Quite interesting.
For starters - there can be no more "public" comparisons between NPD and VGChartz figures. In fact, I suspect anyone posting the "paid" NPD figures will be sued out of existence.
It also means NPD can issue general statement like "VGChartz is a joke - the figures differ from our official figures by more than 30% - but we aren't telling you what the real figures are - unless you want to pay lots of money".
But its great for VG - if this keeps up for a few months, sites will have no option other than to quote VGChartz figures instead of NPD. VGChartz will become the defacto "Internet" standard.
(it also does mean that our figures may become less accurate - especially with software, and especially in the US).
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