savisn on 15 February 2013
I don't think this article is even close on tie ratio. As of the quarterly report the tie ratio from Nintendo was 3.82. That number comes from Nintedos reported 3.08 million consoles and 11.69 pieces of software sold so presumably includes sales to distributors.
However even if you assume he's talking retail tie ratio, there is no way there is that much product on shelves of retailers to change the tie ratio all the way down to 2.0 as Patcher states. That would imply that for the 2.5 million or so consoles sold at retail there are 5 million pieces of software sold leaving 6.69 million in retailers/distributors inventory. No way in hell. I think that guy needs to take some math classes or find a new job.
