hmduong said:
lol, so are you saying you trust Vgchartz, a 4 year old startup, over NPD, a leading market research company that's been around for over 40 years? I'm not trying to bash the site but you are blind to think that they are more credible and reliable than an established institution like NPD. |
actually I would be more worried about the person who blindly follows either side. NPD can't be trusted as it is a closed system. We get some numbers but only because they were being leaked anyways. NPD has no credibility in the public as we get no corrections or they are hid in other numbers (we don't know which). In fact, they are the only video game tracker to have no competition, again something that means they don't even have to try.
If you are paying for numbers than I'd be much more likely to trust them, as I know that corrections would be coming my way if any need to be made. However, I would still be skeptical, as tracking large quantities of items sold is a very hard thing to do. 40 years of experience doesn't mean they didn't make a mistake or that they aren't getting lazy.
