Aielyn on 14 February 2014
| Seece said: Fact is tho it sold less this Jan than last Jan. |
I'm sorry, but you are just plain wrong. NPD this year covers 5th of January to 1st of February. As such, it has missed the first 4 days of January, and included the first of February. Last year's NPD covered December 30th to 2nd of February. As such, it included two days of December and two days of February.
If you wanted to estimate the actual YOY for January, you'd need an estimate for those lost/gained days.
Your assertion is akin to those who said "the gaming industry is up YOY" for January last year, even though it was only 9% up with an extra week included. Mathematics and basic logic do NOT work that way. NPD's quirks regarding weeks tracked are NOT a valid reason to claim that Wii U is down YOY.
