What?
You guys make it sound like the PS3 numbers were off horribly for months on end.
Last time I looked, we were within 3% of NPD for PS3 in July. I think it is fairly obvious we cover stores that have higher income/more dedicated gamers, given that our data is high for PS3 this month, but tracked 360 better than usual this month.
Price drops increase sales across the board instantly...but places like Walmart vs. Gamestop will see drastically different sales long term in the wake of a price drop.
Ckmlb...of course Bioshock outsold Metroid Prime 3. Of course all hardware declined besides 360. 360 still has the largest and most active userbase in game purchases. Take Two announced they have already shipped 1.5 million copies of Bioshock. 360 just had the price drop, nearly 900k units were sold, and the hardware issues were solved. PS3 sales dropped over 10%/week this month despite Madden.
It isn't like there is a consistant error though (which would indicate bias) in how Vgchartz differs from NPD. PS3 was over tracked this month, but has been undertracked in other months.
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