Ree is good for only one thing, and that's analysis of sales data. I've followed the threads for years, and Welfare is one of the best plugged-in guys in that group. He actually predicted 24K this month for Xbox, so he got astoundingly close to the actual number (everyone else who made predictions was way off).
Here's what he said:
God I only got the PS4 number right.
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I'm a Sony guy, so I appreciate how fun it can be to pile on, when it seems like there is bad news for Xbox. But we shouldn't misinterpret this. The 17K number does not reflect consumer sentiment. "This is purely because of low supply, not demand."