| TheSource said: Those MC/Famitsu figures have some gaps, that is the maiin reason for the discrepency. Also, the biztap link is to production shipments. Retail shipments are not the same as production shipments. Compare PS2/PSP/PS3 production shipments to retail shipments when both figures are available in the March 2007 year and the figures are millions of units apart. This is why when Sony gives retail shipments for PS2 it is never just the figures on the production shipment page + retail shipment page - that would be counting some units twice. PS2 production shipments + retail shipments are 141m, but Sony had retail shipments of PS2 at 138.9m through June 2009 |
Ok that makes sense. But what do you mean that MC/Famitsu figures have gaps? And isn´t it strange that they both agree on the lifetime numbers sold for PS2? Do they have the same gaps in the tracking? I just find their numbers believable since they usually are correct. Do the both of them really miss the mark with over a million in sales? I find that hard to believe. At least Media Create has the lifetime at 21,6 million and I´m sure that I´ve read that the Famitsu lifetime is about the same even if I don´t have any link to it expect for the one posted.
