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Panicradio on 07 February 2025
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trunkswd said:
Panicradio said:

@trunkswd

A news has just made the round again regarding Xbox Series sales:

https://twistedvoxel.com/ps5-sales-nearly-twice-of-xbox-series/

In context with another news from Summer 2024:

https://www.installbaseforum.com/threads/aldora-intelligence-ps5-61-7m-xbs-28-3m-shipments-end-of-june-2024.3005/

... I think it may be a good time to consider the question of if X|S data is quite overtracked?

IF these data keep to be true or near truth, then even the most optimistic calculation of X|S sell-through as of December 31st, 2024 would be at 28m units max (if X|S didn't sell 1m units in December globally).

Those are estimates and the previous estimates of 77M from Take-Two through 2023 were later adjusted up to 81M. Plus it says November 2024 and it doesn't say when in November. Ther are also other places with estimates of 33M sold for Xbox Series through the end of 2024. We are more in the middle of the different places that have done estimates. And when figures finally leaked we had undertracked the Xbox One by nearly 8M. If we ever get official sales numbers from Microsoft we will adjust our own estimates to match. 

Oh, no worries, that's why I specifically wrote "to consider the question". Considering something is step 1, right? If you'd consider something at all.

But I must admit that I am a bit surprised by the range of your answer. I wasn't talking about Xbox One. It's done & history and I remember that some of the more recent news after the Xbox One rather doubted its 58m figure, instead claiming it too be too high.

But again, that's a different topic.

I am just surprised that by all the little information we/you get about the Series sales (and you do a fantastic job with your estimations nonetheless, please don't get me wrong), that you strangely now rather choose to dismiss MORE information available, which are so hard to get in the first place.

Personally, in my own estimates and you know there are a bunch of people here working with and honoring your data efforts, I couldn't calculate how it was possible for the X|S to have reached 30m units by December 31st, 2024, pure mathematically speaking, by their fiscal reports alone. Supported by the data from Aldora Intelligence and now T2.

But then again, this is no big deal - wether you put it at 32m and I say it's 29.1m at maximum, it doesn't really matter. But many of us, not just you, are addicted to numbers, and that's why it may come accross as an attack against you, which of course it is not. I am visiting your site for quite some time now and always find good words about you and your team.

So thanks once again for your time you took to reply.