July NPD - #1 X360, 277k, PS3 148k, Wii 190k, 3DS <115k

[Zlejedi]

kowenicki said:

Zlejedi said:

Hyruken said:

Have to agree with Kowenicki here.

Understand you wanting to defend the numbers ioi but all indicators point to the PS3 numbers being either over-tracked or the 360 numbers being under-tracked. We have multiple reports now from EEDAR and with the recent shipment data it would back up NPDs claims that worldwide 360 could actually go on to sell more worldwide. Even Industrygamers said a week or so ago they think 360 could be leading. Where as you have PS3 quite comfortably ahead by about 20k a week or so.
Point being as Kowenicki says there should be nothing between them. They should be neck and neck. There is little to no evidence nor indicators to show PS3 is doing as your numbers suggest. On the contrary these numbers actually represent their worst month since april 2009. Pre-price cut numbers. The numbers are almost on par with those in early 2007 where they were around the 135k mark.

I think it is pretty safe to assume either 360 is under-tracked or PS3 is over-tracked based on the recent evidence/numbers/reports/shipment data etc.

EDIT: Just to back up what i said a bit more here is eurogamers report from today http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2011-08-12-ms-xbox-360-to-end-2011-as-global-no-1  (360 to end 2011 as global no 1).

 

I agree that in 2011 numbers PS3 is overtracked but it is a result of PS3 being undertracked in previous years only very recently we have reached acceptable similarity of stock levels for those two.

why would they have similar stock levels if one is supposedly outselling the other by 20k per week and is available in many more markets than the other?

Why would one have 2 milion units in stock while other 500k if all those small markets accounted to 20k diffrence ?