Read about opportunity cost.
When merchandise is shipped it must have been ordered by a retailer. At the end of the month the retailers pay for what they ordered. Even if there are some still on shelves at the end of the month it still counts as sold for the company who sells the merchandise to the retailer. To find out how many consumers actually bought it is much harder; unless every company had a perpetual inventory system and disclosed sales information in real time.
@gamerz
I bought a PS3 to play PS3 games not PS2 games.
And that's why they are so concerned with making backups of games?
Michael Cera
I had no idea every retailer had a perpetual inventory system and just happens to send you sales information in real time!
This writer is full of it. Predicting larger sales number based on Huliq's analysis when Huliq has only a hand full of writers who are not qualified to make the type of analysis that Screen Digest did.
and the equipment has depreciated. It may even have to be repaired or replaced.
I've read he's no longer going to work on the Hobbit movies due to other projects.
true but those stores making money off of Sony consoles and games will lose revenue to others.
Actually in the world of accounting shipped=sold. That doesn't mean sold to consumers just sold to retailers. However, retailers do not want to overstock because the longer it sits there the worse their books look to management and investors. For example, if Sony shipped (4.1 million-2.5 million) they must have sold most of the previous 2.5 million that they shipped in the past. If retailers do choose to overstock like during the holidays they expect it to sell fast because if they manage...
Great comment. However, 'Thinking is the same as doing' is not quite what the Bible says. The scriptures mention a desire to commit the act not just thinking. Lust is a desire not just a thought. Then aside from the gospels there is the book of James where it is written: 1:14 But each one is tried by being drawn out and enticed by his own desire. 15 Then the desire, when it has become fertile, gives birth to sin; in turn, sin, when it has been accomplished, brings forth death. As you ...
720p is fine for a screen that size.
@ Darth
It isn't that simple. Subtract Cost of Goods and other expenses.
The Chinese want to be taken seriously with respect to research and development. They don't just want to be the country that fabricates devices, they want to start making their own tech and brands.
On topic: If it does go outside the country I'm sure MS will try to find where this device infringes on any patents they hold.
I was hoping people would mention numbers which is why I tossed one in. Do 4 people who have Kinect locally really show you it's popularity? Do your local retail shops always represent the market? It doesn't always.
I didn't say I knew them all. However, come to Texas there are plenty in the DFW area, and you get a free gun with your Kinect in Texas of course. It's state law.
I live in Texas, where 1/9th of the US population lives (35,000,000 people), and I still don't know anyone who owns one. Not even the Xbox fanboys I'm friends with desire it.
You can have a PSN account for your PSP even if you don't own a PS3. You can also create a PSN account if you have neither a PS3 or PSP.
It is legal to backup software. However, the law makers at the same time make it illegal for one to download or purchase software that makes it possible to circumvent copy protection. It kind of reminds me of alcohol prohibition laws were it was fine to sell and drink alcohol, but it was illegal to distribute it.