Aaron Greenburg "LOL's" at VGChartz KINECT Sales Report on his Twitter!!!

[The Ghost of RubangB]

NYANKS said:

Carl2291 said:

heruamon said:

Do you really think wholesalers have no methods of tracking sales of product at retail, in general?

As for this specific case, one easy way would be restocking orders from retailers.  M$ knows how many were shipped, so if Retailers are clamoring for follow-on orders to be filled faster...that's probably a clue.  Every been to a best buy, and they could tell you which nearby stores had the item sold out at the store you're at...that might be a clue.

If MS had a tracking service then Greenberg wouldn't be quoting NPD numbers as fact every Month.

The fact that he's aware of us and felt the need to comment on such an "insignifcant site" says something.  He's watching, at least.

Exactly!  The whole industry is watching.

Even if MS complains about VGC's MS numbers, I wouldn't doubt that they're using VGC to get weekly estimates for Nintendo and Sony and everybody else.  Everybody in the industry does it.  VGChartz is pretty much the easiest way to keep your finger on the pulse of the whole console and handheld gaming markets, and anybody in the business of selling video games wants to know how games, genres, and platforms are selling.