| mrstickball said: The issue is that the sources ioi gets data from probably can't track alot of the more "general" american retail stores like K-Mart, Wal-Mart, and such (atleast in my mere opinion). If ioi couldn't track Wal-Mart, or other general stores, he'd have the most to lose in terms of accuracy from them. But that's not ioi's fault. He needs to do whatever he can to get ahold of a bigger sample size though, preferably with more "general" retailers like Toys R Us, Wal-Mart, Target, and such. |
Exactly, that's the (massive, gaping, obvious) flaw in Sullla's comparison of these sales numbers to polls on gamefaqs. People on the east coast who vote earlier in a gamefaqs poll probaby have similar tastes to people in the rest of the US. It would be different if the early voters were all from Japan or Europe, just take a look at how different the top games are in those countries to the US and that should be clear.
Similarly, 1) Gamestop, 2) large retailers like Wal-Mart, 3) independent stores, and 4) online stores are almost certainly selling to different consumers with different preferences.
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