Ive been reading alot of threads lately on here and on the interwebz things about witcher 3 downgrade, project cars WiiU about to get canceled and a ton of negative posts about vgc not updating numbers, what i havent been seeing is anybody defending vgc or ioi. so what the numbers are a tiny bit out of date to fully understand why theres no cause for consern we have to look at the history of sales warz here on vgc any why there were important
back when the 7th gen started the xb360 released first by a full year and then the wii and ps3 released when the 360 released its future looked promising with its games rendering in HD and online MP was introduced. the consensuses was that once the ps3 releases everyone is going to jump on board and that will be the console to lead the 7th gen, well once the ps3 released it had a slow start with its $600 price tag and the Wii was getting off to a great start. back then the internet wasnt as big as it is today in terms of gaming sites and news sites like n4g kataku ect werent known to the casual gamer, news releases werent as big as its today and sales news wasnt priority. if you wanted to know sales data on the consoles then you had to wait for npd and quarterly reports not a big deal most didnt care since the PS brand dominated the last two gens, but since word got out that the ps3 was struggling badly and the wii of out of all consoles was selling the most back in 2007 many wanted to know the specifics on the situation and thats where VGC came in with there weekly WW sales data
it was like pre historic times with gladiators in a colosseum we would wait for the data to come out and argue about why the outcome was like it was and how it would be next week or next month, only a select few where fortunate to accurately predict the future and they were seen as gods. this continued throughout the last gen and till 2011 where it was ultimately obvious why the Wii sold like it did and that the PS3 would fail to make the comeback many claimed it would. here we are today waiting for the numbers so that we can argue and predict... but for what?
the future is known the ps4 is over 10M ahead of its closest competitor 3rd partys arent going to sell on the WiiU nor will the WiiU or Xb1 make any type of come back and many have caught on in the weekly threads that the numbers will eventually get adjusted therefor less arguing and predicting is seen
most of the members realize this thats why there is less activity on here and most are gone the forums have become like any other gaming forums discussions are now mainly game news related. sales discussions are now discussed on a monthly bases when NPD releases or when quarterly data releases there is no need to beg for numbers anymore this is the new era and thats just how it is
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