NPD to STOP reporting monthly hardware sales (Starting right NOW) :(

[mike_intellivision]

darthdevidem01 said:

mike_intellivision said:

It is just amazing to me how differently the tracking services operate in Japan and Europe compared to NPD.  Or how little data the videogame industry wants to give out compared to every other form of entertainment it says it competes against. If you want to be taken seriously, you need numbers (TV, radio, movies) or at least bigger lists (books, music).

I also wonder, given that NPD does not include data from Wal-Mart or Toys R Us (or did not the last time we had this type of discussion), how accurate those numbers really are. I say this because if you go to either of those stores, they generally have much larger displays for Nintendo products than other manufacturers -- and most of the disagreement between VGC and NPD seemed to center around supposed Nintendo overestimation.

This shows goes to show the immaturity of the industry.  It also may be another sign that another crash may soon be coming.

Puh-lease

{flails hands like a robo chick}

The last time the crash came gaming was at its infancy....its like a 4 month old baby having a high fever.....thats fatal.

The industry is too mainstream and massive now to have that kind of a crash.

Well, I don't really expect a crash -- even though every day we hear of another round of layoffs somewhere or disappointing/slowing sales.

But as for being mainstream -- this form of entertainment has the least respect and thanks to this action by NPD, the least pubic "official" information. All while it is being challenged in the SCOTUS regarding free speech in games. And 

Mike from Morgantown