| playnext3 said: ohh,i didn't now it thanxs....dude |
It might be helpful to look at Sony's numbers in terms of total installed base expected:
At the end of FY07, Sony stated that they had 5.5 million units sold and expected to sell 11 million in FY08. This means their target was 16.5 million total units for March 31, 2008.
At the end of Q1 FY08, Sony redefined what they meant by 'shipped'. This defined 1.9 million of their units from Q1 as not shipped, so this was the first time they lowered their overall forecast. Now, the forecast was for 14.6 million units total for March 31, 2008.
At the end of Q3 FY08, Sony further reduced their shipment numbers to 9.5 million for FY08. This reduces their expected LTD to 13.1 million units for March 31, 2008. Here's a table:
| Date | Forecast (change) | Mar31,08 LTD |
| April 07 | 11 million | 16.5 Million |
| July 07 | (-1.9 million) | 14.6 Million |
| Jan 08 | (-1.5 million) | 13.1 Million |
As you can see, Sony forecasted much more than they could possibly ship, and because of that they had to revise their numbers twice. The first revision, however, was a very sneaky revision -- redefine what we mean by 'shipped'. Effectively, they revised their previous shipped units from 5.5 million to 3.6 million, without going back and stating that explicitly.
Keep in mind that these are units sold to end users as most observers would note that there's no way in hell Sony will have 13.1 million units sold to end users by March 31st of this year. They're units shipped to retailers.
