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Hi ioi,

I understand what you have done, why you have done it - and fully support it - esp. if the NPD have been breathing down your neck. Still - once some sites post NPD figures, there shouldn't be any issue with lots of sites linking to/posting these figures.

The main reason I can see for monthly figures is this:

Weekly figures are quite transitory, and show more the position of a game in the charts (top 10), rather than its overall sales. Because monthly figures run for 4 weeks, they give a good representation of titles that have actually sold well - for a longer period of time.

An example is God of War II. It was (I believe) the top selling title for US March (800k?), yet it isn't even in the top 10 at the moment. So instead of being a title everyone focuses on, it got a blur of glory - and is now sort of forgotten (people may completely disagree with me on this anyway).

Anyway - if we can have filters that show "next 4 weeks", and things like that - I'll be more than happy.

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The NPD should be happy you are doing this BTW. This gives people a "source", and then some people can purchase "more accurate" data, without having to spill the real figures all over the web. Its a bit of a catch-22 though.