By using this site, you agree to our Privacy Policy and our Terms of Use. Close
Alic0004 on 22 January 2010
Edit Thread
jarrod said:
jacks81x said:
jarrod said:
postofficebuddy said:
jarrod said:
ps3_jrpg_gamer said:
first of all
NPD is from jan 2009 A YEAR OLD
130,000 in jan 2009 VC sales picked up since april nothing wrong

No, the Jan 2009 leak had VC at 74k. The 130k is from November (not last NPD, sorry).


According to VGC almost half of the games current American sales came in the last 7 weeks. November data obviously doesn't isn't of much use here. Just wait for Sega to give their quarterly report.

The game's out of stock and pretty much every electronics and toy retailer (Wal-mart, Best Buy, TRU, etc), and has been for months. Gamestop's the only major nationwide who seems to even carry it, and then even it varies store to store and is unavailable online.

What happens if it's not mentioned in the quarterly report? Just like it's never been highlighted in any of Sega's IR reports after the Q1 2008 interim results (where Sega said domestic sales were "steady")?

Looks pretty available to me...

Amazon:

http://www.amazon.com/Valkyria-Chronicles-Playstation-3/dp/B0016C3260/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=videogames&qid=1264107915&sr=8-1

Toys r Us

http://www.toysrus.com/product/index.jsp?productId=3632085

Barnes & Noble

http://videogames.barnesandnoble.com/Video-game/Valkyria-Chronicles/e/10086690200/?itm=1&USRI=valkyria

Gamestop

http://www.gamestop.com/Catalog/ProductDetails.aspx?product_id=4058

Sears:

http://www.sears.com/shc/s/p_10153_12605_05896403000P?vName=Entertainment&cName=VideoGames&sName=PlayStation%203%20Games&sid=IDAx20080403x000001&aff=Y&jftid=4:53010af5-7a04-4861-93c1-0b9e85478072

Buy.com

http://www.buy.com/prod/valkyria-chronicles/q/loc/108/207923326.html

I was talking B&M. NPD actually gets data directly from all those companies too now iirc (they made a deal with Amazon in... August was it?). It'd be one thing if VGC was attributing the huge difference to say Wal-mart, but they're not stocking it online and the in-store locator seems spotty too (no copies within 100 miles of NYC, LA or Chicago?). So where would the extra sales be coming from?

 

I live in New York City, and there is only one Walmart within a hundred mile radius of the entire city. But I guess you already knew that from using the in-store locator. And just decided not to mention it.

 

Many stores that are popular in New York, like Target, don't have an in-store locator. The vast majority of game stores are Gamestops, where the game is definitely in stock in most stores throughout the city (there are like 50 gamestops in new york city, by the way). The game is also currently limited to 2 per customer on the website (something Gamestop only does when a game is popular and in limited supply.)

 

The argument that the game is out of stock almost everywhere is pretty much untenable. It comes down to NPD versus VGC, which I'm not going to get into, because I don't have better data then either of them. Who knows?

 

Also, it's a little hard for me to believe that over the past few months you have been constantly searching for the in-store availability of a game which you have referred to several times in this thread as Valkyria Profile.

 

 

p.s. they're both great games.