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twesterm on 04 January 2009
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feico865 said:
twesterm said:
feico865 said:
twesterm said:
feico865 said:
jlauro said:

You are comparing year 3 of 360 to year 2 of PS3, which isn't exactly fair. Here is a year 2.5 year graph that shows the PS3 isn't doing that badly (yet). Of course if things don't improve in the PS3's next year like they did recently for the 360, there might be a problem for the PS3...

http://vgchartz.com/hwlaunch.php?cons1=PS3&reg1=All&cons2=PS3&reg2=All&cons3=X360&reg3=All&weeks=132

Not saying the main chart is unfair...   just that launch aligned, the PS3 is still doing ok.

 

that graph is tricky because the end of the line for ps3 is christmas season and x360 don't.

 

The launches aren't aligned, it starts at the PS3 launch so they end at the same time.

 

they end in the same week of each console but not in the same date. If ps3 and xbox360 were been released in the same month then they would be really aligned. Sales just grow faster in christmas season so the graph is tricky.

Still like this, ps3 has better performance than xbox360 in ps3's weeks of existence (in relation with the same number of weeks for 360), i'm just saying that the graph is tricky so read it carefully.

 

Do you see the text and numbers along the bottom of the graph?  Those are dates.  They start at the PS3's launch and tell how much the 360 is ahead of or behind at that point in time.  It's not as tricky as you think and in fact it's pretty straightforward.

At the launch of the 360, it did not have a 5.5 million lead over the PS3.  At the launch of the PS3 it had a lead of 5.5 million lead.  That is what the graph is saying.

I don't know how to make that any simpler.

I always read discussions on vg chartz and I laugh about how pointless they are, and now I am in one discussion!.

The info in the bottom of the graph are just the weeks since release so it's just a simple count 1,2,3,4,5,6,7...

Anyway I think 360 and ps3 were realesed the both in november in America (the biggest market) so they actually the lines are comaparable, but not 1:1.

The sales of consoles are seasonal so if I release my console in february and you release your console in november (close to the christmas season) your sales will be better in the first two months than mine. That's my point about the graphs, but how I say they are actually alligned (partially) because both consoles were released in november in America (not the same year obviously).

 

 

Yeah, I realized after posting we were talking about two completely different things. You were talking about the link and I was talking about the graphs at the top of the thread.

As I said, I'm an ass.  :-p