VG Chartz does not track Wal Mart?

[Comrade Tovya]

Oyvoyvoyv said:

We estimate how much Walmart sells, so that isn't being left out from the total.

The reason is simply (at least I believe so, I have no clue really, just a moron who thinks he has a clue :P) that ioi doesn't have an arrangement to collect data from them. There is no reason ioi would not want to get it, so it is

A) Walmart doesn't know exactly how much they sell and such

B) They want money for it

C) They don't feel like publishing it to VGChartz.

 

Wal-mart has always been odd when it comes to sales numbers.

Even as recently as the HD DVD vs Blu-ray war, this very issue became a key point of contention.  Considering Wal-mart was one of the larger distributors of HD DVD players, no one could put a real finger on how many units Toshiba was selling.

Had Wal-mart made these numbers public, HD DVD would have either survived longer or sank faster. My guess is that the truth that HD DVD was FAR behind in the battle would have been revealed sooner, and the Blu-ray media standard would have taken hold faster than it otherwise has.