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Forums - Sales Discussion - April 2012 NPD 360 HW 236k, PS3 175k, Wii 91k

Adinnieken said:
cookingyourmama said:

The point being that when one console is consistently overtracked compared to another 1) There is obviously a problem with the data/formulas used to work out the sales in the first place and 2) Having a group of posters on this site constantly post pro MS stuff, cherry picking data, trying to make it seem as if the 360 is hard done by compared to the ps3 when in reality it is the other way round is not okay.

How, pray tell, do posts on a forum translate into any amount of sales data?  That has got to be the stupidist logic I've ever heard someone utter in my entire life, and I'm old.

It's like judging how many deer have been killed during hunting season, by how many protesters there are protesting animal violence.  There's no relevance to the data. 

Unless you have the hard data, unless you're paying for the hard data, then any form of extrapolation based on the analysis of data, especially when looking at past performance, will be flawed.  That's just a fact.  Not something you get your panties in a twist about. 

Why did every analyst get December 2011 wrong?  Because it's analysis.  If you have tunnel vision when you analyze data, if your methodolgy involves past performance, and you fail to factor in additional information, you're gonna have bad resulting data.  Everyone looked at December 2010 and November 2011 and said, December 2012 is gonna be an awesome month.  What was missed was one subtle, unassuming clue from early December, sales of consumers electronics following Black Friday nosed dived.  Analysis is as only as good as the data.  Miss a key piece of data and your analysis is off.  Analysts missed a critical piece of data in December.

Clearly, if you haven't figured it out by now, VGC data set is imperfect.  So what?  Who cares?  Unless you're basing your investment decisions on this data, and as a result, have chosen wrongly, then why does it matter that VGC's data isn't 100% accurate?  How much have you paid for the opportunity to get factual data and not speculative data?  How much?  Right, no one red cent/pence/euro.  

If you haven't figured out by now, you're pissing into the wind, my friend and no good comes of that.  You want to bitch about free data being imperfect and imprecise, then go to NPD and bitch to them.  They'll offer you more precise data, but it'll cost you.  In the mean time, accept that VGC's tracking data is ONLY a guide and NOT fact, then maybe life will be a little less frustrating for you. 

The data isn't perfect but when one console is consistently overtracked compared to another then clearly there is a problem. Beyond this tho having a forum where there is a group of posters who post almost nothing but pro MS stuff trying to make out the 360 is hard done by when in reality it is the ps3, all whilst making out that these forums are in fact biased towards Sony then that is another problem.



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kowenicki said:
cookingyourmama said:
kowenicki said:
Turkish said:
cookingyourmama said:
kowenicki said:
cookingyourmama said:
kowenicki said:
cookingyourmama said:
kowenicki said:

so April:


NPD:

360 236k
PS3 175k
Wii 91k

VGC pre slight adjustments:

360 290k 22% over (54k)
PS3 223k 27% over (48k)
Wii 130k 43% over (39k)

So yet another month where the 360 has been overtracked more than the ps3, thanks for pointing that out. :)

That makes it nine months in a row now this has happened in america.

woop de doo

O wow, really?


So long as adjustments are made why does it matter?

The point being that when one console is consistently overtracked compared to another 1) There is obviously a problem with the data/formulas used to work out the sales in the first place and 2) Having a group of posters on this site constantly post pro MS stuff, cherry picking data, trying to make it seem as if the 360 is hard done by compared to the ps3 when in reality it is the other way round is not okay.

I agree. It has caught my attention that 360 is overtracked way more then PS3, PS3 is undertracked or slightly overtracked most of the time. Last december we saw a major gigantic +-1.5million adjustment for the 360.

but adjustments are made? 

so i ask again, why does it matter?

are you saying the numbers are off?

becasue right now all evidence points to the PS3 being the overtracked console on here.

what adjustments dfo you want to see to make it all ok in your very balanced and fair eyes?

