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Damnyouall on 20 October 2009

I read somewhere that replacement 360s handed out by stores count as sales. Can anyone confirm this?

If this is true, then 360's real sales should be noticably lower than the official number.



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Fufinu on 20 October 2009
Damnyouall said:

I read somewhere that replacement 360s handed out by stores count as sales. Can anyone confirm this?

If this is true, then 360's real sales should be noticably lower than the official number.

Replacements no, but re-purchases yes.

Which makes attachment rates presumably lower.



gamelover2000 on 20 October 2009

I am not 100% sure but I highly doubt it is.. the stores send it to MS who send it back to the store itself.. so i don't know how this would count as a sale..



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twesterm on 20 October 2009

No, this is a pretty common myth that your typical forum-fanboy will throw around in order to either make their console look better or make the 360 look worse.



 

De85 on 20 October 2009

It's not true, nor will it be next month when someone else's alt asks the same question just to stir the pot.



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Fufinu on 20 October 2009

Seems like a sensitive topic :)



De85 on 20 October 2009
Fufinu said:
Damnyouall said:

I read somewhere that replacement 360s handed out by stores count as sales. Can anyone confirm this?

If this is true, then 360's real sales should be noticably lower than the official number.

Replacements no, but re-purchases yes.

Which makes attachment rates presumably lower.

Actually it would make attachment rates higher since there would be fewer xboxes out in the wild than the numbers would suggest, but software sales remain the same, hence the ratio goes up.



twesterm on 20 October 2009

And you're not in trouble here, but just because threads like these usually turn into giant shit storms and your question has been answered I'm going to go ahead and end this thread now to save me or whatever other mod that would have to deal with the headaches.



 

XxXProphecyXxX on 20 October 2009

Don't think thats even legit....but I agree about the re-purchase as counted.



Fufinu on 20 October 2009
De85 said:
Fufinu said:
Damnyouall said:

I read somewhere that replacement 360s handed out by stores count as sales. Can anyone confirm this?

If this is true, then 360's real sales should be noticably lower than the official number.

Replacements no, but re-purchases yes.

Which makes attachment rates presumably lower.

Actually it would make attachment rates higher since there would be fewer xboxes out in the wild than the numbers would suggest, but software sales remain the same, hence the ratio goes up.

Yes the real sales ratio would go up, but the perceived and recorded ones would be lower. I see how you calculate this as an advatage for the 360.