Barkley said:
Teeqoz said:
You're making it out like I have some preference. I don't mind either way (though I've got a financial interest in the PS4 doing well, so there's that). We'll see what figures Sony announce, they've often given figures at E3. I'd love for them to have a blowout 2018.
See below.
I'd be more interested in that split for Q1, but the only thing available is VGC numbers, which leaves me in a catch 22. Can't argue about the viability of VGC figures when VGC is the only available source for data. We shall see how this plays out over the rest of the year.
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Split for Q1 is: (according to NPD + Mediacrate + VGC)
USA + Japan : 42.91%
Everywhere Else : 57.09%
Split for Lifetime Sales as of January 6th is: (according to NPD + Mediacrate + Sony Global Sales)
USA + Japan : 39.14%
Everywhere Else : 60.86%
So yeah the split from the confirmed figures (Sony Global Sales + NPD + Mediacreate) show bigger sales for "Everywhere Else" than VGC has for Q1 currently. Which would imply PS4 was actually undertracked, if it wasn't for the Monster Hunter boost to Japan.
So from that I'd say VGC is pretty damn close at the moment.
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I meant splits for previous Q1s compared to this Q1. Comparing to lifetime splits ignores any seasonal variances in the split, but like I said, to get that data we have to rely on VGC which has proven to be off by a million before. You already said what you are repeating here in your previous post, and I understand your line of reasoning, but the core issue is VGC's unreliability, both for the PS4 and the Switch.