The problem is with a group of posters who post almost nothing but pro MS stuff trying to spin the numbers all the time with no basis in reality to try and make it seem as if the 360 is the console that is hard done by and not the ps3. When the 360 is overtracked (like this past christmas) they fought tooth and nail saying the 360's high numbers must be right, when the financial reports came out they continuously denied the 360 had clearly been overshipped and channel stuffed, when all the independent trackers released there numbers to back this up they continued to post the opposite of what was reality & don't even get me started on the deluded posters who couldn't take the fact that the ps3 outsold the 360 in 2011, those post of denial were almost endless. And now the ps3 might be overtracked the same pro 360 posters are out in force again trying to get the ps3 numbers lowered. In the real world this forum has more pro MS posters trying to spin the numbers than Sony posters but the MS posters are in denial about this and believe it's actually the other way round.

So far all the data from tracking firms we have match vgchartz numbers for the ps3, when some actual proper data comes out that shows the ps3 is overtracked then by all means the numbers should be changed, i've already stated my personal opinion that some where in the world the ps3 is probably overtracked by a couple of hundred thousands and that's about it.

all i can see here is a rant of paranoid text.

If you think tis site is overwhelmingly pro 360 then you really are in denial... it really, really isnt that way.  far from it.

And when you post all i see is the same. Still waiting to be proved wrong.



cookingyourmama said:
Adinnieken said:
cookingyourmama said:

The point being that when one console is consistently overtracked compared to another 1) There is obviously a problem with the data/formulas used to work out the sales in the first place and 2) Having a group of posters on this site constantly post pro MS stuff, cherry picking data, trying to make it seem as if the 360 is hard done by compared to the ps3 when in reality it is the other way round is not okay.

How, pray tell, do posts on a forum translate into any amount of sales data?  That has got to be the stupidist logic I've ever heard someone utter in my entire life, and I'm old.

It's like judging how many deer have been killed during hunting season, by how many protesters there are protesting animal violence.  There's no relevance to the data. 

Unless you have the hard data, unless you're paying for the hard data, then any form of extrapolation based on the analysis of data, especially when looking at past performance, will be flawed.  That's just a fact.  Not something you get your panties in a twist about. 

Why did every analyst get December 2011 wrong?  Because it's analysis.  If you have tunnel vision when you analyze data, if your methodolgy involves past performance, and you fail to factor in additional information, you're gonna have bad resulting data.  Everyone looked at December 2010 and November 2011 and said, December 2012 is gonna be an awesome month.  What was missed was one subtle, unassuming clue from early December, sales of consumers electronics following Black Friday nosed dived.  Analysis is as only as good as the data.  Miss a key piece of data and your analysis is off.  Analysts missed a critical piece of data in December.

Clearly, if you haven't figured it out by now, VGC data set is imperfect.  So what?  Who cares?  Unless you're basing your investment decisions on this data, and as a result, have chosen wrongly, then why does it matter that VGC's data isn't 100% accurate?  How much have you paid for the opportunity to get factual data and not speculative data?  How much?  Right, no one red cent/pence/euro.  

If you haven't figured out by now, you're pissing into the wind, my friend and no good comes of that.  You want to bitch about free data being imperfect and imprecise, then go to NPD and bitch to them.  They'll offer you more precise data, but it'll cost you.  In the mean time, accept that VGC's tracking data is ONLY a guide and NOT fact, then maybe life will be a little less frustrating for you. 

The data isn't perfect but when one console is consistently overtracked compared to another then clearly there is a problem. Beyond this tho having a forum where there is a group of posters who post almost nothing but pro MS stuff trying to make out the 360 is hard done by when in reality it is the ps3, all whilst making out that these forums are in fact biased towards Sony then that is another problem.

Ok this isnt 2006-2007.

The internet console fans have a vast majority of PS3 loyalists. Even here 360 centric posters such as myself are in a minority. I have no idea how you got such a deluded picture when its exactly the opposite. 



Xbox: Best hardware, Game Pass best value, best BC, more 1st party genres and multiplayer titles. 

 

sales2099 said:
cookingyourmama said:
Adinnieken said:
cookingyourmama said:

The point being that when one console is consistently overtracked compared to another 1) There is obviously a problem with the data/formulas used to work out the sales in the first place and 2) Having a group of posters on this site constantly post pro MS stuff, cherry picking data, trying to make it seem as if the 360 is hard done by compared to the ps3 when in reality it is the other way round is not okay.

