NPD April Corporate Spin

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LordTheNightKnight on 15 May 2008

Sure it's fun to laugh at the spin, but did any of us seriously think any company was going to admit a failing here?

A flashy-first game is awesome when it comes out. A great-first game is awesome forever.

Plus, just for the hell of it: Kelly Brook at the 2008 BAFTAs

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Kasz216 on 15 May 2008

Using a percentage to compare percentages?

That's new.

My old stat teachers would probably have to shoot themselves if they saw that.

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Oyvoyvoyv on 15 May 2008

^

Really? I'm going to school right now, and that's part of what I'm being told.

Well, I guess this just proves that we Norwegians are way smarter than all of you other guys :P

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Coca-Cola on 15 May 2008

spin is a spin but they are all telling the truth. :)

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Kenny on 15 May 2008

As usual, there's an inverse relationship between how well one is doing in the console wars, and the amount of spin applied to the NPD releases. At this rate, Nintendo's not even going to bother responding to the NPD in a few months, while Sony's spin will grow into an all-encompassing Great Wall of Text :P

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EHSTEVE on 15 May 2008

Really now?! the console with the 1 year headstart has the most 80%+ games? I never would have guessed

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bdbdbd on 15 May 2008

Kasz216 said:

Using a percentage to compare percentages?

That's new.

My old stat teachers would probably have to shoot themselves if they saw that.

Ok, this is what people often mix. 11% is 10% higher than 10%, but one unit of percentage (i don't know if that's the english term) higher. It's commonly used for example in gallups etc. When using percentage, you compare things in question to each other, but when using units of percentage, you compare things in question to overall.

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famousringo on 16 May 2008

I like how the MS press release keep flipping between US numbers and worldwide numbers. That's some pretty devious spin.

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