| CGI-Quality said: @ Smashchu2 Quote bars are now outrageous. Anyway, so let me get this straight, a VGC article isn't evidence? So now using a VGC article makes me delusional? So ioi's info is wrong? It's sad that you would ignore the site's figures - http://www.vgchartz.com/weekly.php?date=40251®=World&date=40258&console=&maker=
Week of God of War III's release http://www.vgchartz.com/weekly.php?date=40258®=World&date=40265&console=&maker=
The week after. The numbers went down? |
First, it doesn't matter if the data is from this site, but you have to back up your claims with facts. It is only now that you do so, when it should have been 2 or 3 post back. Also note that I'm using US sales on a monthly basis.
When doing sales analysis, you have to look at bigger, not smaller. A week can easily change due to anything. The Wii was up 2% in the week of GoW3's release. Why?
6% actually means that the game did not drive hardware because the change is so small that there weren't a lot of new players buying the system for the game. You could look at any week and find 6, or 5 or 7 precent increases. It does not mean the game drove hardware and proves that the game did not drive hardware like it should because the increase is too small.
EDIT: Here is an example. Notice how the Wii went up 7% but there was no reason for it to go up. While the top sellers were Wii games, they were games released a while back (two of which were Wii Sports). So a variation of 6% means nothing.