How, pray tell, do posts on a forum translate into any amount of sales data?  That has got to be the stupidist logic I've ever heard someone utter in my entire life, and I'm old.

It's like judging how many deer have been killed during hunting season, by how many protesters there are protesting animal violence.  There's no relevance to the data. 

Unless you have the hard data, unless you're paying for the hard data, then any form of extrapolation based on the analysis of data, especially when looking at past performance, will be flawed.  That's just a fact.  Not something you get your panties in a twist about. 

Why did every analyst get December 2011 wrong?  Because it's analysis.  If you have tunnel vision when you analyze data, if your methodolgy involves past performance, and you fail to factor in additional information, you're gonna have bad resulting data.  Everyone looked at December 2010 and November 2011 and said, December 2012 is gonna be an awesome month.  What was missed was one subtle, unassuming clue from early December, sales of consumers electronics following Black Friday nosed dived.  Analysis is as only as good as the data.  Miss a key piece of data and your analysis is off.  Analysts missed a critical piece of data in December.

Clearly, if you haven't figured it out by now, VGC data set is imperfect.  So what?  Who cares?  Unless you're basing your investment decisions on this data, and as a result, have chosen wrongly, then why does it matter that VGC's data isn't 100% accurate?  How much have you paid for the opportunity to get factual data and not speculative data?  How much?  Right, no one red cent/pence/euro.  

If you haven't figured out by now, you're pissing into the wind, my friend and no good comes of that.  You want to bitch about free data being imperfect and imprecise, then go to NPD and bitch to them.  They'll offer you more precise data, but it'll cost you.  In the mean time, accept that VGC's tracking data is ONLY a guide and NOT fact, then maybe life will be a little less frustrating for you. 

The data isn't perfect but when one console is consistently overtracked compared to another then clearly there is a problem. Beyond this tho having a forum where there is a group of posters who post almost nothing but pro MS stuff trying to make out the 360 is hard done by when in reality it is the ps3, all whilst making out that these forums are in fact biased towards Sony then that is another problem.

Ok this isnt 2006-2007.

The internet console fans have a vast majority of PS3 loyalists. Even here 360 centric posters such as myself are in a minority. I have no idea how you got such a deluded picture when its exactly the opposite. 

O good, i was wondering when you'd show up. You do realise you've just further proved my point.



cookingyourmama said:
sales2099 said:
cookingyourmama said:
Adinnieken said:
cookingyourmama said:

The point being that when one console is consistently overtracked compared to another 1) There is obviously a problem with the data/formulas used to work out the sales in the first place and 2) Having a group of posters on this site constantly post pro MS stuff, cherry picking data, trying to make it seem as if the 360 is hard done by compared to the ps3 when in reality it is the other way round is not okay.

How, pray tell, do posts on a forum translate into any amount of sales data?  That has got to be the stupidist logic I've ever heard someone utter in my entire life, and I'm old.

It's like judging how many deer have been killed during hunting season, by how many protesters there are protesting animal violence.  There's no relevance to the data. 

Unless you have the hard data, unless you're paying for the hard data, then any form of extrapolation based on the analysis of data, especially when looking at past performance, will be flawed.  That's just a fact.  Not something you get your panties in a twist about. 

Why did every analyst get December 2011 wrong?  Because it's analysis.  If you have tunnel vision when you analyze data, if your methodolgy involves past performance, and you fail to factor in additional information, you're gonna have bad resulting data.  Everyone looked at December 2010 and November 2011 and said, December 2012 is gonna be an awesome month.  What was missed was one subtle, unassuming clue from early December, sales of consumers electronics following Black Friday nosed dived.  Analysis is as only as good as the data.  Miss a key piece of data and your analysis is off.  Analysts missed a critical piece of data in December.

Clearly, if you haven't figured it out by now, VGC data set is imperfect.  So what?  Who cares?  Unless you're basing your investment decisions on this data, and as a result, have chosen wrongly, then why does it matter that VGC's data isn't 100% accurate?  How much have you paid for the opportunity to get factual data and not speculative data?  How much?  Right, no one red cent/pence/euro.  

