taxman said:
Xyrax said:
NJ5 said:
Most likely, the PS3 will win this week. Imthelegend said:
I think Nintendo will pout more Wiis into Europe just to counter act the GT5P. As such I think your right it will be close in Europe but I think everyone who wants this game will already have a PS3. IMO. |
The Wii is not really supply constrained in Europe right now... After MK launches it may be another story of course. |
Dude this came straight from the UK like 3 days ago. http://www.mcvuk.com/news/30024/360-and-PS3-rocket-during-bumper-Easter "Though PS3 is still outselling 360 regularly week-on-week and in terms of year-to-date sales, the Sony and Microsoft platforms both saw a 73 and 78 per cent rise in hardware sales respectively this week.
Nintendo’s mega-selling Wii and DS also saw significant rises, despite stock concerns. " It seems that the trackers OFTEN mention the supply constraints of the Wii in the EU regions, but people actively ignore them and instead opt to cling to anecdotals instead. It seems like people should be able to recognize that Wiiplay is tied closely to hardware sales, and when it jumped up the charts over 40+ spots last week that there MIGHT be a supply issue. And if that didnt do it, the direct QUOTES from Chart Track should do it. Sometime back, before Christmas Wii supply had evened itself out in the EU regions, then people acknowledged it, but after the holidays it fell right back into its supply constrained ways, and seemingly people are just sticking with what was. Wii is supply constrained in the US the same way it is over in the large EU regions. Can you find one with some work? Sure. But its still far to constrained to call it "comfortably in stock." |
Emm, No.... You can find one in London with NO work whatsoever.... What you get in Europe in terms of numbers sold in the last month is what demand actually is NOT supply.... (believe me I live here) |
Then you can go argue that out with the CORPORATIONS THAT TRACK 80+% of the retail chains in the UK that sell video game consoles. Like I said, anecdotal data versus hard cold numbers. People are on this board every day talking about what is and isn't happening in the US to because they "Live there" but when NPD says something, most intelligent people tend to listen because they have MUCH more exposure to whats really going on.
So while your personal exp might say the console isn't supply constrained at all, the trackers say that it is, and We are all watching games like Wiiplay fluctuate over 40 spots up and down the charts week in and week out.
Im going to go with what common sense tells me in that case, Supply issues.
