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

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Zekkyou said:

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.

Indeed. MS are gonna have to update eventually and they're always gonna be behind, just a matter of fact. Though knowing MS, I can see them only talking about US figures and never mentioning WW sales (in any capacity) ever again lol.

Grrrr.