On Sep 20, 11:14 pm, Roy Schestowitz <newsgro...@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:
> ____/ [H]omer on Friday 21 September 2007 03:57 : \____
>
> > Verily I say unto thee, that Roy Schestowitz spake thusly:
>
> >> They lie about Vista, they lie about Office, but it's probably not a
> >> crime that will get any of these crooks into prison.
>
> > Lying about sales might affect things like stock prices, so perhaps
> > there's a legal angle there. If so, then one questions the legality
> > of channel stuffing too.
>
> > Ultimately it depends on the willingness of the authorities to even
> > investigate, let alone prosecute, and given the fact that Dubya is
> > probably in Microsoft's back pocket, I don't fancy the chances.
>
> A few minutes ago I commented on an article about XBox360. _Microsoft_ claims
> it has sold 11.6 million XBox360s, but the definitions vary wildly, meaning
> that they probably count those units that are on the shelf. They can stuff all
> at one go, do the quick count, do a press release, bombard journalists via
> Steve Rubel and the rest of the brainwashing slime, then walk into the
> darkness as it takes many months for the shops' warehouses and shelves to be
> emptied.
>
> It's an aggressive marketing tactic and I doubt it's illegal. it certainly
> confuses investors, but created hype that give products momentum they do not
> deserve.
>
> --
> ~~ Best of wishes
>
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In the roughlydrafted article,
http://www.roughlydrafted.com/RD/TechQ307/Entries/2007/8/25_Nintendo_Wii_vs_Sony_PlayStation_3_vs_Microsoft_Xbox_360:_Q2_2007.html
he says that both Microsoft and Sony figures for the last quarter are
units shipped, not sales. I had the
impression that sales figures were not available. I tried to follow
his references, but got bored by the
finacial reports. Also, that article refers to world-wide sales (or
units shipped), not the US figures alone
which are more favorable to Microsoft (which of course is why our
nymshifting Mr Hoel=Sgt Bilko=flatfish=...
troll is citing US figures alone). According to roughlydrafted, both
Sony and Xbox sales have been flat in the
last quarter, but the real story is Nintendo, which has now exceeded
slightly the Microsoft installed base for
Xbox 360 (both at about 12 million, see the nice charts in the
article). Nintendo is up dramatically, and according to the article,
these are sales, not units shipped. It'll be interesting to see how
things are in December, but right now Nintendo is shellacking
Microsoft.
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