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Forums - Sales - The 360 Only Sold 0.1m More Than PS3 In Q1 Fiscal- 2009

ZenfoldorVGI on 30 July 2009
JEDE3 said:
I'm sick of hearing this shipped excuse. Why would retailers keep ordering and allowing sony to KEEP over stocking (I mean this was the excuse for the holidays right) If it isn't selling well....

How is a fact, an excuse. You saw this, got excited, got dissapointed, and now you're trying to fish out some way that your original assumption could actually be true?

"Shipped" isn't an excuse. It's a fact. Companies report shipped figures. We estimate sold figures. Work out the difference, and you'll realize it isn't an excuse.

Your personal deductions are oversimplistic and not plausable.



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FinalEvangelion on 31 July 2009

Shipped generally is proportional to consumer demand, unless there is channel stuffing going on. I don't see stacks and stacks of PS3s at the store lately. Actually, quite the opposite these days.

I think it has to do with Sony marketing more in developing markets (Middle East, South Asia, South America, etc.). Probably the ones more difficult to track consumer sales.



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ZenfoldorVGI on 31 July 2009
FinalEvangelion said:
Shipped generally is proportional to consumer demand, unless there is channel stuffing going on. I don't see stacks and stacks of PS3s at the store lately. Actually, quite the opposite these days.

I think it has to do with Sony marketing more in developing markets (Middle East, South Asia, South America, etc.). Probably the ones more difficult to track consumer sales.

Unfortunately, I disagree. I think that personal anecdotes are often completely opposite of truth, and also, I think that developing markets have little or nothing to do with this percieved disparity, but instead, like ioi says, those numbers are "shipped" and not "sold."

That's just my opinion on your commonly held belief. I respect it, and respectfully disagree. Not because ioi said so, but because to me, it seems obvious.



I don't need your console war.
It feeds the rich while it buries the poor.
You're power hungry, spinnin' stories, and bein' graphics whores.
I don't need your console war.

NO NO, NO NO NO.

LordMatrix on 31 July 2009

Its ahead and is adding more to it's lead each day even if it's only by a little it's still bumping up its lead over PS3. I personally like that they are only about 10 millions difference between 360/PS3 in sales. It helps make for much more fierce competition between Sony/Microsoft and only means better exclusives and better HD multiplatform games for everyone. So it is a win for all HD console owners no matter which one is your favorite.



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