| Katilian said: While the sites might not track them, I'd assume the companies would include them in their "Sold to Retail" figures, since they are after the biggest numbers possible. Not saying the numbers shouldn't be adjusted, but when it comes to figuring it all out, this needs to be considered (Yes I am aware any Q3 figures don't include all of these, if any). On a side note, I think this shows how overpriced consoles are in Australia (AU$700 for the 40gig PS3 here, which is 1/4 of the cost of the TV). |
Either that or mark them off as promotional losses. It's hard to say because it's not like a "point of purchase" transaction that would count.
The reason Chartrack doesn't track it isn't because it's free like Ephraim says. It's the way Sony did it that chartrack doesn't count it.
It was an online redemption program.
If it was a on purchase free PS3 it would of been counted by charttrack. (Aka you buy the PS3 and TV together, get the PS3 free.)
The only reason it wasn't counted is because it was sent through the mail.
Since this never was sold to retail you wonder. My guess is they'd count each PS3 sold as a "Sale" for full price to the Entertainment branch from the game branch.
So it probably was part of their financial report boosting up their PS3 sales by 28,000
