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freebird4 on 14 August 2008
FinalEvangelion said:
Squilliam is taking it with humor I see.

At this point, the PS3 vs 360 contest is more of a measuring contest. Virtually, every third party HD title will be multi-plat for the rest of this generation.

It was and always will be a measuring contest.

 

EDIT: LOOOOL wow @ the VGC numbers, what's the point of estimates if you're like 50% off??

 



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blackstar on 14 August 2008

ahhhhhhhh it's great to be a person hoping to have a ps3 :)
-patiently waiting-



konnichiwa on 14 August 2008
freebird4 said:
FinalEvangelion said:
Squilliam is taking it with humor I see.

At this point, the PS3 vs 360 contest is more of a measuring contest. Virtually, every third party HD title will be multi-plat for the rest of this generation.

It was and always will be a measuring contest.


EDIT: LOOOOL wow @ the VGC numbers, what's the point of estimates if you're like 50% off??

 

 

What???






freebird4 on 14 August 2008
konnichiwa said:
freebird4 said:
FinalEvangelion said:
Squilliam is taking it with humor I see.

At this point, the PS3 vs 360 contest is more of a measuring contest. Virtually, every third party HD title will be multi-plat for the rest of this generation.

It was and always will be a measuring contest.


EDIT: LOOOOL wow @ the VGC numbers, what's the point of estimates if you're like 50% off??

 

 

What???

Well not overall obviously, since adjustments are made, but you gotta admit the 360 was waaay overtracked this month. 310k vs 205k. Close to 50% difference.

 



Deviation59 on 14 August 2008
konnichiwa said:
freebird4 said:
FinalEvangelion said:
Squilliam is taking it with humor I see.

At this point, the PS3 vs 360 contest is more of a measuring contest. Virtually, every third party HD title will be multi-plat for the rest of this generation.

It was and always will be a measuring contest.


EDIT: LOOOOL wow @ the VGC numbers, what's the point of estimates if you're like 50% off??

 

 

What???

NPD number for the 360: 204,800
VGC number: 310,000

That's a difference of ~100k which is ~50% of the NPD figure. VGC was ~50% off on their estimate for the Xbox 360 in July.

 



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talkingparrot on 14 August 2008

Has anyone seen any Wiis in the wild?



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talkingparrot on 14 August 2008
Deviation59 said:

NPD number for the 360: 204,800
VGC number: 310,000

That's a difference of ~100k which is ~50% of the NPD figure. VGC was ~50% off on their estimate for the Xbox 360 in July.

 

 

You have to understand.  This is forum has a huge fan base of Xbox / Nintendo fans.  A majority of them also being under 15 years old.  Many of the predictions and assumptions are based solely on fanboyism.  Its disappointing to see.



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konnichiwa on 14 August 2008
freebird4 said:
konnichiwa said:
freebird4 said:
FinalEvangelion said:
Squilliam is taking it with humor I see.

At this point, the PS3 vs 360 contest is more of a measuring contest. Virtually, every third party HD title will be multi-plat for the rest of this generation.

It was and always will be a measuring contest.


EDIT: LOOOOL wow @ the VGC numbers, what's the point of estimates if you're like 50% off??

 

 

What???

Well not overall obviously, since adjustments are made, but you gotta admit the 360 was waaay overtracked this month. 310k vs 205k. Close to 50% difference.

 

 

Uhm ok but you forgot that VGC numbers include Canada and that is around 10% of the sales.  So you have to compare 280k vs 205k still a gap but not 50%






freebird4 on 14 August 2008
talkingparrot said:
Deviation59 said:

NPD number for the 360: 204,800
VGC number: 310,000

That's a difference of ~100k which is ~50% of the NPD figure. VGC was ~50% off on their estimate for the Xbox 360 in July.

 

 

You have to understand.  This is forum has a huge fan base of Xbox / Nintendo fans.  A majority of them also being under 15 years old.  Many of the predictions and assumptions are based solely on fanboyism.  Its disappointing to see.

No, since only one person makes the estimates, this reasoning is dumb.

 



talkingparrot on 14 August 2008
freebird4 said:
talkingparrot said:
Deviation59 said:

NPD number for the 360: 204,800
VGC number: 310,000

That's a difference of ~100k which is ~50% of the NPD figure. VGC was ~50% off on their estimate for the Xbox 360 in July.

 

 

You have to understand.  This is forum has a huge fan base of Xbox / Nintendo fans.  A majority of them also being under 15 years old.  Many of the predictions and assumptions are based solely on fanboyism.  Its disappointing to see.

No, since only one person makes the estimates, this reasoning is dumb.

 

I'm talking about audience reaction not estimates.  The estimates are based on a formula that guesstimates from a sample. (I'm totally assuming this.)

 



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