Maybe it's a Rare thing, but SoT has been performing far better (relatively) in the UK than US, going by Amazon Best Sellers. It's been around the top 10 in the UK for a couple of weeks, while the highest places sku in the US is #70.
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PAL Charts - Week 12, 2018
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Anyone has data from last-gen and compare console sales in same time-frame??
What do you mean by that? Original Xbox and Ps2?
Because the graph already compares current with last gen.
Well, this graph pretty much tell us PS4/XB1 numbers, rounded of course, but anyway: total is about 9 million.
PS4 = 5.13 million
XB1 = 3.87 million
With a margin of error of course, but still a clearly picture... Interesting.
PS4 gap seem to increase over time both worldwide and in UK, will be fun to see if this trend continue of maybe XB1 will be able to at least close the gap (in term of percents).
EDIT: Also XB1 is doing worse than 360 launch allinied in UK, while PS4 is doing way better than PS3.
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I will repeat the question: Don't they estimate total market sales based on the sample they have?
If they sample 95% of the market it doesn't mean that they release sales data of those 95% but they make estimates of the entire market based on those 95%. Hence, regardless the sample is 20% or 95%, the final estimated sales should cover the full population of stores. Of course, the larger the sample, the more accurate the estimate. Also, the larger the sample, the more likely it is representative of the population (though not necessarily true).
I am genuinely surprised that the Xbox 360 'only' had 56% of the pie last generation when it was the Wii and Xbox 360 that were both the dominant systems here in the UK. Thought the percentage ratio for PlayStation 3 was more like 35-40% so, 44% is a surprising figure to me!
I reckon the PlayStation 4 could very well eventually hit a 1.5:1 ratio.
You could buy an Xbox One S with Rocket League for £149 (or less, if you went through Quidco on the Microsoft Store) last November/December, and yet the PlayStation 4 is still a more desirable product despite always being more expensive...
It's incredible how the roles have swiftly reversed this generation.
To me, the Switch is gradually eating into Xbox One sales whereas the PlayStation 4 is seemingly unaffected, much like it is most countries I'd imagine.
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GfK Chart-Track don't extrapolate in their reports, they just report the tracked sales from their panel of retailers which is estimated to cover 95% of the market.
The methodology can vary depending on the country since most national trackers were once separate companies with different methodologies before being acquired by GfK.
Are we expecting the new chart Tuesday or will the long bank holiday really tamper with the info release?
The chart says launch aligned. ps3 launched 1y, 3m, 3w after 360 in UK. That's a seasonal offset of over a quarter. The graph looks smoother because 360 and ps3 Q3s span over half a year's worth of graph.
When did we think UK ps4:xb1 was that wide? It's always been reasonably close. I don't remember a time when we thought ps4 outsold xb1 by half as much again or more.
The chart says launch aligned. ps3 launched 1y, 3m, 3w after 360 in UK. That's a seasonal offset of over a quarter. The graph looks smoother because 360 and ps3 Q3s span over half a year's worth of graph.
Thanks !
Like I said in the last thread, France loves Japan.
I am glad for NNK. Keep in mind that it is a value chart and the collector edition was pretty expensive.
Strong performance for Kirby. No Switch game managed to outsell MK8/Zelda/SMO so doing it two consecutive weeks is great !
