Had you ever made a Fourier analysis of the console sales? It seems perfect for to me. You have a signal that is someway periodic (T= 1Year), your measure with a constant frequency (1 Week time frame). You could analyze the how the amplitudes compare to each other and could try to predict the future of a console with it (lets say Christmas). I would to it, just to see if I'm right. But it would take me weeks to take the data from the page to a file ;)
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