| RolStoppable said:
PSP numbers are something to brag about, so Layden may have just forgotten for a moment that he shouldn't hand out internal numbers because that would allow people to do some maths to arrive at PSV numbers. So the conversation was about past success and Layden spilled the beans, and that's all there is to it. Of course, that 82m number is likely rounded (after all, it was a normal interview), so there is some margin of error here. Besides, this wouldn't be the first time that a Sony executive slipped up in regards to handheld numbers. Even Hirai himself made the mistake to reveal the shipment total of 2.2m by the end of June 2012 (which put the PSV at 0.4m for the quarter, behind the PSP). |
That's absolutely possible.
Honestly, I shouldn't be bringing down OP's work so much, because based on the numbers available I think he's drawn some solid conclusions. I'm just really not convinced this 82m figure should be taken as gospel when it can be interpreted either as something IGN have edited in just as much as it can be interpreted as something that Layden has said.
(One thing I can agree on is that ioi tacking sales onto Europe in one big chunk is not the way to fix whatever tracking issues he has, but i don't think he knows enough about the European market anymore to be able to accurately represent what's going on there).
Either way, I dont think we're ever getting enough clarity on this to be able to say anything for certain.