If you haven't figured out by now, you're pissing into the wind, my friend and no good comes of that.  You want to bitch about free data being imperfect and imprecise, then go to NPD and bitch to them.  They'll offer you more precise data, but it'll cost you.  In the mean time, accept that VGC's tracking data is ONLY a guide and NOT fact, then maybe life will be a little less frustrating for you. 

The data isn't perfect but when one console is consistently overtracked compared to another then clearly there is a problem. Beyond this tho having a forum where there is a group of posters who post almost nothing but pro MS stuff trying to make out the 360 is hard done by when in reality it is the ps3, all whilst making out that these forums are in fact biased towards Sony then that is another problem.

Ok this isnt 2006-2007.

The internet console fans have a vast majority of PS3 loyalists. Even here 360 centric posters such as myself are in a minority. I have no idea how you got such a deluded picture when its exactly the opposite. 

O good, i was wondering when you'd show up. You do realise you've just further proved my point.

I am only one person. You proved nothing. Your again, deluded for thinking 360 supporters are the majority.

And there isnt a conspiracy against Sony....if thats your reason why 360 always seems to be overtracked. It just happens and its corrected. No harm done. 



Xbox: Best hardware, Game Pass best value, best BC, more 1st party genres and multiplayer titles. 

 

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sales2099 said:
cookingyourmama said:
sales2099 said:
cookingyourmama said:
Adinnieken said:
cookingyourmama said:

The point being that when one console is consistently overtracked compared to another 1) There is obviously a problem with the data/formulas used to work out the sales in the first place and 2) Having a group of posters on this site constantly post pro MS stuff, cherry picking data, trying to make it seem as if the 360 is hard done by compared to the ps3 when in reality it is the other way round is not okay.

How, pray tell, do posts on a forum translate into any amount of sales data?  That has got to be the stupidist logic I've ever heard someone utter in my entire life, and I'm old.

It's like judging how many deer have been killed during hunting season, by how many protesters there are protesting animal violence.  There's no relevance to the data. 

Unless you have the hard data, unless you're paying for the hard data, then any form of extrapolation based on the analysis of data, especially when looking at past performance, will be flawed.  That's just a fact.  Not something you get your panties in a twist about. 

Why did every analyst get December 2011 wrong?  Because it's analysis.  If you have tunnel vision when you analyze data, if your methodolgy involves past performance, and you fail to factor in additional information, you're gonna have bad resulting data.  Everyone looked at December 2010 and November 2011 and said, December 2012 is gonna be an awesome month.  What was missed was one subtle, unassuming clue from early December, sales of consumers electronics following Black Friday nosed dived.  Analysis is as only as good as the data.  Miss a key piece of data and your analysis is off.  Analysts missed a critical piece of data in December.

Clearly, if you haven't figured it out by now, VGC data set is imperfect.  So what?  Who cares?  Unless you're basing your investment decisions on this data, and as a result, have chosen wrongly, then why does it matter that VGC's data isn't 100% accurate?  How much have you paid for the opportunity to get factual data and not speculative data?  How much?  Right, no one red cent/pence/euro.  

If you haven't figured out by now, you're pissing into the wind, my friend and no good comes of that.  You want to bitch about free data being imperfect and imprecise, then go to NPD and bitch to them.  They'll offer you more precise data, but it'll cost you.  In the mean time, accept that VGC's tracking data is ONLY a guide and NOT fact, then maybe life will be a little less frustrating for you. 

The data isn't perfect but when one console is consistently overtracked compared to another then clearly there is a problem. Beyond this tho having a forum where there is a group of posters who post almost nothing but pro MS stuff trying to make out the 360 is hard done by when in reality it is the ps3, all whilst making out that these forums are in fact biased towards Sony then that is another problem.

Ok this isnt 2006-2007.

The internet console fans have a vast majority of PS3 loyalists. Even here 360 centric posters such as myself are in a minority. I have no idea how you got such a deluded picture when its exactly the opposite. 

O good, i was wondering when you'd show up. You do realise you've just further proved my point.

I am only one person. You proved nothing. Your again, deluded for thinking 360 supporters are the majority.

