Debunking a VGC myth: PS3 needs more stock because it ships to more countries

[Troll_Whisperer]

miz1q2w3e said:

Troll_Whisperer said:

If someone comes to a shop with 2 console and they suddenly ask for 2 consoles, the stock will be 0, right?

Again, some shops will be above average and some below, but the average will remain the same. The stores get the consoles from warehouses, Sony ships to these warehouses, not the individual shops. In any case the average per shop will be the same.

Some shops will ask for the 1 year shipment and the stock will spike, but at the same time some shops will not ask for any units for months because they already asked for their 1-year shipment 11 months ago, so in their case stock will be below average (0 units needed) and will bring the average on par.

It's a matter of statistics.

lolololo @the bolded the way you post sometimes... XD

Anyways, yes the average will remain the same, but average doesn't matter when numbers become small scale, buffer stock will always be disproportionately high in comparison to units sold in this case

daveJ's example was more than enough imo, I can't explain it any simpler for you

A shop won't ask for 200 consoles if it sells 2 per month, it's financial suicide. I may ask for 10. But then, 10 more stores will have 2-3 and will not have asked for stock for months. They're not going to try and keep an amouth of stock that's good for a year constantly.

What you're saying is that all small stores keep a constant stock of several months in case there is a sudden spike in demand. Again, it doesn't work like that. If you sell 2 a month you're not gonna order more every time you have less than 100 consoles in stock.

And BTW, if you run out of consoles, you run out of consoles. It happens in many stores in the West. I don't know why you think that it's going to work different elsewhere, you need units for a certain amount of time.

I don't know why you have a problem with this, but it's very simple. The average demand of the whole market is going to be enough for the same amount of time as in other markets.

Also, sor some reason, you're assuming this doesn't happen in markets where X360 sells, which is simply not true, because there are a lot of remote towns in these two.

As you would say, I can't explain it any simpler for you.

Edit: and, oh, I don't know why you say the average doesn't matter, It's all about the average. What happens in a few select stores in the country doesn't matter. It's the whole number that counts when evaluating how much stock there is in a country and whether it is above what other countries have percentage-wise.