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bluesinG on 15 August 2008
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leo-j said:
Jlmadyson said:
leo-j said:
superchunk said:
meh, I don't care about over/under as compared to npd. They are only estimating as much as vgc is. You guys would be jumping all for vgc if the numbers were showing PS3 leading here and losing on NPD.

What I do care about is that ps3+360 < Wii. :)

Wii on to 50%!

 

 NPD estimates?

Were did you get this from? NPD gets retail reports they dont estimate anything

They have to estimate about 40% of there sales numbers IIRC as they do not have total tracking. For one they do not have any Wal-Mart numbers as Wal-Mart does not provide them.

 

I must say these numbers are very weird almost to the point of unbelievable real.

 

 

I didnt know? Link?

Also I agree, I did not expect the ps3 to outsell the 360 in july because of the price cut and nothing else.

 

leo-j, I'm shocked that you've been an active user on this site for so long without realizing that NPD reports estimates!

Sources for the fact that NPD collects data from about 60% of retailers, and has to estimate the other 40%:

http://www.gamedaily.com/articles/news/npd-defends-integrity-of-its-video-game-data/18586/
http://www.pgnx.net/news.php?page=full&id=10293
http://news.vgchartz.com/news.php?id=740

Sources for the fact that NPD does not get any data from Walmart or Toys R Us:

http://www.gamedaily.com/articles/news/npd-defends-integrity-of-its-video-game-data/18586/
http://gonintendo.com/?p=29771
http://news.vgchartz.com/news.php?id=740