And there isnt a conspiracy against Sony....if thats your reason why 360 always seems to be overtracked. It just happens and its corrected. No harm done. 

You are now the fifth pro MS poster (most of whom have a microsoft avatar/signature, go figure) who's come into this thread trying to claim otherwise vs zero pro Sony posters who've chipped in....hmmm strange that.

And to be honest i think you're getting confused, i am not saying that there are definitely more Microsoft or Sony fans on this site, what i am saying is there are more Microsoft fans posting pro MS numbers on the forums trying to claim that the 360 is hard done by, as well as the ps3 is being overtracked, in an effort to try and get the numbers changed on this site to what they want. On top of that Microsoft fans think that it actually happens the other way round, sigh.

And i have never said that there is a conspiracy from the owners of this site against Sony, that's just ridiculous.



cookingyourmama said:
slowmo said:
kowenicki said:
cookingyourmama said:
kowenicki said:
cookingyourmama said:
kowenicki said:
cookingyourmama said:
kowenicki said:

so April:


NPD:

360 236k
PS3 175k
Wii 91k

VGC pre slight adjustments:

360 290k 22% over (54k)
PS3 223k 27% over (48k)
Wii 130k 43% over (39k)

So yet another month where the 360 has been overtracked more than the ps3, thanks for pointing that out. :)

That makes it nine months in a row now this has happened in america.

woop de doo

O wow, really?


So long as adjustments are made why does it matter?

The point being that when one console is consistently overtracked compared to another 1) There is obviously a problem with the data/formulas used to work out the sales in the first place and 2) Having a group of posters on this site constantly post pro MS stuff, cherry picking data, trying to make it seem as if the 360 is hard done by compared to the ps3 when in reality it is the other way round is not okay.

You either havent been here very long or you are ignoring what really goes on.

Don't even respond to him, his agenda is quite clear.  He'll soon get bored when everyone ignores his posts.

Is it a coincidence that over the years of being on this website the people who reply to me trying to deny the above fact are the ones who have Halo or other MS based avatars/signatures or have a history of posting pro MS stuff? And i'm the one who has an 'agenda'?


I like the pic, it makes me noticable to people who regularly visit the forum.  If you want to hide behind a blank avatar because you think it somehow hides the fact you're massively pro Sony, then that's fine by me. 

Your poor attitude and whining posts show your agenda not any avatar or signature you may have.  I look forward to your upcoming perma ban when I figure out who's alt you are.

P.S - Your opinion is not fact, your misguided belief in this basic truth means any debate with you is out of the question, it's boring reading the same straw man arguments from you.



slowmo said:
cookingyourmama said:
slowmo said:
kowenicki said:
cookingyourmama said:
kowenicki said:
cookingyourmama said:
kowenicki said:
cookingyourmama said:
kowenicki said:

so April:


NPD:

360 236k
PS3 175k
Wii 91k

VGC pre slight adjustments:

360 290k 22% over (54k)
PS3 223k 27% over (48k)
Wii 130k 43% over (39k)

So yet another month where the 360 has been overtracked more than the ps3, thanks for pointing that out. :)

That makes it nine months in a row now this has happened in america.

woop de doo

O wow, really?


So long as adjustments are made why does it matter?

The point being that when one console is consistently overtracked compared to another 1) There is obviously a problem with the data/formulas used to work out the sales in the first place and 2) Having a group of posters on this site constantly post pro MS stuff, cherry picking data, trying to make it seem as if the 360 is hard done by compared to the ps3 when in reality it is the other way round is not okay.

You either havent been here very long or you are ignoring what really goes on.

Don't even respond to him, his agenda is quite clear.  He'll soon get bored when everyone ignores his posts.

Is it a coincidence that over the years of being on this website the people who reply to me trying to deny the above fact are the ones who have Halo or other MS based avatars/signatures or have a history of posting pro MS stuff? And i'm the one who has an 'agenda'?


I like the pic, it makes me noticable to people who regularly visit the forum.  If you want to hide behind a blank avatar because you think it somehow hides the fact you're massively pro Sony, then that's fine by me. 

