Why do threads mentioning NPD bring in people saying America isn't WW?

[r505Matt]

RolStoppable said:

forest-spirit said:

I almost made a thread earlier today asking that question. I mean, it's really stupid after all...

Only answer I can think of is Damage Control.

This is the result of it. Likewise we could ask why such statistical data limited to one particular area (even if it's a large one like the USA) is presented in the first place. It could very well be interpreted as cherry-picking and for what is cherry-picking usually used? To make one's own position look better than it actually is.

I have to take a look at the thread in question to see what it really was about. The above paragraph is just a general observation.

EDIT: Oh, it's a Greenburg twitter quote. I think he's Microsoft's American guy, so what he has said is fair. Would be a different case if someone responsible for the worldwide 360 business would only use American numbers. So yeah, we are looking at damage control from the other side here.

This pretty much sums it up.

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