Mazzy on 23 May 2016
| Carl2291 said: The 3.8 Million shipped of Uncharted 3 was in November, just shortly after a major pricecut to the PS3 itself. They shipped a fuckton of stock not only for launch, but to maintain supply throughout November and December. Uncharted 4 has launched in May, nowhere near any significant system selling push from Sony. They likely shipped a similar number of copies (possibly less), but it's also likely that Uncharted 4 actually *sold* more within the 7 day span. Uncharted 3 needed a huge shipment for the holiday season. Remember that despite launching very early in November of 2011, Uncharted 3 "only" sold 700k throughout the entire Month (via NPD). Looking at these sold numbers, it's very likely that Uncharted 4 eclipsed that in a single Week, in May. When comparing these things you have to look at when U3 was launched, and *why* it launched with so many copies shipped day one. |
Suspected as much, the numbers wouldn't *appear* as impressive compared to Uncharted 3, so they used sold-through to obfuscate the numbers so you can't accurately compare the two. Makes sense.
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