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Panicradio on 05 February 2026
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Zippy6 said:
Panicradio said:

Really? Where do you take that from?

For many years now, it's been indicated by T2 themselves that they are using "Representing combined PS5 and Xbox Series X/S sales, the data was sourced from one of (or a combination of) research firms IDG Consulting and Newzoo, and the Entertainment Software Association."

All of them report shipment data, not sell-through. And even last February when T2 reported 94M+, we could easily figure out it were shipment numbers.

These firms estimate a multitude of things, MAU's, installbase, consumer spending habits, etc etc. Shipments are reported by Nintendo/Sony. The 138m is not shipments.

As you asked ChatGPT previously in this thread about Xbox sales, you can also ask it about what "138m consoles outstanding" means.

You'll get a response including this: "In finance and games publishing, “outstanding” ≈ “active or existing in the market”, not merely shipped." "When a publisher says “138m video game consoles outstanding”, they are almost always estimating the installed base."

How is that possible?

In February 2025, T2 had reported the same chart indicating 94M+as of November 2024:

https://ir.take2games.com/static-files/3ae54582-44bf-4163-9024-4da314c31541

We do know that Sony had reported 75M shipped as of December 2024:

https://www.vgchartz.com/article/463967/ps5-ships-750-million-units-as-of-december-2024/

What are you making out of these data now in terms of Series sales referring to T2's newest 138M+ figure?