Khuutra on 30 January 2010
| leo-j said: So nintendo has a company that tracks every video game system sold at retail? Really now? Since when? Why do they rely on NPD numbers every month to gloat about how well Wii/DS has sold, when they themselves could release there own MORE CREDIBLE numbers? |
Since eight or nine years ago. We've talked about it before. And no, not every video game system - just the ones that producers want to pay to track. SCEA is one of their customers! And it's not at every retail. It's just for the Americas, I believe.
They used NPD numbers in press releases to match up with everyone else - the few times they do correct NPD (they have done so before), NPD corrects their numbers on the spot.
Damned if I can remember the name of the firm, though.
