libellule said:
johnsobas said:
quaiky said:
10 million PS3 in forecast looks like they are calculating very conservative since in the first 2 quarters they already shipped about 4 million and if they can keep up with last years holiday sales thats another 4 million in this quarter so only 2 million left for the 4th quarter (which would actually be a bit lower sales than last year).
and ps2 shipped and sales seem to be still much stronger than everyone estimated here (tracking about same as ps3 still), guess its selling more in countries that aren't tracked that good on this page now.
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last year they had some kind of insane forecast that was impossible for them to reach, so obviously this is much better. Obviously it's gonna sell more than 10 million, but that would have been something like a worst case scenario.
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==> they have done this in purpose to be able to say : we are selling PS3 much better than expected
(the opposite of last year)
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Hmm, manufacturing projections are shareholder information that needs to be as accurate as possible. It's of no use for them to completely underestimate that number and then come out in April with 5 million more. It will raise questions as to why the management didn't see it coming. Although they will surely beat their 10m forecast, I don't think it will be by much, based on their conservatism.
Overall Sony's results are meh, definitely improvement but still a worrying loss. Every quarter with a loss makes the recources for R&D and games decrease.