Your poor attitude and whining posts show your agenda not any avatar or signature you may have.  I look forward to your upcoming perma ban when I figure out who's alt you are.

P.S - Your opinion is not fact, your misguided belief in this basic truth means any debate with you is out of the question, it's boring reading the same straw man arguments from you.

Still waiting to be proved wrong when i post facts in the form of the actual numbers. When i pointed out that the 360 normally gets overtracked on this site compared to the ps3 i was greated by the usual suspects crying, 'no, no the ps3 is constantly overtracked and the 360 is undertracked, you're wrong/biased', so i backed up what i said by showing that for the past 9 months in a row the 360 has been overtracked more in america compared to the ps3 as well as being overtracked more at christmas worldwide. To which then i don't get any apologies or admissions of being wrong, i just get people with zero proof still trying to claim the opposite as if it was fact and it's the same old posters who do it. And these posters are the same ones who fought tooth and nail over the who really won 2011 thread and argued about the shipment numbers for both chirstmas and march, which again i provided solid proof showing that Mircosoft normally have signifcantly more in the retail channel at both thoses times of the year, yet those same posters just continue to ignore the facts and claim the 360 is getting hard done by compared to the ps3, it's pretty sad.



cookingyourmama said:
slowmo said:
cookingyourmama said:
slowmo said:
kowenicki said:
cookingyourmama said:
kowenicki said:
cookingyourmama said:
kowenicki said:
cookingyourmama said:
kowenicki said:

so April:


NPD:

360 236k
PS3 175k
Wii 91k

VGC pre slight adjustments:

360 290k 22% over (54k)
PS3 223k 27% over (48k)
Wii 130k 43% over (39k)

So yet another month where the 360 has been overtracked more than the ps3, thanks for pointing that out. :)

That makes it nine months in a row now this has happened in america.

woop de doo

O wow, really?


So long as adjustments are made why does it matter?

The point being that when one console is consistently overtracked compared to another 1) There is obviously a problem with the data/formulas used to work out the sales in the first place and 2) Having a group of posters on this site constantly post pro MS stuff, cherry picking data, trying to make it seem as if the 360 is hard done by compared to the ps3 when in reality it is the other way round is not okay.

You either havent been here very long or you are ignoring what really goes on.

Don't even respond to him, his agenda is quite clear.  He'll soon get bored when everyone ignores his posts.

Is it a coincidence that over the years of being on this website the people who reply to me trying to deny the above fact are the ones who have Halo or other MS based avatars/signatures or have a history of posting pro MS stuff? And i'm the one who has an 'agenda'?


I like the pic, it makes me noticable to people who regularly visit the forum.  If you want to hide behind a blank avatar because you think it somehow hides the fact you're massively pro Sony, then that's fine by me. 

Your poor attitude and whining posts show your agenda not any avatar or signature you may have.  I look forward to your upcoming perma ban when I figure out who's alt you are.

P.S - Your opinion is not fact, your misguided belief in this basic truth means any debate with you is out of the question, it's boring reading the same straw man arguments from you.

Still waiting to be proved wrong when i post facts in the form of the actual numbers. When i pointed out that the 360 normally gets overtracked on this site compared to the ps3 i was greated by the usual suspects crying, 'no, no the ps3 is constantly overtracked and the 360 is undertracked, you're wrong/biased', so i backed up what i said by showing that for the past 9 months in a row the 360 has been overtracked more in america compared to the ps3 as well as being overtracked more at christmas worldwide. To which then i don't get any apologies or admissions of being wrong, i just get people with zero proof still trying to claim the opposite as if it was fact and it's the same old posters who do it. And these posters are the same ones who fought tooth and nail over the who really won 2011 thread and argued about the shipment numbers for both chirstmas and march, which again i proved solid proof showing that Mircosoft normally have signifcantly more in the retail channel at both thoses times of the year, yet those same posters just continue to ignore the facts and claim the 360 is getting hard done by compared to the ps3, it's pretty sad.


You made a claim and have no evidence, actually the burden is on you to prove your facts which you can't so you're still wrong and still claiming opinion as fact.  Also I only see one person crying about the numbers in these threads and it isn't the 360 fans.  You seem to be on some sort of sad crusade ever since Sony's shipment figures proved we were overtracking them.  Adjustments will come though.

