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Originally Posted by chemgear
Sony almost always seem to publish numbers that "sold through" to customers, Microsoft numbers are generally "Xbox family" (includes 360's) or sold into channel (aka shipped). Microsoft also really likes to add weird stats like "bullets shot at zombies", "number of Titanfalls", etc.
Things were flipped in the previous generation while the 360 was ahead of the PS3. I guess both companies don't like to give official sales numbers when they are losing.  |
I mentioned earlier in this thread but at this point sold through is essentially going to equal shipped. Stores aren't stockpiling consoles for a rainy day. They are purchasing what they sold through. So the real overall number is shipped - what's on shelves. But there aren't millions and millions sitting on shelves. Monthly numbers are going to be pretty accurate as the in = out.
Part of the problem is that both the xbox one and PS3 are/were successful but the industry just completely bags on the one losing which the companies may feel exasperates the situation.