I think we should just walk away with two basic agreements here:
1. This number suggests that VGC may have overtracked.
2. VGC should not change their data right now, based on this number.
Wait and see. I personally have always expected VGC to adjust some of their holiday 2008 numbers, especially for Europe/Others, for many consoles and games. There are just way too many factors for VGC to get accurate numbers across the board in Europe/Others.
Hopefully, we'll get year end lists with LTD hardware sellthrough for most of the major countries (UK, France, Spain, Germany, Italy), plus we know we'll have at least WW LTD shipment totals from the console makers.
"[Our former customers] are unable to find software which they WANT to play."
"The way to solve this problem lies in how to communicate what kind of games [they CAN play]."
Satoru Iwata, Nintendo President. Only slightly paraphrased.
