The Last of Us outpacing Uncharted 3

[Jaywood2010]

nnodley said:

JayWood2010 said:

Well we don't know how much X360 or Ps3 has sold either.  Once again we just know the shipped numbers.  Companies dont give out numbers that retailers has sold.  They give numbers that they have sold to retailers.  Vgchartz is trying to show numbers that retailers has sold.  

Ill use the most recend Tomb Raider as an example.  It has shipped i think 3.4m so far?  But it has only sold around 1.5m.  There is still another 2m in stores waiting to be sold.

That much I know. And I know people estimate that there is usually around 1.5 million (give or take) consoles sitting on shelves, which then given the shipment numbers we are given we should be able to estimate and be pretty close to actual sold to consumer numbers.  

The way I look at it is it is a bunch of rabbid fans making guesses.  I would tust a source that is actually using data like vgchartz instead of random fans guessing.  That is just my opinion though.  

It all comes down to  how muc retailers have faith in the product and how much the company thinks they can sell within a time limit.  If Sony thinks they can sell 5 million Ps3's in a qaurter they will ship 5 million PS3s.  Doesnt guarnantee that the retailer sells them all though.