Pachter Dec NPD Estimates

[Killergran]

bigjon said:

Killergran said:

bigjon said:

 erm, that is all of NA divide it by 1.1 for so to get US.

I think- (which is just as good as a patcher prediction..lol)

Wii- 3.5 in US alone

360- 1.8 mil in Us

PS3- 800k in US

Dividing by 1.1 is NOT the same as multiplying by 0.9

I repeat, it's NOT the same.

When you get so close to 1 it's kinda not a huge deal, I admit, but it still gives you faulty numbers.

Dividing by 1.1 is more the same as multiplying with 0.91

Multiplying by 0.9 is the same as dividing by 1.1111111.....

It's a common mistake that can really, really mess up your calculations.

 

For reference, try multiplying by 0.5 and dividing by 1.5. You do not get at all the same answers.

 

um... I hate to tell you this, but.. the US % of NA is not EXACTLY 90%, it is 90% give or take 1 or 2 % points depending on the Week.

so dividing it will not give you a faulty number, just it will not give you the same number as mult. by .9

I just tend to like division more for some reason, people can dow whatever they want.

 

Well, you can do whatever you want to do. I just meet people all the time that thinks that what you just did is the same as multiplying by 0.9. It irritates the hell out of me... and I've met a number of people on the forum that makes the same mistake.

My post was intended as much for the benefit of anyone else reading your post as it was for yours. Don't want to spread that misconception around.