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jarrod on 13 December 2009
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Carl2291 said:
jarrod said:
Carl2291 said:
ArcticGabe said:
I guess VC is massively over tracking here... along with many games....

I just need to ask...

What makes you say that?

Well, the two reference points we have (VC launch month, VC ltd through Jan 2009) both have VGC overtracking NPD by 20-30%, which is too high a margin to count for Canada/Mexico (where VC was given a "limited" launch anyway).  We need a new NPD ltd leak to make sure though, but it's looking like VGC was overtracking it from day one.

It'd be nice if Sega gave out shipment figures too.  Maybe when VC2 gets closer to release, they might throw sales in a PR if the turnaround's as dramatic as VGC implies?

Or maybe... NPD undertracked...?

It's always possible.  That's why I'd like to see a more recent leak, to see if there's been any upwards adjustment.

 

Edit: looking at a few other titles, there may be something to VGC overtracking some PS games.  They have Uncharted 2 a whopping ~300k above NPD, LBP PSP by ~50k over and GT PSP and AC PSP each ~100k over!  In fact they have GT higher in week 9 than NPD has it for all of November?!  Maybe it's due to demographic swings with the retailers VGC works with or something (being more PS centric than the nation)?

Actually, it's looks like they're overtracking US PSP games by huge margins generally (over 50%) versus NPD?  What's going on?