Intrinsic on 07 July 2014
| Pavolink said: And Wii U went up 666% that week in UK. Yeah, porcentages are useless without context. |
Only relevant if you are trying to ignore the facts or in this case the context. Percentages are useless when a product is compared to itself. Like saying wiiU up 666% in relation to whatever WiiU sales were previously.
The context in this regard is by comparing one product directly to a different product competing in the same space. eg. PS4 sold 50% more than wiiU (100k+ to 50k+). In this case, even if the PS4 sold say 10k but sold 50% more than the wiiU.... that literally provides all the context you need.
But of course you probably knew all this already didn't you? :)
