Diomedes1976 on 12 January 2007
broshnat said:
Hi all
It's Broshnat here, the site owner.
Regarding the Wii figures, like a number of other sources we projected Wii to sell more than 1 million in December. WMS, CBFS, Nintendo themselves all independently agreed with this. I know WMS have their own (limited) internal tracking a bit like we do - we get a heads up from a selection of stores - and figures were suggesting Wii sales similar to 360 and about double PS3. Obviously this isn't how things materialised - we don't know if the stores / tracking period we had data for was skewed, maybe at points where new shipments had arrived and Wii was selling large numbers - to be honest I don't really know. It seems strange WMS also predicted similar values as did a number of other reputable analysts.
The other factor is a statement from Nintendo that they had exceeded shipment expectations - thought to be just under 2m for NA in 2006.
Something does seem a little fishy here. I'm definitely not accusing NPD of foul play or anything like that, but their figure does seem much lower than everyone was expecting.
Having said that, we will obviously be fixing our main data on the front page once we have some more figures to support this. Accusations of bias towards Nintendo are not fair - we use the same system to arrive at figures for all 3 consoles. PS3 / 360 / DS / PSP numbers are all spot on, as are Wii Japan and 'Others' numbers - it's only this NA figure that has thrown people.
Thank you all again for supporting the site and please let these great discussions continue!
Hi Broshnat ,nobody is accusing you ...its clear some of the predictions of those entities were in the same lines .But ,I also remember hearing Fils Aimee saying their would do their best to reach 1 million in NA .In any case good to hear you will fix this in the main page .
As for the other numbers being spot on ...well some are some arent .X360 are inflated thats clear ...if NPD puts total X360 sales in US at 4.5 million they cant reach 8.3 million worldwide .PS3 are good if you count the 10 days of january ..if not 750 000+467 000 doesnt add 1.41 million .PSP and DS are spot on .THe PS3 number can remain as it is ...the difference is minimal and in any case it must be already filled by the 12 days of january .But the X360 data should be adressed ...after the disponible data the total amount of X360 sold cant be superior to 7.6-7.7 million and a difference of more than half a million isnt so negliable .
