Seece on 10 January 2012
| makingmusic476 said: Given Microsoft's shipped numbers, and the usual struggle to maintain stock during the holidays, it's likely we have undertracked the 360 at least somewhat, and it wouldn't be very hard at all to erase the rather small gap we have between it and the ps3, putting 360 in first for the year. So I'd say they're probably right, if not definitely right depending on what information they have. But I do wonder what information they're basing this on. They'd definitely know their own shipment figures and would at least have a rough estimate of sell through based on that, but how do they determine Sony and Nintendo's figures? Especially given the lack of tracking in areas like Southeast Asia, where a company like Sony has a relatively strong presence? Is it just shipped vs shipped? Sell through vs sell through? Is "worldwide" just a compilation of worldwide trackers, like NPD, Media-create, and Chart-track? I wish we could know more about these companies' internal methodology, but that'll probably never be the case. =( |
Earlier in the year MS claimed their goal for number 1 was sold to consumer not shipments.
I should also think shipment and financial info isn't top secret, I mean these companies obviously have moles in some sort of fashion.
Also (know you already covered it) but if they have 66.8 shipped or w/e that's like 9.2m shipped this Q, 300k less than what Sony expect for Q4 AND Q1. They might not even need Sony numbers to determine they're ahead.
