6.3 shipped figure. In a bizzare case it's actually possible for ms to have sold more than they have shipped (as of last Q) due to there being more consoles out there by Dec 31st, than the 50.8 figure would have you believe. Just to reiterate, they had stock from Q1 this year put into Q4 last year and it wasn't part of the 6.3, get it?

Even so, they're 400k behind their 50.8 figure, which is realistic when there was limited stock in U.S (it's main selling region)

You need to get YOUR act together.


Actually if you want to get technical it's 360k units in the channel. And I don't think you understand exactly how minuscule an amount that is.  I think this should help illuminate some things.

http://gamrconnect.vgchartz.com/post.php?id=3558302

Look at the Wii back in 2007 and 2008 when it was pulling mind-boggling numbers and was in almost never-ending short supply. With the exception of the launch, which is understandable since that happens with pretty much all consoles immediately after launch, there was always a fair amount of stock in the channel. After a console has been on the market for a bit it's pretty much impossible for stock to fall below a certain level since there will always be a fair amount that has left factories but has yet to reach retailer warehouses or shelves. This is also why I knew we had to have been overtracking the DS after the April-September quarters because the amount of stock that we showed it having would have represented a state of pretty much constant worldwide sell-out.

It's more than 360k stock in the channel though, because they airshipped in stock (something Nintendo never did so it's different) so for all we know they took 500k from Q1 and added it to Q4.

We don't know the exact numbers, so this is just you (again) shouting "360 overtracked" using whatever means you can (that's usually stretched as far as you can stretch it.)