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mii-gamer on 25 March 2013

wii u numbers still poor :(



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drkohler on 25 March 2013
ethomaz said:
AshKetchum1992 said:
How does VgChartz get the hardware numbers?

Media Create/Famistu = Japan
Some stores = US
Guesses = EU and Others

I'm just kidding... I don't know for sure... well the Japan is certain at least.

US = mathematical models fitting previous years to this year

EU and Others = mathematical models fitting previous years to this year

This is the reason vgchartz is getting more and more off the track. Previous years saw predictable increases year over year. There is no model available for declining markets (due to whatever reasons like saturation, still rising economic troubles, tablets, etc).



ethomaz on 25 March 2013

drkohler said:

US = mathematical models fitting previous years to this year

EU and Others = mathematical models fitting previous years to this year

This is the reason vgchartz is getting more and more off the track. Previous years saw predictable increases year over year. There is no model available for declining markets (due to whatever reasons like saturation, still rising economic troubles, tablets, etc).

I'm sure VGC have some retails source in US... some access to stores at least... the rest is like you said.

But seems werid because the YoY drop showed by VGC maths is way bigger than the real one... the market is not declining too fast like many here thinks... it is a normal 10-20% drop for PS360 and not 30-40% drop like VGC shows... that was the biggest mistake here.

The overall games sales drop in the world (NPD, GFK, etc) is more because the Wii U is not selling like the Wii... or 3DS like the DS... or PSV like the PSP... the PS3 and 360 are fine and showing gret legs with little drop over the years.



bertlsenix on 25 March 2013
warhalohog said:
VGKing said:
gigantor21 said:
CGI-Quality said:
gigantor21 said:
CGI-Quality said:
gigantor21 said:
Global numbers are up.

More of the same for the Wii U; Vita numbers softening in Japan and still ass in the West.

That was a pretty steep drop off for Ascension compared to 3, considering that both were on the market for the same amount of time in both the US and Europe. So much for people thinking it might sell less being "delusional".

In this case, I wouldn't take anything regarding its sales as concrete. Bear in mind the game had bundles, which doesn't seem to be reflected in the hardware at all.

Wouldn't it still have been a big drop even if ALL the PS3's sold this week were the GOW bundles? Granted, considering the sales accuracy around here lately, I can understand being skeptical. :p

It'd be nice if Sony puts out sales numbers themselves like SE did for Tomb Raider and Blizzard did for the Starcraft expansion.

Oh, I have no doubt that Ascension saw a substantial drop from III, but with the hardware not seeing an uptick for the week, one has to wonder just how big (or small) the reduction may actually have been.

That's true, but I honestly don't expect the bundle to have as big an impact either. It's not like back in '09-'10, when they had just released the Slim at $300 and could really tap into pent-up demand. Most people who wanted the game probably have PS3s at this point.

Just...no. Just look at how Call of Duty bundles push Xbox 360 sales. This has been proven false with each Modern Warfare and Halo release. There are always people looking for a console to play a God of War or a Halo or a Call of Duty. ALWAYS.

i always thought this too until i came to this site as halo 4 didnt seem to do much for 360 if i remember correctly, maybe just too late in the gen for impact


Didn't CoD get released in the same month/week?
CoD > Halo...Even Halo that has the same hype has no chance against it on the 360.
And if there is a LE Console for CoD people will pick that over everything else even if they already have 7 same looking consoles.
And Halo4 is the worst Halo in the whole franchise while CoD is always bad but its cool at school so CoD > Halo.
Probably a reason why the 360 couldn't catch up to the PS3 in 2012 even with Halo 4 and CoD.Usually you don't have so much choice there.People had to pick one.

Lol@ Sword Art Online for the PSP
That game is so damn bad - I would wish they would bring a real one with a big budget for the PS3/PS4.
People would buy it - There are enough fans.



AbbathTheGrim on 25 March 2013

Oops, wrong thread.



Nintendo is selling their IPs to Microsoft and this is true because:

http://gamrconnect.vgchartz.com/thread.php?id=221391&page=1

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Alby_da_Wolf on 27 March 2013

More than one year has passed from launch everywhere now, so a price cut won't look rushed and won't damage product image, it's time for PSV to get a price cut also outside of Japan, it really needs it.

Good 3DS, very good PS3 and XB360, considering their age. Great period for PC too, oh yeah!!!



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