Look to these numbers and you will see what's wrong.
The problem is that in march '02 the xbox sold 160k but there were only 100k shipped...
So how is it possible to sell more consoles then shipped?
1. Shipped numbers are wrong and sales are right.
2. Shipped numbers are right and sales are wrong.
March '02
Shipped :
Console Maker Date Japan Americas PAL Total 
Sony Mar-2002 2.80 / 9.65 2.35 / 10.59 3.96 / 8.44 9.11 / 28.68 
Nintendo Mar-2002 2.16 / 5.98 4.13 / 7.57 2.30 / 4.61 8.59 / 18.16 
Nintendo Mar-2002 0.93 / 32.43 1.70 / 43.93 1.43 / 42.05 4.06 / 118.41 
Nintendo Mar-2002 1.07 / 1.58 2.22 / 2.22 0.00 / 0.00 3.29 / 3.80 
Microsoft Mar-2002 0.10 / 0.10 2.24 / 2.24 0.74 / 0.74 3.08 / 3.08
Sold :
3-03-02
| Console | Week | Weekly | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 105 | 82,199 (+27%) | 8,159,137 |
| 2 | 36,370 (-70%) | 159,406 |
| 50 | 31,366 (-18%) | 5,245,728 |
| 25 | 12,674 (-2%) | 1,239,149 |
 | 379 | 11,879 (-12%) | 18,372,147 |
| 672 | 3,628 (-62%) | 31,061,255 |
 | 65 | 3,293 (+24%) | 650,214 |
 | 171 | 336 (+28%) | 2,230,699 |
 | 163 | 118 (+57%) | 4,544,792 |
 | 298 | 105 (-15%) | 5,376,889 |
| Total | 181,968 |
31-03-03
| Console | Week | Weekly | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 109 | 110,729 (+20%) | 8,528,682 |
| 54 | 61,832 (+42%) | 5,415,096 |
| 29 | 22,713 (-39%) | 1,326,015 |
| 383 | 21,023 (-17%) | 18,447,206 |
| 676 | 9,687 (+43%) | 31,089,822 |
| 6 | 5,118 (+1%) | 188,778 |
| 69 | 2,964 (-12%) | 661,234 |
| 175 | 246 (-0%) | 2,231,551 |
| 302 | 55 (-15%) | 5,377,174 |
| 167 | 30 (-46%) | 4,545,053 |
| Total | 234,397 |
September '02
Shipped :
Console Maker Date Japan Americas PAL Total Sony Sep-2002 1.33 / 10.98 7.35 / 17.94 4.20 / 12.64 12.88 / 41.56 Nintendo Sep-2002 1.08 / 7.06 3.06 / 10.63 1.65 / 6.26 5.79 / 23.95 Nintendo Sep-2002 0.34 / 1.92 1.00 / 3.22 1.55 / 1.55 2.89 / 6.69 Microsoft Sep-2002 0.07 / 0.17 1.91 / 4.15 0.77 / 1.51 2.75 / 5.83
Sold :
01-09-02
Console Week Weekly Total 
131 69,493 (+4%) 10,101,158 
76 39,692 (-2%) 6,370,990 
51 12,819 (+8%) 1,569,144 
405 11,678 (-35%) 18,794,532 
8 6,443 (+20%) 93,097 
698 3,818 (+24%) 31,203,000 
28 3,036 (+3%) 267,640 
91 2,468 (+50%) 705,825 Total 149,447
29-09-02
| Console | Week | Weekly | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 80 | 52,438 (+45%) | 6,526,174 |
| 135 | 47,121 (0%) | 10,298,170 |
| 409 | 15,494 (+54%) | 18,837,888 |
| 55 | 13,694 (+10%) | 1,627,550 |
| 12 | 4,039 (+53%) | 106,383 |
| 32 | 2,106 (-20%) | 278,524 |
| 702 | 1,640 (-40%) | 31,213,048 |
| 95 | 887 (+98%) | 709,361 |
| Total | 137,419 |
March '03
Shipped :
Console Maker Date Japan Americas PAL Total Nintendo Mar-2003 3.00 / 10.06 4.74 / 15.37 2.12 / 8.38 9.86 / 33.81 Sony Mar-2003 1.72 / 12.70 4.27 / 22.21 3.65 / 16.29 9.64 / 51.20 Sony Mar-2003 0.49 / 20.09 1.74 / 37.54 1.98 / 38.78
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