shams said:
Must be accurate? Says who? Who monitors NPD, or gives them any competition - to make sure that they don't get lazy with their figures? (for all WE know, NPD talks to the platforms holders - and verifies that their numbers aren't WAY out before publishing them). I very much doubt that a company is going to purchase the NPD figures - have a read - then say "We want our money back - we don't like your numbers!". Competition is much more likely to hurt NPD, than for them to release dodgy numbers. In hindsight, I agree that if we start changing our figures to match NPD - we are meaningless. We need to position ourselves as an independent tracking body - basically competition to the NPD. Just like Famitsu & MediaCreate in Japan end up with different numbers - so can our numbers vary from the NPD figures. ... If NPD really doesn't track/count "bundled" software, then it does mess things up - and make it hard to directly compare. Add to that, that VG tracks all of NA (etc). |
I never said anything about NDP customers asking for their money back when the NDP data is way off. Of course no one will ever do that but I know for sure they will stop paying for it. This means NDP's business will go down the drain.
If you guys want to be taken serious your data cannot be way off like this. It must be on the mark. If NDP and the others release their monthly data based on a much better sample than yours why don't you use use it?
Remember, the NDP data is trusted by MS/Sony and Nintendo and about everyone else that reads it. On the other hand I keep defending VGC credibility because people make fun of your numbers on gaming sites.... oh well my bad I guess.
