Soriku said:
Sal.Paradise said:
I know that JRPGs have been overtracked in NA recently, but jumping to the conclusion that they are all overtracked outside of Japan is not a safe assumption at all.
And yes, P4G has already been adjusted down significantly from such overtracking; http://www.vgchartz.com/game/62901/persona-4-the-golden/Comments/
Kresnik (on 11 January 2013)
Huge downward adjustment in the USA for this game from the NPD numbers. Was 160k in NA before, now 73k in USA alone. Ouch =/
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It's not just recently, JRPG sales have been overtracked for a long time now.
If P4G is only at 78k in the US (as of Jan 26, the last date shown) then that seems OK. Maybe slightly overtracked but nothing major I don't think. But the US is by far the biggest game market in NA. It's really doubtful that the rest of NA gave P4G an additional 50k or so to reach the 130k number VGC has P4G as in NA.
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So do you know just how long the overtracking has gone on, and crucially do you know which games haven't received corrective adjustments after the fact? Or are you assuming none have like you did just now, incorrectly, with P4G? (Was that another safe assumption on your part? 
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I definitely don't think that NA overtracking (which we know has been corrected for some games) results in us all assuming that all JRPGS in every country except Japan must be overtracked.
