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Forums - Sales Discussion - EA with PS4/Xbox One install base estimates

kirby007 said:
DonFerrari said:

You aren't the market, but ok.

and @MS saying the numbers aren't accurate, who would guess they wouldn't say the right numbers right?

goshdarn EA gives an estimate and we pray hossana, MS says those are wrong and MS is the devil.

Of course he should appreciate their estimate since it's the only one we get besides VGC. And MS did say they aren't accurate... but for like 3 or 4 years refuse to say the numbers, so not the devil, but why should they receive any positive remarks for saying "it isn't accurate"?



duduspace11 "Well, since we are estimating costs, Pokemon Red/Blue did cost Nintendo about $50m to make back in 1996"

http://gamrconnect.vgchartz.com/post.php?id=8808363

Mr Puggsly: "Hehe, I said good profit. You said big profit. Frankly, not losing money is what I meant by good. Don't get hung up on semantics"

http://gamrconnect.vgchartz.com/post.php?id=9008994

Azzanation: "PS5 wouldn't sold out at launch without scalpers."

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CosmicSex said:
p53sionix said:

EA doesn't know, it's estimating, and so are we. Of course we can't know for sure what the Xbox numbers are.

EA estimation is no way as contrived as ours.  You think they would form partnerships with Microsoft without first knowing?  That's not how business works.  You don't for partnerships in utter ignorance.   

I assumed you previously said EA didn't know - as in for sure - when I made that comment. Your use of double negatives was quite confusing... Yes EA definitely knows something - but logically if they know both pieces of information (the PS4 sales minus Japan and the total PS4 and Xbox1 sales) then we can work out what Xbox1 sales would be. We have a very small error margin for Xbox1 worldwide, but for Japan mathematically we have a 0% error margin (that is if we assume EA themselves are 100% correct).