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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Well, have any new markets opened up?
There's a lot of things I'm not considering here.
Does MS and its distributors use a tiered bulk purchasing metric as most computer hardware companies do?
New markets? PRice drops in other markets?
Basically, is there anything we aren't considering? Otherwise I'd say in the range of 700-850k.
Anyway, kind of an off-topic question. Why is it you never make predictions about other consoles, or when you do, are always off, but when you make predictions about 360 you're always accurate? :D
