Sony's Q3 FY2013 Earnings (Stock UP 5%; Profit Beats Forecasts; 7.8m PS4+PS3; 2m Vita+PSP)

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Lafiel said:

fmjasinski said:

Lafiel said:

fmjasinski said:
Handheld (PSP + PS Vita):

Sony Numbers (Shipped): 4,7
Vgchartz totals: 6,095,169

Overtracked by at least: 1,359,169

it doesn't work that way pal

we don't have information on stock levels at the start of Q4 2013 and at the end of Q3 2014 of Sony's fiscal year - your calculation is based on similar stock at both these times, but that is unlikely

for example retail might have had 1.2 million PSPs and 1.5 million PSVs in stock at the start of Q4 2013 and 0.5m PSPs and 0.8m PSVs at the end of Q3 2014, which means in this case 6.1 millon Sony handhelds were sold, although only 4.7 million were shipped

Yes, to say that the numbers are overtracked I relied in this scenario (similar stock) and I think thi scenario is close to the reality. Evident that the stock can vary, but I don`t think this will vary this big for this two system.

PSP is a product at the end of it's lifetime -> it makes sense for retailers to stock less

PSV is a product with low sales -> it makes sense for retailers to stock less

I agree with that, but this is not new (PSP is dying a long time ago and Vita never had good sales), the situation is almost identical from last year, as a result of this, I think the stock is almost the same.