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Wow, supply shortages really killed PS3 and Wii. Everything overtracked by about 100k



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Carl2291 said:
People are loling and wowing at 360 beating PS3?

Did you all miss the reports from everywhere in the US saying that the PS3 was supply constrained?

I guess it's karma being as though people seemed to have forgotten the Wii was supply constrained last NPD, when it was outsold by the 360.



SaviorX said:
psrock said:
SaviorX said:
360 beat PS3? ROFL

You are trying way too hard.

LOL You're funny.

I just find it hilarious. I mean, I'm aware of the shortages, but damn, Sony knew these games were coming and should have had some significant stock amounts to prepare for it. The fact that the 360 still won somehow just makes those software heavy hitters look irrelevant.

If you want to see me actually try, I'd get a couple warnings. You want some syrup to go with my ROFLs?

sony with every copy of good of war 3 makes more money with each consolesells (if it wins something for console)



psrock said:
The PS3 has 4 games in the top 10 in America, Nice!

Amazing huh.

But lets pretend that isn't an achievement & lol over it for being outsold despite being supply constrained.



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SaviorX said:
psrock said:
SaviorX said:
360 beat PS3? ROFL

You are trying way too hard.

LOL You're funny.

I just find it hilarious. I mean, I'm aware of the shortages, but damn, Sony knew these games were coming and should have had some significant stock amounts to prepare for it. The fact that the 360 still won somehow just makes those software heavy hitters look irrelevant.

If you want to see me actually try, I'd get a couple warnings. You want some syrup to go with my ROFLs?

Let it go dude, there won't be any meltdown this month which you badly wanted, oh check those FFXIII numbers.

Enjoy the Wii selling over 500k with first party leading the way as always.



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11/20/09 04:25 makingmusic476 Warning Other (Your avatar is borderline NSFW. Please keep it for as long as possible.)
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I remember when the 360 was supply constrained at the beginning one year and how that went over here. Shoe, other foot, blah blah blah . . .



Ok then time for the nasty stuff

        VGC                       NPD              Difference
Wii - 641k                     557k             84k Overtracked (15% over)
360 - 462k                    338k             124k Overtracked (36% over)
Ps3 - 438k                    313k             125k Overtracked (39% over)
Ds - 627k                      700k              73k Undertracked (10% under)
Psp - 158k                    119k               39k Overtracked (32% over)
Ps2 - 82k                      118k               36k Undertracked (30% under)

Once again Ps3 is the highest overtracked product by 39%.

It would appear NPD believe 360 is selling average of 84k a week and PS3 78k a week.
Vgc has them at 115k a week for 360 and 109k for PS3.

Which means both 360 and PS3 are not selling anywhere near the high numbers currently VGC has them acording to NPD. I find that most interesting as we are lead to believe on here the demand is high, especially for the PS3.



Hyruken said:
Ok then time for the nasty stuff

VGC NPD Difference
Wii - 641k 557k 84k Overtracked (15% over)
360 - 462k 338k 124k Overtracked (36% over)
Ps3 - 438k 313k 125k Overtracked (39% over)
Ds - 627k 700k 73k Undertracked (10% under)
Psp - 158k 119k 39k Overtracked (32% over)
Ps2 - 82k 118k 36k Undertracked (30% under)

Once again Ps3 is the highest overtracked product by 39%.

It would appear NPD believe 360 is selling average of 84k a week and PS3 78k a week.
Vgc has them at 115k a week for 360 and 109k for PS3.

Which means both 360 and PS3 are not selling anywhere near the high numbers currently VGC has them acording to NPD. I find that most interesting as we are lead to believe on here the demand is high, especially for the PS3.

Accusing VGchartz is one thing, being wrong is even worst.

You are using NA numbers vs US numbers my friend. But, keep going....



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11/20/09 04:25 makingmusic476 Warning Other (Your avatar is borderline NSFW. Please keep it for as long as possible.)

MLB The Show 10 is under tracked by 100k :|. Suprised it managed to get top 10 also lol.

God of War 3 sold 1.1mil in March, more then it's predessors. Hope VGChartz adjusted software sales.



Battlefield Bad Company 2 > Modern Warfare 2

Ya know I knew Pokemon was going to be higher than God of War 3 but I didn't expect one version to almost outsell God of War 3. Considering they had similar release dates (2 days apart) nice ones to compare. Of course I don't know if it is more impressive that God of War 3 can keep up with one version of Pokemon, or that Pokemon can almost double God of War 3. Either way great sales for both.

Bad Company 2 is much bigger on 360 than PS3 but equally the same as Final Fantasy 13 compared to PS3 and 360. MLB was out the entire month so no surprise there. While Wii Fit Plus and NSMB Wii show they are the evergreen titles... not MW2 (although I'm sure they are high in the top 20).

Hardware wise no shockers. Although I'm still just worried how Sony can just let their handheld contender sink like that. But DS and Wii show strong months (especially Wii who had more supply in the month) and PS3 and 360 stay close (PS3 who also had more supply in the month). Both Wii and PS3 still having issues getting on shelves but much better scenarios than the previous month. 360 stays consistent even without a significant exclusive in the month though FF13 and BC2 helped.