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FishyJoe on 27 November 2007
takeru51 said:
It was USA only.

Woo, Seattle P-I! Represent.

Actually, it's Associated Press. Seattle PI just picked it up from the wire.



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TWRoO on 27 November 2007
albionus said:
Soriku said:
Lol, always much lower than VG Chartz.

Not really.  Nintendo says it sold 650k in the US in the last 2 weeks.  VGChartz estimates Nintendo sold around 730k in NA in the last 2 weeks.  Take 650k * 1.12 (to account for the rest of NA) and you get approximately 730k.  So in this regard VGChartz is spot on.  As for the weekly differences it could be Nintendo counting a week differently, or Nintendo counting when it shipped the soon to sold Wii to the retailer, or just the sort of statistical variance that makes smaller and smaller samples much less acurrate than larger ones.


good point, Canada is usually 10% of the USA, but Wii is comparitively more popular in Canada (or it was from what i remember) so 12% seems fair.



Zucas on 27 November 2007

Yea whether or not Nintendo is right, they still come up wiht the same numbers when Canada is added in.

But still wait for NPD.



dschumm on 27 November 2007
leo-j said:
Then the wii sold 100k less...

Very overtracked.

 Canada aprroximately equals 10%. 650 x 1.1=715

733/715=102.3%

Damn accurate.

Good Job ioi 



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Entroper on 27 November 2007
NJ5 said:
Could this be sold to retailers? Some retailers might have stockpiled a bit on their own for Black Friday, which would explain the difference with vgchartz's numbers (besides Canada and etc.).

I think this is the case. If you subtract about 10% from VGC figures to remove Canada, you get:

Two weeks ago, 300k sold to retailers, 229k to customers
One week ago, 350k sold to retailers, 431k to customers

650k were shipped and 660k were sold during those two weeks. Sounds about right to me.  Some retailers held shipments for Black Friday, which explains how they could sell more than they were shipped last week (since they sold less than they were shipped the week before).



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johnsobas on 27 November 2007

there is other places in NA besides canada and usa i think that's why it is 12% instead of 10%. I know they make up a small percentage but it's still something.



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Bladeneo on 27 November 2007
endurance said:
Bladeneo said:
"Consumers are buying every game we can put into the system." - Funny, Wii software sales are usually rather poor in terms of the massive install base they have.

last week they were amazing


 Note I said usually, does not denote always; Last week they had SMG, obviously sales are gonna spike. But, otherwise, they are USUALLY rather poor...In terms of their massive install base. Oh wait, I've already said that once, darn me repeating myself.

 

 



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FishyJoe on 27 November 2007
Zucas said:
Yea whether or not Nintendo is right, they still come up wiht the same numbers when Canada is added in.

But still wait for NPD.

Nintendo probably has a good idea of how much they are shipping. Since it's sold out, shipment figures should be very close to sold to consumer figures.



endurance on 27 November 2007
Bladeneo said:
endurance said:
Bladeneo said:
"Consumers are buying every game we can put into the system." - Funny, Wii software sales are usually rather poor in terms of the massive install base they have.

last week they were amazing


 Note I said usually, does not denote always; Last week they had SMG, obviously sales are gonna spike. But, otherwise, they are USUALLY rather poor...In terms of their massive install base. Oh wait, I've already said that once, darn me repeating myself.

 

 


if your talking about the US then they are good,you should know that wii isnt the best seller in the US yet



takkxyz on 27 November 2007

Well, to throw my hat into the ring, didn't some retailers hold off stocks of Wii for the Black Friday sale? It could easily account for the weekly difference.



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