Just out of interest I'm pretty sure we disussed in another thread that if you take NPD figures purely from January this year there is actually 100k difference in tracking variance between the 360 and PS3 which is well below 5% tolerance.  This actually means for the last 5 months your "facts" are wrong.  You're using a NPD *ESTIMATE* as a factual number which it isn't, they make mistakes too and make historical adjustments just like VG Chartz.  The 360 might be overtracked more than the PS3, particular in the holidays but it is also adjusted down far more, the difference is the 360 fans on this site don't whine for weeks prior to adjustments claiming it's somehow not fair like you're doing regarding the upcoming downward adjustment by 500k for the PS3 (and it will come).

Take your incorrect straw man arguments and massively spun facts and figures and make your own thread if your so convinced because you've taken this one far enough off topic now and several other threads might I add. 



cookingyourmama said:

Still waiting to be proved wrong when i post facts in the form of the actual numbers. When i pointed out that the 360 normally gets overtracked on this site compared to the ps3 i was greated by the usual suspects crying, 'no, no the ps3 is constantly overtracked and the 360 is undertracked, you're wrong/biased', so i backed up what i said by showing that for the past 9 months in a row the 360 has been overtracked more in america compared to the ps3 as well as being overtracked more at christmas worldwide. To which then i don't get any apologies or admissions of being wrong, i just get people with zero proof still trying to claim the opposite as if it was fact and it's the same old posters who do it. And these posters are the same ones who fought tooth and nail over the who really won 2011 thread and argued about the shipment numbers for both chirstmas and march, which again i proved solid proof showing that Mircosoft normally have signifcantly more in the retail channel at both thoses times of the year, yet those same posters just continue to ignore the facts and claim the 360 is getting hard done by compared to the ps3, it's pretty sad.

Gosh, if you need an apology...I'm sorry you take made up numbers on a Web site so seriously.  I feel bad for you, I really do, but who cares if VGC over or undertracks?  Honestly, who really cares?  You keep making it out as if somehow your ego depends on VGC getting it right 100% of the time.  It doesn't.  Get over it.

Why does it really matter to YOU that any console or gaming system is over or under tracked?  At some point the numbers get adjusted up or down, so why is it so important that the numbers are perfect?  It can't be bragging rights, because you have no personal stake in Sony.  It's a console.  It can't be that Sony is selling more than the Xbox 360 in the US, because it hasn't in more than nine months.  So if the numbers aren't perfect, and they're corrected at the end of every month, why is over or undertracking by VGC such and important issue for you? 

Don't offer some dumb excuse like the PS3 isn't being treated fairly.  They're numbers, you can't assign fairness to numbers especially when every month there's a report out in markets saying how much the console gets sold.  Fairness is something between two people, not between a number and an inanimate object used to play games with.

So your feelings are hurt, you feel slighted, because VGC has incomplete data and that incomplete data is inaccurate.  You want to make this an issue about Sony vs. Microsoft, PS3 vs. Xbox 360.  It isn't.  They're numbers.  Inaccurate numbers sometimes, but numbers.  If you don't like VGC's number, don't pay attention to them.  VGC's numbers only are important if you believe they are important.  So, at the very least, stop believing they are as important as you think they are.  As I said before, they are a guide, not fact.

This also has nothing to do with what console people play games on.  I call out bullshit when I see bullshit, regardless of which way it goes, because all too often people throw out bullshit as fact when it's easy enough on the Internet to do a bit of research and look it up.  Guess why I'm commenting on your posts? :D

When you came up with your conspiracy theory regarding VGC, did you ever stop and ask yourself what would be behind their motive for fudging the numbers in favor of the Xbox 360 when the whole premise of VGC is to sell the data to people within the video game industry as reasonably accurate guidance and data?  Don't you get the more frequently their data is inaccurate, the less valuable their product and less able they are to market it?  So, do you really, honestly believe that VGC sits there and wants their data inaccurate?  Do you start to understand how your theory is falling apart when you actually begin to task it with logic?