| BHR-3 said: Lets get right to it im confused 1 What does America mean its obvious vgc tracks more than just the 50 states what are the other regions? so why call it America and display USAs flag? 2 What regions does Other Europe include? 3 What regions does Other include? (underneath Ausie) in the graphs 4 Is there any regions that are not included in the sales data that you know about that sell consoles and games? 5 Is there any retailers that you know about that are not included that sell consoles and games? 6 I notice that the numbers get adjusted from time to time does this happen at certain times of the year or is it done at random? 7 Why is the attractive looking female at the top of the site only have a mario shirt on couldnt be able to change like the forum bar color when you visit different sections of the site or as time goes on? |
1. The America section for VGC includes all of North and South America: USA accounts for about 85-90% of it usually, Canada and Mexico are the next greatest parts, the rest is central and South American countries.
2. The rest of Europe
3. The rest of the world (at least those places that actually have official console releases.... many places actually import from a more major region)
4. Not really, all regions are accounted for, there may not be direct data from everywhere for obvious reasons, but small amounts of data and extrapolation and other data tracking methods can help get a relatively accurate estimation for obscure regions
5. None that I know of as I don't know what pure data is collected, but yes there will be many that VGC gets no data for, but again they are still accounted for.... this website works in exactly the same way as NPD and all the other trackers but on a smaller scale (though a wider range of information)
6. Yes, they get adjusted as new data comes in, in theory every adjustment should bring the figures closer to reality (they will never be reality except by crazy fluke... again the same applies for the major trackers)
7. Because the more images you have to load the slower the website runs, it would also invlove paying for the (or a new) model again... this is probably why the designs are not modelled on the GamerPrint website either.
