Xbox 360 overtakes Wii as most sought after console on the web

You have got to be kidding me. Sales are ultimately the best indicator, and this article already explains why it's the most searched console.

"Failure."

You have got to be kidding me. Sales are ultimately the best indicator, and this article already explains why it's the most searched console.

"Failure."

Redfingers

Sales aren't a leading indicator of sales though. This article is saying as web traffic picks up the sales tend to trend up as well. Or the inverse as web traffic descends sales tend to fall as well. Since web traffic is known in "real-time" and sales are only released monthly and not reported on as quickly they use web traffic to predict sales.

Stock brokers use this info to buy/sell stock if they think ninty will drop in sales or increase. It's an indicator not the final result.

Think of it this way. In baseball you watch a game and you count the hits and runs. But in the end the final score is all that matters. And actually teh final season standings are all that really matters. But to see how good a team is tranding you look at their stats to see how well they will do in the playoffs. Then you can cheer or bet as you want.

While online traffic is a good indicator surrounding the success of a given product, inquiries of failing Xbox 360 units and Microsoft's newly announced 3-year warranty extension are sure to have contributed to the increase in addition to 360 price drop rumors and its strong line up of upcoming gamesbamafan3414

There's your reason, especially after Microsoft announced the massive recalls on the console as well as their billion dollar loss.

[QUOTE="Redfingers"]

You have got to be kidding me. Sales are ultimately the best indicator, and this article already explains why it's the most searched console.

"Failure."

mikasa

Sales aren't a leading indicator of sales though. This article is saying as web traffic picks up the sales tend to trend up as well. Or the inverse as web traffic descends sales tend to fall as well. Since web traffic is known in "real-time" and sales are only released monthly and not reported on as quickly they use web traffic to predict sales.

Stock brokers use this info to buy/sell stock if they think ninty will drop in sales or increase. It's an indicator not the final result.

Think of it this way. In baseball you watch a game and you count the hits and runs. But in the end the final score is all that matters. And actually teh final season standings are all that really matters. But to see how good a team is tranding you look at their stats to see how well they will do in the playoffs. Then you can cheer or bet as you want.

What? Firstly that sentence makes very little sense. What your trying to say is so rediculous. How in your logic is increased sales for instance not the most important piece of evidence? Exactly the final score does matter and we can make a logical guess through the hits and runs that are made.. Increased sales means everything in predictions...

[QUOTE="Redfingers"]

You have got to be kidding me. Sales are ultimately the best indicator, and this article already explains why it's the most searched console.

"Failure."

mikasa

Sales aren't a leading indicator of sales though. This article is saying as web traffic picks up the sales tend to trend up as well. Or the inverse as web traffic descends sales tend to fall as well. Since web traffic is known in "real-time" and sales are only released monthly and not reported on as quickly they use web traffic to predict sales.

Stock brokers use this info to buy/sell stock if they think ninty will drop in sales or increase. It's an indicator not the final result.

Think of it this way. In baseball you watch a game and you count the hits and runs. But in the end the final score is all that matters. And actually teh final season standings are all that really matters. But to see how good a team is tranding you look at their stats to see how well they will do in the playoffs. Then you can cheer or bet as you want.

but they admit that the 360's negative press is also factored in. :?

[QUOTE="mikasa"][QUOTE="Redfingers"]

You have got to be kidding me. Sales are ultimately the best indicator, and this article already explains why it's the most searched console.

"Failure."

CaseyWegner

Sales aren't a leading indicator of sales though. This article is saying as web traffic picks up the sales tend to trend up as well. Or the inverse as web traffic descends sales tend to fall as well. Since web traffic is known in "real-time" and sales are only released monthly and not reported on as quickly they use web traffic to predict sales.

Stock brokers use this info to buy/sell stock if they think ninty will drop in sales or increase. It's an indicator not the final result.

Think of it this way. In baseball you watch a game and you count the hits and runs. But in the end the final score is all that matters. And actually teh final season standings are all that really matters. But to see how good a team is tranding you look at their stats to see how well they will do in the playoffs. Then you can cheer or bet as you want.

but they admit that the 360's negative press is also factored in. :?

True. it's an indicator not proof.

Google Trends, again, disagrees.

Wii has about twice as many searchs with PS3 and Xbox 360 on par.

Sales aren't a leading indicator of sales though.

mikasa

That's going straight into my sig. lmao

[QUOTE="Redfingers"]

You have got to be kidding me. Sales are ultimately the best indicator, and this article already explains why it's the most searched console.

