TheBigFatJ on 10 July 2007
| Alexie Di Onie said: Why does Sony keep saying that they have SOLD 5.5 million units when they have not yet even sold 4 million? |
I think they said 5.5 million shipped and 3.6 million sold as of March 31, 2007. They define "shipped" as "shipped from factories" (as in to warehouses) and "sold" as "sold to customers" where their customers are retailers.
When they 'sell' consoles to their customers -- the retailers -- the retailers have 30-60 days to pay them back, during which period they hope to sell the console. So those 3.6 million are consoles which *should* be sold within 60 days at the most.
People often misquote releases and confuse shipped and sold. Find me a source where Sony themselves says they sold 5.5 million.
