Haunted_One said:
I just realised that since it's the first week of the new year we can expect higher sales than in the last few, so I think should've predicted higher numbers.
Just like the argument about whether or not the last week of the year should have bigger sales than the previous week, this isn't a safe bet since things haven't been consistent in recent years.
2002-2003: The week of 12-23 was slightly down from the week of 12-16, then the week of 12-30 became the actual sales peak week.
2003-2004: From weeks of 12-15 to 12-22 to 12-29 things just kept increasing.
2004-2005: The weak of 12-20 was the peak. 12-27 was lower than that, then the week of 01-03 was even lower.
2005-2006: The week of 12-19 was the peak. The week of 12-27, everything went down. The week of 01-02 most things were even or slightly up, except DS which crashed due to shortages.