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Originally Posted by Null
But you are abosutly right. and i missed that when i first looked at his pic there. That picture he posted speaks volumes. 13 by june.
why on earth they would say by june for xbox and not GC or ps2 is beyond me.
whether they really want Xbox to be seen as number 2 or they couldnt get an exact number so they put expectations down instead. i dunno.
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As I suggested earlier, it might have something to do with fiscal years. I know Nintendo's fiscal year ends in March. Therefore, they would tell us the number of consoles sold every time March comes around but wouldn't necessarily say anything during the other 11 months (although of course they will report holiday sales data).
By the same token, it could be that Microsoft's fiscal year ends in June. Thus, they wouldn't tell us how sales are coming along right now but instead talk about expectations for June.
Remember, up until October or so last year, Nintendo never talked about how many consoles they sold but how many they expected to sell by March. There were a lot of stories about how they were downgrading their estimates, as I recall.
Of course, this all depends on Microsoft's fiscal year actually ending in June which we don't know. And I'm too lazy to go find out.
