10 Million+ Xbox 360s Worldwide By End Of Xmas - Official
Find out how the word 'sold' has many meanings...
Reuters is reporting more Microsoft claims of Xbox 360 shipping hugeness over what our Mercan colonists call, “The Holidays”.
"This holiday, we expect to have sold in excess of 10 million units worldwide," a Microsoft spokeswoman is reported as claiming.
According to the news-wire, “That ‘sold’ number refers to units ‘sold into retail’”, this does not mean Xbox 360s actually flogged to gamers because it also takes into consideration units in transit and in store inventories.
Reuters continues, “Microsoft has previously forecast global shipments of 10 million by the end of 2006, as well as shipments of 15 million by the end of its 2007 fiscal year that ends June 30. The company's latest Xbox 360 shipment count stands at around 6 million units."
Microsoft Chief Financial Officer Chris Liddell spoke at a Nasdaq investor conference in London on Tuesday and his presentation included a statistic showing that theXbox 360 has now out-sold the original Xbox, which launched in November 2001.
It showed that more than 5.7 million Xbox 360 units has been shipped in the three quarters following the launch period, compared with 4.7 million Xbox units in the same post-debut period.
All these numbers flying around the place – including for example, Nintendo’s recent figures of one Wii sold every second in the USA since launch – are making our heads ache. Do you actually care about this sort of corporate willy-waving? Tell us in the forum by posting below.
"This holiday, we expect to have sold in excess of 10 million units worldwide," a Microsoft spokeswoman is reported as claiming.
According to the news-wire, “That ‘sold’ number refers to units ‘sold into retail’”, this does not mean Xbox 360s actually flogged to gamers because it also takes into consideration units in transit and in store inventories.
Reuters continues, “Microsoft has previously forecast global shipments of 10 million by the end of 2006, as well as shipments of 15 million by the end of its 2007 fiscal year that ends June 30. The company's latest Xbox 360 shipment count stands at around 6 million units."
Microsoft Chief Financial Officer Chris Liddell spoke at a Nasdaq investor conference in London on Tuesday and his presentation included a statistic showing that theXbox 360 has now out-sold the original Xbox, which launched in November 2001.
It showed that more than 5.7 million Xbox 360 units has been shipped in the three quarters following the launch period, compared with 4.7 million Xbox units in the same post-debut period.
All these numbers flying around the place – including for example, Nintendo’s recent figures of one Wii sold every second in the USA since launch – are making our heads ache. Do you actually care about this sort of corporate willy-waving? Tell us in the forum by posting below.
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minutz3 7 Dec 2006 18:20
1/7
Of course it is important to know.
I mean, the console which most people buys is also the one which will get the most titles probably, also it's also good to know if there'll be someone to play against online.
I mean, the console which most people buys is also the one which will get the most titles probably, also it's also good to know if there'll be someone to play against online.
hollywooda 8 Dec 2006 11:10
2/7
yer but how many of those Wii's sold every minute will end up collecting dust or be traded in after the novelty has worn off??....
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SCiARA 8 Dec 2006 17:05
3/7
According to the news-wire, “That ‘sold’ number refers to units ‘sold into retail’”, this does not mean Xbox 360s actually flogged to gamers because it also takes into consideration units in transit and in store inventories.
Isn’t that true for everyone’s figures??
I don’t know how accurate this is but it tells a slightly different story:
http://nexgenwars.com/
tyrion 8 Dec 2006 18:18
4/7
SCiARA wrote:
Isn’t that true for everyone’s figures??
Manufactureres quote sell-in figures because, to be honest, they are the old figures they can trust. Sell-through figures are never 100% accurate due to some shops not sending in their data or stock going missing, etc.
Tht site uses the Media Create, NPD, etc. figures, which are all based on sell-through figures from retailers and suffer from the problems I mentioned above. They are probably closer to the actual numbers sold, but these is an amount of estimation in the figures based on the percentage of the market they get data for.
SCiARA wrote:
Manufactureres quote sell-in figures because, to be honest, they are the old figures they can trust. Sell-through figures are never 100% accurate due to some shops not sending in their data or stock going missing, etc.
SCiARA wrote:
I don’t know how accurate this is but it tells a slightly different story:
http://nexgenwars.com/
http://nexgenwars.com/
Tht site uses the Media Create, NPD, etc. figures, which are all based on sell-through figures from retailers and suffer from the problems I mentioned above. They are probably closer to the actual numbers sold, but these is an amount of estimation in the figures based on the percentage of the market they get data for.
SCiARA 9 Dec 2006 09:35
5/7
tyrion wrote:
SCiARA wrote:
Isn’t that true for everyone’s figures??
Manufactureres quote sell-in figures because, to be honest, they are the old figures they can trust. Sell-through figures are never 100% accurate due to some shops not sending in their data or stock going missing, etc.
Tht site uses the Media Create, NPD, etc. figures, which are all based on sell-through figures from retailers and suffer from the problems I mentioned above. They are probably closer to the actual numbers sold, but these is an amount of estimation in the figures based on the percentage of the market they get data for.
far to many quotes!!!!! my bwain huurrttssss!!!!!!!
SCiARA wrote:
Manufactureres quote sell-in figures because, to be honest, they are the old figures they can trust. Sell-through figures are never 100% accurate due to some shops not sending in their data or stock going missing, etc.
SCiARA wrote:
I don’t know how accurate this is but it tells a slightly different story:
http://nexgenwars.com/
http://nexgenwars.com/
Tht site uses the Media Create, NPD, etc. figures, which are all based on sell-through figures from retailers and suffer from the problems I mentioned above. They are probably closer to the actual numbers sold, but these is an amount of estimation in the figures based on the percentage of the market they get data for.
far to many quotes!!!!! my bwain huurrttssss!!!!!!!
tyrion 9 Dec 2006 12:34
6/7
SCiARA wrote:
far to many quotes!!!!! my bwain huurrttssss!!!!!!!
Holy hell, I f**ked that one up, didn't I?
Did you get the gist of what I was on about?
SCiARA 9 Dec 2006 12:36
7/7
hahaha yea i kinda figured it all out in the end!!