Monty on 08 January 2007
Stromprophet said:
relapse said:
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.
Well, the statement is not completely wrong, Strongprophet. MS can't sell 10.4 million consoles to retailers if nobody is buying them. To them, if they can sell those 10.4 million consoles, that means there is a market for them.
As I posted in another thread, Robbie Bach stated that the "sold" figure only includes those sold to retailers, not those units sitting in a warehouse. He said that the actual number of those in households is very close to the same number.
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