| marc said: Once again this is irrelevant. If the monopoly is in 1 sector or multi, it makes no difference. They can simply fudge the sectors that are monopolized and no one will know the difference since those who are only interested in other sectors will not know the difference since they don’t even get the data for the monopolized sectors to begin with. These free sites are about as much competition to NPD as BEOS is to Windows. Money is also irrelevant. Plenty of folks make money. It doesn’t mean they do good work or that we should trust them just because they have some high position somewhere in a billion dollar company. Again, look at any company that has done something illegal and all the lawsuits being thrown around at everything. <- This is why we have the saying "buyer beware.” It’s not a conspiracy theory. It is just means your should use your head and not just trust because someone has a nice suit on.
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Your rebuttals make no sense. There are other reports out there that break down the sales of industries. None may be as large as the NPD, but it's not as if they could randomly make up numbers without anyone noticing.
And what is it with you and monopolies, billion dollar companies, and suits? No one is talking about this. We keep mentioning how it would hurt the bottom line of the NPD to manipulate the numbers and you come with a retort that basically says "but they have a lot of money and they're evil". It's hardly a response and whether you admit it or not, is awfully close to a conspiracy theory.
Should you believe everything you read? Hell no, of course not. But the NPD isn't even here for consumers, they're here for the businesses. And once they start lying to the businesses, their business (that companies pay through the nose for, have you ever seen NPD rate sheets?) isn't going to last very long.Â
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