Neos said:
Yes, well that's your opinion. |
Umm, no that's fact. It should be obvious but sales rankings do not tell you actual sales but only the highest-lowest order. They alone cannot tell you whether a game had spetacular sales (though obviously being in the top 3 would point in the non-flop direction). What they can reasonably tell you is that a game flopped. If it debuts at #12 there is little question of that (#12 is pretty much always low selling although again it's not 100%).
The problem with the top spots is that they are heavily dependent on time of year, what games came out, and other market factors. 1 week #1 may sell (using US numbers since I'm familiar with them) 400k and #2 200k which is pretty good for #2, another week #1 could sell 180k and #2 sells 60k which is not so good for a first week. Another example would be SPM debuted at #3 in its first week in the UK and moved up to #1 its second week. I seriously doubt that was due to sales increasing (though it could be since it is just a ranking).
