| ioi said: I am not saying GFK ChartTrack's data for the Uk is wrong, I said that the way in which the figures were being reported / discussed is wrong. I have just got back from holiday so am in the process of talking to CT about getting some clarification - when I have this it will be posted but anyone who thinks 360 has outsold DS in the last 5 months in the UK is delusional. Also look at this chart Nintendo published at their annual results briefing:
It is very obvious that Wii sales are down from last year (75k for these European regions in week 17 vs 150k last year), Xbox360 up in the first 10 weeks and PS3 down but not by the amounts "suggested" in the ChartTrack LTD figures. Could be down to adjustments, heavy rounding, typos or whatever - we will find out soon enough but common sense tells me that 600k Xbox360 vs 400k DS vs 300k Wii isn't correct. Also DS sales overall in Europe are almost flat vs last year with the DSi launch, so only selling 400k in the UK (with 92k DSi alone sold in the first week + 20k or so DSL) doesn't make much sense.
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Come on to call people 'delusional' is a bit harsh, we just read the numbers but you make an excellent point. Only time will tell.
Nintendo doing worse has sure got to you hard.
