Japan sales: Famitsu & Media create - Week 10 ( Mar 4 - Mar 10 )

[Sal.Paradise]

NintendoPie said:

Sal.Paradise said:

It's because the precedent has been set for the Vita to lose in sales to 3DS in Japan, and by a significant margin. 

I'll give you an example, in this years Six Nations (rugby tournament) Italy beat France 23-18. It's only a 5 point victory, and wasn't a particularly impressive performance technically. But it garnered headlines such as 'Italy stun France in historic victory' 'Italy shock favourites France' and my personal favourite 'Faltering French fall victim to Roman Conquerors'. 

Thing is, Italy are the weakest team in the tournament, by a significant margin. They've only won 10 games out of the 68 they've played in it. Out of the 34 times they've played France in any tournament, they've only won 3 times. They're practically written off as losers before they have the chance to compete. And so any victory, no matter how small, is celebrated and publicised disporportionately to the actual result. 

I don't see how we can compare sports to sales, but whatever works for you guys. I wouldn't use that as a comparison. (Since 1 point could really make or break a game. 1'000 sales can't make or break a console, technically.)

Well, the weekly sales are a 'game' of sorts to people, aren't they? One fanbase will say their system'won' over the other by no matter how many units, as long as it's greater. It's not a perfect analogy but no analogy is