The Official December NPD 2008 Thread

[bigjon]

megaman79 said:

bigjon said:

TheSource said:

I'm very suspicious of the Wii number given that December had five weeks and that November had four.

2.04m/4 weeks in Nov = 510k/week

2.15m/5 weeks in Dec = 430k/week

 

Does anyone really believe Nintendo would ship more in November weeks than in December weeks? If they just sent a massive allocation for November and hoped it would hold and sent a comparable allocation for December its a pretty terrible tactical decision.

 

exactly Source, dont you recall last year, when NDP came in VGC was like 400k high. Then a few week later when fiscals were release it was revealed that VGC was actually too low in the first place. I think what throughs NDP off in December for Wii HW is the fact they dont track 60% of the market, and Walmart and TRU is included in that. I know for a fact my TRU where I live was getting massive Wii shipments. You cannot tell me the Wii averaged less per week in November than it did in December. VGC might be a bit high, like 300k or something, but not 800k.

 

So you mentioned Wallmart, which is like the only big retailer in the US to be doing pretty well before Christmas while the rest are dying, and how NDP don't use them? Hmm, that suggests some major calculation errors.

And thinking of Wii, most family friendly, almost the cheapest, etc, its designed for the Wallmart recession customer.

oh, ya. It did not even cross my mind about the fact WM is actually doing better because of the economy.. hmm.