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outlawauron on 18 February 2011
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XanderZane said:
outlawauron said:
Stadelhuber said:

NPD doesn't track Wal Mart or did it change?

They don't get data from WalMart. They extrapolate to get their numbers (just like VGC does) since they do not have full market data (NPD has ~50% iirc).


You can add  5-10% to NPD numbers since then don't track every U.S. retailer and then don't track Wal-Mart at all which is THE biggest retailer in the U.S. lol!! NPD numbers are always undertracked.  VGC first adjusted numbers where pretty much accurate.

It's not that they don't track the sales, but rather they don't get actual numerical data. They use the data they have to estimate sales for the entire country. That's what they and every other tracking service does as well (Neither Famitsu or Media Create have full market coverage)



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