What does 'nearly' 10 million shipped mean?

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kowenicki said:

DonFerrari said:

I would bet he is talking about the 10M sold through that ioi said was untrustworthy and some people agreed. For people changing discourses I'll wait gribble.

This is about shipments.  

No, this is about Sony telling people that they've sold through 10 million PS4s, which some people just refused to believe, but those same people take "we'll soon have shipped 10 million units, lol" from MS as a confirmation that they are basically at the edge of 10 million units at this point, while this, in true MS fashion, sounds like pure PR spin once again.

One is as clear and open as possible, while the other is ambiguous and can be interpreted in a myriad of ways.