The Official Dec 2009 NPD Thread (Data for 5 weeks ending Jan 2 in 5 hrs)

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WilliamWatts on 15 January 2010

NoCtiS_NoX said:
A win is win that's all I will say about 360 and PS3 numbers.

Wiiiiiiiiiiiiii !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! is a monstaaaahhh!!!

How is it a win?

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DirtyP2002 on 15 January 2010

ioi said:

letsdance said:
and their formula produced ps3 > 360.

if the info they were provided didn't show the ps3 out pacing the 360 then it wouldn't show up in that way in the final number.

Of course but the point being made is that NPD's estimates don't equal fact. So you can't categorically come to a conclusion based purely on NPD data, especially when two data points are so close.

It's not a difficult concept to understand...

when I said that, it was damage control.

I mean, they totally estimate Wal-Mart. Wal-Mart had two Xbox 360 deals for this month. This is a NIGHTMARE to track.

Imagine not having GamePass on your console...

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NoCtiS_NoX on 15 January 2010

WilliamWatts said:

NoCtiS_NoX said:
A win is win that's all I will say about 360 and PS3 numbers.

Wiiiiiiiiiiiiii !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! is a monstaaaahhh!!!

How is it a win?

50k difference between the 2?

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Porcupine_I on 15 January 2010

Kasz216 said:

darthdevidem01 said:

Kasz216 said:

darthdevidem01 said:

Kasz216 said:

darthdevidem01 said:
December was a massive success for all companies in 2009. Nintendo managed to move tons of hardware and software, while Sony and Microsoft had a very successful end of the year bang with hardware sales. New Super Mario Bros. Wii was the biggest selling title on Wii in December, with sales likely to stay strong well into 2010.

Wii:3.81M,
PS3, 1.36M
Xbox 360 1.31M

http://www.examiner.com/examiner/x-12218-Video-Game-Examiner~y2010m1d14-Decemeber-NPD-Report
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Ps3 BEATS 360 OMGGGGGGG!

Not really.

1.36 vs 1.31 is a statistical tie.

I really wouldn't call it beating it based on how NPD numbers are calculated.

You wouldn't but I would

PS3 BEAT 360!! (by around 50K too)

This was a shocker to me, but less so after the SONY internal reports said 1.35 Million were sold

Well i'll put it this way.

Anyone who knows anything about statistics and the kind of thing NPD does wouldn't say the PS3 beat the 360.

It's well within the margin of error.

As for the Wii numbers... seems unbeleivable to me.

So what?

seriously are you really getting this deep into me just saying "PS3 beat 360" (which no-one was expecting), in pure numbers that did happen, chill out

It didn't though. Because of the "margin of error." The PS3 didn't sell 1.36 and the 360 didn't sell 1.31.

The Ps3 sold ~1.36 and the 360 sold ~1.31.

It's a big difference.

It's also not "getting into you."

It's stating a fact for people who don't know much about statistics.

So, this means the PS3 could actually have outsold the 360 by even more then 50k? 60k maybe? 80? 100?

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jarrod on 15 January 2010

GAF leaks... should give the Wii trolls something to crow about...

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Carl on 15 January 2010

I noticed NSMB was adjusted up...

Will MW2 PS3 also be adjusted up?

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Metallicube on 15 January 2010

Christ people, the difference between PS3 and 360 is too minuscule to mean anything. It's a STATISTICAL TIE. Yes if you want to take NPD's numbers as gospel than the PS3 won, but here in reality, it's too close to say for sure that PS3 edged 360. I guess you can say that it's more likely that it did, but we don't know for sure. NPD doesn't measure 100% of the market (not even close), so we just don't know. Hell 360 might have actually edged out the PS3 for all we know.

As for Wii, WOW... Is there really anything more that can be said? A new classic Mario sidescroller simply does wonders on a console's momentum... DS just keeps on truckin'.