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Smashchu2 on 15 September 2010
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CGI-Quality said:
Smashchu2 said:
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&reg=World&date=40258&console=&maker=

PS3 229,890 (-0%) 33,747,470

Week of God of War III's release

http://www.vgchartz.com/weekly.php?date=40258&reg=World&date=40265&console=&maker=

PS3 243,936 ( 6%) 33,991,406

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.

Um, two posts back, I showed you that Uncharted 2 had a boost, you claim it went down. Then, in March, the PS3 had a boost (though smaller than I expected - which I admitted) but you claimed it went down. In both cases you were proven wrong.

Back up my claim with facts, I did so. You used a source outside of VGC, a source known to be inaccurate (Wiki). If you're going to claim that I wasn't using facts, where were yours?

And I asked you 3 questions in the last post. Where are the answers...?

I missed the Uncharted thing. My bad.

Again, it was a week comparison. The NPD numbers showed the month was down. November would be up because it's November.Also, how much was the increase from the Slim model and how much was from the game?

Also, the numbers I posted are not inaccurate because they have a source associated with them. Look at the bottem of the page and you can see the news report giving the numbers. I also checked them against other sources.

Why should I answer your questions? They are just trying to shift the argument to something outside of what we are talking about. The are not trying to prove a claim.

The post you made is trying to "chesse," the argument. You can win on facts so you rely to trying other tactics, like having me answer BS question that we botrh know serves nothing to the current argument. You didn't mention the meat of my last post (which is, that there was no increase in hardware because the % increase is too small and a week is not a reliable period of time). Your argument is now trailing off.