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gergroy on 13 December 2009
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Mr. sickVisionz said:
Carl2291 said:
jarrod said:
Carl2291 said:
ArcticGabe said:
I guess VC is massively over tracking here... along with many games....

I just need to ask...

What makes you say that?

Well, the two reference points we have (VC launch month, VC ltd through Jan 2009) both have VGC overtracking NPD by 20-30%, which is too high a margin to count for Canada/Mexico (where VC was given a "limited" launch anyway).  We need a new NPD ltd leak to make sure though, but it's looking like VGC was overtracking it from day one.

It'd be nice if Sega gave out shipment figures too.  Maybe when VC2 gets closer to release, they might throw sales in a PR if the turnaround's as dramatic as VGC implies?

Or maybe... NPD undertracked...?

Nice one.  If I remember correctly, NPD doesn't try to account for Wal-Mart or Amazon.  I've always found it funny that people try to argue that VG Chartz is bogus by using logic that boils down to, "NPD doesn't account for two of the largest retailers on the planet, so when their numbers aren't as large as places that don't ignore two of the largest retailers on the planet, it means NPD is more accurate."

No, NPD acounts for them, they just don't get figures directly from them like they do other retailers.  What that means is they use equations to try and estimate what their total sales are just like VG Chartz does.  So, basically the difference is NPD has hard data coupled with some estimations.  VGchartz just has estimations.