| Bitmap Frogs said: Don't be silly, they aren't afraid of NPD taking action against the boards (at least on this vgchartz issue). It's just that it's convenient for them to be in friendly terms with NPD, and banning vgchartz discussion surely makes NPD happy. I'm sure NPD doesn't feel threatened by vgchartz but they sure see the potential in this site - as time grows if ioi does a good job it'll start to get good with software too. Then it might start being a cause of worry for them. Sure the guys who invest in videogames will keep using NPD, but what about the journalistic accounts? that's money lost there. |
Considering VGC numbers for many GFK areas [and Chart-Track in UK] are really close to GFK/C-T ... with a few exceptions like France, I have reason to believe ioi is more accurate on hardware in "others" than in "America"... especially because GFK are considered much more accurate than NPD [90% coverage versus 60%] In fact ioi said he had more coverage in America than Europe, so either: NPD shouldn't be trusted so much. iois formula/calculations are not quite as good for America or America is a difficult market. It could be the latter going by iois comments about NPD December... perhaps ioi hasn't had enough experience with what happens in the US at Christmas. which means the next few months should be much more accurate than odd December.
