Ever heard of PR stunts? I can guarantee you 1 thing, that PS2 was not exactly the 2 millionth sold PS2 in the Benelux.

So how is it being Bodhesatva?

I don't know why this happens every time.  :banghead: 

@ koffieboon

In you we trust to figure it out ;)

PS: Isn't it too high even for shipped numbers (comparing to vgc)?

Console reaches milestone as ChartTrack confirms PS3 has outsold 360 for last month

SCE UK has confirmed to MCV that PS3 has sold a million units in the UK since its launch on March 23rd.

ChartTrack has also revealed that the Sony console has been outselling 360 for the last month. “It has been outselling 360 for the last four weeks, but they were neck and neck over the Christmas period, weeks 49-52,” said ChartTrack director Dorian Bloch.

The charts authority also confirmed that PS3 is to hit a million UK sales faster than its predecessor PS2.

http://www.mcvuk.com/news/29603/PS3-hits-1m-in-UK

Undertracking CONFIRMED.

MikeB said: @ koffieboon Ever heard of PR stunts? I can guarantee you 1 thing, that PS2 was not exactly the 2 millionth sold PS2 in the Benelux. Of course that's why I stated "estimated", they probably calculated that on that day they would reach 2 million units sold around that time and waited for the next customer, the 2 millionth unit may well have been sold in Brussel or Luxembourgh.

Actually they could be 200k units off and nobody would notice.

@Kamil: It does look like PS3 should be above 900k already in the UK by now, although an official statement by chart-track when PS3 crosses the 1M units would be nice.

How can you read that and think it confirms undertracking? Chart Track says that the PS3 "is to hit" 1 million faster than the PS2. That would mean it hasn't yet. 

koffieboon said: MikeB said: @ koffieboon Ever heard of PR stunts? I can guarantee you 1 thing, that PS2 was not exactly the 2 millionth sold PS2 in the Benelux. Of course that's why I stated "estimated", they probably calculated that on that day they would reach 2 million units sold around that time and waited for the next customer, the 2 millionth unit may well have been sold in Brussel or Luxembourgh. Actually they could be 200k units off and nobody would notice. @Kamil: It does look like PS3 should be above 900k already in the UK by now, although an official statement by chart-track when PS3 crosses the 1M units would be nice.

There are obligations to investors. They can easily determine how many units they shipped and at what rate retailers are buying new units. Also GfK performs tracking for the Benelux.

I don't think Chart Track makes such announcements, they sell the data to those interested.

Well, at least one thing seems to be confirmed by Chart Track. They clearly state that, since the holidays,  the PS3 has been outselling the 360 in the UK while during the holidays they were tied.

VGChartz Hardware data for the period 09th Dec 2007 to 30th Dec 2007:

and

VGChartz Hardware data for the period 06th Jan 2008 to 10th Feb 2008:

 Seems VGC has the 360 ahead by too much. Either 360 needs to be adjusted down or the PS3 needs to be adjusted up.

How can you read that and think it confirms undertracking? Chart Track says that the PS3 "is to hit" 1 million faster than the PS2. That would mean it hasn't yet. 

At least, it hasn't hit by their standards -- which are sold-to-consumers. It has hit that mark by Sony's standard, though.