Statistical Ties? Do they really matter?

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SaviorX said:

kingoffail said:
if you really think about it

Does it really matter if Wii is the number one selling console?? While lesser sold consoles are getting way more quality third party titles?

Does it really matter Carnival game sold so well? Even though the quality of the game is... subpar?

Does it really matter #%# won game of the year? When you don't even play it?


Heck, if you think in that line. Nothing matters.



so, yes, 50,000 is 50,000, it's not a small number, but it does signal 1 console's win other another

.......What the hell are you talking about? LOL

What you did there is quite uncalled for and childish.

OT: When it comes to estimates a win is not necessarily a win. The closer estimated 2 sales numbers are the higher the probability that the reverse order is actually true. With only a 50K difference in NPD between PS3 and 360 both being in the 1.3+ millions the probability that 360 in fact sold more than PS3 cannot be dismissed. But of course the probability that PS3 or 360 sold more than Wii is so ridiculously small that you can dismiss it without a moment's thought.

If PS3 fans want to crow about anything it's this: that PS3 has got itself into a position where its sales in the biggest sales month of the year are basically equal to a console that has previously been selling almost double what the PS3 used to sell. If PS3 can achieve sales parity with 360 for the remainder of this gen then that is a great result and one that a large number of people would have roundly dismissed less than a year ago. I think it's more than enough to make a PS3 fan smile like the Chesire cat: that your trust and confidence in the PS3 to come back from the brink and deliver with excellent games has been well and truly vindicated.