PS3 sales fall 40% this week, things returning to normal?

[Desroko]

Sqrl said:

Desroko said:

leo-j said:
Yo wouldnt heavenly sword boost sales? Also, last week they were at 110k now they are at 95k WW, its still selling good, just like the wii 4 weeks dropping still selling over 200k.

 

July 15: 266,127

July 22: 246,851

July 29: 239,027

Aug. 5: 224,511

 

Green for increases, red for decreases.

 

Man Leo, you really do live in your own little world.

To be fair, leo-J's analogy fits quite well actually. Both the PS3 and Wii recently had weeks well above the normal and are now settling back down into the prior trends. And while the Wii's increase over the normal was larger, it also means that it is harder to sustain and more likely to quickly return to normal.

Leo-j's data was definitely missleading out of context, but the analogy was still valid.

 1. The bolded part is what I'm specifcally objecting to.

 2. You are technically correct, but the problem is that Leo doesn't give the context, or seem to be aware of it.   He only distinguishes spikes from trends when it suits the picutre he's trying to paint.