kitler53 on 15 May 2014
| Kresnik said: Actually cannot believe how lazy VGC have been with the numbers this week. Really, really disappointing. So Borderlands 2 sold 40k in the USA this week. Seems plausible. Not too big, not too small. And Vita sold 2k in the USA this week. Less plausible, but capable of being possible. Except, the two things cannot exist together, since the only way to get a copy of Borderlands 2 for the week ending the 10th is through the bundle. So either Borderlands 2 sold < 2k (probably closer to 1k counting the fact that OLED models will still be sold) or Vita sold > 40k (greater due to the fact that OLED models will still be sold). Bloody stupid that nobody took 10 seconds to cross check the release date of the bundle vs. the standalone SKU. Just goes to show that stuff simply gets run through algorithms without any regard for plausibility (or even any regard for possibility, since these numbers are literally impossible). Aside from that, we're given good old chart-track numbers every week which show UK chart placement. God of War Collection at #40. Not including in VGC's top 75 for the UK. Gee, that sounds about right. /JerrySeinfelddonegif |
this is what happens when you're estimates are based on "historical trends" and not data. if ioi was using any real sales data as input to his models these kinds of mistakes wouldn't exist.
