| cookingyourmama said: I posted this in another thread not so long ago:
Their is a big difference between vgchartz american numbers and npd's for the wii and 360 but not for the ps3. Now i'm not saying who is right and who is wrong i'm just stating the facts that the two sets of numbers are very different. As of the end of may 2008 npd total ltd's are this: PS3 - 4,450,000 When you add in canada's numbers which is a combination of reported numbers and % estimates based on previous american numbers compared to the same month of canadian numbers you get: PS3 - 4,911,806 Now comparing that to vgchartz numbers for the same time you get: npd+canada 4,911,806 - vgc 4,943,560 - +31,754 The ps3 numbers are almost identical with vgchartz being +31,754 higher The wii ltd number is vastly above npd's ltd number at +770,191 higher. Anybody who thinks being over three quaters of a million isn't a significantly higher number needs their head checked. The 360's number is again well above npd's ltd number at +487,740 higher. That's almost half a million. Now if all 3 consoles were roughly the same when it came to being higher or lower to npd's numbers i wouldn't say anything but the fact their is such a huge difference is something that can't be ignored. |
So if you take your value for America's LTD sales based on NPD at the end of may for the Wii:
11,121,396
Subtract May and April:
April: 714k
May: 675k
Subtract a 10% each month for Canada.
(714k + 675k)*.1 = 138k
That means that Amercas sales based on your calcluations for the end of March is at:
9.6 million
Do you really think there were 1 million excess Wii's either on store shelves or in shipment at the end of March in the Americas. Because that's what your analysis amounts to.
