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thismeintiel on 30 June 2010
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selnor said:
thismeintiel said:

@ selnor

Regardless of how it makes the following weeks look, the official launch was Sept. 1st.  A date most stores abided by.  I really don't think a few local Gamestops and Best Buys releasing it early should count against it.  I know no local Gamestops or Best Buys around me were selling them early.  Besides, Wal-mart and Target most definitely share a greater part in gaming sales in the US.  They are the 2 largest retail chains, afterall.

And if the point of this thread is to compare their launches, then here are my predictions.  First we have the PS3 Slim launch for the week of Aug. 30th - Sept. 5th, in which it sold 582,815 units.  So far we only have the 360 Slim launch in America, 129,325.  When it launches in Japan, I don't see it having a huge impact.  But with the release of the MH game, Ill say it may get 10K.  Again, that's a maybe.  For it's release in EMEAA, I think it may increase its sales to the level the PS3 has been selling.  It could do a little more, so I'll give it 60K.  So, in the end I think the 360 Slim's release will push it to ~200K.  So about a 283K difference.  I also predict that after a few weeks of it being in EMEAA, sales will return to normal everywhere except America, where they will stay slightly above 360's previous numbers.  PS3 will again become the 2nd highest selling home console on a WW weekly basis.

Please stop. I'm only comparing the US in the op for now. Of which many many shops broke the street date. Enough to have more than 20 articles in UK from Sony to stop UK shops doing the same. 

When I compare EU launches that will be from the 30th August week.

Live with it. There is loads of proof that more than 100 stores broke the dead line. Bing it.

Wait, let me get this straight.  Because you have "proof" that 100 stores broke the street date, you have named it the "official" release week.  You do realize how many retail stores there are in America, right?  Just in the US, Wal-mart (including Sam's Club) had 4,227 stores in 2008.  A number that has surely grown since then.  Add in the number of Targets, as well as other stores who kept the street date,  and that number is probably something like 10,000.  This isn't even counting the other territories in America, but I'll use that number anyway.  So, because maybe 1% of stores released early, this will be it's release to you?  That just reeks of bias. 

But hey, I guess it's your thread so you can do as you wish, but it just means less people are going to take them seriously.  And If you are going to stick with the official release date for EMEAA and Japan, then this launch is definitely going to pale in comparison to the PS3 Slim launch.  I mean that's 419K for those two regions.  I'm going to guess 360 S gets ~ 100K  for those 2 regions combined.