The Official May 2010 NPD Thread (Data for May 2-May 29)

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kowenicki said:

shanbcn said:

AW sold just 145k, way overtracked here.

 

http://www.joystiq.com/2010/07/02/npd-on-the-red-dead-alan-wake-and-split-second-retail-showdown/

How is it WAY overtracked?

its at 210k for May here including the whole Americas not just US.  NPD is US only.

Might be a bit overtracked granted... but way?  no.

Depends on how you define 'WAY'. Following the standard algorithm 145k USA should be approximately 160k Americas. Over a 30% overtrack. Admitedly that can vary somewhat depending on Canadian performance as evidenced by GOW3 first shipment of 250k (I'm still waiting for adjustments ioi), but I doubt it's any higher than 175k which would still be a relatively large 20% overtrack. Not to mention that 360 game performance would be more heavily skewed towards USA anyways since the system is cracked and Latin American sales are heavily pirated, which obviously isn't an issue with PS3 software.