M.U.G.E.N said:
nordlead said:
M.U.G.E.N said:
nordlead said:
If NPD never reports numbers again and they come down hard (legally) on people who post leaked numbers, then I say it will take at least 1 year before NeoGAF (as a website) starts using VGChartz. They (the staff and prominent members) pretty much thinnk we are the worst thing to ever exist in the world. It would take a long time before they became desperate enough to reconsider what actually happens over here with the numbers.
However, there are plenty of NeoGAF members who frequent here, so I really don't anticipate any changes in the short term.
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woah 0_0 y is that?
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The short (maybe long) story:
A long time ago ioi was a poster over at GAF and he wanted a better way to track numbers than just looking at Famitsu & Media Create. He came up with his own tracking method (using public information and I think along with a tiny sampling of stores, but that may have started later) and built VGChartz only on his own personal server.
Anyways, he wanted to build the website with GAF, but they essentially said it had to be a professional tracking firm or it was pulling numbers out of your ass. After a falling out, ioi started VGCharts.org (which turned into VGChartz.com) and they've been upset over it ever since.
Now, VGChartz never claimed to do a better job than any of those companies. It just offered numbers for the fans that are accurate enough for fans. They banned VGChartz from GAF because they believe the numbers are made up, despite the fact that VGChartz does sample a small percentage of the retail stores around the world.
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hahahhaa wow :D sounds like a script for a movie or something...friends, fallouts, fights, banning lol
thanks for the story, been wondering for a while now
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Perhaps they will make a movie on ioi like they've made on the facebook guy!
