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bluesinG on 14 May 2008
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blykmik said:
LordTheNightKnight said:
Okay, we know they spin the numbers, but you just spun the numbers at the end. Two spins don't make a truth.

Microsoft may not be in the dominant position, but they are doing better than they would have been.

 How did I spin numbers?

 

 I just used the vgchartz America console totals.  MS has 70% - 30% advantage of the consoles in the US, and they're touting the fact that they are selling 60% over 40% of GTAIV sales.

Isn't that just fact?  Correct me where I'm wrong.


"Spinning" doesn't mean lying, it means introducing a frame of reference that suggests a particularly positive or negative interpretation of a set of facts. You spun the GTA numbers by introducing a frame of reference (LTD installed base) that makes them look bad for Microsoft. Here's a different--and equally valid--frame of reference that makes the GTA numbers look VERY good for Microsoft:

Last generation, 91% of all GTA sales were for the PS2 (42.86 million), and only 9% of GTA sales were for the XBox (4.15 million). So far this generation, 57% of sales for GTA IV have been for the XBox360 (4.37 million), and only 43% have been for the PS3 (3.29 million). Microsoft's current-generation GTA marketshare is 633% of its last-generation GTA marketshare.

See what I did there? I didn't lie, I spun.