| thismeintiel said: At launch, maybe. In 2007, possible for the first quarter or so, but after that retailers will adjust how many they order. In 2013, hell no. By then, retailers know what to expect from the consoles, so know how much to order. In truth, I think the only one we have seen stuff the channels, and therefore put a greater supply in stores and warehouses than there needs to be, was MS early in the gen. They purposefully put extra stock so they would be the first to reach 10M, and therefore "win." |
Before you embarass yourself further, I urge you to backtrack through this thread , right to where I was mentioning confusion amongst new members and VGC figures in...you guess it.....2007.
Who the hell is talking about 2013? I take it you pulled that year out of your arse for some reason, right?
This is gold....they "purposefully put extra stock...." ......yeah? Where, exactly? Care to complete that first part of the sentence? Did Microsoft rock up at stores with boxes of consoles and force them to take them? You do realised that "shipped" figures only apply once the consoles have been.....shipped, right? If there's a discrepancy between the shipped and sold figures, then you might be on to something, but if Microsoft is packing their own warehouses with stock (ie not "shipped"), then you're only clutching at straws...
To add to this, I never saw many misleading figures investors to cover up the fact that they fucked up (see: Shipped numbers on investment reports, "Total PlayStation family shipped" figures to make the dismal PS3 figures look better). It's easy to tell when a fuckup is being sugarcoated in the business/investment world.
