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Conegamer said:
It's Christmas. Let ioi have some time off and make the numbers more accurate, rather than rushing them out and you guys just calling overtracked.

The numbers will come. A bit of patience goes a long way.

The issue I think people have is that ioi is the only person who is able to put the data out. Now it just so happens that ioi decided to take off and provide no data whatsoever during one of the busiest times of the year for this site, during a time where it no doubt would bring in a ton of traffic. On top of that he did not even put out a notice that the site was taking 2 weeks off.

If those numbers show up when NPD does then what is the point of the site?

 

I understand he has a life, a family, etc... and is entitled to time off, but if he wants to run this site the way he tries to make it seems, which is to provide weekly estimates for gaming sales data then he should have more than just himself being able to take care of things, that way the site is able to fulfill it's purpose year round with weekly sales data.



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Conegamer said:
pbroy said:
Maybe you should get an avatar first, before making demands on here...

I agree. Not having a profile picture just makes it tough is all.

Better guys?



It seems like everytime a thread like this is made, they charts get updated the next day!



Dr.Vita said:
Conegamer said:
pbroy said:
Maybe you should get an avatar first, before making demands on here...

I agree. Not having a profile picture just makes it tough is all.

Better guys?

Thank goodness. An opinion isn't worth much until you at least have a gaming related picture to go with a post.

You just saved yourself.



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Euphoria14 said:
Dr.Vita said:
Conegamer said:
pbroy said:
Maybe you should get an avatar first, before making demands on here...

I agree. Not having a profile picture just makes it tough is all.

Better guys?

Thank goodness. An opinion isn't worth much until you at least have a gaming related picture to go with a post.

You just saved yourself.


Hehe, alright. ^^



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Euphoria14 said:

Now it just so happens that ioi decided to take off and provide no data whatsoever during one of the busiest times of the year for this site, during a time where it no doubt would bring in a ton of traffic. 

 


Quite the opposite is the case. Not actualizing the numbers brings in more traffic. The longer no new numbers, the more people click, click, click, come back and click click click on vgchartz to check if the new numbers are on. 

Anyway it´s really unbelievable. Not actualizing the data on a sales site is like mcdonalds stopping vending hamburgers.



Vicuna said:
Euphoria14 said:

Now it just so happens that ioi decided to take off and provide no data whatsoever during one of the busiest times of the year for this site, during a time where it no doubt would bring in a ton of traffic. 

 


Quite the opposite is the case. Not actualizing the numbers brings in more traffic. The longer no new numbers, the more people click, click, click, come back and click click click on vgchartz to check if the new numbers are on. 

Anyway it´s really unbelievable. Not actualizing the data on a sales site is like mcdonalds stopping vending hamburgers.

This is usually not true. I work in the food industry. If we run out of something that people greatly desire they will take their buisness elsewhere then they will usually complain that they didnt get what they want and they will never come back.

If information is not there people will go where the information is. Furthermore the people that are usually here will go where the information is. Thats when things start to snowball..



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So no charts yet?



JamaicameCRAZY said:
Vicuna said:
Euphoria14 said:

Now it just so happens that ioi decided to take off and provide no data whatsoever during one of the busiest times of the year for this site, during a time where it no doubt would bring in a ton of traffic. 

 


Quite the opposite is the case. Not actualizing the numbers brings in more traffic. The longer no new numbers, the more people click, click, click, come back and click click click on vgchartz to check if the new numbers are on. 

Anyway it´s really unbelievable. Not actualizing the data on a sales site is like mcdonalds stopping vending hamburgers.

This is usually not true. I work in the food industry. If we run out of something that people greatly desire they will take their buisness elsewhere then they will usually complain that they didnt get what they want and they will never come back.

If information is not there people will go where the information is. Furthermore the people that are usually here will go where the information is. Thats when things start to snowball..



But this is the only place you can get accurate WW sales numbers most of the year for video games. There is no other place to go to for that info. NPD only represents half of the sales data.

niallyb said:

Interesting. I guess all this hassle is what happens when you do a job so well it creates a need. And many of the needy have forgotten their manners.

 

I must say I am quite shocked at the entitled squealing from the spoiled people who think they are owed somethng on here. Trashing IOI does not make things any quicker. He's well aware of when he has updated last. And I'm quite sure he would like to. But he has no obligation to and nor does he owe us an explantion.

 

Intrinsic seems to think his whining is somehow magically converted into gold by IOI.  That's quite an inflated view of the value of your traffic.  The days of making big money by charging for ads based on pageviews is so long gone it never existed. VGcharts is likely covering its costs + enough to keep the owners going with a labor of love. Its REALLY unlikely they are making the $200-$400K per year that any decent 25 year old  developer at a trading firm/facebook/google etc makes.

Hopefully IOI has an actual life outside of here unlike , say intrinsic , who appears not to have encounted a real actual problem in his life and thinks this is one.  I've never seen someone in such a hurry to look petty and small.  Its an object lesson in how to demotivate people from providing a free service. 

And yes intrinsic, it IS free to you.  Your key strokes and mouse clicks don't have an intrinsic value.  The big data mining firms who pay for that stuff will get along just fine without you. You've already demonstrated you're a marketers nightmare.  If this is your reaction over something free what would you do over a paid service?   Any data analyst would look at these posts and determine you're not worth the effort of trying to sell to.

 

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