360 v PS3 gap charts updated for end of Sept 08

[selnor]

goddog said:

selnor said:
^To add to this whole terrible mess. VGchartz numbers are always brought in line with NPD. NPD is across the board accepted had spot on numbers. We cannot start to say NPD is wrong. Which is all I can see you saying MikeB. It is accepted in any magazine, 6'oclock news and gaming site that NPD is God for numbers. VGchartz is always extremely close and is always modified to boot.

Manufacturers will do anything, say anything to keep the company from going under or look better to the shareholders. If you dont believe that you are very nieve.

 

 

there is precedent for the npd to lie, they have been sued over it  before regarding pc/mac software. i support good tracking, but the npd is not that, for them discrditing sites like this is far more valuable than losing a customer who knows they lied for a quarter, they can win the customer back, but its much harder for someone like vgc to regain its credit with others

 

 Your splitting hairs. As an industry we need a guage, a medium which is accepted. Whether we all agree or not NPD is accepted by the industry. As I mentioned even the 6'0clock news. If anyone on this site starts saying that both NPD and VGchartz are unreliable (which is the path your travelling down) then I can think your here for one reason, to flame. I hope a mod reads this because I believe anyone who is a member and starts talking of NPD and VGchartz being unreliable should get a perma ban.

Edit: Because VGchartz changes their figures according to NPD data.