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ZhugeEX on 29 July 2016
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DonFerrari said:
ZhugeEX said:

Sure. 

 

So before 2006 (Before PS3 launch), Sony used to report Production Shipments. 


A Production Shipment is from the Manufacturer to Sony's distribution centers. 

A Consolidated Shipment (PS3 & PS4) or Sell In as it is commonly known is a Shipment from the Manufacturer, to the distribution center, then to the retailer. 

 

So Production Shipments are artificially higher as they may not have been purchased or shipped to retailers just yet. Back in the day this was the preferred method by everyone, but in tbhis digital age they use Sell In. 

 

Both are similar, but not the same. 

 

As an example. 

 

Sony reported that they had production shipments of 1.84 million for the first quarter of PS3 sales, but in actuality, only 1.66 million were sold in to retailers. 

 

The above is not to be confused with sell through which is the sale from retail to consumer. 

So we could say something like the numbers have a 1 or 2 week time difference when sales are steady between production shipment and sell in.

 

Kind of, it's very hard to work out what the difference would be. 

Here is another example. When PS2 switched from Production Shipments to Sell In.

PS2 Production Shipments: 117.9m

PS2 Sell in : 115.6m

So there was a more than 2m difference at the same time. 

2.3m were still in Sony distribution centers. 

 

SWORDF1SH said:
Turkish said:

http://www.sony.net/SonyInfo/IR/library/fr/16q1_sonypre.pdf

or easier for the eyes

http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showpost.php?p=211804284&postcount=38

 

So from that report the Game and Network Services raked in 44 billion Yen while the company on a whole brought in 56 billion Yen (44 biilion Yen gaming and 12 billion Yen for rest of company). While the G&NS is up 25 billion Yen more from Q1 a year ago, Sony on a whole is  down 41 billion Yen.

Maybe kowenicki or ZhugeEX can apply a bit of context to it.

The earthquake in Japan had a big impact on some segments which pushed overall Operating Income down. 

The Games division, along with Imaging, home entertainment & Insurance posted a postive operating income. 

Semiconductors, Components and Pictures posted an operating loss. 

Pictures still on track for profit for the full year though due to strong H2. 

Semiconductors was affected by the earthquake