Carl2291 said:
jarrod said:
Carl2291 said:
For this contest, i think it's best to go by shipment data for the 2 consoles. |
Shipment data isn't consistent since (as I mentioned earlier) SCE includes Chinese sales and Nintendo doesn't. Plus we don't know "real" PS2 shipment totals anyway since SCE's never given an updated total figure after switching from "production shipment" accounting methods back in 2007. Any attempt to total "PS2 shipments" will be double counting an unknown amount of units.
Sales trackers are the only way to know actual sales, and we have more than just VGC to go by. Best and fairest comparison would be using NPD + Enterbrain + Charttrack/GFK imo, which Nintendo always gives out in their annual reports anyway.
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Even then, VGChartz is probably the most unfair way of doing this comparison...
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No, the least accurate/fair would still be DS shipments to PS2 shipments+production shipments. No matter how you try to reconcile that, you're still giving PS2 an inherent (and even inaccurate) advantage (Chinese sales, Reporting method double counting).
VGC's coverage may be more limited than the big trackers, but it's still comparing like with like. It's better than "shipments". Besides, Nintendo's traditionally more conservative with shipments anyway.
