| greenmedic88 said: With a turning point in Q3 due to the re-release of the repackaged, lower cost PS3, looking at the yearly totals is essentially taking selective data with no account for major changes in sales trends. From what the numbers show, MS LOST their lead over the PS3 for year 2009 in the territories outside of the U.S. and that was with their initial one year head start. Japan is same as it's ever been, only worse; no surprises there. |
A. It's not "selective data". It's response to numbers that an outside group (NPD in this case) put out, which is the same arbitrary ending date most of the world uses to measure progress and organize data (January 1). It would be selective data if he just decided to post numbers from the year that started just before the PS3 caught fire with the slim. That would be cherry-picking data. This is not. At all. He's not even selecting the data. It's been given to him.
B. What you are failing to understand is that, while competitive people who wan to "win", the job of MS and Sony and Nintendo is to grow their business. MS and Xbox are doing that. The only numbers that matter are the comparison to last generation and health of the bottom line this generation. It matters so little about how they lost the lead in Europe (for the 2nd time, by the way. They regained it at one point). The point is that previously they weren't even a blip on the screen there, and now they are making money.
Can't we all just get along and play our games in peace?