"Failure."

mikasa

Sales aren't a leading indicator of sales though. This article is saying as web traffic picks up the sales tend to trend up as well. Or the inverse as web traffic descends sales tend to fall as well. Since web traffic is known in "real-time" and sales are only released monthly and not reported on as quickly they use web traffic to predict sales.

Stock brokers use this info to buy/sell stock if they think ninty will drop in sales or increase. It's an indicator not the final result.

Think of it this way. In baseball you watch a game and you count the hits and runs. But in the end the final score is all that matters. And actually teh final season standings are all that really matters. But to see how good a team is tranding you look at their stats to see how well they will do in the playoffs. Then you can cheer or bet as you want.

"Sales aren't a leading indicator of sales though" wow...that one needs to be in someones sig.

[QUOTE="mikasa"][QUOTE="Redfingers"]

You have got to be kidding me. Sales are ultimately the best indicator, and this article already explains why it's the most searched console.

"Failure."

Firelore29

Sales aren't a leading indicator of sales though. This article is saying as web traffic picks up the sales tend to trend up as well. Or the inverse as web traffic descends sales tend to fall as well. Since web traffic is known in "real-time" and sales are only released monthly and not reported on as quickly they use web traffic to predict sales.

Stock brokers use this info to buy/sell stock if they think ninty will drop in sales or increase. It's an indicator not the final result.

Think of it this way. In baseball you watch a game and you count the hits and runs. But in the end the final score is all that matters. And actually teh final season standings are all that really matters. But to see how good a team is tranding you look at their stats to see how well they will do in the playoffs. Then you can cheer or bet as you want.

"Sales aren't a leading indicator of sales though" wow...that one needs to be in someones sig.

Beat ya.

[QUOTE="mikasa"][QUOTE="Redfingers"]

You have got to be kidding me. Sales are ultimately the best indicator, and this article already explains why it's the most searched console.

"Failure."

sSubZerOo

Sales aren't a leading indicator of sales though. This article is saying as web traffic picks up the sales tend to trend up as well. Or the inverse as web traffic descends sales tend to fall as well. Since web traffic is known in "real-time" and sales are only released monthly and not reported on as quickly they use web traffic to predict sales.

Stock brokers use this info to buy/sell stock if they think ninty will drop in sales or increase. It's an indicator not the final result.

Think of it this way. In baseball you watch a game and you count the hits and runs. But in the end the final score is all that matters. And actually teh final season standings are all that really matters. But to see how good a team is tranding you look at their stats to see how well they will do in the playoffs. Then you can cheer or bet as you want.

What? Firstly that sentence makes very little sense. What your trying to say is so rediculous. How in your logic is increased sales for instance not the most important piece of evidence? Exactly the final score does matter and we can make a logical guess through the hits and runs that are made.. Increased sales means everything in predictions...

I guess you miss the point completely. If the goal is Sales...you can't use actual sales as an indicator of sales. In other words, it's like looking at the final score of a game and then saying you think the team with the most runs won. Well duh...of course the team with the most runs wins.

[QUOTE="Firelore29"][QUOTE="mikasa"][QUOTE="Redfingers"]

You have got to be kidding me. Sales are ultimately the best indicator, and this article already explains why it's the most searched console.

"Failure."

Michael85

Sales aren't a leading indicator of sales though. This article is saying as web traffic picks up the sales tend to trend up as well. Or the inverse as web traffic descends sales tend to fall as well. Since web traffic is known in "real-time" and sales are only released monthly and not reported on as quickly they use web traffic to predict sales.

Stock brokers use this info to buy/sell stock if they think ninty will drop in sales or increase. It's an indicator not the final result.

Think of it this way. In baseball you watch a game and you count the hits and runs. But in the end the final score is all that matters. And actually teh final season standings are all that really matters. But to see how good a team is tranding you look at their stats to see how well they will do in the playoffs. Then you can cheer or bet as you want.

"Sales aren't a leading indicator of sales though" wow...that one needs to be in someones sig.

Beat ya.

Wow the light bulbs are off on a lot of people today. So you look at a game...say yankees 4 Indians 6. Then SayI think the Indians won becasue they had the most runs. Sales are a fact. Meaning they aren't indicating anything other than the facts. However, web hits, marketing money spent, calls to a store about a product, etc...are INDICATORS of how sales will do. Using actual sales to predict what actual sales are is just asinine and doesn't make sense.

