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The baby seals! The baby seals!



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Im really looking forward to the numbers as well. Still I dont think it will reach 5 million over the holidays like MS has predicted. They should have stuck with their more conservative estimate of 3 million.





This was expecting, given the advertisment. What I want to see if it is going to generate profit and if it going to sell for a long time, not just now because of it's advertisement.



Above: still the best game of the year.

kowenicki said:
dtewi said:

The baby seals! The baby seals!


intelligent... and helpful...  oh, no...I meant, typical and sheeplike.

how about you actually provide some more useful thoughts on the actual sales performance we are witnessing here.

 


Online sources are not a good indicator of actual sales. They could have anywhere from 1 unit in stock to 100,000 units, and you can't know.

And that's eloquently expressed in the meme: "Every time someone uses online stores as an indicator of sales, a baby seal is clubbed somewhere." 



Kimi wa ne tashika ni ano toki watashi no soba ni ita

Itsudatte itsudatte itsudatte

Sugu yoko de waratteita

Nakushitemo torimodosu kimi wo

I will never leave you

Why does the Toys R US site states it's in stock for shipping?



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KichiVerde said:

Im really looking forward to the numbers as well. Still I dont think it will reach 5 million over the holidays like MS has predicted. They should have stuck with their more conservative estimate of 3 million.

Because u know better than them how many they are selling.



You should add these to the OP.

http://www.toysrus.com/product/index.jsp?productId=10868012

http://www.gamestop.com/Catalog/ProductDetails.aspx?product_id=78105

http://www.gamestop.com/Catalog/ProductDetails.aspx?product_id=78104

http://www.walmart.com/ip/Bundle-w-Choice-of-Game-Xbox-360/14665155

http://www.walmart.com/ip/Xbox-360-250GB-Console-w-Kinect-Bundle/15257687

http://www.walmart.com/ip/Xbox-360-4GB-Console-with-Kinect-Bundle/15257686

http://www.walmart.com/ip/Xbox-360-4GB-console-Kinect-Bundel-w-Choice-of-2-Games/14971581



                            

BeLiKeCLuTcH said:
KichiVerde said:

Im really looking forward to the numbers as well. Still I dont think it will reach 5 million over the holidays like MS has predicted. They should have stuck with their more conservative estimate of 3 million.

Because u know better than them how many they are selling.


I didn't claim to know better. I'm merely stating my opinion and based on the sales performance of consoles in the past and their peripherals, 5 million is a huge number to meet over such a short period of time, especially considering that it does not go on sale in Europe for another week and other regions for two weeks. I will be very surprised if it does that good.





Carl2291 said:

You should add these to the OP.

http://www.toysrus.com/product/index.jsp?productId=10868012

http://www.gamestop.com/Catalog/ProductDetails.aspx?product_id=78105

http://www.gamestop.com/Catalog/ProductDetails.aspx?product_id=78104

http://www.walmart.com/ip/Bundle-w-Choice-of-Game-Xbox-360/14665155

http://www.walmart.com/ip/Xbox-360-250GB-Console-w-Kinect-Bundle/15257687

http://www.walmart.com/ip/Xbox-360-4GB-Console-with-Kinect-Bundle/15257686

http://www.walmart.com/ip/Xbox-360-4GB-console-Kinect-Bundel-w-Choice-of-2-Games/14971581


stop trolling carl, the purpose of kinect is not to sell consoles, these are irrelevant



Bet reminder: I bet with Tboned51 that Splatoon won't reach the 1 million shipped mark by the end of 2015. I win if he loses and I lose if I lost.

kowenicki said:
dtewi said:
kowenicki said:
dtewi said:

The baby seals! The baby seals!


intelligent... and helpful...  oh, no...I meant, typical and sheeplike.

how about you actually provide some more useful thoughts on the actual sales performance we are witnessing here.

 


Online sources are not a good indicator of actual sales. They could have anywhere from 1 unit in stock to 100,000 units, and you can't know.

And that's eloquently expressed in the meme: "Every time someone uses online stores as an indicator of sales, a baby seal is clubbed somewhere." 

Not really... its just smart arse bullshit.  And it is then thrown around as a downplaying measure on this forum time and again. 

If you are telling me that all of those major stores noted there dont represent significant numbers then you are deluding yourself.


They could very well represent significant numbers. But that's the problem: we don't know. 



Kimi wa ne tashika ni ano toki watashi no soba ni ita

Itsudatte itsudatte itsudatte

Sugu yoko de waratteita

Nakushitemo torimodosu kimi wo

I will never leave you