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wow so many babies I just can't believe it. Of course ms is going to brag about winning because this is the first time wii wasnt number 1 for a year and you know vgchartz isnt always correct just look at wiis 2011 sales and nintendos official shipments get over it



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Finally I realized that MS didn't win every category in last year. Why? Because they didn't win in VGCHARTZ.



pezus said:
zhao3gold said:
Finally I realized that MS didn't win every category in last year. Why? Because they didn't win in VGCHARTZ.

Hilarious effort to try to discredit the very site you're posting on. We tend to discuss sales to consumers here on vgchartz with shipments on the side and I think you'll find no one disputing that MS won 2011 in shipments.



We come here for fun, community and to have an "idea" of who sells what. Anyone that takes these sites numbers as absolute truth is a moron.



So are adjustments coming or is this site just leaving the numbers as they are until this next quarter shipments come in?



Blood_Tears said:
So are adjustments coming or is this site just leaving the numbers as they are until this next quarter shipments come in?

Good question. Unfortunately, no one who isn't directly responsible for tallying the numbers seems to know the criteria for making adjustments to the "official" numbers. Most of the adjustments are based upon additional information as it becomes available, often in harder to track or newer regions in which hardware is available. 

There does seem to be a discrepancy between SCE's official shipped vs. VGC's sold numbers (difference is too narrow) and another between MS' official shipped and VGC's sold numbers as well (difference seems a bit wide, barring the explanation of channel stuffing) for 2011.



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MaulerX said:
pezus said:
zhao3gold said:
Finally I realized that MS didn't win every category in last year. Why? Because they didn't win in VGCHARTZ.

Hilarious effort to try to discredit the very site you're posting on. We tend to discuss sales to consumers here on vgchartz with shipments on the side and I think you'll find no one disputing that MS won 2011 in shipments.



We come here for fun, community and to have an "idea" of who sells what. Anyone that takes these sites numbers as absolute truth is a moron.


Well the reason that I came here because this site is not biased. Or atleast not as bad as the other websites ive been on. 

I also enjoy the mature company this site gives. With people arguing relevant with facts on relevant topics and counter arguing with more facts. It just makes me feel good. 

Im mean in this site, when a person hates Xbox to the bone (Or to the CPU) (Failed Joke), they just dont say "RROD, XBOX LIVE RIP OFF WTFE, Ruining the Industry LMAO".. No, they reinforce them with relevant oppinions like.. "Xbox Live shouldnt include exclusive online access within its userbase because... blah blah blah".

Yes, there are fanboys in this site. But theyre SO much more mature than others. Specially when you compare this community to N4G (You have no idea), Attackofthefanboy, Lensoftruth (Dont even get me started here), IGN, Gamespot and the list goes on.. Maybe not engadget. 

That is what I like about this website.   



Yay!!!

cookingyourmama said:
Jexy said:


They didn't outsell Wii.  So why brag about being 2nd place?

They're second to the 3ds this year........ why brag about it.


I was unaware that the 3ds was a home console.



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Jexy said:
cookingyourmama said:
Jexy said:
 


They didn't outsell Wii.  So why brag about being 2nd place?

They're second to the 3ds this year........ why brag about it.


I was unaware that the 3ds was a home console.

It doesn't have to be.



cookingyourmama said:
Jexy said:


I was unaware that the 3ds was a home console.

It doesn't have to be.

It does when you brag that you're the best selling home console.



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greenmedic88 said:
Blood_Tears said:
So are adjustments coming or is this site just leaving the numbers as they are until this next quarter shipments come in?

Good question. Unfortunately, no one who isn't directly responsible for tallying the numbers seems to know the criteria for making adjustments to the "official" numbers. Most of the adjustments are based upon additional information as it becomes available, often in harder to track or newer regions in which hardware is available. 

There does seem to be a discrepancy between SCE's official shipped vs. VGC's sold numbers (difference is too narrow) and another between MS' official shipped and VGC's sold numbers as well (difference seems a bit wide, barring the explanation of channel stuffing) for 2011.

Reposted from earlier in the thread:

In total for 2010 Microsoft shipped 12.1 million consoles, however they sold 13,378,231, Microsoft & retailers made a big mistake & undershipped for 2010 with the majority of that happening in Oct-Dec & it ate into their supply of consoles in the retail chain almost causing a sell out. To make up for this Microsoft had to replenish the retail chain by overshipping in 2011 & they shipped 14.9 million whilst selling 13,422,253.

When you combine the two years worth of sales you get 27 million shipped & 26,800,484 sold, which works out perfectly. Microsoft undershipped in 2010 & had to balance it out by overshipping in 2011.

For the Ps3 in 2010 Sony shipped 14.4 million consoles whilst selling 13,884,453, then in 2011 Sony shipped 14.1 million consoles whilst selling 14,059,943. In total for the last two years they've shipped 28.5 million & sold 27,944,396.

So you think that Microsoft selling 200,000 less then they've shipped = the xbox360 is undertracked whilst Sony selling 550,000 less then they've shipped = the Ps3 is overtracked????