Edit...plus I didn't even address the key word LEADING. Which means it occurs BEFORE the sales actually increase or decrease. So how can sales be a leading indicator of sales?

All it means is that the people playing on the Wii are too busy to go search about it on the net...FragMonkey09

Most likely the people searching for the systems, are people who do not own the systems or they may own a system and want another one or they could be just seeing what games are coming this holiday, etc, etc.

[QUOTE="mikasa"]

Sales aren't a leading indicator of sales though.

Michael85

That's going straight into my sig. lmao

This is too funny. You think a leading indicator of sales is sales. So the sales actually occurred before they sold. Wow! Pass the crackpipe.

[QUOTE="Michael85"][QUOTE="mikasa"]

Sales aren't a leading indicator of sales though.

mikasa

That's going straight into my sig. lmao

This is too funny. You think a leading indicator of sales is sales. So the sales actually occurred before they sold. Wow! Pass the crackpipe.

Too late, you got sig'd for saying something stupid.

This just in: the leading indicator of scores in basketball is no longer the scores themselves, but the number of assists on the court. Thank you.

Wow sweet! I am excited to hear the 360 is getting searched more. That will def lead to more AAA games, less hardware problems and help M$ make a profit...I actually just did a search for the 360 myself on amazon. My only question is why is the Wii the number one selling console, the PS3 number 2, the PS2 number 4 and the 360 at a whooping 30!?!

http://amazon.com/gp/bestsellers/videogames/

[QUOTE="mikasa"][QUOTE="Michael85"][QUOTE="mikasa"]

Sales aren't a leading indicator of sales though.

Michael85

That's going straight into my sig. lmao

This is too funny. You think a leading indicator of sales is sales. So the sales actually occurred before they sold. Wow! Pass the crackpipe.

Too late, you got sig'd for saying something stupid.

This just in: the leading indicator of scores in basketball is no longer the scores themselves, but the number of assists on the court. Thank you.

Too late for you...just keep on digging. LOL! You think the score is a leading incidator of the score...and your comment proves you don't know what you're talking about. Hint: Look up what leading indicator means.

LOL!

/ownage.

http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&defl=en&q=define:Leading+Indicator&sa=X&oi=glossary_definition&ct=title

An indicator whose value changes prior to a change in the larger system of which it is a component. For example, housing starts are often cited as a leading indicator, because home construction usually leads an upturn in the economy.
indicators.top10by2010.org/glossary.cfm

These measures are considered the "drivers" of lagging indicators. There is an assumed relationship between the two which suggests that improved performance in a leading indicator will drive better performance in the lagging indicator. For example, spending more time with valued customers (a leading indicator) is hypothesized to drive improvements in customer satisfaction ( a lagging indicator).
http://www.google.com/url?sa=X&start=1&oi=define&q=http://www.balancedscorecard.biz/Glossary.html&usg=AFQjCNHbOKb11RswOKxW_DW6TXT74ax4cg

An economic or other indicator that changes in advance of a new trend or condition and can be used in prediction. lead time- The total amount of time between the recognition of a required task, operation or process and its completion. ...
http://www.google.com/url?sa=X&start=2&oi=define&q=http://www.bridgefieldgroup.com/glos5.htm&usg=AFQjCNHq-awS3JpUbdXQ5Piy0oG4U6747A

one of 11 indicators for different sections of the economy; used by the Department of Commerce to predict economic trends in the near future
wordnet.princeton.edu/perl/webwn

Wow sweet! I am excited to hear the 360 is getting searched more. That will def lead to more AAA games, less hardware problems and help M$ make a profit...I actually just did a search for the 360 myself on amazon. My only question is why is the Wii the number one selling console, the PS3 number 2, the PS2 number 4 and the 360 at a whooping 30!?!

http://amazon.com/gp/bestsellers/videogames/

Sedin44

Silly me, PS2 is actually 2nd and 4th and PS3 is 3rd. Well that really doesn't change things to much for 360 but maybe they can hold down the search totals.

[QUOTE="Michael85"][QUOTE="mikasa"]

Sales aren't a leading indicator of sales though.

mikasa

That's going straight into my sig. lmao

This is too funny. You think a leading indicator of sales is sales. So the sales actually occurred before they sold. Wow! Pass the crackpipe.

Ok...honestly I have to agree. Sales arn't an indicator of sales.... ... ...lmao

Seriously though sales are by far the best indicator about how something is doing and will continue to do. You can show link, graphs, and charts all day long but sales are cold hard numbers. Every product has a sales trend whether it's going up or down it will be going that way fairly consitantly. Sales numbers are by far the best way to track how a product will do in the future.

