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September 09.



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halogamer1989 said:
Then on to passing the NES which sold 61.91 million. When do you think that will happen?

 Late 09 sometime. I would imagine around October or November.



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halogamer1989 said:
Then on to passing the NES which sold 61.91 million. When do you think that will happen?

When you have The Source saying September, and 2 other people making well based predictions for why it will be September or late August, then there's little point in continuing - everyone will say August/September/October.

 



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Oyvoyvoyv said:
halogamer1989 said:
Then on to passing the NES which sold 61.91 million. When do you think that will happen?

When you have The Source saying September, and 2 other people making well based predictions for why it will be September or late August, then there's little point in continuing - everyone will say August/September/October.

 

 

Ok so on to the next topic when will the Wii pass the PS2 ;P



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I agree with whatever TheSource predicts, unless JohnLucas appears in a thread and fills me with divine inspiration.

And if both of them are wrong, I'll agree with d21lewis and say last week.



1. What is the best selling console game in Japan? And how much has it sold?

Answer: Super Mario Bros - 6.81M

Points: If you didn't answer SMB - 0 points. If you answered above 10M, also 0 points. 

If you answered anything on 6M - 10 points

5 or 7M - 5 points

4 or 8M - 4 points

3 or 9M - 3 points

2 or 10M - 2 points

1 or 10M - 1 points

 

2. How much has the Wii, Ps3 and X360 sold combined so far this year?

Answer: 36.9M

Points:

36.0-37.9M - 10 points

Anything on 35 or 39 - 8 points

34 or 40 - 6 points

33 or 41 - 4 points

32 or 42 - 2 points

 

3. Not counting Wii Sports, what is the best selling game in Americas so far this year (up untill week ending 29th November)

Answer: Super Smash Bros. Brawl

Points:

Brawl - 10 points

Mario Kart Wii - 7 points

Grand Theft Auto 4 on X360 - 4 points

Wii Fit or Wii Play - 1 point

 

4. What is the best  selling single platformgame in Japan so far this year?

Answer: Monster Hunter Freedom 2nd G

Points:

Monster Hunter Freedom 2nd G - 10 points

Pokemon Platinum - 7 points

Wii Fit - 4 points

Mario Kart Wii or Super Smash Bros. Brawl - 1 point

 

5. How many units has the PsP sold WW?

Answer: 40.73M

Points:

40.0-41.9M = 10 points

Anything on 39 or 42 = 6 points

Anything on 38 or 43 = 3 points

 

6. How many games have sold over 10K on Wii, according to VGChartz data?

Answer: 422

Points:

400-450 = 10 points

350-399 or 451-500 = 7 points

300-349 or 501-550 = 4 points

250-299 or 551-600 = 1 point

 

7. How much more has the combined versions of GTA IV sold than the combined versions of Call of Duty 4?

Answer: 0.84M

Points:

Less than 1M = 10 points

1-1.5M = 7 points

1.51-2M = 4 points

2-3M = 1 point

 

8. How many % of the games that have beaten 10M on a single console, have "Mario" in its name?

Answer: 30% (10 out of 30)

Points:

27-33 = 10 points

20-26 or 34-40 = 6 points

12-19 or 40-47 = 3 points

 

 9. How many % of the DS, PsP, Wii, X360 and Ps3's sales come from Americas?

Answer: 38.7%

Points:

38.0-39.9 = 10

33-37.9 or 40-44 = 6

30-32.9 or 44.1-47 = 3 points

 

10. How much retail software was sold on black friday week 2008, according to VGChartz?

Answer: 18.3M

Points:

17-19 = 10 points

15-17 or 19-21 = 6 points

13-14 or 21-22 = 3 points

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 



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Oyvoyvoyv said:
The Ghost of RubangB said:
I agree with whatever TheSource predicts, unless JohnLucas appears in a thread and fills me with divine inspiration.

And if both of them are wrong, I'll agree with d21lewis and say last week.

 

 When were you born? I expect a solid answer here :P

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Avinash_Tyagi said:
It'll probably pass the SNES sometime between May and July

 

agreed^^^



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