The Official August 2009 NPD Thread (Data @ 6:30 for 4 weeks ending 8/29)

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leo-j on 10 September 2009

Yes they are close

PS3 156K - 210K -64K
360 213K - 215K -2K
WII 295K - 277K +22K

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Next month's gonna be epic.

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leo-j on 10 September 2009

btw. this puts ps3 at 24.03M

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darthdevidem01 on 10 September 2009

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but NPd isn't the written word of law

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leo-j on 10 September 2009

ofcourse, it doesn't track walmart, it could be more

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Grimes on 10 September 2009

leo-j said:
ofcourse, it doesn't track walmart, it could be more

Or less.

Anyone can guess. It takes no effort to throw out lots of predictions and have some of them be correct. You are not and wiser or better for having your guesses be right. Even a blind man can hit the bullseye.

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darthdevidem01 on 10 September 2009

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SONY's statement is interesting

I believe PS3 may definetely be undertracked in NA this week

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haxxiy on 10 September 2009

Man, this thread flopped.

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leo-j on 10 September 2009

Grimes said:

leo-j said:
ofcourse, it doesn't track walmart, it could be more

Or less.

walmart has negative sales?

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leo-j on 10 September 2009

Oh no I honestly did not know NPD estimated sales from walmart and added it to there numbers.

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