Sony Claims One Million Moves 'Sold' in the Americas
The old 'shipped' vs 'sold' wordplay
Sony claims to have "sold 1 million units of its Move motion-based video game controller in its first month on the market in the Americas region", according to a Reuters report.
President and CEO of Sony Computer Entertainment of America, Jack Tretton, is quoted as saying, "We had to go back and increase production twice, we're absolutely maxed out right now."
However, Rebel FM and IGN's Arthur Gies has pointed out that, "Sony tells Reuters they've "sold" a million moves in the americas; confirm via PR that these are shipped, not sold".
G4TV follows this up by stating, "Over 1 million PlayStation Move units were shipped in the first month of the motion controller’s release in North and Latin America, Sony Computer Entertainment has announced. Sony didn’t specify exactly how many of those shipped units have been sold, or what the breakdown between North America and Latin America was, which may or may not be telling depending on how skeptical you’d like to be."
So, did Reuters get the 'Sold' bit confused with 'Shipped'? It's a huge difference both in meaning and in take-up by the people who count, gamers.
President and CEO of Sony Computer Entertainment of America, Jack Tretton, is quoted as saying, "We had to go back and increase production twice, we're absolutely maxed out right now."
However, Rebel FM and IGN's Arthur Gies has pointed out that, "Sony tells Reuters they've "sold" a million moves in the americas; confirm via PR that these are shipped, not sold".
G4TV follows this up by stating, "Over 1 million PlayStation Move units were shipped in the first month of the motion controller’s release in North and Latin America, Sony Computer Entertainment has announced. Sony didn’t specify exactly how many of those shipped units have been sold, or what the breakdown between North America and Latin America was, which may or may not be telling depending on how skeptical you’d like to be."
So, did Reuters get the 'Sold' bit confused with 'Shipped'? It's a huge difference both in meaning and in take-up by the people who count, gamers.
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MRXBOX n VAN BC 25 Oct 2010 01:49
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Words , cute catchphrases . What ever you call it , it's just lies . The TV industry is bring out 3D TV and the gaming industry is bring out MOVE . Well bad news the TV industy just wants to sell 3D Glasses that should be .50 cents a pair . This is what the #1 3d maker does . He makes all the 3d for the Army, Navy , An Air force . So when he says " 3D has been around for 12 years and they just want to sell you a $150 Pair of Shutter Glasses " . I guess i believe him . Just like you can believe me when i say all the Vid Gaming Junk is a bunch of crap for Mindless Twits . Well you can believe me as one of the Worlds Best Vidgamers ever . I will not be standing in front of my 56" Samsung 3D Gaming TV with my wireless headset and my 3D glasses .Smashing Cheaters and Boosters for 8 GRUELING Hours of what has become not even a little bit of fun . So i hope all this useless tech crap comes and goes over these holidays and then the game makers can maybe go back to making a game without CHEATING BEING THE BIGGEST DRAW TO THE GAME !!!!!