Microsoft Results FY2012 Qtr3. 1.4m shipped (67.2m)

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Noobie said:

Seece said:
1.4m it is then, really good. Last year was restocking the channel, all other previous years are in the 1.3 - 1.7m range, which suggests this Q is nothing out of the ordinary like so many expected.

Last 3 years are

2009 - 1.7 M

2010 - 1.5 M

2011 - 2.7 M

So range is highly erratic.. but i think it will be unfair to call it 1.3 to 1.7 M

Little disappointing in my view.. Its a big big fall from 2.7.. Should have been near 2 M if not above it.

Not sure if you paid much attention to last years sales, but the last two weeks of December there were 360 shortages all over the place, with the shipments not arriving till the Q1, it's obvious that that number would inflated, people seem to be forgetting that they had to ship more to compensate for the shortages last year. Whereas this year the number that they've shipped correlates with their usual shipments beforehand. Ignoring last year since it's an anomaly, 1.4m is an OK number, although probably around 150-200k of it is LE SW bundles, so that may make the number appear inflated, but with the popularity of that bundle.. I have no doubt that it will be sold out by Q2 most likely, even the GOW/MW3 bundles sell out, and they don't look anywhere as sexy or have such a wide appeal.