I wouldn't say that using the word "guessing" is vitriol, as it is obvious that the weekly US figures, which are later compounded into monthly sales, are so far off from the "official" NPD numbers that it cannot by any reasoning be attributed to "margin if error". To be over 100% off on occasions, and even close to 2000% as is the case for Vita last month, is alarming.
It is alarming, when in a thread in which forum members are purely guessing the NPD sales numbers, VGC scores in the bottom 25% of users.
But the most alarming are instances in which VGC tracks sales of games (sorry, I know you said to forget software) that have not been released (Spiderman on X1), or those that are available only in a bundle (Borderlands 2 on Vita).
I don't think slowing down reports is the answer, the solution should be a comprehensive retooling of the data accumulation methods.
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