America's up 20th August.

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BenVTrigger said:

ethomaz said:

BenVTrigger said:
Now 3DS numbers are looking more accurate.

And as for the PS3 price cut its not going to elevate hardware all that much in NA honestly and we have for sure seen a rise but nothing comparable percentage wise to what 3DS accomplished with its price drop and Vgchartz numbers reflect pretty damn close to what I said in another thread on here from what we've seen. I reported we saw a roughly 33% rise as a retailer and Vgchartz is reporting 40% nation wide.

Again my predictions and observation prove to be accurate

Next week is full week price cut for PS3 (like 3DS in this week)... so I expect more boost.

Doubtful.  Our sales as the number 1 retailer in the country don't reflect that at all.  If anything it should stabalize right around the 40-45% margin for a couple weeks till Gears 3 release.

And to people wondering about the lack of a big software boost its 2 things.

1.  People upgrading consoles from the old fat models to newer better Slims

2.  People buying pre-owned.  Many who buy a new console buy pre-owned games with it to keep the overall cost as low as possible.

If I am correct you guys are number 1 for software but not for new hardware ( I said new, not refurbished and I mean consoles not peripherics).

But yeah I don't expect a huge boost, it's more going to stabilize to a  long term medium increase. One thing to note too is that the huge boost on 3DS came after very bad weeks as people delayed their purchase, there was hardly any purchase delayed for the PS3..

Edit : I double checked and Gamestop had a 12% revenue share of the  new hardware business in 2010, I strongly doubt that is the number one in the country...