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Mummelmann on 03 December 2010
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Metallicube said:
Mummelmann said:
darthdevidem01 said:

I won't whine I'll just put it bluntly, these GT5 NA sales are a collossal disappointment.

In the GT5 Sales Predictions Thread the "AVERAGE" Prediction came in at -- 740K

Much lower than expected.

Ps3 hardware is ok....worldwide it'll do more than last years black friday, but thats no big deal because it had GT5 launch this year.

DKCR Sales make me happy!

Hopefully GT still has enough power to leg it out in NA....we'll find out in the coming weeks.


Yeah, I gotta say I thought and hoped that GT5 would punch a bigger hole in the Americas market. Still doing good but not as good as Black Friday could have potentially made it.

All in all, its doing fairly well for a franchise that no one cares about.

 

Metallicube; Oh, you mean like the constant "software draught", "its not in a decline, just wait till holidays", "just wait for -insert title of savior game here- to arrive"? Everyone whines, get off your high horse. You yourself threatened to leave the site on the basis that the PS3 was sold in more markets. Now that's whining. Sorry for being so blunt, it had to be said.

Haha, man do people love to hold my quotes against me or what! I must really say some things that hit some nerves or something.. Unless that's just what everyone does here.

What I said about Wii sales was true though, was it not? Wii did have a software draught of system movers for 2010 up until recently.

I was merely dissapointed in the disparity of the sales which seemed to favor PS3 just because it was available in more markets, so at the time I assumed this was going to be the way it was every week, considering the PS3 recieved such a major boost out of nowhere. I may have overreacted, I admit.

Fair enough. These emerging markets have a glaring weakness though; they have a very small percentage of population that can actually afford luxury items such as consoles and even those who can afford them are culturally impaired against wanting to purchase one. The adjustments were very longterm, I don't think the week-to week numbers will be greatly affected by them to be honest.

If the disappointment lay in the fact that the tracking was overall incosistent and unprecise, I kind of share your grief, for a tracking site, precision is paramount.

I did not intend to ride you that hard, I just get tired of the whole "war" sometimes and some sides claiming the moral high ground. That said, I think you're an outstanding member and I enjoy your posts, especially the fact that they are mostly well reflected and has some thought behind them. Too many people are going by their days with "lulz, horrible sales", "lol, told you so, eat crow manwhore!" etc.