[QUOTE="mikasa"][QUOTE="Michael85"][QUOTE="mikasa"]

Sales aren't a leading indicator of sales though.

Firelore29

That's going straight into my sig. lmao

This is too funny. You think a leading indicator of sales is sales. So the sales actually occurred before they sold. Wow! Pass the crackpipe.

Ok...honestly I have to agree. Sales arn't an indicator of sales.... ... ...lmao

[QUOTE="mikasa"][QUOTE="Michael85"][QUOTE="mikasa"]

Sales aren't a leading indicator of sales though.

Firelore29

That's going straight into my sig. lmao

This is too funny. You think a leading indicator of sales is sales. So the sales actually occurred before they sold. Wow! Pass the crackpipe.

Ok...honestly I have to agree. Sales arn't an indicator of sales.... ... ...lmao

I knew it read kind of funny when I wrote it, but I often do that for impact. Now it's perfectly clear what is being said and it's cool that you can see what was meant now. But michael85 actually sig'd it and perpetuates his own foolishness. Oh well...maybe he learned a lesson on siging what others say. In other words you better make sure what you think you're reading is what you think it means or else it will backfire.

[QUOTE="mikasa"][QUOTE="Michael85"][QUOTE="mikasa"]

Sales aren't a leading indicator of sales though.

Firelore29

That's going straight into my sig. lmao

This is too funny. You think a leading indicator of sales is sales. So the sales actually occurred before they sold. Wow! Pass the crackpipe.

Ok...honestly I have to agree. Sales arn't an indicator of sales.... ... ...lmao

Seriously though sales are by far the best indicator about how something is doing and will continue to do. You can show link, graphs, and charts all day long but sales are cold hard numbers. Every product has a sales trend whether it's going up or down it will be going that way fairly consitantly. Sales numbers are by far the best way to track how a product will do in the future.

Ever hear the phrase, "past performance is not a guarantee for future results". I know what you mean but that's not really what a leading indicator is. A leading indicator is something that indicates which way the sales will go in the future. Obvsiously the goal here is to have the highest sales. So we need to find out if our marketing plan is working before waiting for the sales to come in (say 4 weeks from now). So we need to look at leading indicators which will help to see if we are driving results in sales. So are web hits up? Are shelfs empty? Are orders increasing? did my nephew actually call me to ask about my product? All those may be leading indicators, but sales can't ever be a leading indicator of sales. Sales are the score, but you want to know the score before all the points are counted...so you get out the old crystal ball and look at leading indicators.

One reason was for info about hardware issues.... Geez thats not something to be proud of... Koolsen

I agree and that isn't going to improve sells.

[QUOTE="Koolsen"]One reason was for info about hardware issues.... Geez thats not something to be proud of... jessie5788

I agree and that isn't going to improve sells.

Actually it *can* improve sales if M$ plays it right. Extending the warranty was a good first step. Now they need to start getting the old ones fixed RIGHT. If that happens people will have confidence in M$ to support their hardware and will buy their next console, buy another 360 if they need 2, and tell others that the 360 is good and even if you get a bad one M$ will fix it for 3 years no questions asked.

But if they try to pinch pennies and tick off their consumers (as they were doing for a while when they were telling people the warranty was expired) then M$ hardware would have a bad name and bad company backing it up. Many people buy products repeatedly from companies that have great support. They'd rather know they have the company backing them up in case something breaks as opposed to jumping from brand to brand trying to get the best at the current moment.

Quality in support is a good thing. But obviously for M$ bottomline they need to improve the quality in the product as well.

Read the freaking article people! It says right in it what people are searching for,and hardware issues is NOT in the top..geeshHeil68

"While online traffic is a good indicator surrounding the success of a given product, inquiries of failing Xbox 360 units and Microsoft's newly announced 3-year warranty extension are sure to have contributed to the increase in addition to 360 price drop rumors and its strong line up of upcoming games"

[QUOTE="Heil68"]Read the freaking article people! It says right in it what people are searching for,and hardware issues is NOT in the top..geeshTimeToPartyHard

"While online traffic is a good indicator surrounding the success of a given product, inquiries of failing Xbox 360 units and Microsoft's newly announced 3-year warranty extension are sure to have contributed to the increase in addition to 360 price drop rumors and its strong line up of upcoming games"