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JHawkNH said:
largedarryl said:
Oyvoyvoyv said:
ivo said:
bullsh*t

i bought a ps3 just for gta 4 (and because i bought a new full hd tv for the European championship of soccer (very big in europe)

i guess a lot of people bought a ps3 or a xbox360 for gta 4,
i guess nobody in the whole world bought a console just to play iron man.


The plural of 'anecdote' is not 'data.'

 


Common sense FTW!


Also note that they are talking about the sales in NA, (as given by their referance to NDP) and ivo is from the Netherlands.


 And that's an excuse because?



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This is going to be a VERY interesting NPD, that's for sure.

*writes a reminder to pick up a tub of popcorn for the upcoming NeoGAF festivities*



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just too bad most of the PS3 owners on this site will be playing MGS4



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Guys Pachter used the Vgchartz Americas numbers * (.9) that I provided him as an estimate for the USA, since the 'Americas' is bigger than just the USA.

So the numbers are less than what is posted in my article. 



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BengaBenga said:
JHawkNH said:
largedarryl said:
Oyvoyvoyv said:
ivo said:
bullsh*t

i bought a ps3 just for gta 4 (and because i bought a new full hd tv for the European championship of soccer (very big in europe)

i guess a lot of people bought a ps3 or a xbox360 for gta 4,
i guess nobody in the whole world bought a console just to play iron man.


The plural of 'anecdote' is not 'data.'

 


Common sense FTW!


Also note that they are talking about the sales in NA, (as given by their referance to NDP) and ivo is from the Netherlands.


And that's an excuse because?


 It's an excuse because ivo (and other people from Europe) have a way better view of how things in Europe are being done.  And based on our experiences and our knowledge of our own market, we can say that the PS3 hás had a boost in hardware because of GTA IV.  That's why we find it so weird when it is said that it is not so.

 

Probably because practically all things are extrapolated as "US is so, therefore world is so" (in most cases).



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GTA4 was supposed to have a bigger effect than this.......



Leatherhat on July 6th, 2012 3pm. Vita sales:"3 mil for COD 2 mil for AC. Maybe more. "  thehusbo on July 6th, 2012 5pm. Vita sales:"5 mil for COD 2.2 mil for AC."

papflesje said:

It's an excuse because ivo (and other people from Europe) have a way better view of how things in Europe are being done. And based on our experiences and our knowledge of our own market, we can say that the PS3 hás had a boost in hardware because of GTA IV. That's why we find it so weird when it is said that it is not so.

 

Probably because practically all things are extrapolated as "US is so, therefore world is so" (in most cases).


I'm not so sure about this. Some of the people here have been wildly inaccurate about sales. I won't mention names, but most people will know who I'm talking about. 

Also, these analysts are talking about the NPD report which is obvious if you read the story.  



Source, you remind me of one of the singers of Hall & Oates :P



TheSource said:

Guys Pachter used the Vgchartz Americas numbers * (.9) that I provided him as an estimate for the USA, since the 'Americas' is bigger than just the USA.

So the numbers are less than what is posted in my article.


 Pachter is still a lot higher than VGC on all (except PSP) hardware though... I mean his estimates are USA only, and VGC numbers in the article have already been adjusted to USA only... so they match in regional terms, but Wii/DS are 100k higher, and PS3/360 are 50k higher.



Poor GTA4....



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