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this isn't good news for anyone in the community. its to some companies interests that users don't know exact/specific sales data. its just more information blinded to the public.

npd going private isn't going to give vgchartz any more "legitimacy" than it already has. the site is what it is. its a fan/enthusiast video game sales site. i enjoy this site; its been fairly on target but the numbers are estimates; they have never been exact. sometimes they've been way off.

if anything this harms vgchartz. now its the sole estimate/publisher of numbers and in the end no one really has anything to check against to see how close/near or intact the numbers are. it'll end up causing a lot of trouble for whatever discussion the site has regarding sales. fan boys and trolls can just run that more wild and cause the discussion to become pointless to participate in. whos really to say what numbers are wrong or right? especially when it comes to software which will be harder to track. being off thousands of units IS a big deal. numbers go on in time and you end up getting very wrong results.

if this stays, you'll see even more discussion of vgchartz within the community and that you cant trust or use it as a sole source. thats not a conversation that helps this site.