What does 'nearly' 10 million shipped mean?

[DonFerrari]

Aura7541 said:

GribbleGrunger said:
I love the fact that one company gives us a definite figure and some people question it but another company gives us ambiguous figures and the same people take the most optimistic estimate they can. Brilliant.

This. I really liked how Sony was to the point in Gamescom: "Over 10 million sold to consumers." Simple and concise.

Meanwhile, both Mendhi and Nelsen sounded very deliberate and cautious in their wording. "Soon", "will have", and "approaching"... it took me awhile for make out what they were trying to say. However, even now, we're all scatching our heads as to what their statements really mean hence why this thread was made.

not all, kowen knows exactly what it means. They were at 9.5M and next week will hit 10M, not mm because he works with finance 24/7 he never rest and all his posts here are work related you know. Thank god I work 10/5 with 1h interval and if someone used even kk I would understand even if I know nothing as stated by dear kowen more than once.