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[sonycowboy]

http://www.gamespot.com/news/2004/10/19/news_6110863.html

Microsoft tried to buy the NPD :O ... and got caught!

LOL. Expect good numbers for Fable w/ a 446% increase if the M$ numbers were right

Analysts: September sales up 44 percent…maybe

Piper Jaffray reports NPD numbers indicate strong September sales, but bad data means numbers aren't accurate.

Industry analysts at Piper Jaffray reported today that the NPD numbers for the month of September have been released, but that errors in the data mean that investors should not trade their shares based on NPD numbers until a corrected report is issued later tonight.

"NPD has advised its subscribers that the September sales data has confirmed errors," read the report, "and that the extent of the problems are unknown."

The current "bad" data reports that September sales of video game software were up 44 percent year-over-year, ahead of Piper Jaffray's estimate of 15-20 percent. Sales of Xbox software increased a whopping 87 percent, Game Boy Advance software 75 percent, GameCube 39 percent, and PlayStation 2 29 percent. By publisher, Microsoft (446 percent), Activision (136 percent), and Nintendo (118 percent) saw the largest year-on-year sales jumps for the month of September.

By Chris Kohler -- GameSpot

 

[bitwise]

Microsoft tried to buy the NPD :O ... and got caught!

LOL. Expect good numbers for Fable w/ a 446% increase if the M$ numbers were right

?

 

[Grizzlyjin]

Just make sure Burnout 3 sells more on the PS2.

 

[epmode]

Microsoft tried to buy the NPD :O

go microsoft!

 

[sonycowboy]

?

I mean if the "incorrect" report with Microsoft having a 446% increase is right.

I'm not saying Microsoft created the NPD numbers. That was just my opening joke.

 

[Nerevar]

yeah, there's absolutely no evidence to support that statement you made.

 

[Teddman]

I didn't know Kobun worked for Gamespot now. Good for him...

 

[sonycowboy]

yeah, there's absolutely no evidence to support that statement you made.

??

 

[Alcibiades]

when you go from Voodoo Vince to Fable, a 400% increase in sales isn't too hard...

I expect a good 1/2 million thanks to the multiyear hype it had and the extensive push retail (especially EB and Gamestop) was giving the title...

 

[M3wThr33]

Wow. He does! Surprises everywhere!

 

[AniHawk]

MS also covers Halo, efra.

 

[Nerevar]

??

Microsoft tried to buy the NPD :O ... and got caught!

The article doesn't say anything of the sort. It says that the reported numbers of a 44% increase in sales might be incorrect, because it conflicts with an expected increase in sales of 15-20%. I don't get where you got the Microsoft trying to buy the NPD thing.

Edit : didn't know the joke was continuing from the other thread.

 

[Deku Tree]

GAF needs sarcasm tags.

 

[sonycowboy]

The article doesn't say anything of the sort. It says that the reported numbers of a 44% increase in sales might be incorrect, because it conflicts with an expected increase in sales of 15-20%. I don't get where you got the Microsoft trying to buy the NPD thing.

You've been asleep at the wheel. See the previous NPD thread for the JOKE.

 

[Link316]

I don't get where you got the Microsoft trying to buy the NPD thing.

chill out, its a joke

 

[sonycowboy]

GAF needs sarcasm tags.

I think it needs smarter posters.

 

[Nerevar]

chill out, its a joke

Fuck you! *pushes over magazine rack*

I think it needs smarter posters.

Excuse me for not reading every thread on the frontpage. Where's the rolleyes when you need them.

 

[PhatSaqs]

Lesson learned here?

Do not joke about MS being in bed with NPD.

 

[AniHawk]

MICROSOFT TRIED TO BUY THE NPD!?

 

[Renegade]

How many units did Microsoft sell last month total?

 

[explodet]

So where are these mythical September NPD numbers?

 

[AniHawk]

So where are these mythical September NPD numbers?

Microsoft doesn't want anyone to know of their success.

 

[SantaC]

Microsoft doesn't want anyone to know of their success.

release them already :/ I want to see pikmin 2 and gba numbers.

 

[bunkum]

How many units did Microsoft sell last month total?

Software Units 280,192

 

[sonycowboy]

Software Units 280,192

Clearly a joke, right?

SPILL IT DAMMIT!

 

[thorns]

How much did they sell last september?? I guess 400+% refers to growth over last september?

 

[bunkum]

Clearly a joke, right?

SPILL IT DAMMIT!

Shucks, that was August, guess I'm still waiting for September

 

[bunkum]

How much did they sell last september?? I guess 400+% refers to growth over last september?

206417

 

[sonycowboy]

Software Units 280,192

Oh, you're doing August.

 

[Chi-Town]

206417

So a 446 per cent increase would be around 900,000.

 

[AniHawk]

So if these are correct, that's about 920,000.

Lesse, 80k for Halo, 180k for all the other crap, about 650kish for Fable?

 

[Alcibiades]

So a 446 per cent increase would be around 900,000.

600,000 Fable + 150,000 Halo

that leaves another 150,000 for their older stuff...

makes sense...

 

[thorns]

I meant in terms of revenue, since that 446% figure is based on $..
Since Fable a lot of copies sold at full price, it probably had a huge effect on revenue.

 

[bunkum]

I meant in terms of revenue, since that 446% figure is based on $..
Since Fable a lot of copies sold at full price, it probably had a huge effect on revenue.

Fuss pot, $6,543,118

 

[AniHawk]

Fuss pot, $6,543,118

$29,182,306.28

Okay, someone do the math from there.

 

[jedimike]

So if these are correct, that's about 920,000.

Lesse, 80k for Halo, 180k for all the other crap, about 650kish for Fable?

sweet.

 

[thorns]

btw a 446% INCREASE means you multiply it by 5.56, not 4.46..

going by the unit sales that would be 1,115,000
going by revenue $36,379,736 = 730k units at $50

 

[bunkum]

$29,182,306.28

Okay, someone do the math from there.

August was $7,321,795

So roughly $20m Fable

 

[Alcibiades]

btw a 446% INCREASE means you multiply it by 5.56, not 4.46..

going by the unit sales that would be 1,115,000
going by revenue $36,379,736 = 730k units at $50

or about 600,000-650,000 Fable units at $50, with the rest divided among cheaper titles like Halo, PGR2, etc...

 

[bunkum]

btw a 446% INCREASE means you multiply it by 5.56, not 4.46..

going by the unit sales that would be 1,115,000
going by revenue $36,379,736 = 730k units at $50

August was $7,321,795

So roughly $27m Fable

 

[AniHawk]

August was $7,321,795

So roughly $20m Fable

At 49.99 is 400,080

And yeah, I was multiplying by 4.46. Woops. :lol

However, 36M-7M (August) = 29M, which is 580,000 for Fable at $49.99.

 

[snapty00]

Has the NPD had problems lately or what? I mean, this is by far the biggest problem they've had so far, but in the past, they've also released it very late.

 

[Sein]

Microsoft is buying the NYPD? Great. If there's one thing Microsoft knows, it's security.

 

[bheemer]

this thread should be locked now that its been proven wrong