kowenicki said:
theprof00 said:
Darth Tigris said:
theprof00 said:
kowenicki said:
thats not microsofts decision....
you are talking nonsense.
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Except last time you were wondering how it could be possible for ms to be stocking so many consoles and then I retorted that MS could have shipped ot itself for the 99$ deal. Then you guys said "for one store?! You're out of your mind". Then suddenly all the major outlets carry the deal.
I said it would make sense for MS to overship based on a price drop, and it was denied. Meanwhile, it looks like all the major outlets are using this same pricing model. Will you ever admit that maybe outlets have too much stock and are trying to push them out?
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His point (if I understand it correctly) is that MS (along with Sony and Nintendo) ships what the retailers order, not whatever they want to ship. It's overshipping if the retail sales are far below sales expectations. And that overshipping should be compensated for by a decrease in orders/shipments in subsequent quarters.
OT: Sorry, but I'm awful at these predictions.
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I do agree that this time the shipments should be lower, but being above 600k does not prove our numbers are wrong, just that some people may (again) just not understand where they are or what they are doing there. Last time we got our answer, against the "facts" that were being "presented".
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no.. really... we didnt.
"Will you ever admit that maybe outlets have too much stock and are trying to push them out?" and yet they keep ordering them from MS? it simply doesnt make sense. a shipment anywhere near 1m is way too much for the numbers here to be correct, and yes... it really is that simple.
If the number is 700k or less then I am satisfied that we are in the ball park.
What is your prediction?
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It works like this:
store manager: "Okay, we have 150 PS3s, 120 Wiis and 300 360s - while the PS3 sells more on a weekly basis. We should be fine the next 45 days with PS3s and 90 days with 360s"
General manager: "Don't worry, I will call MS and order more 360s."
This is the logic spread here.
The word overshipping should be something that gets you banned. YOU CAN'T OVERSHIP. Thank you.
