They have shit loads of cred, 8 months worth. But they are missing the Holiday figures from Nov to Jan, and as someone mentioned the majority clearly still play vg on their older system, they haven't upgraded yet.
This same research over the 09 period this year will show significant maturity and trends coming off the 08 numbers.
One final point, MR lies, just look at the bizarre % variations between polsters prior to the US Election.
“When we make some new announcement and if there is no positive initial reaction from the market, I try to think of it as a good sign because that can be interpreted as people reacting to something groundbreaking. ...if the employees were always minding themselves to do whatever the market is requiring at any moment, and if they were always focusing on something we can sell right now for the short term, it would be very limiting. We are trying to think outside the box.” - Satoru Iwata - This is why corporate multinationals will never truly understand, or risk doing, what Nintendo does.
