SWA_JM_Obi-Wan said: IOI, is there any cahnce that NPD just couldn't make sence of the GTA launch week HW numbers and just decided to leave them out until May? I mean these number would make sence if they were the previous weeks numbers. I mean c'mon the month of the biggest game of the year and MS and Sony sell less than 50k a week when both had been selling above that all year. it makes no sence, and anyone with an open mind can seee that. |
After reading this, I saw it as a possibility. figuring out all different SKU's and inclusions of bundles can be timeconsuming, untill I read this interview:
"BIZ: With all the talk about GTA IV driving increased sales of PS3 and 360 hardware, I was surprised to see both systems under 200K, while the Wii (sans GTA) just blew them out of the water. What happened?
Frazier: If there was one thing that surprised me about the sales results, this would be it. I had expected greater hardware sales for both platforms as well, and my hunch is that with only 5 days of GTA IV sales captured in this data set, we may see that lift when the May data is released. It could be that many of those that went to buy the game in its first 5 days at retail were already owners of one or both of the systems and that down the road game sales may spur hardware sales."
So yeah they did include those 5 days but they do not exclude the possibility of higher sales in the march review.
Edit: Sorry was so busy reading, didn't notice this already being posted...