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megaman79 on 10 February 2011

Wtf happened to GFK's monthly numbers for Australia?

 



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Ping_ii on 11 February 2011

cool ps3 and 360 are probly so close in sold units.



D-Joe on 11 February 2011

just wait till april and we will know numbers



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binary solo on 11 February 2011
postofficebuddy said:
D-Joe said:

ok i get it

but MS declined in 2009 numbers,so it's donsen't mean PS3 is ahead now(of coz i don't know)

btw 1.3m?i don't think NZ is that big...


Well it's probably slightly less than 1.3 million if the above number is accurate. I was using that as a ballpark figure. PS3 increased it's install base in Australia by close to 40% in 2010. If it were a similar percantage for NZ it would be around 170k in that territory. Actually looking at the numbers again 360 is probably still ahead. PS3 would have needed to stomp it last year to catch up.

NZ PS3 sales will be around 150K by now, so "over 1.1 million" in Aussie plus ~150K NZ = ~1.3 million or at least > 1.25 million. In any case, given Sony and Gfk are saying over 1.1 million in households in Aussie and VGC has Aussie NZ at 1.12 million then a modest adjustment to VGC numbers would be expected. I think given the uncertainties of the numbers I'd say putting PS3 at about 1.25 million on the Aus/NZ chart would be about right. So, level pegging with the 360. Though I think if anything 360 is slightly undertracked too and is probably still marginally ahead in this neck of the woods.

Hmm, this gives me an idea for a thread...



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ethomaz on 11 February 2011
Kasz216 said:
ethomaz said:

New link found by @Booh! thanks.

http://au.gamespot.com/news/6298189.html

Hardware (console) sales also declined by 27 percent, with 1.6 million units sold in 2010 compared to 2.2 million units sold in 2009.

PS3 2010 GFK = 26.5% x 1.6m = 424k

PS3 2010 VGC = 320k (Australia and New Zealand)

Lastest PS3 New Zealand data (end of 2009): 117k

So at least 550k has sold in Australia and New Zealand in 2010.

VGC was 230k off.


Except, VGchartz doesn't count the free PS3's givin away.

180k lifetime... in 2010 only the number will be lower.

And why doesn't count the PS3 with Bravia deal??? That is "sales" and it is part of userbase.



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justinian on 11 February 2011

I must admit I am surprised. From the posts of some members I was led to believe that Australia was totally x360 land, like it had sold twice as much as the PS3.

What is the gap between launches? Is the x360 a year or a year and a half ahead there? 

Either way PS3 made up some serious ground considering the price. 



Dianko on 11 February 2011
ethomaz said:
Kasz216 said:
ethomaz said:

New link found by @Booh! thanks.

http://au.gamespot.com/news/6298189.html

Hardware (console) sales also declined by 27 percent, with 1.6 million units sold in 2010 compared to 2.2 million units sold in 2009.

PS3 2010 GFK = 26.5% x 1.6m = 424k

PS3 2010 VGC = 320k (Australia and New Zealand)

Lastest PS3 New Zealand data (end of 2009): 117k

So at least 550k has sold in Australia and New Zealand in 2010.

VGC was 230k off.


Except, VGchartz doesn't count the free PS3's givin away.

180k lifetime... in 2010 only the number will be lower.

And why doesn't count the PS3 with Bravia deal??? That is "sales" and it is part of userbase.


It's counted. It has to be. About 15% of official PS3 numbers come from the Bravia deal, yet the official and VGC numbers seem to match up. If they aren't counted here at all, wouldnt that mean the PS3 is actually overtracked here?



ethomaz on 11 February 2011
justinian said:

I must admit I am surprised. From the posts of some members I was led to believe that Australia was totally x360 land, like it had sold twice as much as the PS3.

What is the gap between launches? Is the x360 a year or a year and a half ahead there?

Either way PS3 made up some serious ground considering the price.

Xbox 360: March 23, 2006
PlayStation 3: March 23, 2007

360 had one year ahead... and Australia never was a 360 land... there are just two 360 lands: US and UK.



ethomaz on 11 February 2011
Dianko said:
ethomaz said:
Kasz216 said:
ethomaz said:

New link found by @Booh! thanks.

http://au.gamespot.com/news/6298189.html

Hardware (console) sales also declined by 27 percent, with 1.6 million units sold in 2010 compared to 2.2 million units sold in 2009.

PS3 2010 GFK = 26.5% x 1.6m = 424k

PS3 2010 VGC = 320k (Australia and New Zealand)

Lastest PS3 New Zealand data (end of 2009): 117k

So at least 550k has sold in Australia and New Zealand in 2010.

VGC was 230k off.


Except, VGchartz doesn't count the free PS3's givin away.

180k lifetime... in 2010 only the number will be lower.

And why doesn't count the PS3 with Bravia deal??? That is "sales" and it is part of userbase.


It's counted. It has to be. About 15% of official PS3 numbers come from the Bravia deal, yet the official and VGC numbers seem to match up. If they aren't counted here at all, wouldnt that mean the PS3 is actually overtracked here?

Why overtracked? 320k plus 130k = 450k.

Like I said GFK had PS3 over 450k for Australia and New Zealand in 2010 (I made a mistake before).

So if not counted seems ok.



D-Joe on 11 February 2011
ethomaz said:
justinian said:

I must admit I am surprised. From the posts of some members I was led to believe that Australia was totally x360 land, like it had sold twice as much as the PS3.

What is the gap between launches? Is the x360 a year or a year and a half ahead there?

Either way PS3 made up some serious ground considering the price.

Xbox 360: March 23, 2006
PlayStation 3: March 23, 2007

360 had one year ahead... and Australia never was a 360 land... there are just two 360 lands: US and UK.

do more research or if you just talking about big markets



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