MS quarterly results came out today, the numbers are combined but unless the X360 pulled out some truly astonishing numbers then the numbers VGC has for X1 are likely spot on or within 100-200k either side, it is fair to say at least 500k must be on shelves, so we should be looking at a low of 11.3 shipped with upto 12 shipped. |
Heres' the problem with that: VGC has PS4 at 18.5M (public numbers) and outselling X1 by 1.6-1.7M during the quarter. Sony sold 6.6M PS4s during the quarter (public numbers). MS shipped 6.6M X1s and X360s during the quarter (public numbers). VGC has PS4 outselling the X1 by 1.6-1.7M consoles during the quarter. If the VGC is accurate, then there were a total of 1.6-1.7M X360s sold, X1s shipped and not sold, and X360s shipped and not sold during the quarter. Since VGC puts X360 sales around 1.2-1.3M during the quarter, MS sold 6.2-6.3M X1s and X360s during the quarter, with a total of 300-400K X1s and X360s shipped and not sold combined. That's a 96% sell-through, which is insane. If 500K X1s and X360s remained on shelves, then the X1 must be overtracked on VGC. Something is off with their estimates: the X1 is overtracked, Sony or MS lied in their reports, the X360 is overtracked, or MS shipped barely any X360s.
