RolStoppable said:
Sell-through by the end of 2019 was 106.0m, right? Or was the decimal higher? If it's 106.0m, then the PS4 needs quite some stock level correction too. Bringing 2.9m on shelves and in transit down to 2.0m while adding 1.4m in shipments requires sell-through of 2.3m. Certainly doable, but not as easy as, say, being able to end up hitting 14.0m in shipments for the fiscal year. "Easy" is relative and it's less your post that worries me as it is JRPGfan with his speculation of 13m shipped in the fiscal year after that (or 13m in calendar year 2020, if that's what he means). EDIT: Almost forgot to address the Game Boy line in your post. I have to make it clear that I don't doubt that PS4 lifetime sales will surpass the Game Boy. |
They might even fall a little short of 2.3m but it'll still be enough over 1.4m to bring the gap down. When I said easily I more meant the chances of it not happening were very slim, not that they'd ship much if any in excess of the 13.5m forecast.
And yes 13m for 2020 is unrealistic, whether he means calendar or fiscal. It'll be under 10m.
