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Khuutra on 16 January 2009
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Esa-Petteri said:
BengaBenga said:
Esa-Petteri said:

Yeah, it is pretty clear. Ninty did not sell everything it shipped. Omg!

Don't push it! That's a warning.

Wii was sold out in the US in December, therefore shipped = sold and Nintendo will release its shipment figures January 29th. It's not that hard to understand.

Whoa. How could I have been so dumb that I could believe NPD and not a random guy on internet. Damn, sorry about that. Anyway we haven't seen those shipped figures yet, maybe they will match npd numbers.

This is just statistics.

Consumer demand trends indicate that if x console sells y amount in November it will sell 1.5y in December. This is always, always, always true, especially for lead consoles, save for when they are limited by supply.

In order for the NPD's numbers to not be explainable by limited supply, it would mean that the Wii's demand would have to drop off at a level nearly unprecedented in the history of the industry, or any industry. Death in demand for a leading console is a slow thing, something which occurs over a period of years, not weeks.

Edit: Well I guess you can read what I'm saying even if you can't respond.