According to VG Chartz:
NPD data for the USA, covering December 2nd to January 5th 2008 has arrived. As expected, Vgchartz data was quite accurate for hardware sales for the period. Despite the historical trend of sales doubling from November to December, not all platforms followed the trend this year – and both NPD and VGC data agree on this point. The reason is in the timing – with an early Black Friday and 11 days of sales after Christmas, there was no way sales were going to double across the board from November to December. Still, PSP and PS2 did roughly double their sales from November. PS3, DS, Xbox 360 and especially the supply constrained Wii fell well short of doubling November NPD USA sales however. In fact, adjusted for the fact that Wii sold for five weeks in December vs. four weeks in November, sales were hardly up at all on an average weekly basis. NPD showed just under 250,000 Wiis sold per week in November, but for the December period, the average only bumped up to 270,000 Wiis sold per week in December. Xbox 360 jumped from under 200,000 per week in November to just over 250,000 per week in December – about a 30% increase – again no where near double. DS, despite a huge volume increase, really only increased by about 60% per week. Here are the hardware numbers as reported by NPD and VGC for December. NPD total estimates are for the USA and Canada (which hasn't been released yet) using the percentage Canadian sales made up of the portion of USA + Canada November sales.
NPD USA Est. NPD Total Vgchartz VGC/NPD Est
DS 2,470,000 2,650,310 2,876,040 1.08
Wii 1,350,000 1,453,950 1,638,849 1.13
Xbox 360 1,260,000 1,349,460 1,289,156 0.96
PS2 1,100,000 1,162,700 951,764 0.82
PSP 1,060,000 1,118,300 960,885 0.86
PS3 797,600 876,562 774,795 0.88
Well it seems VG Chartz are somehow accurate and are just off a bit in comparison with the NPD data.
Companies, particularly public companies like Microsoft, need to grow.
i mean its pretty simple, they spent close to 30 billion in acquiring activision, they thought they'd make it bk no problem, and that didnt happen.
its just shit that because of MS's miscalculation alot of people lost their jobs.
They are going to use AI for a large portion of the game development process. Upper management need bonuses and the shareholders need more money. So, people will lose their jobs.
They shouldn't have bought any studios. Some is okay...but they went on a shopping spree...stupid
The better question is why did Microsoft buy publishers for a service they were subsidizing they knew couldn't support.
And why are so many websites trying to make people feel sorry for Microsoft instead of truly criticizing the fact they are closing studios and killing jobs that would have been fine if Microsoft themselves hadn't gotten involved.
Quit feeling sorry for Microsoft and start feeling sorry for the industry and the all the gamers who are actually losing out.
THIS IS MICROSOFTS FAULT.
The first thing that happens after any major acquisition or merger is a consolidation of the whole new portfolio, which includes cutting any excess, bloat or portfolios that don't fit the larger MO of the big boy. So far, it's been par for the course with Microsoft and that's why gamers have been so against this acquisition. Tango Gameworks is the beginning. You think Microsoft wants to pay to keep small timers like Ninja Theory in business?
There is absolutely zero evidence to suggest that Microsoft will improve any of these studios, but plenty to suggest that they will get rid of what they don't need and hold onto the IP. The real agenda of the acquisition was always to acquire The Elder Scrolls, Diablo, Fallout, Call of Duty, Candy Crush etc. that will create millions in passive revenue stream for Microsoft regardless of where the games release. Microsoft simply wants their cut.
Because of Games Pass Microsoft has no interest in investing in new IP which is risky and requires creative talent they can neither nurture nor manage. Game Pass has also not grown in the way Microsoft expected it to, even post acquisitions. Therefore the logical thing to do, without serious money makers to release, is to cut as much cost as possible.
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VG Chartz is getting better at this.
Not a single PS3 title in the Top Ten. Ouch.
VG Chartz are getting better tracking console sales but they seem to be overtracking the Wii and DS alot. But this time they are right on par with the ps3 and the 360. If u guys will click the link they also did a comparison on the top software sales. The only thing VGChartz need to improve is tracking sotware in which they are way off this time.
VG charts have been close then off the next time by too much before.
LOL "VG Charts has been spot on with consoles"
^^ the Wii isn't a console?, doesn't prove sh8t even more so considering oversea's markets lol.
You know whats going to happan when or if VG starts reporting numbers showing PS3 trailing so why put yourselfs through this?.