| Legend11 said: No they don't count the ones in the queue as being sold two or three times. |
The replaced ones do get counted, though.
From a company perspective, selling replacement units to customers (ie. the customer goes to the store for another one) is an excellent business practice. If the PS2 showed us anything it's that customers will bend over and take it if the console has the games they want to play, no matter how many times it needs to be replaced.
The bottom line is that more console sales make the userbase look higher and it means more money for the company. If customers won't stop buying the hardware as a result, why would MS want to do something about it?
"I mean, c'mon, Viva Pinata, a game with massive marketing, didn't sell worth a damn to the "sophisticated" 360 audience, despite near-universal praise--is that a sign that 360 owners are a bunch of casual ignoramuses that can't get their heads around a 'gardening' sim? Of course not. So let's please stop trying to micro-analyze one game out of hundreds and using it as the poster child for why good, non-1st party, games can't sell on Wii. (Everyone frequenting this site knows this is nonsense, and yet some of you just can't let it go because it's the only scab you have left to pick at after all your other "Wii will phail1!!1" straw men arguments have been put to the torch.)" - exindguy on Boom Blocks
