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pezus said:
Conegamer said:
thismeintiel said:

Is there a reason people are posting that the numbers are biased, yet give neither a reason why or there own estimates? Can I assume you have no other reasons other than wishful thinking? Yea, I think I'll go with that.

 Seriously, if you can convince me with LOGIC AND FACTS, I'm more than open to changing them. It would only help the thread be more accurate/credible.

Well, mainly the fact that the 3DS is outselling the Wii U by around 5:1, and yet only has 2x as much stock on shelves yet both are "close to reality" for one. That and the fact that VGC is saying the PS3 is outselling the 360 also by around 50% on a weekly basis, and yet should for some reason have the same amount of stock on shelves. This seems unlikely; I would imagine the PS3 would have more stock on shelves, closer to 1.5mil (giving a supply of around 11 weeks, compared to the 14 weeks if we use the 1.2mil for the 360. If we look at 12 weeks being about right, it would mean the Wii U would have around 400k on shelves and the 3DS 1.4mil, though admitaddly handhelds are slightly different so we can't read much into that).

In addition, your prediction that the PS2 "only" sold 3mil last Fiscal year is somewhat erroneous. I would imagine it would be closer to 3.5, if not 4mil. As far as I'm concerned, Sony will say something when the PS3 outships the 360, so a more likely shipment number is 77mil maximum. 

 

Taking all this into account, I'd say it should read more like:

Wii U- Slightly undertracked (Around 200k)

3DS- Slightly overtracked (Around 300k)

360- Undertracked (Around 1mil)

PS3- Undertracked (Around 1.3mil)

 

I agree with everything else you said, however. Overall, pretty fair predictions and these are my own, and thus I shalln't defend them if they come under attack by other members. 

Why is it erroneous to think that a (slowly) dying console sees a drop YOY in shipments? That's only logical, but I suppose anything is possible with PS2.

Why would you imagine PS2 shipments were closer to 3.5 or 4m? Is that a gut feeling or based on something else?

Just a gut feeling really. I would imagine that if the PS3 had outshipped the 360 Sony would have said something. So as they have paired up the numbers, it makes sense that the PS2 may have sold more than we may think.



 

Here lies the dearly departed Nintendomination Thread.