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The Doctor (as portrayed by Sylvester McCoy)

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Dec 13, 2009, 4:13:57 AM12/13/09
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On Dec 13, 1:50 am, "JRE" <tex...@fullofthem.com> wrote:
> Data care of NPD Group
> Reporting Period: 11/1 - 11/28/09
>
> PlayStation 2 203.1K
> PlayStation 3 710.4K
> PSP              293.9K
> Xbox 360     819.5K
> Wii               1.26M
> Nintendo DS 1.70M
>
> CALL OF DUTY: MODERN WARFARE 2* 360 ACTIVISION BLIZZARD Nov-09 4.20M
> CALL OF DUTY: MODERN WARFARE 2* PS3 ACTIVISION BLIZZARD Nov-09 1.87M
> NEW SUPER MARIO BROS. WII WII NINTENDO OF AMERICA Nov-09 1.39M
> ASSASSIN'S CREED II 360 UBISOFT Nov-09 794.7K
> LEFT 4 DEAD 2 360 ELECTRONIC ARTS Nov-09 744.0K
> WII SPORTS RESORT* WII NINTENDO OF AMERICA Jul-09 720.2K
> WII FIT PLUS* WII NINTENDO OF AMERICA Oct-09 679.0K
> ASSASSIN'S CREED II PS3 UBISOFT Nov-09 448.4K
> DRAGON AGE: ORIGINS* 360 ELECTRONIC ARTS Nov-09 362.1K
> MARIO KART W/ WHEEL WII NINTENDO OF AMERICA Apr-08 315.0K

I'm waiting to see how bilgemerk and its apes are going to try to spin
this.

Doug Jacobs

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Dec 14, 2009, 11:42:31 PM12/14/09
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In alt.games.video.xbox "The Doctor (as portrayed by Sylvester McCoy)" <capjack...@gmail.com> wrote:

"Back" in 3rd place? Did they ever leave 3rd place?

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Miles Bader

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Dec 15, 2009, 2:05:00 AM12/15/09
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Doug Jacobs <dja...@rawbw.com> writes:
> "Back" in 3rd place? Did they ever leave 3rd place?

Well you know... there was probably a 3-4 minute period at 4:37 am PST
on a slow Tuesday night where they eked ahead by a few units...

-Miles

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The alMIGHTY N

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Dec 15, 2009, 11:15:12 AM12/15/09
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On Dec 14, 11:42 pm, Doug Jacobs <djac...@rawbw.com> wrote:

> In alt.games.video.xbox "The Doctor (as portrayed by Sylvester McCoy)" <capjackharkn...@gmail.com> wrote:
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> "Back" in 3rd place?  Did they ever leave 3rd place?

You missed the last few months of data where the PlayStation 3
significantly outsold the Xbox 360 in North America?

Doug Jacobs

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Dec 15, 2009, 12:50:45 PM12/15/09
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In alt.games.video.xbox The alMIGHTY N <natl...@yahoo.com> wrote:
> You missed the last few months of data where the PlayStation 3
> significantly outsold the Xbox 360 in North America?

I know the PS3 outsold the 360 for some months, but was that enough for
the PS3 to pull ahead of the 360 in terms of total # of consoles sold?

Bill Cable

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Dec 15, 2009, 1:37:12 PM12/15/09
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On Dec 15, 12:50 pm, Doug Jacobs <djac...@rawbw.com> wrote:

> In alt.games.video.xbox The alMIGHTY N <natle...@yahoo.com> wrote:
>
> > You missed the last few months of data where the PlayStation 3
> > significantly outsold the Xbox 360 in North America?
>
> I know the PS3 outsold the 360 for some months, but was that enough for
> the PS3 to pull ahead of the 360 in terms of total # of consoles sold?


There's 3rd place overall and 3rd place in monthly sales... two
different measures. This thread was obviously about the latter...

PS: The PS3 has been out of 3rd place in Japan for a very long time.

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The alMIGHTY N

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Dec 15, 2009, 3:32:27 PM12/15/09
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On Dec 15, 12:50 pm, Doug Jacobs <djac...@rawbw.com> wrote:

> In alt.games.video.xbox The alMIGHTY N <natle...@yahoo.com> wrote:
>
> > You missed the last few months of data where the PlayStation 3
> > significantly outsold the Xbox 360 in North America?
>
> I know the PS3 outsold the 360 for some months, but was that enough for
> the PS3 to pull ahead of the 360 in terms of total # of consoles sold?

Generally, people in this forum specifically say they're talking about
total number of consoles sold. If someone talks about a console being
in "third place" off hand, they're usually talking about current
sales.

At least that's what I've observed for the most part.

In any case, monthly reporting numbers were referenced with no mention
of totals so the monthly scope is quite obvious unless you're just
trying to be a Microsoft shill. ;-)

The alMIGHTY N

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Dec 15, 2009, 3:33:09 PM12/15/09
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On Dec 15, 1:37 pm, Bill Cable <billca...@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Dec 15, 12:50 pm, Doug Jacobs <djac...@rawbw.com> wrote:
>
> > In alt.games.video.xbox The alMIGHTY N <natle...@yahoo.com> wrote:
>
> > > You missed the last few months of data where the PlayStation 3
> > > significantly outsold the Xbox 360 in North America?
>
> > I know the PS3 outsold the 360 for some months, but was that enough for
> > the PS3 to pull ahead of the 360 in terms of total # of consoles sold?
>
> There's 3rd place overall and 3rd place in monthly sales... two
> different measures.  This thread was obviously about the latter...
>
> PS:  The PS3 has been out of 3rd place in Japan for a very long time.

It's too bad that Japan is the least important territory in terms of
video game sales...

Doug Jacobs

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Dec 17, 2009, 12:59:54 PM12/17/09
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In alt.games.video.sony-playstation2 The alMIGHTY N <natl...@yahoo.com> wrote:
> Generally, people in this forum specifically say they're talking about
> total number of consoles sold. If someone talks about a console being
> in "third place" off hand, they're usually talking about current
> sales.
>
> At least that's what I've observed for the most part.
>
> In any case, monthly reporting numbers were referenced with no mention
> of totals so the monthly scope is quite obvious unless you're just
> trying to be a Microsoft shill. ;-)

Right, I was thinking in terms of "total consoles sold" vs. individual
monthly totals.

I know that the PS3 outsold the 360 in terms of monthly sales for a few
months, but it wasn't enough for the PS3 to ever overtake the 360 in terms
of total consoles sold. The PS3 has narrorwed the gap, however.

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