Vgcharts conspiracy: Guitar hero 3

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goldenpp72 on 30 October 2007

so today when the figures came in guitar hero 3 on all platforms was shown with figured leading up to the 27th, they have since been removed from what I can see, but the 360 version was in the 140k range or so. Guitar hero 3 didn't launch during these numbers though, which leads me to wonder where those numbers came from?

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stof on 30 October 2007

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solracbrit on 30 October 2007

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goldenpp72 on 30 October 2007

well some would insinuate a made up figure, many saw the guitar hero 3 thing so i'm wondering if there will be a reason as to why it was listed.

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Hyperion on 30 October 2007

When I was reading the comments I was wondering what the commentators were talking about. I saw now Guitar Hero numbers, but that's because I logged in about 15 minutes ago...

I suppose there was a mistake, and the sales for GH III on day one were added to the charts. I don't know what he deal was, but finding that out somehow makes me feel the site is less credible (maybe they just put randon numbers?). I know it doesn't offer the most reliable weekly American charts, but then again, VGChartz is the only place where you can see any numbers for American in the first place. Even if they aren't always accurate, it's always nice having numbers to look at every week.

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dschumm on 30 October 2007

My guess is that some/all retailers give ioi Monday -Sunday numbers and not Sunday-Saturday. Both 7 day increments so it doesn't affect much unless there is the odd Sunday release which GH3 was.

I worked at waldenbooks years ago and we calculated all our totals Monday-Sunday because splitting things in the middle of the weekend was really complicated. Alos it fit with our sales/specials and allowed for change out and reporting oon Monday(the slowest day).

So I am guessing the numbers that showed up were first day sales. Nice

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DonWii on 30 October 2007

Those numbers where probably the midnight launch plus the Sunday sales. Since the charts go to Saturday, he edited the number so that only the Midnight launch numbers showed up.