MICROSOFT FY15 Q2: Analyst estimates beaten again. Revenue $26.5bn, Op income $7.8bn. Xbox 6.6m shipped.

[Zekkyou]

sully1311 said:

Zekkyou said:
Why can't they just release the individual platform shipment numbers? I really don't understand what they're trying to achieve in clouding the numbers (same goes for Sony). It seems so pointless.

If anyone can give me a proper explanation, i'd be interested to hear.

Because the media would compare the numbers to Sony directly, and would paint MS in a negative light.

That's my assumption too... Likewise, as celador said, i expect Sony do it to hide the Vita's poor numbers.

The whole thing strikes me as rather silly though.