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So far everything looks undertracked. Espcially Wii sales.



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TheSource said:

One of the wildcards in the USA this year is unemployment. Its dropped below 9% for the first time in about two years in February, from a high of around 11%.

Some of the bigger states, Michigan in particular, have really started to see a hell of alot more people employed once again.

In 2007-2008, when the USA industry was gangbusters, unemployment was around 6-8% if memmory serves. The doubling of the unemployment rate from 2006 to late 2009 didn't exactly help the gaming industry. Presumably a couple million console users, or more, lost everything in that time frame.


That's a good thing.  The industry is getting stronger.

 

It's a good thing in my book for all consoles to be up YOY.  Unfortunately, many don't share that sentiment and get caught in the serious business of the consoles they hate.



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For anyone who might care, the "gut" feeling I mentioned earlier in thread was based on a sense that NPD would have Wii / PS3 around 400k - wasn't completely sure X360 would top that.



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Lol, I should have been typing in here, not the main article. 

But anyway, looks like the PS3 is doing much healthier in the US than many thought.  YAY!  Looks like PS3 MAY have pulled off ~450K for Feb, so on par with the Wii.  Which means we may be undertracking the PS3 by about 150K (or more) for all of Americas for the month of Feb, or ~ 35K a week.  Something tells me if this continues, and VGC accounts for this, PS3 is going to be posting some numbers from now on in Americas that is very similar to the 360's.

And it also looks like KZ3 launched on par with KZ2 in Americas, not below like previously believed.  This is great.  And it proves that interest in KZ3, and PS3 exclusives in general, is very much alive.  Well, at least in America.    Unless there are further adjustments to other regions, of course.

And glad to see gaming in general is up YOY.  In the 5th/6th year of this gen, but still going strong.



well...on par???

KZ2-2 days 323k

KZ3-5 days 279k

even with bundle it still not on par

and PS3 undertracked around 120~130k,the 150k undertracked console is Wii



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Black Ops was undertracted om Vgchartz



Killzone is undertracked apparently 



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D-Joe said:

well...on par???

KZ2-2 days 323k

KZ3-5 days 279k

even with bundle it still not on par

and PS3 undertracked around 120~130k,the 150k undertracked console is Wii

Well, you got me on the days.  And true KZ3 was down in the States, but something tells me the other regions in Americas probably compensated for that, giving KZ3 a similar first week to KZ2.  But still, you are right, not exactly on par.

And we don't know how much the PS3 is undertracked, since we don't have the hard numbers for it, so it could be 150K or more.  Besides, I said ~ 150K, which 130K should fall into. 



D-Joe said:

well...on par???

KZ2-2 days 323k

KZ3-5 days 279k

even with bundle it still not on par

and PS3 undertracked around 120~130k,the 150k undertracked console is Wii


279k is without bundles tho right?



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M.U.G.E.N said:
D-Joe said:

well...on par???

KZ2-2 days 323k

KZ3-5 days 279k

even with bundle it still not on par

and PS3 undertracked around 120~130k,the 150k undertracked console is Wii


279k is without bundles tho right?

i mean 279k plus bundles