Just curious, why is it that console hardware sales figures from Japan are so dramatically different this year depending on the source? I mean look at this (Media Create):
Then compare it to this (Famitsu):
There is a HUGE difference there, how come? I know they are probably monitoring different store chains, that weekly figures can easily be different because the dates they are taken on differ (Famitsu numbers are a couple of days older), and that Media Create is adjusting their figures to make up for those stores they don't monitor (which is why their figures are in average ~1.8 times higher). But that wouldn't effect the totals for 2003 THAT much, would it?
I mean according to MC GBA sold more units than PS2 in 2003, according to Famitsu however it sold only like 2/3rds as many! MC says GC sold 4x as often as Xbox, Famistu says it sold barely more than 2x as often. Can someone with more insight into the Japanese market fill me in? I guess MC is more reliable but what exactly the point of Famitsu's figures is if they are so off base is beyond me...
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this week week before 2003 total
Game Boy Advance SP 83.200 114.000 197.300
PlayStation2 46.200 59.400 648.200
Game Boy Advance 26.200 33.900 663.000
Gamecube 5.600 9.200 168.600
Xbox 1.800 3.000 40.200
PSone 1.700 2.000 24.100
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this week week before 2003 total
Game Boy Advance SP 117.859 - 117.859
PlayStation 2 62.049 46.918 387.673
Game Boy Advance 32.422 25.640 235.855
Gamecube 7.607 7.653 57.446
Xbox 3.012 3.101 25.738
PSone 1.329 2.192 14.703
I mean according to MC GBA sold more units than PS2 in 2003, according to Famitsu however it sold only like 2/3rds as many! MC says GC sold 4x as often as Xbox, Famistu says it sold barely more than 2x as often. Can someone with more insight into the Japanese market fill me in? I guess MC is more reliable but what exactly the point of Famitsu's figures is if they are so off base is beyond me...