Sam3o said:
TWRoO said:
Sam3o said:
TWRoO said:
Sam3o said:
Huh??? How so? Vita sales are now 2.7 million. Dreamcast topped out at 2.25 million in Japan. |
The platform total's page on VGC is wrong for some reason... not sure how much more DC may have sold in Japan but the console shipped 10.6 million in total (2.4m more than VGC world total). Similarly PS1 only shipped 102.49 million, yet on that page it is at 104.25 million, and the Sega Saturn shipped 9.5 million (i think, as I remember something about 13 million as well, but that might just be Sega Master System), not 8.82 million.
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Yeah, that's true. Some VGC numbers for older console are off (Games as well), but not for Japan. Tracking sales in Japan is much more accurate than other regions considering we have both Famitsu and Media Create. VGC numbers should be accurate for Japan. Those missing sales should be from the other markets (mostly from developing countries).
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Well yes, the sales tracking can be off especially for older games, but there isn't any viewable sales tracking on here for any non 7th gen games or consoles except for the PS2 hardware on that total's page.... the other figures I mentioned (PS1, DC, Saturn) are not wrong due to poor tracking but some kind of input mistake (they are meant to be final shipment figures).
It's possible you are correct about the Japan figure being right for DC, because the Saturn figure for Japan definately seems correct compared to my memory (I remember being suprised it beat the N64) but if 2.25m is correct it's not due to the accuracy of sales tracking.
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I don't know. Weekly sales were tracked for ages now in Japan (since early 1990's?) as opposed to the recent attempts in US and Europe less than a decade ago. Shouldn't final shipments and sales published by say Famitsu be practically the same?
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Well like I said, as the Saturn figure for Japan seems correct as I remember it being in the past here on VGC, you could be right about DC Japan... All I know is the figures on that page are meant to be final shipment figures for dead consoles, and as the final shipment figure for DC is 10.6 million, (which I don't think ever included a regional breakdown) there is definately something amiss. Perhaps without a regional breakdown ioi estimated the region shipments based on older data (occasional news snippets about the DC, or in Japan's case famitsu sales data) which probably does mean the Japan figure is nearest the truth.
All I know is there are definately a few misplaced figures on that page. PS1 being the most obvious as Sony's final shipment figure is less than that on here.
