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Forums - Sales Discussion - Xbox 360 NPD and our attach ratios are vastly different: Explanations?

Squilliam on 13 February 2009

NPD attach rate: 8.1

Vgchartz attach rate: 10.47

(America hardware * 0.9 * attach rate)

Implied software NPD: 118,274,928

Implied software Vgchartz: 152,881,296

Sales of third-party games on Xbox 360 hit $139 million in January
(January NPD data), with Xbox 360 generating more life-to-date sales at
retail for third-party publishers than competing consoles. With 132
Xbox 360 titles rated 80 or higher on Metacritic, compared to 90 for PS3
and 42 for Wii (Metacritic data), it's no wonder that Xbox 360 owners
lead the industry in game purchases, having bought an average of 8.1
games each.

Source

So, can these two numbers co-exist or is there a problem with the overall software numbers being overtracked?



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johnsobas on 13 February 2009

that's funny because vgchartz numbers are not complete at all so it should be lower



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Alic0004 on 13 February 2009

I thought VG Chartz' numbers were more complete? I'm relatively new here...



 

Squilliam on 13 February 2009

NPD TOP TEN:

  1. 360 LEFT 4 DEAD    ELECTRONIC ARTS (07)
  2. 360 CALL OF DUTY: WORLD AT WAR*    ACTIVISION BLIZZARD (O2)
  3. 360 SKATE 2    ELECTRONIC ARTS (03)
  4. 360 LORD OF THE RINGS: CONQUEST    ELECTRONIC ARTS (09)
  5. 360 GEARS OF WAR 2*    MICROSOFT (04)
  6. 360 FALLOUT 3*    BETHESDA SOFTWORKS (12)
  7. 360 ROCK BAND 2*    MTV GAMES/ELECTRONIC ARTS (11)
  8. 360 GUITAR HERO WORLD TOUR*    ACTIVISION BLIZZARD (05)
  9. 360 NBA 2K9    TAKE 2 INTERACTIVE (25)
  10. 360 FABLE II*    MICROSOFT (17)

Vgchartz positions in bold:

 



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JGarret on 13 February 2009

I blame WiiFit.



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Oyvoyvoyv on 13 February 2009

Could be be referring to worldwide sales? VGChartz has that at 7.89 AR, so with a slight lack of data, that adds up.



http://www.vgchartz.com/games/userreviewdisp.php?id=261

That is VGChartz LONGEST review. And it's NOT Cute Kitten DS

Squilliam on 13 February 2009
Oyvoyvoyv said:

Could be be referring to worldwide sales? VGChartz has that at 7.89 AR, so with a slight lack of data, that adds up.

  1,706,606 (-11%) 222,014,737 7.89

That could be true... But then its a question of whether they are talking about worldwide or just American sales... Good point!

I guess with no other explanations that would be the simplest so therefore the most likely to be the truth. (Occams Razor)

 

 



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mike_intellivision on 13 February 2009

It could be that Microsoft is factoring out pack-in games -- while they would be counted in the total distribution numbers that VGC publishes.

(The attach rate quote appears to come from Microsoft spin on NPD).

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demacII on 13 February 2009

Bundled games? Does NPD count those? The Xbox has been giving two games away for a while.



magik10 on 13 February 2009

NPD does not count bundled games.