So the 360 is overtracked a good 200-400K?

It's probably been posted already, but does anyone know how the 360 looks YoY right now? I know it didn't look too good earlier, but it should be a fair bit better now right?

Any speculation on where the 'missing' sales are? I know Japan and America are definitely accounted for, but isn't Europe partially tracked too?

Nope, at this time of year it is normal for MS to have between 0.97-1.31 million xbox360's in the retail chain.

meh, you can easily argue cases why Wii and PS3 might have lower inventory levels than the 360, for example the Wii is a slow-selling item these days so stores won't keep big inventories, while Sony on the other hands is pretty clearly readying a new PS3 model and therefore might delay new shipments in order to clear stocks and resupply them later with the new model

I don't like to contribute to those discussions though, as in the end imo shipment numbers are the most reliable numbers we receive on how consoles are doing and the further we are along a gen the clearer they show the real picture

Considering that Sony is probably phasing out old models their shipment numbers could be also pretty low. Probably the minimum amount in shelves without shortages.

Kowen... I think you're wasting your time... even though I came to this site to get an approximation of console sales I now accepted that MS numbers are the only reliable figures to go by since they don't lie even if some people tell otherwise. Every quarters it's the same rambling, MS overships, MS overtracked, MS has waay more consoles on shelves even if retailers don't want them blablabla and so on and on... but it provides a good laugh every time though :P

Sony can have low stock (700k) this quarter due...

- Shipment issues last quarter (even Sony said that)
- New model coming.
- Better sales than Sony expected.
- Low orders from retails.

how much is it expected for PS3 shipments this quarter ?

Oh my, I predicted 1.2m and I was really pessimistic.

so most probably the GAP between the two will be about 1.1/1.3 million, do you know how much the GAP was between them same time last year?

The problem is you have no idea what retail are doing, you have no idea what special incentives Microsoft offer to retailers compared to Nintendo and Sony, you have no idea if different regions throughout the world like to have a different amount in the supply chain compared to other regions, you don't know about Sony's supply problems, or dates of new consoles, dates of prices drops or anything at all. History is used to show that when Microsoft have been selling low they still have always had a large amount in the retail channel at those times, that's a fact wether you like it or not and what you are saying about 'market trends, demand and ongoing expectation' are just your guesses wether you like it or not.