PantherLotus
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jimbo banned 
come back quick buddy.
come back quick buddy.
Media Create Sales: 09/22 - 09/28
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Segata Sanshiro
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jimbo ain't getting up this time.PantherLotus said:jimbo banned
PantherLotus
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wat
Segata Sanshiro
Member
He's not resting. He's been permed! This member is no more! He has ceased to be! His membership's expired and he's gone to meet his maker! He's a stiff! Bereft of posting privileges, he lurks in peace! If we hadn't nailed his posts to the board, he'd be pushing up the daisies! His php processes are now history! He's off the board! He's kicked the bucket, he's shuffled off his online coil, run down the curtain and joined the bleeding choir o---p----a! THIS IS AN EX-XBOT!PantherLotus said:
Psychotext
Member
Awww... didn't know it was a perma.
Regulus Tera
Romanes Eunt Domus
loosus said:
Pretty much.
loosus said:
...wut?
DeaconKnowledge
Member
Yeah right, jimbo permed?
I gotta say i'm gonna miss the XBOX success forecasting based off of one or two spikes in sales.
I gotta say i'm gonna miss the XBOX success forecasting based off of one or two spikes in sales.
PantherLotus
Professional Schmuck
DeaconKnowledge said:
how can you forecast the future by looking at the past?!
PantherLotus
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HELP WANTED: Forum Scapegoat
International video game forum looking for expert forum poster that can ineffectively argue the same points twice per year in sales threads. You will be responsible for carrying sales threads when there is little else to talk about except for your transparent fanboyish extrapolation of short term successes. Logic not required. Apply with new email address HERE.
International video game forum looking for expert forum poster that can ineffectively argue the same points twice per year in sales threads. You will be responsible for carrying sales threads when there is little else to talk about except for your transparent fanboyish extrapolation of short term successes. Logic not required. Apply with new email address HERE.
Liabe Brave
Member
I'm not disputing the performance, just your manner of referring to it. In the post above, "one of the worst" is fine, since you are implicitly defining "worst" as a multi-member class; but "by far the worst" (from your previous post) is a true superlative, not a comparative, and can only be applied to a single object from a set. It is not logically nor grammatically possible for something to "almost" have this property.Jtyettis said:
As for something a modicum less trivial, do we believe the 360 falloff this week (-23%) is due to shortages, or to lowering demand? I know at this level of absolute numbers it's very hard to say, so are there any strong indicators one way or the other?
I'm no Joshua, but this should do it (I imagine the image should self-update once last week's Famitsu numbers go in):cvxfreak said:
Quicker start, but I don't think it'll have quite the legs. Week 4 numbers from the Famitsu leak will put it right around MHP2G's Week 3 number.
Liabe Brave
Member
C'mon, Garaph makes this easy! Thusly:cvxfreak said:
Adding in this week gets Platinum to ~1.6m for week three, which keeps the trajectories very close, with Platinum having a worse second but a better third week.
Edit: So easy I got beaten! But aren't the leaked Famitsu numbers for week three, not week four?
AnimeTheme
Member
Kurosaki Ichigo said:
Sony is smarter this time.
Liabe Brave
Member
Yeah, my confusion since Platinum launched a day before the end of a reporting period, so "week 1" is actually only two days, not four like for most games. That means it's been 25 calendar days but "four weeks" since launch. By Famitsu leaks, they were:botticus said:
Week 3 is this current MC thread, where it's up to around 1.5 million:
Week 1: 968k
Week 2: 319k 1,287k
Week 3: 195k 1,482k
Week 4: 121k 1,603k
Which is indeed a bit behind MHP2ndG. And week 5 for that game got an unusual surge, so unless Platinum does the same it'll fall even further behind in the future.
Kurosaki Ichigo
Member
I'm not really sure what GT5P Spec 3 is, but I think its just an update to GT5P, so not sure why do the charge such money for it. At least its given free on a same priced 80GB PS3 as the 40GB PS3. We need dates though.AnimeTheme said:
At least they sure are taking care of LBP, the bundles in 3 colors are pretty good priced (think 450/$ 80GB+LBP+2 DS3) and the DS3+LBP for the normal price of an HD game nowadays is also a pretty nice deal.
Its now off to see if LBP has any appeal for the japanese audience.
PantherLotus
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SovanJedi said:
Didn't we expect Platinum to explode? Surely we all saw this coming?
Nuclear Muffin
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PantherLotus said:
Yeah but it's doing much better than most expected, even for a pokemon 3rd version!
I expect Platinum to eventually pass MHP2G LTD (it is a Nintendo game, and will probably still be selling 2-3k copies a week in 3 years), but I doubt that Platinum will be able to take the YTD crown from Monster Hunter at this point.
Either way, this years' top selling list will be pretty interesting. 2008 sales for Wii Fit, MHP2G and Pokemon Platinum are all going to be within a couple hundred thousand units of eachother
Either way, this years' top selling list will be pretty interesting. 2008 sales for Wii Fit, MHP2G and Pokemon Platinum are all going to be within a couple hundred thousand units of eachother
BishopLamont
Banned
Oh boy the 360 keeps dropping..Jonnyram said:What happened to jimbo again?
Famitsu 9/29 - 10/05
DSL　45000
PSP　24000
Wii　26000
PS3　7500
PS2　8600
360　7700
Psychotext
Member
Is it me... or is that one of the lowest weeks the PS3 has ever had?
Liabe Brave
Member
Again I say, c'mon! Garaph.info: "It's self-contained and fairly explanatory."Psychotext said:
So yeah, it doesn't look like the lowest ever, but it seems to be in second place. Huzzah, Sony! Way to go into Tokyo Games Show on a high note!
Psychotext
Member
I spend most of my day looking at stats, databases and graphs. I'd rather pull my own teeth than mess with them in my off time. :lolLiabe Brave said:
rykomatsu
Member
Psychotext said:
well...some places are out of stock atm too...
gamestar's completely sold out
amazon.co.jp is out of black and silver, only white available
yodobashi isn't accepting orders
bic camera is sold out of black and white, only silver available, though MGS intro packs are still being sold
so it's not surprising tbh, but yeah it's pretty low for ps3
Segata Sanshiro
Member
That's strange. I haven't seen the PS3 sold out ever at a physical location, even when MGS4 came out. Yodobashi Akiba had a mountain of them a few days ago. Wonder why the online stores are having trouble keeping stock in?rykomatsu said:
PantherLotus
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Segata Sanshiro said:
maybe they order fewer?
Dragona Akehi
Retired
Segata Sanshiro said:
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Liabe Brave
Member
Fair enough! Personally, I love data and will happily mine it for leisure as surely as for employment.Psychotext said:
And yes, online retailers almost certainly use JIT shipment models. I work for a very large distributor, and over the past decade there's been industry-wide pressure to lower on-hand inventory.
In addition, online retailers tend to order and receive directly from suppliers, while stores often use distribution middlemen. That smoothes out their supply issues during times of model changeover, like Sony's in now. Still, this probably wouldn't apply to giant stores like Yodobashi or BIC.