boxydancer on 19 March 2009
| boxydancer said: Woooow, SF4 was MASSIVELY undertracked. 250k off between both versions? Wow. So that actually puts the WW sales around 1.5 million. Capcom aims for 1.7 million for the quarter. Looks like they'll get their wish. Glad the game isn't actually a huge disappointment sales wise. How exactly do things get undertracked? Where does VGC get it's data from that leaves it open to such large discrepancies? This is actually a serious question---I'm genuinely curious. |
Actually, I think the data answered my own question. The NPD data included the CE while I don't believe the VGC data did. Considering that the rest of the data is accurate, I'm going to posit that this is the reason for the discrepancy. The #s on VGC are probably correct for the non-CE bundled additions and, most likely, accurately reflect how the game is selling currently---VGC just missed that first 250k (though that's a LOT to miss, it makes sense). Won't know for sure until the March #s come out. If the March #s match, then we'll know that this was the case.
