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Severance on 21 April 2010

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hsrob on 22 April 2010

I think it's just hitting the slow time of the year all around, this combined with the fact that 1st quarter hardware sales may have been buoyed somewhat by the unusually strong software lineup (for Q1).



gustave154 on 22 April 2010

yeah.. i think we might actually see PSP sales defeat Xbox 360 when Peace Walker comes out xD
And i'm sad PS3 is below 200k =(



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Zlejedi on 22 April 2010

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TWRoO on 22 April 2010
coolbeans said:
Well in NA it's tax time. Fairly normal for April not to be a high selling month for consoles for that reason alone in NA.

Same in the UK, and I imagine the rest of Europe too.

people are saving money.



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RVDondaPC on 22 April 2010
TWRoO said:
coolbeans said:
Well in NA it's tax time. Fairly normal for April not to be a high selling month for consoles for that reason alone in NA.

Same in the UK, and I imagine the rest of Europe too.

people are saving money.

That's strange. Most people I know get a refund check and thus have a lot of free cash to spend in April. I would think video game sales would increase. 



Squilliam on 22 April 2010

Sean Malstrom said...



Tease.

smbu2000 on 22 April 2010
gustave154 said:
yeah.. i think we might actually see PSP sales defeat Xbox 360 when Peace Walker comes out xD
And i'm sad PS3 is below 200k =(

Well seeing as there were some adjustments, it was below 200k in last week's numbers (ending April 10th) as well.




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Demotruk on 22 April 2010

The comedown from Easter.

I was concerned by poor YoY comparisons, until I realized that Easter fell 8 days later in 2009 than 2010, so it's no big deal.



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RVDondaPC on 22 April 2010
coolbeans said:
RVDondaPC said:
TWRoO said:
coolbeans said:
Well in NA it's tax time. Fairly normal for April not to be a high selling month for consoles for that reason alone in NA.

Same in the UK, and I imagine the rest of Europe too.

people are saving money.

That's strange. Most people I know get a refund check and thus have a lot of free cash to spend in April. I would think video game sales would increase. 

In U.S. (I'm sure other places but I personally can't confirm this) lower-income families can file for tax refunds but those are it.  I wouldn't doubt most of them have other expendatures in mind besides consoles.

Uhm.. I'm pretty sure you are wrong. Anyone that pays more taxes during the year than they owe gets a refund check regardless of how much money they make. Maybe you are getting it confused with the one time stimulus refund checks that were given out last year. As for lower income families, they generally buy material things with that money because it's the only time they can afford to, especially if they are a younger family. There's a reason why they are low income..