Viper1 said:
As of March 31, 2007, Sony altered their reporting policy from manufactured units to sold to retail units.
This is stated in all their quarterly and annual financial reports.
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Yes, sold to retail. Not sold to customers. That means units that have been ordered and are on boats on the way to Target are included in this number. It also includes the units on shelves, in back rooms, etc. Sony now uses the word "sold" and the word "shipped" interchangably, where in the past "shipped" meant "manufactured and shipped to holding warehouses."
Consider that the Wii, which is selling at a rate of about 2x the PS3 world wide, would have about twice as many systems in their shipping pipeline (on boats, etc) as the PS3. The other thing to consider with the Wii is that retailers hold stocks for big releases sometimes, so there may be a time when there are an extra 200k - 500k (estimated) units sitting in the US unsold because Mario Kart is about to launch or because Wii Fit is about to launch and the stores want to advertise Wii systems available to sell with the games.
