Max King of the Wild said:
thismeintiel said:
Carl2291 said:
Was Microsoft counting Wii U as current gen? |
A couple people think so. However, as I pointed out to Pezus, I dont think that is the case.
"I think that's an impossibility. Creamsugar says they are both over 200K and 100K. Even just a few thousand over that would throw off MS 44% comment. Let's say PS3 sold 205K and the Wii sold 105K, which would put it at PS3+Wii+Wii U = 367K. That would make MS's 281K 43%, not 44%. I also see it as redundant to specify current gen consoles, when they could have simply just said all home consoles. And even if they included the Wii U, they would have stated so, as it would make their 44% even more impressive. MS is also incredibly less likely to take a dig at the Wii U in a press release about NPD. This is where they always push their product, not degrade others'. That will be left for the exec interviews and NeXbox ads."
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Not only that but they could bolster their percent by not including the Wii U. If it was 44% of 638 with Wii U they could easily subtract that console only include Ps3 and Wii and say they got 49% of the market
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Yea, I was thinking that, too. This is PR, so they would want to present things in the best light possible. They would have either used current gen only to increase the marketshare, which is what I think they did, or they would have said "360 claimed 44% of the home console market, which includes the newly released Wii U."
@ Pezus
Lol, that would be great if Sony announces over 71M 76M (not sure where the 71 came from. 
) PS3s sold on the 20th. They would be biting the heels of MS. That would only put them behind by a few weeks worth of shipments.
