Daffy said:
If remember correctly, Wal-Mart and Amazon aren't tracked by NPD? If it's so Xbox 360 could have even much better Novemer than NPD did show. |
They estimate untracked retailers. The NPD numbers are supposed to represent the best view of total sales in US.
OT - pretty good for 360, US remains its stronghold for the generation (against Sony that is, clearly it is well behind Wii there). It's clear though the 360 success remains focused on FPS and large action titles. Those are what drive the big boosts for 360 and those are what give it the best chance to hold of PS3. Driving and other genres don't matter. Sure, 360 has to have good titles in them, but if MW2 hadn't landed when it did 360 would have struggled to achieve those numbers IMHO.
The 360/PS3 split shows this. While many games see splits in line with install base, big FPS always skew heavily to 360 because it owns online play in US, and Sony is going to struggle to make a dent in that.
Nonetheless, in terms of actual YOY growth PS3 remains the big winner of the home consoles. A big jump for US, and with a weaker base and without the benefit of big MW2 and Walmart bundles. Clearly Sony can regain ground in US, perhaps enough to pass 360 WW eventually, but I don't they'll pass 360 in US. Not with Wii continuing to gobble up the more casual market formerly taken by PS2.
Try to be reasonable... its easier than you think...
