@apujanata, I am not really defending VGC or my article title, I am just pointing out that simEx members would have know already that VGC's # are estimate, and are not in synch with NPD #. It have been proven quite a lot in the past, and I am sure it will happen again in the future.
The latest case of VGC not in synch with NPD can be found in July 09 NPD, for Mario Kart DS, the worst offender. VGC estimates 61,787, while NPD report 132,200 (53% error against NPD).
@deftangel, The source article title : "PS3 hardware sales rise 30% following price cut"
Do you really want me to change the title to include "estimates" word ? That could be taken as an insult / attack against VGC.
"Everyone" knows that VGC's first week # are estimate. It happened with MGS4, Wii Fit, Halo 3 and many other games. Even some of their LTD are estimates. This does not mean that I must always add the "estimate" word in every reference to VGC.
VGC claimed that they have access to retailer data, even though it is not as comprehensive as NPD's. Therefore, the "estimate" is not 100% estimate, like my own estimate or your estimate. Whether VGC's estimate based on data's from small percentage of retailer will result in better "estimate" than yours or mine is the reason why simExchange is interesting. If VGC's are always better, then there is no need for simExchange and it's player.
This week’s news of an £80m marketing drive for Europe – with £12m alone spent in the UK – plus the firm’s designs on ‘converting’ Wii owners looking to try something in HD, is bold and ambitious.
All of which means the battle to win back market share (regardless of whether or not Microsoft tries to spoil the arrival of the slim PS3) is going to be interesting to watch.
@apujanata, After seeing the big jump for PS3 August future, I decided to search for PS3 sales news on the internet, and I saw this VGC article, which is the basis for today's big jump (12% jump, to 18.33 DKP price point, at the time I write this post).
We have compiled our latest Americas hardware data for the week ending 22nd August and in the three days following the price cut, daily PS3 hardware saw around a 30% increase.
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Although they do have retailer input from what I gather it could be as low as 5%.