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billsalias on 22 January 2009
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BHR-3 said:
billsalias said:
BHR-3 said:

nice we got these #'s so early 360 margin on outselling the ps3 this week might be 45k about 10k less than last week its days of outselling the ps3 are numbered

also something to ponder over the ps3 wit only 52k this week i have a feeling that we'll C some sub 35k a week #'s from it pretty soon that's going to make me feel

 

I cannot tell if you are joking or not. You know that if japan comes up with 24k ps3 and 12k 360 the 360 will outsell the PS3 by about 1 percent more then last week? Yes absolute number look better when smaller but the percentage is still the same. If japan sees a drop it could be an actual increase in the percentage gap between ps3 and 360.

 

wat R u talking about ps3 24k 360 12k thats 12k diffrence the current gap is at 57k so 57-12=45 last week the gap 360 was outselling it was 57k this week it will b like i said even b4 the jp preview was in 45k that is 10k less then last week so how will the 360 outsell it by 1% more than last week   i think that jp will come up with 7k 360 20k ps3 rather than ur 12k 24k

 

Before you start getting all indignant you should try a little harder to understand what someone says. The math is fairly simple and makes sense if you read what I said about percentages versus absolute numbers. As the total sales goes down the gap can be smaller to maintain the same percentage advantage. If 360 sells 10 and PS3 sells 5 the gap is 100 percent even though it is only 5 units. So to layout it out exactly for you:

Last week:

360 = 257k, PS3 = 199k

That results in the 360 outselling the PS3 by 29 percent as computed by 257/199 = 1.29.

 

This week we are looking at 189k 360 and 132k PS3 so far.

With my numbers of 24 and 12 that would result in 201/154 = 1.30 or 360 outselling PS3 by 30 percent, one more then last week.

With your numbers of 20 and 7, we get 196/158 = 1.24 or 360 outselling PS3 by 24 percent, 5 less then last week.

If we average the two you get 198.5/156 = 1.27, or a 2 percent decrease.

In any case not enough data or significant enough change in any direction to indicate a trend.

And before you start calling me on my numbers I dropped fractions for clarity so it may be 30.6 or 30.1 percent.