Stromprophet on 08 January 2007
relapse said:
to them whether or not those 10.4 are in the hands of consumers will not net them any further money as they have already received it. All companies use these Nintendo calls it shipped totals while Sony and Microsoft use sold, its all the same and as I just said before technically they have been sold as Microsoft have received the money for them.
This statement is wrong. It DOES matter if it is in the end consumers hands. Hardware sales are not what make profits on consoles, it's software sales. And now, thru things like XBL, also purchases online.
So I guarentee you it does matter whether the end user has it or not. Because if it is just sitting in a store, even though it has been purchased, it's not making them any money.
