Updated LTD data for PS4 and XB1 in Germany

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Ka-pi96 said:

binary solo said:

OttoniBastos said:

4.42 : 1  YTD

Not as bad as i thought...

 

How is VGchartz tracking?

Why did you think it would be worse? LTD the ratio is 4.23:1 so YTD has PS4 further ahead than LTD. Which means things are going down hill for Xb one.

Both under tracked compared to VGC 6.2% in the case of PS4 and about 15% for Xb one. YOu'd e3xpect BGC to be tracking PS4 better because Sony has regularly given sell through updates, which allows VGC to adjust according to an official sales number. The VGC ratio is 4.6:1 so that makes Xb one look slightly worse than it actually is. But in the end there is several days of daylight between the two, regardless of whether you look at VGC or other sources, and that's what matters in terms of considering market strength. Is it close or is there a big difference? That's what market analysts want to know.

Global lifetime totals wouldn't really help with getting individual countries such as this correct though.

Yes it would. I assume VGC has a fairly good idea of the market shares of most of the major markets, so if Germany is reasonably expected to be ~X% of the global PS4 market, then knowing with a high degree of accuracy the global LTD means it's a simple calculation to have a pretty decent idea of the German LTD. And of course having a highly accurate estimate of USA (thanks to NPD) and an extremely accurate estimate for Japan, thanks to Media Create and Famitsu, means half the global market share work is done for you already.

Not sure why Cone is suggesting Xb one sales are good when taken in isolation from PS4. 360 should be the benchmark for doing well for Xb one, and the way Xb one is going right now it doesn't have a shit show of reaching the 2.6 million of 360. It will be doing well to get half of that at this rate. Selling about 200K last year it looks like it could achieve 300K in its peak year, and over 5 years that's looking to be about 1.3-1.5 million lifetime. And I don't see Xb one having an extended life like 360. But you never know I guess.