Just Alter The PS4 Sales To 10 Million And Have Done With It.

[outlawauron]

Teeqoz said:

outlawauron said:

Teeqoz said:

Again, It's a serious crime to lie about numbers like that. Sony aren't stupid enough to do that.

Sony can get sales numbers from the retailers they ship to. Because of electronic registers and whatnot, every retailer knows precisely how many units of PS4s they have sold.

1. It's not a crime at all.

2. It's PR speak, and they did so without quoting where the data came from.

3. It's happens all the time, and I was proven right a few months ago with watch_dogs and MK8.

I will say that if the perfect world where Sony gets perfect data from every retailer, then why they spend hundreds of thousands of dollars to access NPD, Chart Track, and Japanese sales data?

Lying about sales numbers isn't illegal? It is where I live. Even if it isn't, Sony wouldn't be stupid enough to tell a straight up lie on the stage. What PR speak did he use? He specified "and just to be clear, that is 10 million sold through to consumers."

 

Regardless of all that, official sales figures are seen as the most reliable.

See, that's the thing. It's not a lie, it's spin. Sold through to consumers. Keep in mind who their consumers are, because we are not them. For all they care, shipped is sold, because they've already got the money from it.

Like I said originally, I'm not saying they're being deceitful. I'm just doubting them because they didn't quote any sales tracker. That's it. We'll find out pretty soon as more NPD/Chart track data comes out.