Are China Sales The Missing 900,000?

[Mummelmann]

Sony reported 22.3 million shipped units and we have around 21.4 units sold through to end user with half-a week still left on March on those, that leaves another approx. 100k units or so, giving us perhaps 21.5 in sellthrough and thus 800k on shelves.

There is always product in the channel, on shelves, in transit and in storage awaiting shipment and distribution; there is no missing 900k consoles. If anything, it is more likely to be slightly overtracked in here.

Shipped or sold does matter and vgchartz has always operated with sold to end user numbers. It really is as simple as that.