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Forums - Sales - March NPD - X360 #1 371k, PS3 337k, Wii 175k

noname2200 said:
sensebringer said:
The only article I can find is this and it says the number of Vita is 125,000:

Sony sold 325,000 console units, down 10 percent from a year earlier, and about 125,000 of its new PlayStation Vita handheld model, Pachter said, citing checks of U.S. sales outlets and company data. Retail sales of packaged video games have fallen sharply for about two years as consumers purchase games for play on smartphones and social networks such as Facebook Inc., NPD reported.

www.bloomberg.com/news/2012-04-12/u-s-video-game-retail-sales-slide-25-in-march-npd-says-1-.html

Does somebody has another source?

http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showpost.php?p=36901429&postcount=618


Where did his source come from? I don't see any link in that post. The only numbers I see about the Vita sales are the numbers in that Bloomberg link.



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Pokemonbrawlvg said:
@noname2200 Where did his source come from?

Anyway, that is very interesting.

The guy has a several-year long history of posting NPD data. I can't recall him being wrong before, although I haven't double-checked all his stuff. He is generally trusted on that site, though.



The creamsugar user in neogaf have access to NPD data but he/she never told how... the others guys in neogaf believe him/her because every time his/her are accurate.

The fact is the numbers are true.



Well, that's strange. Neogafers seem to trust their source, but pachter receives NPD data for sure (it's his job)...



VicViper said:
Well, that's strange. Neogafers seem to trust their source, but pachter receives NPD data for sure (it's his job)...

I already saw Pachter giving wrong NPD data before (ant that's not his predictions).



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ethomaz said:
VicViper said:
Well, that's strange. Neogafers seem to trust their source, but pachter receives NPD data for sure (it's his job)...

I already saw Pachter giving wrong NPD data before (ant that's not his predictions).


Well, until proved wrong, I think he's more trustworthy than Creamsugar, don't you think? I mean, he receives those numbers absolutely. I'm o ipad right now, going to bed... pretty sure tomorrow everything is going to be sorted out.



VicViper said:
ethomaz said:
VicViper said:
Well, that's strange. Neogafers seem to trust their source, but pachter receives NPD data for sure (it's his job)...

I already saw Pachter giving wrong NPD data before (ant that's not his predictions).


Well, until proved wrong, I think he's more trustworthy than Creamsugar, don't you think? I mean, he receives those numbers absolutely. I'm o ipad right now, going to bed... pretty sure tomorrow everything is going to be sorted out.

There are more people trusting creamsugar than Pachter.

And the 125k talk is the Pachter prediction made before NPD.

http://www.vg247.com/2012/04/10/pachter-predicts-march-npds-to-show-declines-hardware-cuts-ahead

Pachter doesn’t expect the Vita, which launched in February, to have a long enough tail to lift March out of its slump, predicting just 125,000 unit sales – “meaningfully below expectations”.

Pachter said anything after NPD release.



Well, either way Pach's numbers seem more legit since he receives the numbers directly. I still don't trust Pachter, but his source is more legit than a user. Hopefully it will be sorted out what the real numbers are and hopefully they are the user's since they are larger and the difference is 75k, which is quite a lot.



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ethomaz said:

Pachter said anything after NPD release.

Check the article snesbringer linked.



ethomaz said:
VicViper said:
ethomaz said:
VicViper said:
Well, that's strange. Neogafers seem to trust their source, but pachter receives NPD data for sure (it's his job)...

I already saw Pachter giving wrong NPD data before (ant that's not his predictions).


Well, until proved wrong, I think he's more trustworthy than Creamsugar, don't you think? I mean, he receives those numbers absolutely. I'm o ipad right now, going to bed... pretty sure tomorrow everything is going to be sorted out.

There are more people trusting creamsugar than Pachter.

And the 125k talk is the Pachter prediction made before NPD.

http://www.vg247.com/2012/04/10/pachter-predicts-march-npds-to-show-declines-hardware-cuts-ahead

Pachter doesn’t expect the Vita, which launched in February, to have a long enough tail to lift March out of its slump, predicting just 125,000 unit sales – “meaningfully below expectations”.

Yeah, there's also the fact 125k is way too low, as vg chartz hasn't overtracked anything. Like I said, tomorrow everything will sort out. G'night!