| Darth Tigris said: 1. I have not read anywhere that the PS3 outsold the Wii in the US for the month of September, just that it was up WoW compared to August. I did read that Michael Pachter said it sold 312,000, though. 2. The comments from the SCEE rep specifically mention Europe and North America (not Japan or any other region). That means he is specifically commenting on NA sales being a strong contributer to the 15 million number. That's not me stretching anything. 3. Why do defenders of the 1.5 million number keep avoiding the elephant in the room? It is IMPOSSIBLE to get an install base from that figure. 1st of all it most likely is a SHIPPED number and not SOLD to consumers. 2nd he didn't state what those figures represent (bundles? ps eye? move and nav controllers?). And, most importantly, 3rd he can't state how many of these are individual move purchases. Now I do agree that we don't know what the interviewer asked. We can only go by the select quotes chosen for the article (which rarely give the whole picture). But that's all we have so that's what my comments are based upon. For the record, I just want Sony to upfront about the numbers they report. This approach attempts to give the impression that Move sold 1.5 million in its first month of release just in Europe. I don't see how that's defensible unless you just want to see Sony 'win'. I guarantee that publishers will look at that and not be fooled, especially when software sales are so much lower. |
Bolded 1: Yeah, Nintendo announced the Wii sold only 254k for the month (I coulda sworn I saw you post in that thread, but I guess my mind is playing tricks on me).
Bolded 2: I kinda assumed that was a given to anyone discussing these figures, but I suppose that's an overly optimistic view of the world. =(
Bolded 3: I guess I see what you're saying. I didn't really see it as an issue given #2.
